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Such mediocre food. Good points were service and wine. The restaurant is so loud you can only talk to the person sitting next to you. The fried calamari was good. I had the Cod - which was mushy and bland. Everyone else ordered pastas - which were ridiculously huge portions (looked like family style portion size). But just boring options - chicken and broccoli on penne, shrimp and marinara sauce on spaghetti. So boring. My husband ordered the amatriciana and basically found it inedible. I don't recommend.

Was very cold winter night, but was worth the wait and the cold outside!~ Great food , great service, small for the amount of tables, to much noise, no debit cards. We would go back !! You have to take debit card!! we are on the 21th century!!

This place is awesome. It is a regular hangout for my husband and I, and we totally love the waiters. Sometimes the service could be better - for example, don't always expect to get seated at your reservation time. The food is always impeccable - the gnocchi and butternut squash ravioli are amazing dishes!

I realize veal parm and pasta perhaps aren't the most unique of dishes, but on my last trip mine was so bland I thought perhaps it was Chef Boy Ardee or something. My dining companion said her fish was good, but not excellent. Service was good. We had to lean forward and shout to be heard. I live nearby but had not been in for a while. I'd love to make it more of a regular stop, but now I'm in no hurry to return.

I visited Boston this week and the Sheraton recommended this place. I walked to it in the afternoon to just find it and met the chef (Richie) while I was walking. I chatted with him for about 10 minutes - a great guy. I told him what I liked, and he told me to come in and sit at the small bar near the open kitchen and he would take care of me. And did he ever! I started with a small portion of unbelievably delicious fried calamari - perhaps the best I have ever had, with a delicious red sauce as a dip. For my main course, I had pasta with frutta di mare. It was loaded with clams, shrimp, scallops, mussels and more calamari in a HUGE portion. I had it with the Giacomo's sauce (a red lobster/cream sauce) and I asked Richie to spice it up for me. It was perfect! A huge portion, the pasta was perfectly cooked, and the fish was fresh and tasty. I'll definitely visit here again - and tell Richie that Keith from DC sent you!

I've dined at giacomo's once and this past Friday night stormed off when waiting for a table. The first time we were there, service was average at best and food was a bit salty but since it was so busy we thought that they were just too busyand decided we'd want to try the place again on a not so busy night. Then for this past Friday I made a reservation for five for a birthday, got to the restaurant on time andchecked in with the hostess. She said it'd be a few minute, so I told her we'll wait outside so we don't crowd the non-existing standing place. We stood there watching out table getting set up and ten minutes later she gave it to a party of four that came after us. I went in to see how much longer our table was going to be and she said she can't seat us until our entire party was here. She could see out the window that three of us were standing there but didn't come out to check that perhaps the other two were standing a few yards away smoking (and they were. Needless to say we didn't bother waiting for another table and definitely won't go back there again. We got better service in Chinatown

I go to eat at this restaurant at least once/month and it never fails me. the food is always plentiful and delicious and the service is great. There has only been one time I have been there and thought the service could be better, but I have not seen that particular waiter since this instance. This place is phenomenal and is good for a nice dinner with your partner as well as a fun dinner with your friends. It can get loud, but that is because it's busy, and, it's busy for a reason: it's amazing.