Giovanni's Inn

Giovanni‘s inn is quite a unique and kitschy place went there for dinner with my love and we had an excellent time soon as we walked in we greeted warmly. The atmosphere almost has a hunting club/Woody design almost like an old backwoods , Italian restaurant , even though we did not make a reservation, which you have that option we were seated immediately. The staff were friendly and knowledgeable about the menu and continually checked on us. We had the mushroom ravioli, the shrimp Parmesan it’s spaghetti and for dessert we had lemon blueberry mascarpone cake, and mini cannolis. It was all so delightful. The atmosphere is Amber and Rich with conversation and good feelings the food was excellent and the owner and the cooking staff would even come out and were friendly and talk to everyone. A very family, friendly vibe definitely love the quaintness of this place a must try.

Our friends highly recommended this restaurant to us, so we went on our 3 months wedding anniversary :D

It’s so small and we passed it…..but it’s really a hidden gem. We love the warm environment, indoor and outdoor. Afternoon we saw the wood fire brick oven, we totally fell in love with this restaurant.

We ordered the salad and mussels as appetizer. Well, salad was salad, good salad, but still just salad. Mussels are really good, yummy yummy. But, wait, what we love the most is pizza!! After we ordered two pizza: margarita and customized topping pizza, we even ordered another to go because they were so so so good.

And finally, house made cheese cake and Bumba (do I spell right?) as desserts….perfect.

Since we went on Wednesday, there was only pizza available. We’d like to go back again on other days to try their other foods.

Anyway, they have the best pizza we have ever had in Orange County, no, in NYS, no, in the States so far (Note: I have been to 40 out of 50 states so far). So, highly highly recommended.

Looking at my first review of Giovanni’s I can’t believe it was 6 years ago we first stumbled upon this place, loved it then love it now. We are from NYC and have been coming back as often as we can. Wonderful old school Italian, great warm rustic atmosphere, authentic food and great service. This is a real gem in the Catskills that could hold its own in NYC’s Little Italy! My favorite dishes are the veal parmigiana, tender, a large portion with a big side of pasta, the eggplant parmigiana melts in your mouth, the mussels marinara are fresh and succulent served with garlic bread, the broth is amazing, we return the plate clean every time! Everything is always fresh, plentiful and very reasonable. For 3 of us it’s under $100, can’t beat that! Sadly, COVID ended the live singing every Saturday night, but that doesn’t change the great food, drinks and reasonable prices.
Oh and in the summer Wednesday is Pizza night, you will find Giovanni in the outdoor garden at the brick pizza oven cooking up pies all night, fantastic pizza!