Giovanni
Berkeley, CA 94704
Phone: (510) 843-6678
- Cross Street:
- Haste Street
- Hours:
- Sun-Thu 11:30am-11pm, Fri-Sat 11:30am-12am
Message from Giovanni
Giovanni- Italian/American cuisine since 1960 - Voted Best of Berkeley.
- Private parties and catering
- Open Kitchen and Full Bar
- Authentic Italian cuisine
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Editorial Description for Giovanni
Berkeley spot for Italian since 1960 lined with wine bottles and featuring a wood-burning fireplace. Specializes in private parties, catering.
User Reviews for Giovanni
06/23/2008 Posted by hungryinsf1
First off, I would like to say that I eat out regularly, and I have never posted a review online before. I started an account with citysearch just to post this review. This restaurant is absolutely terrible. If the prices had been more reasonable I would have just written it off as a bad dining experience, but unfortunately that is not the case here. I ordered the Jambalaya calzone for $16.00. The presentation was non-existent and the ingredients seemed to be well beyond their expiration date. I don't think that all of the ingredients listed on the menu were even included, which may be a good thing considering the quality. I can't remember the last meal I genuinely regretted eating, even Jack in the Box. Nothing could wash the taste of spoiled shrimp out of my mouth for nearly an hour after the meal. My girlfriend ordered the veal marsala, which seemed like it might not make you violently ill, but it looked like a TV dinner. Between the two of us the meal (with one glass of wine and after tip) was nearly sixty dollars. The wait staff did their job, nothing special though. Do not eat at this restaurant unless you are some kind of masochist.
Pros: Hasn't been shut down by the health inspector.
Cons: Hasn't been shut down by the health inspector.
07/23/2007 Posted by rayhana
What use to be a great Italian restaurant is now owned by Chinese owners who totally ran the place down. Food tasted horrible. I ordered Scampi - tasted like chinese rice & shrimp. My husband ordered clams with pasta in a red sauce. That dish not only was nasty to taste but sick to look at. Clams came from a can & were minced. Sauce was brown & tasted like i don't know what.....Ever few minutes one of the owners would haul boxes right pass the tables... , 2 times he dragged a trash can!???
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