Giovanni's II — Restaurant in Hamilton

I rarely write a negative review but what a disgusting dive! We thought we were entering a hole in the wall with delicious Italian food. Oh No! the lights are dim for a reason and it's not for the ambience! First, went to wash my hands - no soap or paper towels. I ordered the lasagna dinner for $10.99 with a salad and rolls. Out comes the salad, I pulled my fork out of the rolled napkin, tossed around the salad and took a bite. Took another bite and realized the fork was really rough on my lips. Ohmygosh! I gagged as I noticed the dried food covering my fork, the whole fork! The waitress was not surprised, she just took my food away without offering me a new salad (I would have said no, it was just chopped iceberg lettuce with watery blue cheese dressing) The Lasagna looked good with the baked cheese but underneath, it was very watery, more like tasteless lasagna soup. I had to ask for rolls, the rolls were good but we only got one each. When I went to pay, I did not tip as it was the worst dinning experience I have ever had! We were on a road trip, all paying separately, their experience was horrific as well yet they tipped minimum; it was my first time not to tip, I just couldn't due to the way they handled my disgusting find, etc. I'm not even telling the whole story. The best part of the service was taking away my food. I was not going to write this post until I realized they added the tip themselves.  We didn't eat much and felt quizzy for a while after...

UPDATED Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice… dad gum it Mike. Are you a glutton for punishment?

I went ahead and gave Giovanni’s a second shot today. My earlier review is below. Though the meal was somewhat better and there was more food than the last time, I won’t be ordering from them again. The price vs. the quality was way out of whack. It’s still a 2 Star review this time too.

Dang it. I hate giving people bad reviews but I can’t not give it since it was so far below par. To begin with, the lady who took my order was wonderful. She was nice, attentive and quick. My food was to go. So I sat at the table and waited. I probably only had to wait 3-4 minutes before she brought my food out and I hopped in my truck and drove the mile or so to the house. I immediately sat down to eat and my food was cold, soggy, the sauce was watery and I t had way too much salt in it. Worst of all was there was no more than 15 tortellini. So even had it been good, there wasn’t enough food to satisfy a six year olds hunger. What’s sad is I had eaten there a couple of years ago and I thought it was great. Normally I give a place who scores low a second shot in case they had an off night. But I don’t think I will this time based on the amount of food I was served. Even had it been good, it wouldn’t have been worth the...

Really good portion size so that’s a plus BUT bleeding gums, not so fun… I had the chicken Marsala on Angel Hair pasta! The mushrooms were cooked to perfection and the dark wine reduction sauce was good in flavor. The chicken is just a very THIN SLICE of chicken, not a chicken breast my any means. There was entirely too much THYME Seasoning in the dish. I couldn’t enjoy the dish because each bite was full of so many pieces of large prickly sticks of Thyme, it made the dish overpowering and difficult to enjoy because you’re constantly pulling/spitting out what feel like little sticks out of your teeth/gums. See photos. If the Thyme wasn’t so heavy I would give this dish 4 out of 5 but it overpowered the entire dish. This was my first time eating at this restaurant, I will give it...