Located at
114 Eastchester Drive in High Point, Giannos serves pizza and Italian cuisine (with
a few Greek offerings) for lunch and dinner Monday-Saturday and lunch on
Sundays. The restaurant offers a pizza and salad buffet from 11-2 on weekdays.
Group dining and catering (via a mobile oven) are available.
There is
something comforting in the familiarity of a local mid-range Italian place, and
while Giannos is hardly the pinnacle thereof, it does fit the bill nicely,
offering a good assortment of pizzas and pastas at fairly reasonable prices.
Should you
go, timing can make a big difference in how your meal turns out. The lunch menu
keeps most offerings under $10 and features the pizza/salad bar whereas the
dinner menu bumps prices entrée pricing into the teens (salad included), but
there’s a tradeoff. My wife and I stopped by between 12 and 1 on a Tuesday,
which ended up being the thick of the lunch rush. It was very loud, and staff
seemed beleaguered (though our server, Faith, did an excellent job despite the
calamity). Once the crowd thinned out and conversation actually became
possible, the environment was reasonably comfortable.
My wife opted
for the pizza/salad buffet while I went with shrimp scampi and a Caesar salad.
At $8.29 and $9.59 ($8.59 + $1 for the salad), both were quite affordable. Of
course, “you get what you pay for” is in effect here, but at that price point,
things could have turned out a lot worse. While bowtie pasta was a puzzling choice
(theirs, not mine) for the scampi, the dish was otherwise very enjoyable:
creamy and generously portioned with a nice lemon note in the sauce. A basket
of fresh, warm rolls hit the spot as well. On the other hand, the dressing that
accompanied the salad was closer to a ranch than a Caesar, and my wife found
the pizza to be nothing special.
Given the type
of cuisine and the quality of the service, Giannos merits a return visit when a
pasta craving hits. But if the parking lot is ever three-quarters full, come
back another time.
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