Giordano Trattoria Romana - Carefree, Arizona

Dave Michels

My wife and I were excited to go here with all the great reviews but it was not really as great as the reviews lead you to believe.
1st Atmosphere was very old school(pictures and settings) , kind of outdated and although we are both in our 50's we were the youngest people in the restaurant. The patronage was made up of mostly retirees and people over 65+.
2nd Food was standard Italian, nothing super exciting, taste was good, the sauce was a bit bland for our taste, the rest was good. The presentation was nice, nothing fancy. The best part was the dessert 🍰, great taste, great presentation!
3rd Service was good, it seemed we were past from one server to another (3 in all) and it took a while to get a server to respond to us and a while for the check to come even though the restaurant was actually only 1/2 full.
We won't be going back here, we felt the entire experience was not worth the almost $150+ we spent.

S Q

Everything was great. Started with some wine and cocktails. We shared some fried calamari excellent not great or chewy. I had the chicken picatta with veggies instead of pasta. The chicken was ligh t ly breaded and the picatta sauce was thick(not watery) and lemony. My wife had the eggplant Rolland also with veggies. The eggplant was tender lightly breaded and stuffed with ricotta cheese. Magnificent! Our friends had gnocchi very good also and chicken piemontese basically chicken picatta but with artichokes and mushrooms instead of capers absolutely delicious. For dessert we shared a spumoni which also was fantastic. We had a nice chat with the owner Adele, lovely lady. Overall I don't think you can do better if you want good Italian food. We will definitely return!

Kalli Moon Adventures

All I can say is WOW! Truly impressed with the Italian dishes here. Real horseradish in the Shrimp Cocktail and absolutely delectable dishes! Lamb was superb in the Cannelloni Florentine and Chicken Parmesan was tender. Quality ingredients and the staff was delightful. Thank you so much! ❤️

Tina Hannaford, Real Estate Professional

Oh my goodness, absolutely delicious 😋 the penne and meatballs, incredible. We had the mussels to start in a white wine garlic sauce, the best flavor ever! Then the wedge salad with the blue cheese dressing was so good, but didn’t seem like your typical wedge salad. But I would have it again!!

Over all it was awesome and the service was great as well. Our server was Anthony, good guy!!

I highly recommend this amazing Italian restaurant. 👍🏼❤️👍🏼❤️

Only if they played Italian music 🎵

Lacy Cain

Adele and her team are FABULOUS! We loved the enviroment and would highly recommend any of their hadnmade pasta dishes. The Cannelloni Florentine was 1000000% the best Italian dish I have ever had in Arizona. Worth every penny!

Rich Gosnell

Good Italian themed restaurant. Good service, good wine selections, very good family italian recipes. Staff was very friendly, as was the owner. I believe recipes were brought from little itay in Manhattan, NYC. Definitely on my return checklist.

Amber T

ABSOLUTELY THE BEST overall experience I have had in a LONG time. Waitress and waiters are genuinely polite caring an down to earth. They made my daughter and I feel super comfortable although we had never been there. They examined everything from the menus to the desserts to the specials of the day. The ambiance is so nice you don't even want to leave. We went at 5pm before it got too crowded. Remember to make a reservation. We had the special which was shrimp scampi over lobster ravioli, my daughter had manicotti . She is vegetarian and they had many options to accommodate that she could have chosen from. We had tiramisu and cheesecake to die for and only $9 each. We got another cheesecake with strawberry topping to take home. We don't drink but great wine options available as well huge selection etc. From start to finish a flawless seamless fabulous 10 star experience!!!!!Thank you Adrianna (I think that was our waitress name). You are the best!!!!!

Karl Satterlund

Went recently on a Friday night around 7:00. Summertime, so no snowbird crowds, and the place was only about 1/3 full. Still got seated immediate behind the hostess podium, of all places. Not comfortable. Waited 15 minutes before being asked to order drinks. Only wine on the menu, no beer or cocktails listed. Food took very long, then came out with order taken incorrectly (red sauce, should have been white). We agreed that food took too long coming out to bother sending back and get the right order in time to enjoy. Overall, we felt unattended to. The slow service seemed due to the fact that our waiter was caught up chatting with the older “regular” constituents. Other staff had to help wait on us. Food was okay, but not anything special for simple pasta dishes. Certainly not worth the higher pricing of a Scottsdale joint. Decided to go across the street afterwards for better drinks & dessert.

I don’t leave reviews, so 4.5 stars was unexpectedly misleading for a planned “special night out”.