Giovanni's Droylsden — Restaurant in Tameside

On arrival I was offered a drink straight away, I was with my mum sister and longtime family friend, Due to my taxi being delayed I was slightly late but the other guests were already sat down with a drink. We waited a good 15 mins to be served food but that was because we were talking. Anyway we managed to get a waiter to take our order, we all chose the same starter of Garlic mushrooms. Meals ordered were carbonara ( sister ) meatballs ( friend) chicken tagliatelle ( mum) myself pollo chicken alla creme with potatoes and veg.

My meal arrived and my potatoes were sprouting, I thought I'll just cut the ends off they will be fine.

I then ate a bit of broccoli and a carrot, I then cut into my chicken which was smothered in the creamy mushroom sauce, It was quite chewy and just didn't taste right, I called over a waitress and told her my meal didn't taste right the chicken was. Chewy and had a funny taste.

She offered me another meal but by this point I was put off I didn't fancy anything else. She took it away and it was removed from the bill.

In the early hours of the morning 1am I woke with stomach cramps so I got up and went to the loo. It was then I started with Dioreah. Only a few minutes later I started to feel really unwell and I had to grab the bin this was the closest thing to me for me to then vomit it just came out of nowhere, I was in the bathroom for a good 45 mins.

I can only put this down to the meal I had and I'm just glad I didn't eat it all, I only had one mouth full of the chicken and a price of potato and veg. This has put me off completely. I had been out the week previous with friends for an Italian meal in Manchester and enjoyed my meal so much ( the same pollo ala creme)that I decided to have it at Giovanni's as I really enjoyed it. I won't be returning to Giovanni's again. Did it spoil my evening no not really as the company I was with was great we laughed and chatted. But as far as my food was concerned never again I've never been so poorly after a meal as I was here. Can't fault the service that was given but I'm afraid its...

It was Sunday and me and Fabienne decided a pasta would be good. Fabienne chose Giovanni's. I'd not been there for 20 years or my wife either. Well it has undergone refurbishment; tiled floors, new bar on entering and the kitchen as is the trend, before your eyes. We were greeted by Grace and led to our table by the owner a nice gentleman who we learned was half Italian and family from Genoa as was my wife. Well the cannelloni I had was piping hot and my wife's was Penne Pasta with Salmon, this was preceded by my Garlic Mushrooms in a lovely sauce, my wife chose oysters, again served piping hot, as is my want for hot food. Portions were right and sufficient, Fabienne did ask and received extra Salmon from the young lady waitress Nadia. It was definitely comparable with the Italian restaurants we'd visited before, and we reflected that we'd felt more at home and treated better than counterparts we'd visited in Venice, where the prices and availability of a table had been less than desirable. It's nice to know that we can be entreated to a very good standard Italian dish on our doorstep and will visit again. Furthermore my siccillian Lemon Cheesecake was indeed scintillating with a delicious raspberry sauce, and complimentary serving of vanilla ice cream. Service was quick and staff pleasant, although a bit hurried! I got the impression that there was a certain, how would you say transition in staff, but this wasn't a problem and they acquitted themselves well. The amount of £54 total, which had included two small glasses of white wine, Pinot Grigio for me and a regular house white for Fabienne, followed by coffee, very happy with the price! Will come again. I'd only rang to check availability fifteen minutes before. So ver happy with our decision to have a meal at...

The below response to my review says it all as to how you get treated here and peanalised! Good luck

Felt uncomfortable from the moment we walked in was told rather than asked that we wasnt from the same household and explained we are (this went on for a good few minutes)! We was then told the police will be arriving any minute now and we will be fined and we said ok thats fine as we can proove we are. I understand we are in the middle of a pandemic and this is the rules but everyone else didnt get someone come over to there table and get peanalised like we did! As for following regulations we didnt get asked to "sign in" or to give our name and numbers for track and trace or even scan a barcode! Chicken was very fatty and pasta had no taste! my sister in law did enjoy her steak but thats about it. All staff just stood n stared at us throughout and made us feel so uncomfortable. Even getting asked to be put on a bigger table was an issue when we was the only ones in there to start off with. Bad experience from...