Giardina's Restaurant
Giardina's Restaurant
Crawfish dip
Duck gumbo
the entrance to the restaurant
Iceberg Wedge Salad
Shrimp with Cajun sauce over a bed of mashed potatoes. We created this special meal. So good! Awesome sous chef. Margaritas are fab!
Welcome
Menu
Very private
Dessert
Filet Mignon 8 Oz.with Brussels sprouts
Oysters Trio -4 Giardina , 4 Rockefeller , Bienville Artichoke dip with corn tortilla chips
Stuffed spinach and cheese manicotti
Brown butter scallops
What a meal
A day at the River Front
Giardina Fresh Fish of the Day
Filet Mignon 8 Oz . Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Giardina's cocktail
Menu
This is the shrimp with Cajun sauce over a bed of mashed potatoes. We created this special meal. Highly recommended. Awesome sous chef.
Eggplant parmigano
Aged prime rib, baked potato
Delta Delight
Jumbo fried shrimp and strawberry salad
Thom C.
Aug 6, 2024
Amazing and delicious food in a great setting. Wait staff was attentive and wonderful. Will I go back? Without a doubt!
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Tanya B.
Aug 6, 2023
This restaurant is really interesting for its history; it's been around since 1936, and still has many of its original decor features. It is attached to the Alluvian Hotel which has been around just as long. I would say it's good to go to at least once if you're in the Greenwood MS area, if only for the history. The service is always kind but takes a LONG time to get any kind of drinks or food. The food is at best OK. I really enjoy their crawfish dip appetizer, but have had several items on the menu for entrees, including their Delta Catfish filet (the sauce was ok, and the catfish fresh but it was not flavorful), and their Spinach stuffed Manicotti (this was touted as one of their best entrees according to the waitress, but the pasta was over cooked and the flavor was nothing special; I've certainly had much better), which were both subpar. The dessert was decent, but nothing to write home about. I enjoyed their gelato, but it could have just as easily come from a jar purchased at the grocery store. TLDR: I've come to this restaurant several times now (wanted to give it a decent shot since I'm not from the area) and I would go for the history but not stay for the food. It's overpriced for the quality and the service is way too slow. Even though a few items were decent (I.e. the crawfish dip), there isn't enough there for me to sit down and have another meal.*This review is generous because it's in the middle of nowhere MS
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Fred R.
Jul 10, 2024
Great thing about this restaurant is the historic value it holds in the community. The customer service at the front desk was awesome and the waitress had superior Service. My guests and I wasn't thrilled about being seated behind the curtain. The best part of the meal was the old-fashioned cocktail and fried green tomatoes. I ordered the blackened chicken parmigiana with angel hair pasta. The taste was just OK for mytastebuds. Great historic place to visit just not one of my favorites
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Josh S.
Jul 16, 2024
Went to Giardina's for the first time tonight. Food was amazing. I had the duck sausage gumbo and an order of shrimp Alfredo. Honestly I wasn't expecting much from shrimp Alfredo, but this stuff was great! The atmosphere at the bar has that big city feel in such a small town in Mississippi. I could see how the locals could come here to 'get away'. I can't wait to come back to try the filet and a few other things. Joey at the bar took great care of us and I recommend the Old Fashion.
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Sonali D.
Jan 23, 2022
A hidden Delta Mississippi gem! Came to stay at the Alluvian for a wedding, and got to have dinner at Giardina's!A group of 4 of us were seated in our own private room. Completely bound with 3 walls and a curtain. This allowed for privacy for our group dinner - which we absolutely loved. Started with an appetizer of spinach and artichoke dip and the oyster trio. Amazing. Each of us had different entrees, and one friend had a gluten-allergy that the restaurant was able to be very accommodating of! We also shared two bottles of wine. Apparently reservations here book up very quickly, so if you're planning to make a visit be sure to book in advance.We loved every bite!
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Linda S.
Sep 15, 2022
We went to Giardina's on Labor Day for a birthday. First, the restaurant accommodated our party of 10 with short notice. Our service was excellent. The highlights of the meals were the fried asparagus (amazing flavor and such a unique texture element), the chicken parmigiana along with the eggplant parmigiana, the crawfish cheese dip and the veggie flatbread. All so wonderful. The crawfish cheese dip was so creamy flavorful. The veggie flatbread was so fresh and loaded with veggies, very well seasoned. There was one disappointing element to our meal. One person ordered salmon and was asked how they wanted it cooked as in, like a steak: rare, medium rare, medium...and so on. The person said, let the chef cook it in a way they know salmon should be cooked. The salmon came out dry and over cooked. Highly disappointing. If it wasn't for the salmon, definitely a 5 star experience.
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Milton S.
Nov 8, 2021
This restaurant is within the Alluvian Hotel where we stayed. I had checked and made reservations at the time we booked the hotel and Viking Cooking school. We were seated on time and had no problems. Several people we met at Cooking School had stories of terrible waits and rudeness when they arrived at this restaurant. Seating is very limited because of the curtained booth arrangement and like many places, staffing seems to be short at the moment. Our waitress was new and was good at service but couldn't answer any questions about the restaurant's history or food items. I definitely wouldn't recommend going here without reservations.From the name, I assumed this was an Italian restaurant but the Italian menu items were fairly limited. Steaks appear to be their specialty. My companion tried the eggplant Parmesan which was Ok but the dish was not that great- the pasta and sauce were on the dry side and the spices overpowered the eggplant, just a poor example of a classic Italian dish. The Aged Ribeye was perfectly done and a really great steak, one of the best I've ever eaten. If you enjoy a good steak, I can understand this would be a great restaurant.This was apparently an old local restaurant which was relocated to this hotel. The dining areas are enclosed booths with curtains, similar to another more famous local restaurant, now closed, Lusco's. It is a rather unique dining experience which reminds you of days of prohibition and secretive, sometimes romantic evenings in a small Mississippi Delta town.
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J N.
Nov 7, 2022
In town on business, eating alone and had a fantastic time in my personalized room. Food and service was prompt and delicious. What a nice experience. Can't wait until next visit.
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Charity T.
Mar 15, 2022
My sister and I decided to go down to the bar to grab a drink and ended up eating dinner there. The bartender was amazing and the food was great! I had the crab cakes, Parmesan risotto, and it was delicious. If it it just two of you, go enjoy the atmosphere of the bar and eat dinner.
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Rhonda S.
Oct 30, 2023
Worst entree ever...and we've eaten all over the world. First, we were introduced to a new wine less than a year ago (last time we were at the Alluvian) and asked if it was still available. The wait staff checked and was told no, but decided to look themselves and actually found numerous bottles after the substitute was opened. Luckily, the substitute was a vintage we enjoy...just not our first choice. Even the wait staff was confused as to why the bottle we wanted was not offered. I can say the onion rings and ranch dressing on our wedge was good. As for the entree, we were told the menu was new and there were no specials. We asked about the Mahi and Fried Rice. We absolutely love a similar described dish at our favorite restaurant on 30A in Florida and hoped it would be similar. It was NOT. The "fried" rice was a sticky mush that was disgusting. And we are NOT picky eaters. Our waitstaff indicated she had even complained to the kitchen. It was SO BAD, I don't want to ever stay at the hotel again...much less eat at Giardina's! Such a shame for a place that at one time was a real treat!
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