Giannis Italian Restaurant in Scarborough

Fantastic Italian cuisine with lovely staff for my 60th birthday celebrations. First time we have tried Giannis ,would highly recommend it .We will definitely be back soon .

Pleasant friendly staff, very well presented and good range of delicious meals and deserts on both evening visits. Welcome serenity at rear of upstairs dining area on first night, unwelcome exuberance from group table front of upstairs on second evening can be put down to the approaching seasonal works 'do's' . So if management can steer groups to front and couples to rear it would better mitigate against being hostage to a bawdy soap opera of in-jokez at high decibels from starter through to desert over the coming weeks. Service and atmosphere both dipped from 5* on evening #1, to just about 4* on second evening as staff likely kept a tactical distance in slight dismay from the chattering and guffaws. Pricing perfect for quality and experience 👌.

Everything was fabulous! The atomsphere, the food and the staff - we felt very welcome and comfortable in this restaurant. The food was surprisingly lovely and truly italian. I am normally always disappointed with spaghetti bolognese but here it was divine. We would definitely come back and visit when we come back to Scarborough .

Alessandro!! What a guy!! We've been twice when visiting the area, once back in July for my wife and I's anniversary and we were so impressed when we knew we were going to be back in the area we brought my farther in law and his Italian speaking partner who was made to feel welcome conversing in Italian and when it came to the rest of our visit we were not disappointed 😊 service 5 star, atmosphere 5 star and Food five star even with 2 off menu special orders, excellent!!! all round and Alessandro our waiter was excellent and such a gentleman and thank you for the recommendation on the red wine "eccellente" - Chris and family 😊

Lovely Italian restaurant with authentic heritage. Amazing all round

Nice good tasty food big portions size and friendly service but improvements to be made. Booked table but waited 15 mins to get the table. We were seated in the meantime and ordered drinks whilst we waited. The waitress when holding our empty glasses for the table held the rim with fingers inside the glass too for us to use. The waiter was chewing gum with mouth open which is off putting too. Also at the end of the meal another waitress was scraping our leftover food on to a plate to clear which made me feel like staff and not what a customer wants to experience. Just take the plates away and scrape the food in the kitchen please.

Excellent food... slightly overpriced. But all was good 👍😊 excellent service

Very good vibrant restaurant excellent staff food very good indeed

Always guaranteed a beautiful meal in a beautiful setting with great service at Gianni's .it really is the place to be

Above stars speak themselves. Very welcoming.

Ok, overrated I believe. Pricey and a bit chaotic as they were so busy. Some portions of food coming up didn't look much.

Loved it . Definitely be back soon.

We've visited Scarborough a number of times this year and eaten at Giannis on three occasions. The food is always lovely, it's flavoursome and well cooked. My Monkfish linguini on Saturday was delicious. The meal and wine was very good value and the service very attentive. Definitely recommend Giannis to anyone visiting Scarborough.

Food OK. Some cleaning needed especially the banister to the toilets upstairs as it was very sticky.

Had dinner here a couple of nights ago . Food was fabulous and the service excellent. Will definitely come back when next visiting the area. Highly recommended *****

From the real fire that was so welcoming on the wettest coldest night of the year. To the very friendly staff to the amazing food. The garlic bread and sauce on my pasta were the best I have ever tasted. Can definitely recommend eating here.

We love this place; the food is great and reasonably priced. We've been 3 times now and it's always good. The only drawback for me is the steep stairs :-)

Visited the restaurant whilst on our honeymoon, the staff were super friendly and smiley, the food was nice, unfortunately our meal was disturbed by a baby crying and screaming constantly which isn’t the restaurants fault. I would like to visit again

Fantastic food,good specials menu. Service with a smile 🙂

Great place for gluten free Staff are fantastic we were both very well looked after and it wasn't expensive 😀

What a wonderful venue. We had our dog with us tonight and very last minute and they couldn't have been more accommodating. Wonderful food and good service. Thank you.

Stunning place,fantastic food and very reasonably priced. All the staff were brilliant 👏

Lovely little restaurant, nice and busy but with a personal touch. The food was excellent and served quickly and the staff and ambience were excellent.

Had a brilliant meal last night. Food was good Italian, service attentive and friendly. Will certainly return on next visit to Scarborough.

An absolute gem of a family owned Italian restaurant. Wise to book.

Great place loved every minute of the time I was there

Everything about Giannis was excellent! The meal was enjoyed at a relaxed pace, as good Italian food should be enjoyed, and the service was outstanding! As for the food…delicious, and very reasonably priced. For a shared starter, 2 mains, and a bottle of wine, we paid £50. Plus, there was an extensive separate vegan menu - I was spoilt for choice!

Excellent choice of food great service very attentive lovely atmosphere

Just an average Italian - with some over priced food - Tomatoe and onion salad came with 6 sliced tomatoes with a sprinkle of onions £3.99 come on. All the staff seemed miserable and pre occupied except one member who was smiley all the time.

We went and had to wait as it was booked full, but we were very glad we waited. My wife and I are vegans, and there was a separate vegan menu that had a lot of options l. We had two pizzas and they were both delicious - vegan pizza cheese is often hit or miss but this cheese was fantastic, and the crust was great too. Can’t wait to be back! 🍕 🌱

Very nice food and friendly staff

I went to this restaurant yesterday and to my surprise the service was awful. Unfortunately the waitress cleaned my table with a filthy cloth from the bin, they spoke to me poorly and were rude. The salt and oil containers were dirty and sticky. We were waiting far too long for our dishes and the food quality was very poor for the price

It was our 1st wedding anniversary, so we thought of Giannis and we were not disappointed. Right from the start we were greeted by a smiling face and our drinks and food orders taken by the most lovely and attentive waiter (Alessandro) what a credit to the restaurant he is! My wife had the chicken in the mushroom sauce with vegetables - it was devine. I had the fillet steak with peppercorn sauce - it was up there with the best steaks I've ever eaten. Try this place, you'll love it.

We were extremely surprised by this restaurant. The food was excellent and couldn’t fault anything. Would highly recommend if going to Scarborough.

Very good experience. Staff very friendly and polite. Very good with the children. Good excellent. Good atmosphere.

Fantastic family run authentic Italian. Always a warm welcome. Food excellent.

Perfect place with atmosphere. Excellent quality and quantity and presentation of food.. I have eaten in plenty of Italian restaurants in Leeds, Harrogate and York - this is so far the best and I will be returning. Highly recommended but you will have to book.

Absolutely loved it as did all of our group. We had a couple of cocktails which were great and then started on the food . It was busy as I believe it usually is amd it took about 25 mins from ordering to the food coming out which is fine by me I don't like it when you're rushed in and out of a restaurant. Food was fantastic and service good with the staff being social and talkative but not overly so that they are in your face . Overall a fantastic experience and I will definitely visit again when next in scarborough.

Very good Italian restaurant. Taste as well as the portion size was amazing. Had to wait 30 minutes even on Thursday but it was worth it. One of the waiter was bit rude but the other one was very helpful and smiling. The ambience is really beautiful and nice. Will definitely visit again.

Excellent menu and quality food, good service in a Victorian house

Absolutely fantastic!! From the minute we walked in, the staff were all smiling and welcoming. We were showed to our seat. We shared a ham and mushroom pizza to start with, absolutely amazing and very tasty. My husband had steak and I had chicken, they were so delicious and tender, it went lovely with the peppercorn sauce we enjoyed every single mouthful. The chips… well they were the best we’ve ever had from all the restaurants we’ve tried in Scarborough. We had rocket and Parmesan salad and tomato and red onion salad which we shared, they were delicious and very well presented. We had no room after our meal for a dessert which was a shame, the meal filled us up so much, portion sizes were spot on. I can honestly say that we throughly enjoyed our meal and the service, there was nothing to fault at all. Thank you to you all, we live in Scarborough so we will definitely be back soon.

Went here with a couple friends. The staff were absolutely wonderful getting us seated and taking our orders. The starters were amazing and came out very quickly. Then whilst waiting for our mains one of the brilliant staff Alex said he would ask the chef Pedro to stuff the calzone full of the toppings I ordered. When it arrived I was starstruck by its size. Even as a guy who can eat alot I must say I struggled! It also tasted amazing and is probably one of the best calzones i have ever had. My friends loved their meals aswell and overall was an amazing experience, would highly recommend.

Calling to their phone number not under 30 times in different hours😅. No one answer phone call. Really want to come in this place but seem no way

We booked this restaurant whilst staying in Scarborough for the weekend and so glad we did. I'm a creature of habit when I go to Italian restaurants and often opt for lasagna, I have to say this was one of, if not the best lasagna I've had at an Italian restaurant and I've been to many.

Busy local Italian, friendly service. Good value. Probably best mussels I have ever had

Good food. Polite staff Good atmosphere.

Lovely restaurant, great service!

Lovely place. Food was top notch. Service was friendly. Would definitely recommend. We shall return.

Food was delightful. Possibly the best seafood I've had.

Food was nowhere as good as I had at different Italian restaurant previously. Veggies under prepped and under cooked. Do you even cook? Waiter spilled bottle of water all over my phone. What a clumsy. To apologise she told me she will bring my bill. What a hell? Cheers

Came here last week and ordered lasagna. I have eaten in numerous Italian restaurants in England but this surpassed ALL of them.Every mouthful was gorgeous from start to finish and there was plenty of it!! Italian food of the highest quality just the way it should be, in lovely surroundings , served by very attentive staff.WELL DONE!!!!

Beautiful food at good prices. Amazing service . Thank you xx

It was my 'special' birthday and the guys here couldn't have been more accommodating! The food was absolutely amazing and the atmosphere lovely! Thank you so much will definitely be back!

Great place to eat very good standard excellent food highly recommended

Fantastic food and great service!! Didn’t book and the restaurant was so full, however let us sit outside with heater and blankets, not that they were needed but nice touch. Staff got us a table after about 20 minutes and were very attentive even though they didn’t stop!! Couldn’t recommend more

Great food and great service. Very well worth a visit

I would like to give my utmost and genuine thanks to the staff at Gianni’s for making my birthday meal a very special night out. There were 10 of us, some with dietary requirements and others with allergies and every length was taken to confirm these items with the kitchen. The food was fantastic, I recommend the Kiev Calzone (bring your appetite!!) and limoncello cheesecake with cherry ice cream, and absolutely amazing night, thank you to all the staff!!

My partner rang your restaurant 8 times Saturday (22/06/24) from 4pm - 8pm to hopefully book a table and no-one answered at all. 🙄🤨 so therefore decided to just turn up and hope that we were able to get a table ( We walked 30 minutes from our b&b might I add). When we arrived, there was a young gent on the bar who advised us that 'unfortunately you were booked up' he didn't check to see if he could just squeeze the two of us in at some point during the evening even if it had meant us going and having to come back but this wasn't offered to us!. When we advised him of how we had been ringing 8 times his response was 'We don't answer the phone when busy' which was not busy at the bar when we arrived and I'm sure someone is around to answer the phone otherwise how are you supposed to book a table. Very disappointing service from several times of trying to get through on the phone and frustratingly no one answering to walking 30 minutes to get there and turned away without even trying to check if we could be fitted in anywhere throughout the night. This is a shame as we were recommended your restaurant and read from your reviews how good the food is. Maybe if we're in Scarborough again sometime I will try to ring a month in advance if anyone cares to answer the phone or just not bother now and go elsewhere as I feel this is bad service.

The best restaurant in Scarborough.

Fabulous food. Lovely staff. Would highly recommend

Food delicious service wonderful. Highly recommend

Really good authentic Italian restaurant. Good quality, homemade food. Busy even on a wet Monday in June.

Lovely, tasty meals, with fresh-tasting ingredients- would go again

We dropped upon this Italian restaurant by chance and was pleasantly surprised. A rustic family run restaurant with lovely food and service. So good we had to come back the following night 😍

Food was top class. Had the sharing plate for starter and the mussels for main. Both were delicious.

Amazing restaurant, had the lobster ravioli which was incredible. Fantastic atmosphere inside and the staff were perfect, that you Gianni’s!

I do recommend the food the food was delicious and tasty and do recommend all dishes they are polite staff and good atmosphere and give you a compliment lemon cello after drink everything clean and tidy and well respectful food on time the price reasonable and absolutely delicious succulent and tasty my wife invited me there I do recommend seafood platter and a Stirling state 10 ounce with chunky chips with stilton source and also chicken breast with creamy mushroom sauce and banana and toffee pavlova cake and also a chocolate and coffee pavlova cake absolutely fantastic

We had an absolutely fabulous meal last night. My partner had lobster ravioli, and I had spaghetti with meatballs. We started with a special of smoked burrata stuffed with rocket. The service was stellar and the meal was absolutely delicious.

We ordered the seafood platter, which was delicious, large in quantity, and reasonably priced. Alexander's service was very good, and we were very satisfied.

Service and atmosphere was delightful, very reasonably priced £57 for 1/2 litre of house wine, pint of beer, soft drink and the food shown below. Will definitely return next time visiting Scarborough

My main was the size of a starter tesco lasagne is far superior

Had the most amazing food here tonight and excellent service. Would definitely recommend and will be back soon.

Loved the black scallop ravioli. Excellent service. Restaurant is tucked away from where most of the bars and restaurants are but if you know Scarborough you will find it.

Very good so nice the service was fantastic Bravo thank you for a lovley evening

Usually love it here the food is great. We came today for a family meal, 6 adults. We spent 5 mins at the table chatting amongst us about the menu. Another customer took it upon themselves to complain about us, the staff handled this horrendously. Instead of assessing the situation to see that we were not being loud, we were blatantly accused of ‘screaming’ and swearing… we were with our parents so absolutely were not swearing and our volume was perfectly fine for the atmosphere. The table complaining about us were leaving, we had only just sat down. You have lost our custom forever from an extremely silly situation that didn’t need to happen. Horrendous customer service.

Horrendous service. Just arrived at our table, table of 6 family members. Someone ‘complained’ about us being loud, we literally said hello and discussed the menu. Servers came over said we were loud and ‘screaming’ Removed ourselves from this joke of an establishment. Been many times, never again.

Gorgeous meal for Our son's birthday tonight. Always consistently fantastic food and service!

Excellent service from start to finish,food and atmosphere amazing.Me and my family will definitely be back.😀

We enjoyed the sea food good atmosphere authentic Italian restaurant

Excellent Italian. Wonderful service. Definitely one to visit. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Probably the best Italian restaurant we have been in. Food was excellent and reasonably priced. Will definitely be going back next time we are in Scarborough. In

Party of 6. Just enjoyed a 3 course meal. Each and everyone of us have thoroughly enjoyed our food. Service was prompt allowing time in between courses. Highly recommend to anyone.

Popped in this evening as my little ones really wanted pizza. The waiter who served us was brilliant. He taught our 5 year old how to speak a little bit of Italian. Our 5 year old absolutely loved it. The waiter had so much time for both our children. The portions were generous and absolutely delicious. Will definitely be returning next time we are in Scarborough

Lovely restaurant never disappoints

Disappointing.. I requested a reservation for my partner, 3 month old child and I at 5pm on Saturday. Seemed early enough to beat the rush. I mentioned that space for a pram was necessary as my son can’t sit at a seat given his age. This information was enough to have the person taking the call to swiftly say there wouldn’t be space in the dining room and promptly put the phone down..

Lovely food and great staff! Brilliant Italian in Scarborough. Would recommend 😊

Fantastic place, so good that our daughter Natalia insisted we went again the next day

Not very enjoyable, pasta tasted like the sauce was burnt and the steak was tough and fatty

Enjoyed a really nice meal and friendly service. Will certainly going again when in scarborough.

If you want an authentic Italian meal then it's here! Best garlic bread I've ever had and my steak was cooked to absolute perfection 👌🏻and I'm fussy.. we're from Bradford and I would drive there for that quality no problem..

Amazing food at very reasonable prices.. Ribeye steak was to die for.. highly recommended and will definitely be back in the summer.

The welcome was warm and inviting. It was a work group dinner. The food was delicious. Every course and the waitors were superb. Loved every aspect. Definitely return.

We went on a busy Saturday night. We were seated in the waiting area and given menus and someone said they would take our drinks order. Other people came in after us and we're served drinks, unfortunately we were forgot about for around 15 mins, by the time we were asked if we wanted a drink it was time to sit down. The starter was nice and we ordered linguine for main. We were then told they ran out of linguine so would I be ok with spaghetti, yep ok, makes no odds to me. We ordered a garlic bread to come with the meal, this didn't come and I told the first member of staff that came near us, but by the time it was here we had nearly finished our meals so we told them it didn't matter anymore. The pasta dish I had was ok but the sauce was really watery to the point nothing stuck to the pasta it was pretty plain, there was only 4 chunks of fish too in the dish which was pretty sparse. Overall it was ok, they were very busy so little hiccups are bound to happen.

What a fabulous meal we had last night. Every course was a winner and our waiter gave superb service and made our evening very special. Great ambiance and it’s genuinely a restaurant to try if you want excellent food and great choice.

Authentic Italian restaurant, good value for money

Excellent service and food, we booked for New Year's Eve months in advance and it was well worth the wait! Excellent food and brilliant service all around!

Loved this place. Good food at reasonable prices. Booking is advised. We turned up with a pram and without a booking, but they went out of their way to fit us in. Staff were very attentive and helpful. All in all, it was a great experience.

It was a busy Saturday night, the atmosphere was great, service and food outstanding.

Delicious food, great service, always polite and friendly staff. A favourite place to eat!

An excellent evening with friends. Great food, great staff. Will definitely return.