Giovanni Ristorante - Nashville

The food is amazing! Best Italian restaurant in Nashville!

You could literally eat anywhere else and I guarantee the service and food will be miles better.

Nice place. Food was great. Staff was pretty good. You know how it is when they know you are not going to spend a ton of money they just start to ignore you? Front of the place seems odd. Doesn't look atvall like a fancy restaurant. Walked past it twice before i realized ib was in the right place.

I have now been here twice and I can honestly say it has been the two costliest meals with the least payoff I've ever had. The food is simply not remarkable in any way. I've had their sea bass, lamb chops, and three pastas, of which I would rank solidly below Bertolli's in the flavor department. I honestly don't think there's much difference between a frozen Hungry Man meat sauce and their $30 veal bolognese. Flavorless steamed broccoli? Check. Sautéed spinach devoid of character? Yep. Soggy calamari? You betcha. If you place a premium on ambiance and don't care about food or money, you'll love this place.

To point out the major highlight....Excellent service. Felt like the whole restaurant was 'serving' us. Food & wine is a bit pricey though so be prepared. We really enjoyed our "very expensive" bottle of wine though. It was a 2010 Pinot Noir. We had Caprese Salad. The basil for some reason tasted like 'mint.' Otherwise was good. We ordered lobster risotto, very good BUT overloaded with salt. They did end up comping the dish because it was unbearable to eat. We had branzino (seabass) which was good. Tiramisu and espresso for dessert treat for birthday. Tiramisu is hard to do in restaurants d/t normally using raw eggs, obviously you can't make it the normal way in a restaurant setting. So, with that said, it was ok. Have had worse, definitely better than most places but still not 'great.' Very dark, romantic-like setting. There is a second floor with a piano up there. There is also a bar as well. Overall good place.