Giovanni’s Pizza & Pasta — Restaurant in Texas

I ordered a large one half Hawaiian and half pepperoni with mushrooms. It was good. Tastes similar to the ones they serve at the Alamo Drafthouse. Crust was flavorful and firm, definitely not thin crust, but not fluffy. Peperonni thickness was thin. I ordered it with extra cheese, cheese was warm, soft, very tasty and satisfying, not too gooey and not too greasy. Sauce was salty and not too sweet or with weird flavors/afterflavors, just plain good pizza sauce. I do not know which style is it but didn't seem like a New York Style Pizza that has to be eaten like a taco, these slices were normal sized. It's decent. I'm glad I tried it, sometimes I get cravings for the Alamo Drafthouse pizzas so this will suffice for the next one.

Cons: I ordered over the phone. Their service over the phone is not good. They didn't provide the total at the end of the call and just ended the call with an awkward "ok". Something like "we'll see you here in 15 minutes" would have worked. They also interrupted the process of taking the order to ask for name and phone number and then made me repeat the whole order. Need someone to coach then...

This used to be one of my favorite places to get barbacoa and breakfast tacos the staff was amazing and friendly and the food was fantastic.

That's all changed about a year ago they changed staff and they changed everything and none of it for the better. The barbacoa was disgusting, I got a quesadilla and they put gravy in it. Who does that, the other day I was in a bind for time so I got two bacon egg and cheese tacos. I thought who could screw that up. They did, the eggs were green and had no flavor. The tortilla was stale. I didn't even finish one I threw them away.

If you're looking for a good breakfast taco in this area, go to La tapatia in Leander, boomers it Texas Taco kitchen in Liberty Hill, or the HEB gas station on Ronald Reagan and 29. Do not I repeat do not eat here. Avoid it like your life...

The pizza was good. Not the best I've ever had, but for the Northern Austin area, better than most!

One word of caution. Do NOT order through Slice, the pizza delivery company. We were supposed to receive our pizzas between 5:50 and 6 and, after calling Giovanni's half a dozen times (ok, one knock on the restaurant, answer your dang phones guys) I found out that Slice never sent someone to pick up our pizzas. For what it's worth, when my wife went to go pick up our pizza's after getting no where with Slice, she talked to another woman who had the same issue.

So, the pizza, great. The only reason I'm not rating 5 stars is because no one answered the phone at Giovani's until probably the 10th call (not exaggerating), and they should really drop Slice as a...