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We are a family owned restaurant. We take pride in being able to bring Sicilian/Italian inspired dishes to Fluvanna county. All our sauce fresh daily. Our pizza dough is also made fresh daily. We love what we do and take pleasure in serving our community.
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Address: 198 Turkeysag Trail, Palmyra, VA 22963
Phone: (434) 589-7230
Website: http://www.giaitalianrestaurant.com/
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Reviews
grnthmb55
When I go out to a restaurant, I expect food better than what I could make myself at home in my kitchen. Honestly, I could do a lot better myself, and I’m by no means a professional chef. The house salad was small, looked quickly thrown together, and used iceberg lettuce- the cheapest of the cheap. The calamari was soggy, broccoli was used as a “filler” to make up for the fact that very few calamari are actually on your plate for $13, and the sauce served with it was barely warm. Never once did the waitress ask how things were. The tortellini dish was decent, however the tortellini tasted like it was something pulled out of the freezer and just boiled up. I could do that at home for a lot less than $14. Here’s some advice. Cut your menu in half and concentrate on a few dishes that are actually good, because honestly, based on what I was served today, I’d never be back. Simply put- there are restaurants in the area that actually try, and this is not one of them.
… moreSusan Allen
Haven’t been in years and so pleasantly surprised. The food was great! We tried pizza, calzone, and pasta. On top of it all, the service was perfect. Chelsea took great care of us… she’s a true gem!
… moreBob T
Having a hard time with this one. Very mixed feelings about multiple aspects.
Some food really good, some pretty good, some a little disappointing.
Service, some good some a little lacking.
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Appearance & Service was nice with a pleasant atmosphere and acceptable comfort. This is right outside the “lake” so pretty busy with family dining and can be a little loud. Wait staff seemed fairly attentive and service was provided, though some aspects came off as deficient. Drinks and food where constantly served to the wrong person at the table requiring a lot of reshuffling. Even when trying to direct the server to the correct placement, indications were ignored and still mis-served. Drinks were kept full and food and check were provided in a timely manner.
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The Chicken Tortellini had a very creamy and flavorful alfredo sauce with tender beef tortellini and some sliced grilled chicken mixed in.
Eggplant Parm sub with Sicilian Potatoes, the potatoes are lightly fried with some sautéed onions and were very good. The sub was well prepared with an appropriate amount of sauce and nicely crisp eggplant.
The Rollatini was also very well prepared with excellent flavor and sufficient in serving size, though the penne sauce was bland with no depth of flavor.
The Sausage Pepper Dinner was also well cooked and seasoned, though its spaghetti was a little over cooked and the sauce seemed to have little to no seasoning.
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Overall it was an acceptable meal with service a little off, though this is a first impression, I would hope it was just an off day and would improve at a subsequent visit.
… moreSome food really good, some pretty good, some a little disappointing.
Service, some good some a little lacking.
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Appearance & Service was nice with a pleasant atmosphere and acceptable comfort. This is right outside the “lake” so pretty busy with family dining and can be a little loud. Wait staff seemed fairly attentive and service was provided, though some aspects came off as deficient. Drinks and food where constantly served to the wrong person at the table requiring a lot of reshuffling. Even when trying to direct the server to the correct placement, indications were ignored and still mis-served. Drinks were kept full and food and check were provided in a timely manner.
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The Chicken Tortellini had a very creamy and flavorful alfredo sauce with tender beef tortellini and some sliced grilled chicken mixed in.
Eggplant Parm sub with Sicilian Potatoes, the potatoes are lightly fried with some sautéed onions and were very good. The sub was well prepared with an appropriate amount of sauce and nicely crisp eggplant.
The Rollatini was also very well prepared with excellent flavor and sufficient in serving size, though the penne sauce was bland with no depth of flavor.
The Sausage Pepper Dinner was also well cooked and seasoned, though its spaghetti was a little over cooked and the sauce seemed to have little to no seasoning.
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Overall it was an acceptable meal with service a little off, though this is a first impression, I would hope it was just an off day and would improve at a subsequent visit.
Nathaniel Johnson
We like this place. If you like Italian and some American cuisine this is the spot. They offer take out. From pizza , sandwiches, daily specials, lunch & dinner entrees, a big menu. You can always find something with pastas and a variety off proteins. There is a bar also, tables, booths and seasonal outdoor dining. A local hangout with consistent food quality. Good food and service at a reasonable price, give it a try.
… moreMichael Davis
This place sucks, will never be back, and unless you like wasting your money don’t come here . We had a three topping pizza and it was the worst we ever had. The cheese and toppings ran off of every piece we picked up because of floppy soaked pizza dough. Not to mention how overpriced it was crappy meal. The waitress didn’t even put the slices on a plate for us and we had to pack our own food up. What were we supposed to give her a tip for?
… moreCindy Lewis
I used to LOVE the people at this restaurant. The food is just average at best but service was good . Tonight we sat for 40 minutes with no food , no one checked on us , and we arrived around 4:40 in the afternoon and the place was not busy . We ordered burgers and fries , nothing complicated . Girl took our order and never returned . Finally
Flagged someone down at 5:30 because we had to be somewhere at 6 . It was clear the food was not even started because they had “a
Lot of orders rolling in “. That’s carry out . We were first . She basically said we could just leave . I saw her speak to a manager before delivering this message . While sitting there I over heard another customer call the place “disgusting “
And it felt like the staff was arguing .
And no they were not short staffed .
… moreFlagged someone down at 5:30 because we had to be somewhere at 6 . It was clear the food was not even started because they had “a
Lot of orders rolling in “. That’s carry out . We were first . She basically said we could just leave . I saw her speak to a manager before delivering this message . While sitting there I over heard another customer call the place “disgusting “
And it felt like the staff was arguing .
And no they were not short staffed .
Randy Wear
We used to go here quite a bit, then the service started going downhill. We were last here about 6 months ago and had terrible service. It took forever to get waited on, the food was brought out to our party at different times, and the pasta was super dry. I don’t think they even put sauce on it. Well, we went in tonight (Thursday night), there were only a few tables and yet we sat there for 20 minutes without one person waiting on us. No drinks, no water, nothing. We watched a few other couples come in and get service. We were a party of 5, so it would have been a big check, including the wine. We all ended up just getting up and leaving. Not one person in the restaurant even said anything. Like they didn’t even care. I will NEVER go back here. It’s sad, because it used to be one of our favorite places to go. I would recommend to anyone to find a new restaurant. Hopefully this one closes and new owners and new management come in and we can try it again.
… moreVanessa Oliveira
Amazing food! Great service! Excited to go back for dinner.
… morePatty Marcinkowski
I really hate giving a bad review, especially to a local place that others seem to really like. I appreciate other people’s honest reviews, though, so here goes… We’ve given this restaurant three chances because we really wanted to support local and were so hoping the first bad meal was a fluke. Our first visit (about 2 years ago) we ordered chicken marsala and eggplant parm. The young man who served us was fantastic. The food was lackluster. They claim their sauce is home made but to us it looked and tasted like canned tomato paste. We decided to give it a second try about 6 months ago – again wanting to support local. This time I figured I’d try classic hard-to-ruin Italian and ordered the Trio Pasta (lasagna, manicotti, stuffed shell). While it was an improvement over the first time, it was still nothing to get excited about. Interestingly, I can remember the great server from 2 years ago, but not the person from 6 months ago. It was a female and while not terrible, she was forgettable. The third time I tried it by default only because we had a group luncheon there. I played it safe (or so I thought) and ordered the grilled chicken salad. I was expecting a sliced grilled chicken breast on a bed of salad or something relatively close to that. You know… actually grilled. What I got was rubbery chicken pieces pan sautéed in an overabundance of some kind of brown salty sauce. I couldn’t eat it – it was awful. The server was equally bad. The restaurant was nearly empty except for the 7 or 8 of us yet we waited for water, we waited for drinks, we waited to order, we waited for meals (half of us were served 10-15 minutes after the rest), we waited for the check, and we waited to pay. The person hosting us ended up having to leave because it was taking so long, so a second person took over paying. She ended up having to go stand at the checkout to pay, and STILL had to say ‘can someone take this please – I need to leave’ after standing there and being ignored for several minutes. A few who needed to-go containers had to go get them at the checkout after the rest of the party had already left – except for the person who was still waiting to pay. There is absolutely no excuse for this kind of service. We will not be giving it a 4th chance.
… moreThomas Carr
Ordered takeout which was hot and ready when I got there.
Easy to order and friendly to work with.
… moreEasy to order and friendly to work with.