Giovanni's on the Hill Restaurant Review
5201 Shaw Ave. (Marconi Ave.) 
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St. Louis, MO 63110
314-772-5958 | Menu
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Giovanni's on the Hill Restaurant is one of our 2012
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Cuisine
Open
Dinner Mon.-Sat.Features
- Romantic setting
- Private room(s)
- Full bar
- Reservations suggested
- Valet parking
- Business casual
Wine
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| Chandeliers, pink walls, lots of paintings, black-tie waiters: Giovanni's is an elegant, very traditional restaurant. Dishes like farfalline del Presidente Reagan and pappardelle alla Bella Oprah are the first clue that you’ll be in illustrious company while dining here. The clientele, largely professionals and folks celebrating special occasions, tends to dress and act the part. Look for items on the menu that are not the expected, and you will eat very well indeed. Plump mussels with tomato, wine and basil, for example, evoke a seaside café in Palermo. The beef filet would be nice with some Marsala and porcini, suggests the waiter; and “nice” hardly begins to describe the rich, haunting sauce that accompanies the steak. A three-inch hunk of sea bass, crisp outside, properly cooked inside, calls for more subtlety---and gets just that with a tomato-olive backdrop. Service can be slightly overwhelmed at times, but no one can fault owner Giovanni Gabriele as host or his son, Frank, in the kitchen. |
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