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Giovanni's West Belle Meade

Giovanni's West Belle Meade

106 Harding Pl Nashville, TN 37205, 37205-3756, United States

Soup • Meat • Pasta • Italian


"With us being from Chicago to call this Italian is a travesty. I review every place I go anywhere. reservations party of There out of gnocchi and steak on a Saturday night. Ordered Carpaccio meat partly frozen (they didn't allow to warm enough to thaw) in the middle and the just drizzles some mustard mayo, no quail egg,capers, tiny couple pieces of cheese. Beet salad with honey walnuts,goat cheese, balsamic. was served without nuts. Asked server retrieved the nuts. Caesar salad was ok but the crouton was so hard it took hands to break it in half. it was inches long. The ravioli was tasty very small portion. The pasta my wife ordered she asked for no tomatoes, the server stated they can't it's all prepped in advance. Well when her plate came it had pieces of tomato in ie well large enough to have taken out. So either the Chef (or none chef maybe just kitchen help choose to be lazy or really doesn't care. So my plate consisted of meatballs, sausage spinach and alfredo (which they did not have but said they could make it). I asked for this because I can not eat pasta. So when dropping the food I had no utensils my wife needed cheese for her pasta and butter for our bread. First of all do not order any sausage it was the size of breakfast sausage and tasted nothing like it. The meatballs ARE not made from scratch. They had the taste and texture of prepack hi salt heavy filler meatballs. Then desert ordered of a cookies and cream ice cream and our server came out with raspberry and said were out. take it away then. We went to the Nashville location and were very disappointed. Decided to give the west location a shot. If your pallet is well trained on all levels of food flavors from sliders to beef wellington. This place will not fool you. To all others you'll never notice. This place should have stars."

Cicala At The Divine Lorraine

Cicala At The Divine Lorraine

699 N Broad St, 19121, Philadelphia, United States

Beer • Wine • Full • Italian


"My wife had been looking forward to getting back to Cicala for over a year. We had eaten outside during the pandemic and after a great meal with terrific service we were anxious to try the indoor dining. Upon arrival the hostess asked if we were attending the 8:00show at the Met across the street. We confirmed that we were. We also informed the waiter of our showtime and despite assurances that there would be no issues the evening turned out to be a frustrating and stressful race against the clock. 15 minutes after seating we had not seen a waiter. Once the waiter arrived we placed drink orders and in the interest of time we gave him our food orders as well. 20 minutes later our first course arrived but still no drinks. We had to ask the waiter to check on them. My wife could see our drinks sitting on the bar across the room as the waiter explained the bar was slammed and he would check on them. While the Octopus and Pork Chop were very good, my wife 's Tuna Crudo was disappointing and her entre was, OK . Once we finished our waiter was no where to be found. When he did arrive we were pushing our timetable and again told him we really were up against the clock but did want coffee and desert. He assured us that dessert would come out quickly but as he began to describe the desserts the hostess pulled him away from our table and he was gone for another 10 minutes leaving us with no time to order and only time to pay for a wholly overpriced and aggravating dining experience. Two hours should be plenty of time for a relaxing meal at a good restaurant. My wife and I make dining out an integral part of our weekend enjoyment and try to find and patronize good restaurants. I have never written a review like this but given my wife 's disappointment on what was her Birthday celebration I had no choice. We will not be back."