GP Italiano — Restaurant in Lyons Township

Went there for dinner with my godmother last night and to say our service from our server Jorge was horrible would an understatement. It started off nice with him greeting us quickly and asking if we were ready for drinks. As we had not seen each other for a while we were planning on dining in there for a while so we needed a minute. When he came back again we did get a round of drinks but and later when he came if we were ready for food we ordered an appetizer. Well that’s when he was officially annoyed of us, even rolled his eyes when we said just the app for now. I flagged him down when we were ready for another round and the main dishes, he was very cold with us. When the main dishes came out they were brought by another server and he never came back after that until he came to pick up our plates and slapped the check on the tables! The restaurant didn’t close for another hour and we were thinking of possibly dessert or another drink. When he called him over and said we would like another drink he said harshly “oh I don’t know I need to ask” and walked away. We were so confused what we did to him to piss him off. Me and my godmother were the only Latino patrons at the restaurant and he seemed to be very chatty with the other tables so at that point we felt he was singling us out and again very confused because we are his own people. Well we then called the Manager Emily over and told her our concerns, mid conversation with emily he brought us our round “he had to see about” and proceeded to argue with us that we took so long to order and every time he came by we were not ready. I could not believe he had no shame in arguing with us even in front of his boss! The manager had a different server close us out and did say she apologized but I still felt like the whole situation could have been handled better and we could have at least got the last round on the house for being basically punished by our server for dining in too long for his liking. The food was actually good and so was the atmosphere but it’s a shame Jorge ruined the overall experience. I would not recommend dining in especially if you are a Latino and expect to be there for a nice...

I won’t be going back here anytime soon. I was excited to experience this new restaurant. We have many Italian options and the reviews said best in the area so my daughter who loves Italian and I decided to go. We were seated literally two feet from the double front door in 20 degree weather. Needless to say we were cold every time guests left and arrived. If their doors are going to open to the entire restaurant (which is one room) they need to put drapes in the vestibule or something to block the cold air for patrons. My daughter liked the meatball appetizer which we’d give an A-. It was somewhat moist but the sauce really made it. She loved her entree (A) which was the squid ink spaghetti with lobster. That’s the reason for the 1 star. I ordered the Blue Crab (F). I asked the server to describe how the dish was prepared and he acted as though he didn’t know what I meant. He then said it’s ravioli. I questioned that because the description said shells but he insisted it wasn’t. When our food was ready the server passed me my plate and said it’s not ravioli it’s shells. My entree may as well have been Kraft macaroni shells with a cream sauce and perhaps some crab here and there and it should be on the kid menu not adult one. My daughter and I both thought our food was under seasoned and had to ask for salt and Parmesan. They brought a baby container of Parmesan and iodide salt. I was done. I won’t be going back not with other decent options in the area. GP won’t survive if they don’t remind their servers not to pull down their masks when they talk, season their food, and ensure that their servers have all been properly briefed on...

I had high hopes for this place. But it started out with us walking in and it being so loud that we could barely hear each other. There was a ladies night out with a huge table of very loud women and the sever kept telling us they were leaving soon and that would solve the problem. Once they left it was still incredibly loud. They need to fix their acoustic issues. Also we have a couple of food allergies in the family and it felt like most of the menu was pretty much off limits- very frustrating. The chef couldn’t even leave the flour dusting off the chicken Limone for a gluten allergy! My son did love his burrata ravioli (no food allergies for him), but we couldn’t even cut into the octopus appetizer, and the calamari was so spicy it was too hard to finish. Also we ordered our salad at the same time as our entrees and they all came out together exactly 4 minutes after we ordered it. Would have preferred salad first and then the entrees, and a little time in between to enjoy everything. For dessert my kids did enjoy the donuts but the caramel was so bitter they couldn’t eat it. All said and done if you’re going to spend over $20” for a dinner I say drive 5 extra minutes and go...