Giovanni Ristorante

We sat at bar and Jeff was amazing! Excellent service. Food was great!

After eating all around town for the last week, we needed a good italian meal to cap our trip off. This place did not disappoint. Food, service and atmosphere is top notch. Can't wait to come back.

Ok so why did I give it overall 4 stars but rated everything individually as 5 stars? Two reasons: 1) I did not like the bread and olive oil. The olive oil had no spices. It was straight up olive oil with toasty bread. Personally I prefer soft bread and I like the spices on my oil. 2) The price was really high. I paid $55 for half a bottle of wine and for the three of us it was just over $300. The food was really good but I still did not feel like It was a $300 meal.

My husband and I traveled to Nashville from Raleigh on 3/1/24, and attended a reservation made by a friend on 3/2/24. The atmosphere was fine, definitely something from a classic film (very dark and intentional). For the restaurant to have received such decent to good reviews (overall) we were expecting...more. The wait staff was knowledgeable, but not quick to react (considering how many of them there are, compared to the amount of tables). The food was...not ideal and far from authentic. I order the arugula salad, which came with wilted greens covered in mediocre dressing. My entree was the Branzino, which was just "okay" at best. I ordered a few Manhattan's as my drink of choice. Those were also, just "okay". Long and short: Lyndsey and Michael (recent reviewers) are correct, it just isn't what you'd expect. Maybe they've expanded beyond their quality control capabilities?

Outstanding meal. Great service. Very pleased with the experience

Reheated frozen pasta

Save your time and money. Food is not good. It’s supposed to be fine dining but I could make better at home. Chicken extremely dry. Salad is a joke. Service is less than par.

Food’s alright. It’s not the best Italian food but it’s good for Nashville standards. No real Italian joint offers Alfredo...Come on, chef. Service could use some sensitivity training. The previous (and several) comments about a racist vibe to the restaurant rang true in my opinion. I felt we were treated differently than other patrons. Staff was short with us, rushed us through the meal. We were seated in the back with nobody next to us. Only white people in the front. It was very…odd. It’s not a damning/traumatic experience by any means though Giovannis’s is one of those places non-white people should expect to feel out of place. They could do better but I feel as if they choose not to. Also, as a business, if several people are claiming there’s a problem with the treatment of race: it behooves you to do better instead of claiming people are projecting their own insecurities (see previous comments).

Excellent food, service and atmosphere!