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I was in Giovanni's yesterday....great !!! You have to try this place! Great food!

Closest thing to NY Italian food I've had in TV.

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Originally Posted by lappy50 (Post 626700)

I was in Giovanni's yesterday....great !!! You have to try this place! Great food!

It's a great little restaurant and the quality has never changed since they opened several years ago. BUT, another one you cannot get into during the "season", so we wait until things quieten down.

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Originally Posted by lappy50 (Post 626700)

I was in Giovanni's yesterday....great !!! You have to try this place! Great food!

Where is Giovanni's?

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Originally Posted by Judith Ann (Post 627372)

Where is Giovanni's?

It's a very busy little restaurant in Southern Trace Plaza on CR 466.

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Originally Posted by Judith Ann (Post 627372)

Where is Giovanni's?

Giovanni's is a very quaint, very small, Italian restaurant several stores past Publix in the small mall off 466. I believe it is an Italian run family restaurant.

If you come from South, take B.Vista going north, all the way down to the traffic light at 466, cross 466 onto 101 and take either of the immediate two rights into the Publix shopping area.

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Originally Posted by Barefoot (Post 627379)

It's a very busy little restaurant in Southern Trace Plaza on CR 466.

Went to Son Rise last night for there new Friday dinners. Great food and great pricing. Not crowded and we got to chat without yelling to each other. We had "Sue's delicious meat loaf" and a prime rib dinner. Looked across the parking lot and people were lined up out the door at Giovanni's.
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Originally Posted by Madelaine Amee (Post 627367)

It's a great little restaurant and the quality has never changed since they opened several years ago. BUT, another one you cannot get into during the "season", so we wait until things quieten down.

We went last night, a Friday night at 6:30. We only had a twenty minute wait! Table for two. I don't think anybody waited past 30 minutes.

We went to Giovanni's twice. The first time was great, the second not good at all. I look for consistency. Haven't been back.

Had Giovanni's for the first time last week-was fantastic. Had what they called Luingini Marchearo, all the seafood was perfect, even the calamari.

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Originally Posted by TomOB (Post 636434)

We went to Giovanni's twice. The first time was great, the second not good at all. I look for consistency. Haven't been back.

What you have to realize is that there is consistency in inconsistency. That's how I play golf. Consistently inconsistent.

Never had a bad experience there.

Get there at 4:30 before the crowds...

I thought it was a nasty place. dirty floors and walls and I was afraid to look in the kitchen.

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Originally Posted by kittygilchrist (Post 730468)

I thought it was a nasty place. dirty floors and walls and I was afraid to look in the kitchen.

This is the type of input which I find more valuable than someone's opinion of the food. Is the restaurant clean? Is the service good? Granted, there can be a bit of variability even in answers to those questions (How clean is clean? Is waiting for 15 minutes for a server to appear acceptable to you?, etc.), but I have found significant variability in opinions on food which appear to be based upon personal previous experiences with the cuisine. We have relatives who love Giovanni's, and when we have been there (it has been a while), the service was good, the restaurant was clean (restrooms can tell you a story or two about the upkeep!), but in our OPINION the food was unremarkable. This doesn't make anyone else wrong, it just means that we choose to look elsewhere. And yes, it leaves more open tables for those of you who enjoy the restaurant! :smiley: