Giovanni's Pizza — Restaurant in Chillicothe

Great Pizza and Lasagna

I grew up in Chillicothe, and Giovanni's has been a favorite of my family for as long as I can remember. I recently moved back to Chillicothe after spending almost 30 years in another city. I introduced my husband to this hometown favorite today, and he loved it.

I ordered the baked lasagna, accurately described on the menu as "a hearty meal of steaming lasagna noodles layered with Giovanni's meat sauce cheese, then covered with more met sauce and cheese and baked to golden perfection." It came with a small salad of lettuce and diced tomatoes. I was also given the choice of a roll or garlic bread. I chose garlic bread, and I definitely made the right choice! The garlic bread was a heated, unsliced sub bun covered in a rich garlic butter that could have been a meal in itself. To describe this bread as delicious is a disservice to the taste of the bread. It was whatever several notches of delicious is!

My husband ordered a specialty pizza called The Slice of Spice. The menu describes it as "spicy sausage, spicy pepperoni and hot peppers topped with our special spice." From our seats at the bar we could see the pizza being made. When I saw how many banana peppers were piled onto it, I knew I would not even be trying this pizza, because spicy is not my thing. My husband, however, loved it. He dubbed Giovanni's his favorite pizza place in Chillicothe, and is already planning our next visit.

We sat at the tiny bar near the kitchen, but there is also a dining room with plenty of seating. Like a lot of long-established Chillicothe restaurants, the first words that come to mind when trying to describe Giovanni's is "old school." Great food in an authentic, small-town establishment - a recipe...

As a big family in this inflation we started having some busy day fast gio pizza we always get the X-Large with free cheese bread but this go around was one of the worst now let me say no restaurants go without mess ups but the way the restaurant handled mine is disappointing, we got a pizza missing half the cheese and cut in squares? Those squares were not even it was a mess! No idea why because they don’t usually cut squares. The cheese bread was burned around the edges and unevenly cut just a mess. Disappointed I called and asked to speak to someone I was told they are busy ! I get that but all I got was a sorry we’re really busy. In this inflation situation I’ve seen a lot of restaurants quality go down this is sad used to be the best pizza in town in my family’s opinion....

Ordered 3 baked spaghetti's & a salad for pick up as we live 40 minutes away, $50 worth of food. Our salad wasn't with our bagged order, nor was our order marked "1of2" or "2of2".. so we thought everything was together as there was nothing else with our bag. Called in & the gentleman that we spoke with was instantly rude & insisted our salad was there & that they aren't liable for it. Stated they don't sit hot & cold food together. $9 salad wasted because we weren't driving 40 minutes back to get it. We spend quite a bit of money there as we usually dine in, but won't anymore. Can't tell you how many times our food came out wrong but we didn't have the kitchen remake it, just take the extra charges off our bill as it's normally during a busy time....