Gianna Restaurant

Food: 10/10 Everything was soooo good! We selected a few starters including the meat balls (3 come with it), calamari so crispy and good, and the Italian salad was full of flavor and the dressing was perfect! Highly recommend the woodfire pizzas! They’re big enough to share between 2 people. Steak is a skirt steak, made one way, but still good. Desserts were great- our table ordered the chocolate mousse and the panna cotta! Service was excellent and the staff was friendly and helpful. They are sticklers for seating your party all at once, so be sure and have all guests arrive on time. Restaurant has a fun ambiance and well lite!

We heard of this place from Kitchen Queens of NOLA and we were in NOLA and decided to try it. We had.... from Antipasta.... The Provola and the Grilled Octupus. From the sides, the Grilled Foccacia Bread. For Entrees... Drum Piccata and Saltimbocca. For Desert, ...Panna Cotta with the Homemade Limoncello. IDK for $220 (with Tip) for 2. It really wasn't worth it. I love Donald Link and his resturants, I cook from his cook books all the time at home. Don't get me wrong, the food was cooked perfectly, as you can see from the pictures, we ate and enjoyed it. IMO, they just try to do too much with traditional dishes. IMO, the Octopus starter and my wifes Drum were the star of this place. Oh, and the Panna Cotta. PPPSSS... -DO NOT GET THE HOMEMADE LIMONCELLO. It's God AWFUL!!!

This is a "sister" restaurant to Pesh and Herbsaint both of which we love so we decided to try it. We were not disapointed! They have a lovely hostess E, who definitely starts your evening off in the right direction. The staff is great and work well in teams. The menu is somewhat limited for us as we do not eat red meat but my husband is Italian and the pastas are a must try to to compare... The soup with escarole is wonderful to start and the octopus is pretty wonderful and very tender to be prepared. The pastas- home run!! We took the meat out of the rigatoni but it honestly did not need meat. The sauce was divine and the pasta was prepared to perfection. The gnocchi was not heavy (no potatos) and prepared with mushrooms to die for!! Desserts were heavenly, but light. Limoncello was very good - Better than average Grappa list! Extensive Italian wine list and a few well aged reds. They don't have a great way to aerate the older wines, so just bear that in mind. All in all it is a must do and probably one of the more truly authentic -(like you will eat in Italy)- restaurants around. It has a lovely bar area and table arrangements are small enough to have good conversation. The acoustics have been well thought. Great place for friends, family or date night!

I had brunch here and really enjoyed it. Looking at the menu beforehand I was hesitant to have more italian style food for a brunch early in the morning - but I cannot recommend their dishes enough. We shared small plates and large dishes, and everything I tried beat my expectations. The meatballs and "hashbrown pancake" were my favorites. The staff was also really kind. I'd definitely recommend, and will be coming back here for sure.

Honestly wish I could say this place was better. I really loved the vibe inside, the tables and chairs are nice, the vibe is nice but the food was mediocre. I got the ravioli which was okay taste, small portion and way overpriced prices. 6 pieces for 21 dollars. The shrimp Diablo tasted like fish with a runny sauce, and we got broccoli which was 10 dollars and not tolerable. Did get mushroom pizza which I can say was good. Service was slow and we had to ask for multiple things. I would pass on this, did go to Sofia’s the day before and they had much better food, but felt like the ambiance was better here.