Giovanni’s Pizza & Pasta

We went to Hollywood lanes and ordered pizza. One large chicken and mushroom pizza, one medium buffalo chicken. Food was very terrible! Greasy and soggy. Buffalo chicken was topped with so many toppings that it was more than an inch thick. Stay away.

Had high hopes for this when I ordered online. I ordered their steak sandwich, and my wife and daughter ordered gyros. The amount of food for the price is good. The sandwich was large and was full, as were the gyros. However what I got (maybe because of expectations) was not a steak sandwich, but more a roast beef. The gyros were decent, but the tzatziki didn’t taste right; it tasted more like a sour cream than a yogurt, making the sauce heavy instead of bright. The bread appeared to be homemade and was good.
I still want to try their pizza, as the bread was solid; however I won’t be ordering the gyros again.

Great Pizza, Wings, and Salad. Decent sized order was delivered exactly when requested. Friendly service and quality food at a fair price, what more needs to be said.
I am not necessarily an expert on pizza but the pizza was fantastic, a great quality and quantity of ingredients.

Delicious pizza! We order from here about twice a month. It’s always good! Delivery usually takes about 45 min but it’s worth the wait. Pizza always arrives hot. Salads are good too, but I prefer the pizza.

Just yucky. The bread tasted too salty and the pizza was floating with oil. Will never go back to this place.

I am new to this area so I am looking for the best pizza this side of town ! But your not going to find it here. The sauce was far to sweet the pizza I had left over I put in the bin cos it was rubbish and over priced, I will not be coming back here !!!

I stopped by here last Sunday in order to pickup a pizza for my best friend and I to eat while watching football games. I called out to Giovannis at around 11:50 and ordered an XL pepperoni pizza. The guy on the other end of the phone confirmed I was picking it up in Dormont and then told me that it would be ready in around 20 minutes. I arrived just over a half an hour later and my pizza was ready. I didn’t get to see too much of the inside but I noticed a dining room on the right whenever I entered and then the usual kitchen, soda cooler and pick up area on the left.
This pizza like all pizzas can be broken down into its three major components: cheese, crust and sauce. My favorite part of this pizza was the sauce which had a little sweetness to it. It’s not nearly as sweet as the Giovannis on 6^th street and that’s ok as I think this sauce has it perfect. There was a good amount of cheese on the pizza and it was decent enough although nothing special. Last but not least was the crust which was a bit on the thicker side which I wasn’t a huge fan of. Since I also had pepperoni on this pizza I should probably talk about that as well. The pepperoni it was sliced from was rather small and the edges of each one had curled up during cooking. It tasted alright although I wish it had tasted better.
The bottom line for me is that I may stop by here again in the future. While it wasn’t the best pizza that I have ever had, it certainly is satisfactory and I did enjoy the sauce.

This place is so gross went to pick up my pizza. Was greeted by cockroaches. I can’t believe this place has been around this long. If your thinking about ordering delivery. Go pick up your order this place is so dirty. I really wonder how the the place is able to serve food. Plus the owner is a dick. His fethi he is Turkish not Italian like he tells everyone. Just a place to make the owner richer stay away!!!

Ordered online, food showed up cold 2:15 later. Managements response was sorry about your luck.
Last time ordering from here.

I have been to this place a couple times and have ordered from them multiple times. We tried many different things on their menu and one word is enough to describe all: Greasy. I cannot believe the amount of fat they put in their food. It makes it so heavy and drowns the other flavors. Their pasta dishes are simply noodles swimming in oil and sauce. As to their pizza, I would say you can find better pizza around Dormont. Although we do not like their food, I would say that the service is fast and the food is really warm. If you have not tried it, please do so and see it for yourself. Just remember that it is going to be very fatty…

My girlfriend and I walk past Giovanni’s almost every day and the smell blowing out from the door is INCREDIBLE. Finally we decided to order something for delivery and see how it was.
We were severely disappointed.
My girlfriend tried the buffalo chicken salad with french fries. I ordered penne noodles with marinara sauce. We decided to share an order of cheese bread twists and a slice of cheesecake.
My girlfriend’s salad was basically a few shreds of iceberg lettuce slathered in mediocre, overly-​spicy buffalo sauce. The chicken and fries were cold.
The pasta was nice and hot, but I found the marina sauce to taste bland and ketchup-​ish, almost like they had dumped a cup of corn syrup in the mix. It was freaky.
I was surprised that the cheese bread thing was so highly rated because ours was doughy, cold, and we weren’t even sure if cheese was involved. The marinara dipping sauce was the same as what was on my pasta– ketchup-​y, sharp, and basically flavorless.
The cheesecake was actually pretty good, flavor-​wise. Perfectly sweet. However, the consistency was almost identical to that of a half-​melted tub of frosting. The whole thing was a gooey mess, spilling over the sides of the crust.
Our experience was incredibly disappointing and we ended up throwing most of the food away. I could have set aflame forty bucks and felt about the same.
That being said, we didn’t even try pizza. Maybe that’s better, but we won’t be taking the risk to find out.

The pizza stands out from most ordinary pizza places, by far the best pizza I’ve had in the pittsburgh area. The sause is sweet and the pizza is greasy like a Philly cheese steak hoogie. Here delicious!!!

Went here for the first time tonight and was overwhelmed with the amount of great gluten free choices! They even made me gluten free garlic bread to start. I ordered a buffalo chicken hoagie on gluten free hoagie bread and it was amazing. I haven’t felt so normal in years! Bravo Giovanni’s!

Great gluten free pizza! Service was excellent. Would re-​visit if we come back to Pittsburgh!

We found two crickets in a batch of French fries. We called the store and nothing was even attempted to make it better.

I usually order from this place because delivery is usually fast and pizzas are generally ok. Last week I ordered a medium pizza and cheese sticks. The delivery came fast and the delivery girl was really nice. But I think they got a different cook because the pizza was not as good as before and we couldn’t even eat the cheese sticks. Also the medium pizza seemed like a small and we thought that the price was unreasonable. Not sure if I’m calling them again ;(

HALF-​BAKED. We ordered a large pizza for delivery, the cost was exorbitant at $ 27. It arrived with the crust nearly raw. It was practically inedible and we felt disappointed and ripped off. We could have had a much better dinner at another restaurant for our $ 27.
Maybe it’s better if you eat in, but I can’t recommend their delivery service food.

This has quickly become one of my favorite pizza spots in the city. I’ve never eaten there, but lucky for me, this is on my boyfriend’s way home from work so he can bring some delicious take-​out home!
We’ve had a few different kinds and it has always been delicious. Crispy crust and perfectly cooked dough. My favorite was a combo of spinach, grilled chicken, roasted red peppers, mozzarella and feta cheese.
Not sure of their delivery radius within the city, but definitely check them out!

Hands down best delivery in PGH. The pizza was really tasty and the penne with vodka sauce was perfect! The noodles were perfectly cooked and everything arrived piping hot! And delivery was prompt! Most food available by delivery here is inedible so this was a happy surprise!
I will definitely order from here again.
Recommended: spinach feta pizza

I’ve given Giovanni’s about 7 – 10 chances over the course of 3 months, and I’m done. The first time I got a specialty pizza from them it was amazing, and every time after that it’s either been burnt or cold or covered in grease.
I might be able to come to terms with the long wait and the barely adequate customer service (at least with delivery and pick up, I’ve never sat down and eaten in the restaurant, though I have exchanged pleasantries with one of the waitresses and she seems friendly) if the food were consistently good, but it’s not.
I’ve done call ahead pick-​up, I’ve done order and wait for it pick up, and I’ve done delivery through their website.
The last time I ordered and picked up, they gave me the wrong pizza and I didn’t realize it til I got home (my fault to a point, I probably should’ve looked at it). It had onions and mushrooms on it, which I don’t like, so it wasn’t like I could just eat it anyway. I called them and the guy asked: «What you want me to do? You want I deliver new pizza, you want credit, or you want pick up new pizza?»
I feel I should note that I used to work as a server. I realize mistakes happen. Despite being hungry, tired, and frustrated, I made sure I was pleasant– I did not insult anyone or raise my voice.
Based on my previous experience with delivery with them and the facts that I didn’t want to wait 45 minutes for a new pizza and I’d already put $ 2 in the tip jar at the counter and didn’t want to tip a delivery driver on top of that, I drove back and got a new (correct) pizza, which was smothered in cheese (I originally had asked for them to go easy on the cheese).
The guy apologized 3 – 4 times, which I appreciate, and it seemed that I got a lot of extra toppings on the new (correctly made) pizza, but I found it extremely disappointing that a handful of apologies was my only compensation for being an understanding customer («Hey man, it’s cool, it’s just a pizza, no one died,» is something that I said.)
I feel I should’ve been offered a discount on my next order or offered a free dessert or breadsticks or something to compensate for the fact that I had to drive back to get my order correct. Now, maybe I should’ve SAID that («Hey, uh, can I get a discount on my next order or get a free dessert or something?»), but I don’t feel that as a customer I should have to make suggestions. I once witnessed a couple go in there and complain that they’d been waiting an hour for delivery. They were handed their order free. So I’m nice, drive back to pick up my order when they got it wrong, and I get compensated with a few extra pieces of chicken and some cheese that I didn’t want on my new correct order? I guess the squeaky wheel really does get the most grease.
Unfortunately for them, this was their last chance with me. As I mentioned, out of anywhere from 7 – 10 chances over the course of 3 months, they’ve disappointed me more often than they’ve dazzled me. As soon as I opened that box and got the wrong pizza I turned to my husband and said: «That’s it, we’re never going to Giovanni’s again.» With his mouth full of hoagie he asked: «Aww, are you sure? Because this hoagie’s really good,» and I replied: «Well, let me see if they can make it up to me,» and they didn’t.
So if you wanna roll the dice, you might have some amazing pizza, but you also might have to wait half an hour for something cold or burnt. Best of luck in gambling at Giovanni’s.