Il Giardino By John Gambino - Aquebogue

THIS RESTAURANT DOES NOT TAKE RESERVATIONS EVEN THOUGH THEY SAY THEY DO! Made a reservation for a friends ' birthday. Confirmed it. Got there on time. Was next on the list. I SAW THE LIST. Waited over an hour. Watched other parties of two seated (regulars)....Then offered a corner table for two on patio AFTER AN HOUR and they would find us a heater . We declined as it as really cold and drafty. Ate at bar. I will never go there again. Not a fan of nepotism. Sad because the food was fresh and quite good.

Everything was very good…except the grilled octopus! Very disappointing, it was not grilled and very chewy. when I informed the waitress she had no comment!I would have expected her to inform the chef or manage and it should have been taking off the bill.

Amazing food portions are abundant definitely will come back

Had wonderful food here tonight. Food was terrific but my decaff cappuccino with sambucca and a delicious cannoli was exceptional.

I gave my godfather a gift certificate $150) for his birthday to the restaurant based on the raves I heard from other people. He went Thursday night the night of his birthday with his wife. It was a disaster. First they were out of the app they ordered, then the had NO steak….after that they had no cheese cake and no gelato. The waitress felt terrible but no manager or owner even approached them to apologize or even try and make it right. I called the next day Friday and spoke to the manager she was down right rude about the whole situation. They said the restaurant was lovely but food and lack of handling anything was extremely disappointing. I’ll never give this as a gift again.