gio's italian restaurant

best caprese i had in a very long time. which was 3 slices of red tomato with fresh mozzarella chopped fresh basil and most delicate balsamic reduction i ever had which would not of worked if the rest of was subpar, but it was not and in fact one of the best caprese i ever had.
we also had the covina fish in a lobster sauce with crab meat a special not on their normal menu which was about 26. the first thing i noticed was the real lobster taste in the sauce which made me think the chief studied in france in french cooking as well as it was wonderful and the fish was perfectly cooked and the texture of the crab was there but not the flavor as the lobster flavor was stronger but that was fine and thedishwas still wonderful of coures i never had a bad meal here

horrible experience. just had dinner at gio's with my wife and kids, the service was horrible two appetizers came out to us, wrong dish, took ten minutes to get the waiter back to make corrections( maybe they were short staffed ), but that's no excuse for the food they served us, of the four main dishes three were sub par. two dishes had jumbo shrimp, they were extremely overdone and had the consistency of rubber, the otherdishwas supposed to be black grouper, not only was this not black grouper it was mushy to boot! if you want to know what real black grouper tastes like go to oyster catchers. when we mentioned this to management he claimed the cook said everything was cooked just fine. huge disappointment here in my families opinion, but maybe it was a bad night, either way i'll never go back.

authentic. the restaurant was suggested by an italian friend who frequents the place often. i can see why he visits so much. the wine was smooth and accented the meal nicely. the eggplant was cooked in perfect italian style and by my lord the lasagna was amazing. the 10 layereddishwas quite possibly the smoothest version of thedishi have ever had. top the meal off with a tiramisu and frank sinatra in the background and you will be left one happy customer

muy bueno!. best authentic italian i've had in tampa; the staff is alive with friendliness, and are true italian service and smiles. (they'll even walk you to your car with an umbrella if it's raining.)

with live piano in the quaint smallish dining area, you get the true feeling of being in a comfortable small italian eatery.

the beef carpaccio is to die for, and every single special and regulardishare top-notch - this is no americanized italian eating, and is worth each and every penny.