Restaurant GIOIA — Restaurant in Frankfurt

Cannot be said clear enough. Food is fantastic, portions are very good and its reasonably priced. The menu is guaranteed to have something you enjoy and you cannot go wrong. Fish, pasta and pizza's are all great. The hummus is fantastic! Try their mixed mediterranen entré, you won't he dissapointed. Their servers are also very friendly en helpful. For the less stellar parts, it takes a very long time to he served or even approached for drinks; despite the restaurant being at around 70% capacity. After eating we ordered one last glass of wine and a coffee...alas, after 20 min they never came and we requested to pay..drinks were on the tab and at this point do they realized they never brought them. Mistakes happen, but I feel with 5 people behind the bar and the restaurant not even close to being full its hard to justify. Also understand that this spot is very much into the "party" area and a lot of people come here for a drink before heading into Sachsenhausen, but the music made conversations difficult enough that I could hear the conversation of those on tables around (since they had to raise your voice). I will certainly go back again, to give the service another try since the food was great, perhaps in the middle of the week where the music might not be as loud. All in all would recommend, specially...

My wife and I went there tonight for the second time in less than a month because we had such an amazing experience the first time. It was a busy evening with few staff, so there was some delay in taking order which is understandable. The food was also not as good (except dessert which was excellent) but we still had a decent time. These things happen with most places visit regularly - the experience varies from time to time but on an average you enjoy. However, at the end the waiter pointed out twice that the bill doesn't include service charge. I acknowledged it and replied saying tonight we will skip it. Then he started lecturing me how tipping works in Germany and pointing that since I am from India I don't understand it. When I said that I am EU citizen, he insisted again that I am of Indian descent. For a moment I was in doubt whether to tip or not but the last 2 minutes spent there made my decision easy. Thank you for educating me on my...

I've been coming to Gioia for years and the food is generally very good and prepared with fresh ingredients. However, some of the dishes are prepared with too much oil for my taste (for example, the pasta arrabiata and the mixed salad with "grilled" chicken breast and vegetables can be a bit too oily). I also often notice that the spaghetti noodles are overcooked more often than not, but the papardelle and rigatoni is always excellent in my experience. The salads also sometimes have way too much dressing. Pizzas are decently good, I especially like the Melanzane, but the crust leaves a bit to be desired (very thin crust without a lot of flavor), although it gets nice and crispy in their wood oven. Service is generally good, but sometimes a bit slow and hard to catch their attention. Overall a good...