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🇺🇸 Monterey | Newbie's Food Pick: Pizza
HiramHiram
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Monterey|A Local's Pick: The Iconic 1974 Pizza Joint in Monterey 🍕
AntoinetteAntoinette
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We held a wedding rehearsal dinner here (week of April 8th) and everything turned out fantastic! We made reservations in February for the large private party room in the rear of the restaurant. Andy (the owner), worked with us regarding the number of pizzas and drinks to order relative to the number of people we had coming. We verified the number of pizzas earlier in the afternoon. The back room was set up perfectly. Long tables with chairs (enough to seat our group easily) in addition to a table for the pizzas. Andy and the staff had also put out plenty of plates, napkins, chili flake shakers, parmesan cheese shakers, with plenty of water pitchers and glasses. The room itself was spacious and handled the 50+ guests with ease. Andy suggested we start with eight pizzas and then add to our number as the evening progressed. This made hot and fresh pizzas available throughout the evening. Andy and the waitresses checked on us several times to make sure things were going smoothly. Andy’s pizza estimation was so close we left with about two-thirds of a single pizza. And I have to say, the pizza was just as tasty the following morning. The bar area was well stocked and Zach the bartender was terrific. While I did not partake myself, several guests and family members said that he mixed a wide variety of potent and tasty well drinks. Zach also kept up with the pitchers of beer for our group in addition to drinks for the other restaurant patrons. This place was packed up until 15 minutes before closing time. I saw several distinct groups; couples on a date, families eating together, at least two birthday celebrations, groups of friends enjoying a meal, etc. This was on top of the robust take-out food they were selling. Gianni’s was remarkably busy (on a Wednesday night no less), and Andy, Zach, and the rest of the staff completely delivered (pun intended) for us in addition to taking care of everyone who walked in the door. I cannot recommend Gianni’s Pizza highly enough!
D ANDREWSD ANDREWS
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Get the Spaghetti even gluten free spaghetti w 2 meatballs and have them put mozzarella on top and tell them to bake in the oven OMG if I had someone that cooked this at home I'd never leave did I say never I meant NEVER LEAVE! Also get garlic bread sticks for on the road or to take home for later and same sauce you had on spaghetti meat or marinara. Trust me you will be glad you did ohhhh yah. Now dessert is very individual they have a cookies and cream cake with a French butter cream chilled it has the consistency of butter on your tongue I highly recommend not to heavy or sweet. And they have Italian gelato all different flavors you have to look and Italian lemon sorbet and Cannoli so its like the East coast when you walk in and take a breath but of course no one dies pizza like the East coast though. Try my recommendations. And my service dog was with me. Friendly staff A GREAT PLACE TO VISIT EVERY TIME YOUR IN MONTEREY YOU CAN EVEN SMELL IT FROM GAS STATION ACROSS THE STREET ITS THAT GOOD OK I got nothing else to say what's a Marta you go now go get some. Tell them Nikki sent you
Nikki SchoessowNikki Schoessow
10
So I always pass by this place and it's always poppin. Lots of cars and people outside. So for my birthday I was like I mustttt try it. So we ordered 2 pizzas. One cheese & one pepperoni and 2 orders of wings. It was $100. That was already a red flag but I had high high hopes! We start to eat the pizza, and mind you it's good, I mean it's pizza right? We could've literally gotten Costco pizza and I wouldn't have known the difference. The size is about the same, giant size and slices! (Love that!) but the actual pizza was maybe one step above Costco. Like there really was not much difference. Still great pizza but for the astronomical price I just can't understand. Maybe they're more known for their other Italian dishes?? But I mean it's called specifically Giannis Pizza ya know? The guy taking order on the phone made me feel like such an inconvenience just for calling. We wanted mozzarella sticks and he immediately shut that down saying I could only order them if I was going to eat them there (never heard of that but okay if that's their rule then that's their rule). And I said oh ok can you give me a second (I needed to tell my sister and see if she'd want anything else) and he responded with ugh well I guess. And I had to quickly choose something else. I asked if anything else was "in house only" and he was like um no? Like if it was a dumb question. Overall, was severely let down. I was so excited for this place.
Marina SheltonMarina Shelton
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This place is our go to for a satisfying family dinner when we visit Monterey. Haven't found another place that can beat this pizza joint. The more we keep visiting the more crowded its getting. Thanks to technology people are raving about and our lil secret is not much of a hidden place. So for new comers, you can't go wrong on whatever you order on the menu. They have breadsticks (careful, too much of this and you won't have much of an appetite for the rest) Pizza of many toppins, pastas, salads for the healthy bunch, there huge 'Calzones' to me its stuff bread with tomatoes sauce n meat inside (haven't try it but looks good) they also have a bar, and there famous dessert Gelato Yum, Yum. We usually get the XL pizza, half of all meats and Hawaiian for the kids. My son loves the Gelato and he usually gets two flavors on the small size, which to me is still a lot of icecream. You can ask for sample on the gelato because they have plenty to choose from. We sometimes order too much and end up taking it home, still the reheat pizza is still as good the next day.
NancyNancy
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Nearby Attractions Of Gianni's Pizza
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Monterey Bay Aquarium: Seafood Watch Program
Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa
InterContinental the Clement Monterey by IHG
Steinbeck Plaza
Monterey Canning Company
San Carlos Beach Park
Adventures By The Sea
Victorian Inn
Anytime Fitness

Monterey Bay Aquarium
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Monterey Bay Aquarium: Seafood Watch Program
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Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa
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InterContinental the Clement Monterey by IHG
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Basic Info
Address
725 Lighthouse Ave, Monterey, CA 93940
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(831) 649-1500
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Website
giannispizzamonterey.com
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4.4
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Description
No-frills restaurant featuring a variety of pies in addition to calzones, pasta & gelato.
attractions: Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey Bay Aquarium: Seafood Watch Program, Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa, InterContinental the Clement Monterey by IHG, Steinbeck Plaza, Monterey Canning Company, San Carlos Beach Park, Adventures By The Sea, Victorian Inn, Anytime Fitness, restaurants: Fish Hopper, Hula's Island Grill, First Awakenings, El Torito, Schooners Monterey, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., Sea Harvest Restaurant & Fish Market, Vivolo's Chowder House, Louie Linguini's, The Sardine Factory

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