I haven't been here in probably too many years but I had a taste for Italian and my wife had never been. Showed up about 8:30 PM, had to wait for a table because the place was so incredibly dirty. The whole place looks "worn out"and little remains of its once elegant demeanor. The wait staff was young and more interested in horsing around with each other than taking care of diners. Paid $12 for 4 ounces of a very sour (!) Prosecco with a squirt of blackberry syrup at the bottom, but no straw to get to it. The fried raviolis were just cheese-filled and tasted of old oil. The salad contest consisted of whole leaves of iceberg lettuce, four slices of beets and six garbanzos. (This is for two people.) the salad dressing tasted of nothing but oil. The garlic rolls, for which I had raved to my wife, came out hard cold and stale. I ate a couple anyway thinking that the next batch would be fresh, but was told when I asked for more that they were "out." Since this was formerly a highlight of the Provino's experience this hit hard. My wife's entrée tasted burnt as as the only flavor and she refused to eat it. My eggplant Parmesan was cold inside and gelatinous, although the plate was warm. I suppose this Restaurant has suffered the same fate as Portofinos and the Acropolis; started by a family who is no longer involved and is now run by people who don't particularly care. Anyway there are other options for Italian in this town; heck, I would've done better going to Olive Garden. Won't be back - not ever. read more

Have been here many years,but things have changed. The salad was barely big enough to fill two plates and had brown pieces. The rolls had only like 5 in the bowl instead of full. Our waitress was dancing for the 4 top behind us,while ignoring us. Passed by my nearly empty tea many times. I had to tell her I needed more. She brought a pitcher with no ice and said she would bring me a glass of ice for it. Never did. Sad times,as this place has always been great. read more

I've been to Provino's several times, mostly for someone's birthday dinner, and each time the food gets worse and worse. Tonight I had the shrimp and scallops with Alfredo sauce and angel hair pasta. My food was overall luke warm and the scallops were cold in the middle. It was obvious the shrimp and scallops were frozen, and they tasted it. The already small scallops were also cut in half to make them look like there were more on the plate than there actually were. The dish in general tasted like something out of a jar that I could make at home, and cost $22. I also ordered tiramisu, my favorite dessert, and it came in an ice cream sundae cup. It has this "whipped cream" on it which was the consistency of glue and it tasted nothing like tiramisu. There was no espresso flavor to it at all and it was dry. For a $47 meal (tip included) it was incredibly disappointing. The only redeeming qualities were the wait staff, which was great, and the garlic knots. Those are the only 2 reasons this place gets 1 star. It certainly isn't the food, or the ambiance, which looks like something out of the 70's. If you want really good Italian food, skip this place. read more

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Visited Provino's while visiting Chattanooga. Live out of town now but we always try to go since the salad is habit forming! That and the garlic rolls are all I want. Of course, I really love the Spumoni! So, I had the wonderful salad and rolls and my husband had lasagna. All was awesome along with the Spumoni. Looking forward to visiting again and having our usual!!! Sam was our server and he was awesome also! I am so happy that Provino's is still delicious! read more

Good food. Service was great. Nice place. Will certainly go there again. Numerous wine offerings.

I saw a disparaging review from a customer back in February. There are Italian restaurants that do fish extremely well. Not so sure about Provinos. I've been to the original Scalini's in Atlanta on Cobb Pkwy. They've been around for 40 years and closed their doors as a result of the pandemic. I've also eaten at Altruda's in Knoxville Tn and Portafino's in Greenville SC. All have the same sauce (Sunday gravy has browned and braised meets). The sauce is typical Italian. Simmered to death! But ... Real Italian. I've never had a bad meal at any. I do like Provino's sauce here in Chattanooga the best. I look at all the Great Reviews with the exception of one person that wasn't happy. Her opinion is accepted and appreciated. However, I'd recommend you give Provino's a try and post your review. read more

Ive been eating here for as long as ai can remember. They have the best food and service is always good. If you are looking for as close to authentic as possible if it isnt already, then this is the place. You get all you can eat salad and garlic knots. Highly recommend this place if you are an out of towner looking for some great food. read more

Great food, fast service, friendly server, free birthday dinner--what else could you want?

In the area for a recent softball tournament and picked Provino's for dinner. The wait was quick and service was great. Food tasted amazing! We have another trip this summer back to the Chattanooga area and look forward to stopping in again for another meal. read more

WOW!!! We took my friend to Provino's for her 85th bday! I had never eaten there before and it was DELICIOUS service was great food was out of this world. The only problem we had was for some reason the waiter could not comprehend how to split the bill lol was not that hard to do!!! Lol read more

Rude service everything was dirty, they took forever to seat us and the food was absolutely awful.