Reviews for Gianni's Cafe in Palatine, IL
I went to Gianni's for a baby shower. First of all, what a vibe. The art around the restaurant is gorgeous. Also, they had laid... out a brunch buffet and yum! The calamari was to die for and the cannolis were some of the best I've ever had. To top it off,the had a "build your own pasta station. I would definitely go back to this restaurant. Read more
What an amazing family owned Italian restaurant. The wife and I have been trying to go here for many years but we're never able... to for one reason or another. The food was perfect and can't wait to go back. Be sure to save room for dessert and be sure toget the Gianni's Cafe.... honestly the best I've ever had. Read more
I went for the amazing scallop risotto that I had last week. Though I was initially disappointed not to see it on the menu, the... Sea Bass special was even better! It was served with asparagus pesto and grilled asparagus over bow tie pasta. Absolutelydelicious! My husband had his favorite Chicken giardiniera. We are always happy with the food and the service. Read more
I can't say enough good things about this place. I've been here a lot of weekends for brunch and everything they make is... absolutely delicious. I take all my friends here whenever we feel like a brunch day and this restaurant never fails to be a hitwith everyone I've shown. Classic Italian music and jazz fill your ears. The bottomless mimosas do not stop flowing. ThanksGianni's, and keep up the amazing work ???? Read more
Just visited Gianni's for the first time and had a great experience on a Friday night. The service was excellent and the food... was very good. One of us had soup and the other had salad as our starters and they were good, though we'd probably makedifferent choices in the future. The entrees themselves were well prepared and delicious. The restaurant itself was busy, wehad a reservation, but I think walk in would have been ok, too. Read more
We were here pre-covid and it was great to come back. Food, drinks, wine dessert all excellent. Service was fabulous. It... was a really great evening out. Love the Filets and the traditional Italian dishes. The Christmas decorations in Palatine arebeautiful. Nice to see and visit after dinner. Read more
Started with a 4:00PM reservation for 7 people. We sat in the dining room to the right. I was freezing, bring a jacket! The... table started with the calamari- yum what a crunch! We asked for marinara though- it came with some odd thin red sauce. We alsoordered the sausage and peppers. We suggested more fennel in the sausage around the table but still okay to eat. I ordered theeggplant parm and upgraded my salad. My upgraded salad was basically a whole meal. Somebody else ordered the same salad andasked for onions- and someone in the kitchen went onion happy. I enjoyed mine, the other person at our table… not somuch. Overall, the eggplant parm was 3/5 but I wish it was not drenched in sauce for some or any crunch in the breading. I’dcome back again for another try maybe sometime! Read more
its an OK place to Go to. Ambiance - is beautiful. very italian.have some figurines and flowers. this location was established... in 2003. The atmosphere was very calm and soothing music was on.we went in on weekday night and there were plenty of emptytables. Kitchen- open kitchen. looks clean. but manager and the other staff members were actually walking around and eating inthe kitchen area. which was unacceptable for me. Reservations- not needed during weekdays but is must on weekends. Our serverwas very nice and soft spoken. with good etiquettes. Food- we got bread and olive oil. but the bread was stale and hard andthey did not have any more bread. we ordered weekly special appetizer but they come back saying they are out of cauliflower. Sowe order stuffed mushroom. I would give one star to it. it is actually only stuffed with cheese and definitely over priced. didnot like the flavor at all. we order Pasta and we get side of soup or salad. I got minestrone soup- which was very small servingsize and was yucky. I had way better soups in other Italian restaurants. with other entrée got Salad, and salad was not freshand did not taste good. Pasta - we created our own. Got rigatoni with alfredo sauce and Gnocchi with vodka sauce. they were theonly good things that we liked in our whole dinner. Pricing- definitely OVERPRICED for the quality of food they are servingguests. I personally will not go back to this place. Read more