Giovannis - Italian Restaurant Manchester

Saturday 8pm last minute fit the 3 of us in for my lil man’s 11th Birthday 🎂 and what a perfect venue and evening it was. Lamb Shank was top tier - pizza was as expected perfectly cooked sourdough base and unlimited Parmesan on top 😉 but the focaccia and olives and dips were amazing too. I wasn’t expecting such an elaborate decor and the DJ was amazing staff were impeccably hospitable and the manager was everywhere and looked after us so well especially with our specific food requests. They even came round with a Polaroid for a lovely memento to take home with us. We had the BEST dinner out in Manchester and what a location. To the Don Giovanni family we thank and salute you. Keep doing what you’re doing and we will be back for the “Bottomless Lasagna” next - be warned !! ❤️

God. Where do I start. Firstly, we got seated to a table that wasn’t big enough for the party size we had booked so one of us had to squeeze on the end of a table. The atmosphere of the place is actually nice. That’s why it has a 3 Star to be generous. Tables are lay nicely. No issues there. This is where it starts to go downhill. Ordering food took a considerable amount of time. Drinks arrived and we were shocked at how tiny the coke bottles were for the price of £3.50!! Starters took around 45 minutes to come to the table which is a bit ridiculous. The portion sizes are tiny also. The calamari was beyond a joke. £12 for a few pieces of calamari was a random lemon put on the plate. Not even presented nicely either just thrown on. We were trying not to laugh at how ridiculous it looked. Proceeded to order mains which took another hour to arrive. They had given out everyone’s food but mine and my boyfriends. Ours came out by the time everyone else was finished with their food. We ordered a pizza? Not sure why they brought it out at different times. Had to remind them we were still waiting for our food. By the time it came there was no apologises for the wait from any of the servers. To put the icing on the cake, they lost my friends coat (it was her birthday meal) and it took them a long time to find it which wasn’t very professional if you ask me. I think I would have rather eaten at Frankie and bennies than ever come back here.

I was here this weekend for my 19th birthday and it was truly unforgettable, from the food to the service everything was amazing. Big shout out to the waiter Syd and the manager Giovanni they were truly fantastic. I also had quite a larga party but the staff was really accommodating and understanding all throughout. Definitely recommend and will be back!!!