Giovanni Rocco in Hamburg

The food was very good and so was the atmosphere! They play reggaeton and bachata 🤩 Tasty 😀

We spontaneously went to eat at the restaurant and got a table inside. The place is really chic but it was extremely loud inside because everything was pretty full. We were served quickly and the drinks were quickly at the table. Food also came a short time later. I had a lasagna which was okay. Most of the others at the table had pizza, and they were really, really good.

Unfortunately, the four of us had to wait over an hour for our food, even though the people at the next table came 20 minutes after us and got their food 15 minutes before us. When we finally got the food and were finished with it, we were told that payment was only possible in cash. Then we went to the next ATM, which wasn't so bad anyway as your bottom was really hurting from the hard, uncushioned seats after all that time. The food is good in terms of price-performance, but with the service with repeated requests for the food and no card payment, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone for a relaxed evening. Too bad...

Very good restaurant! I can only heartily recommend it. The food was very tasty and the service was very good. Also very good in terms of price. However, the ambience outside could still be worked on.

Fantastic service and very good food. Real Neapolitan pizza!

Super tasty pizzas and very friendly service. Prices are also great.

I liked it a lot. Delicious food and attentive service.

We “only” had bruschetta and a Margherita pizza, but it tasted so boring and bland that we added more seasoning. Payment by card was not possible. It would have been nice to have been able to point this out before ordering. So we first had to run to the bank and get cash. The aperitif was of no use either, especially since the glasses weren't clean.

Great lunch, great service and great value for money!

I ate some great spaghetti. We were served very friendly and quickly.

Super friendly staff, we ate and drank very well. 5 stars keep it up

I tried really tasty pasta, my friends ate pizza. We were all happy with the food and the prices :)

The restaurant is simply fantastic! The authentic atmosphere, delicious food and excellent service make every visit an experience. The homemade truffle pasta is to die for. The staff is warm and attentive, you really feel welcome. I highly recommend this restaurant!!!!!!!!

Super cute restaurant. Very tasty pizza and very attentive waiters. It was a friend's birthday and she even got free dessert and limoncello for everyone. Great recommendation!

We went there to eat and were immediately greeted with champagne. The food was delicious and especially the service was incredibly great!! It was a friend's birthday and after dinner a birthday song was played and we got dessert and limoncello 🧡 Everyone was so nice!! Really a recommendation!

Real Italian, there is life here!!! Rustic, stylish old building. Open kitchen! Small menu, good food... period. !!

The service here was really first class. Before the menus were given, an aperitif was put on the table and greetings from the kitchen. I have never experienced the huge burrata like that before. After the delicious pizza there was a schnapps on the house. I can highly recommend this Italian restaurant.

… great food - very extensive - very attentive service - would love to come back

Super toller Empfang mit leckerer Vorspeisenplatte. Mega aufmerksam und auch einen leckeren Aperol zu Beginn. So kann ein Abend doch starten. Waren mit 13 Leuten da und das hat alles prima geklappt. Auch die Speisekarte mal etwas anders als normal. Daher eine top Bewertung!!!

Das Essen (Pizza) war geschmacklich weit unten den Erwartungen von einem 4,7 Sterne italienische Restaurant. Da der Betreiber auf Google aber alle negativen Bewertungen löschen lässt, kein Wunder das der Laden immer voll ist. Nicht blenden lassen und lieber woanders eine Pizza essen.

I've never had such good pasta. We came across this insider tip through a friend. Everything was occupied except for the last table! Hammer! Nevertheless, all the employees tried very hard and delivered Even gave us a drink outside on the house. Such nice staff, great cuisine and great service. If I'm in Hamburg again, I will definitely visit this restaurant again.

Pasta was good but the pizza was mid. The staff was very welcoming but increased the tip on the paying machine without us noticing (could be a mistake). The atmosphere on the outside terrace, on those big tables was very pleasant however.

The pizza wasn't to my taste :(

Really delicious Neapolitan pizza and great service! New favorite pizzeria in Hamburg!

A perfect place, highly recommended

Great hosts, cool atmosphere, trendy address in Hamburg. It is advisable to reserve in good time! The pasta and pizza with scampi is really very good. We'll be back.

A typical shop for tourists, you won't meet people from the neighborhood there as it is one of the bad Italian restaurants in Hamburg. Bad reviews are regularly deleted.

Update: Of course I also received a lawyer's letter about this review, it's unbelievable. In short: In my experience one of the worst restaurants in Hamburg, where I ate one of the worst pizzas I've ever had. That's why the restaurant has been trying every means possible to have critical reviews deleted for several months. You can therefore in no way rely on the reviews here and should definitely avoid this restaurant. For background, if you're interested - I think this entire process speaks for itself. I wrote an innocuous two-star review several years ago: "★★ Not good pizza." This review was based on a visit several days earlier where I had eaten a Pizza Funghi that didn't taste good at all - one of the worst pizzas I've ever eaten. Of course, the rating expresses this fact in a completely permissible way as a subjective expression of opinion. Several months ago, Google informed me that the restaurant "Giovanni Rocco" had reported this review as "defamation" and wanted to have it deleted. I then provided further information and Google then informed me that the content was acceptable and had been reactivated: "Google has decided to reactivate the content based on the new information provided by the complainant." Yesterday I was informed that the restaurant "Giovanni Rocco" had reported exactly the same review as "defamation". I then informed Google that it had already decided that the post was legitimate and had been restored and asked whether I really needed to send all the information again. Google then informed me today that the review will remain deleted. I think this entire process speaks for itself. You should definitely avoid a restaurant that has to have a harmless review such as “Not a good pizza” vehemently deleted several times as “defamation” over several months.

Yesterday on the way to the Reeperbahn, ordered pizza and ate it outside. Good quick service, nice staff. A cozy atmosphere inside and beer tent sets outside invite you to linger. Pizza was tasty, hot and crispy. We'd love to come back!

Mega tasty and nice staff. It's also worth watching the people. Was there in the summer and sat comfortably outside

If you haven't eaten here yet, you should do so as soon as possible. Top service, top team and very tasty food. You watch the cooking and are amazed. The place was “packed” and the food was on the table in 10 minutes. When we are back in Hamburg we would be happy to visit you again.

0815 pizza, all ingredients had little taste, dough too thin, not worth visiting. Service was friendly.

The food is delicious and they really make every effort to please all of the guests! The ambience is of course a matter of taste, but so much for that... You won't find a romantic restaurant here. Our recommendation... Now eat your food outside in the summer...

Great pizza. Try the burrata starter. Cozy place.

Very tasty food and great service :) they really make sure that you are satisfied and have a nice evening! We'll definitely be back! We were thrilled :)

On Friday we had another incredibly lovely evening with 10 friends at Giovanni's. I have never ordered from the menu but, as always, I ordered a starter and main course as a surprise meal for my friends. Incredibly good. We have never been disappointed!!! Thanks to Gio and team

Ate very well. I can only recommend.

Absolutely recommended! Excellent food, super great service! You can enjoy it both inside and outside! Very friendly and attentive staff! The food was delicious and you didn't have to wait long! Always worth a visit!

Here you feel very comfortable with excellent food. Almost like in Italy. Highly recommended.

Delicious food and friendly staff. As a welcome you get a Prosecco/juice & bread with herb butter and at the end you get a small schnapps to digest it, what more could you want.

Totally delicious! Just great. A great little Italian restaurant with a wonderful ambience. It's worth just waiting if there are no tables available.

Very good food, hospitality is very important here.

Great visit to Giovanni Rocco! The food was authentic and delicious, the pasta cooked perfectly and the sauces rich in flavor. The staff was friendly and the atmosphere was cozy and inviting. A must for anyone who wants Italian cuisine in Hamburg!

I went there for the first time yesterday and ate spaghetti with shrimp. It was okay, but I've definitely eaten better. All the service staff were very nice 👍.

The best pizzeria in all of Hamburg!! Super friendly staff, super authentic vibe and the pizza is something I could die for (and I've eaten a lot of pizzas!!). 1000% recommendation!

Great restaurant in terms of friendliness, food and making a table possible. Even though I didn't make a reservation, I was given a seat outside by the boss himself, despite the restaurant being full. The difference to most restaurants is that they try to accommodate every guest. The landlord knows how it works and understands his craft. Great food, very reasonably priced and, as a surprise, there were drinks on the house. My new favorite Italian restaurant in Hamburg. Big thank you and please keep it up. Best regards, Markus from Neheim Sauerland.

A kindness and helpfulness that is hard to find even in Italy. Good and plentiful dishes. Excellent welcome and customer care. Satisfied and returned the second time.

Such nice service! Incredibly friendly and very accommodating. Authentic. . Champagne and Ramazzotti are on the house. Farewell with a handshake. Oh yes... and the pasta = simply delicious.

Professional reception, familiar, almost historical atmosphere, quite a bit of noise. Then super delicious food, Prosecco at the beginning, Ramazotti at the end. Great price, warm farewell. Giovanni at his best. Visited again, simply super brilliant location. Perfect all around.

Perfect welcome and delicious pizzas!

Very good restaurant, we were a little reticent being Italian but it turned out to be a gem. Besides the food, the owner was very kind and very helpful. A place where we will gladly return, the environment was also pleasant being full of people and accommodating.

Very good food 1 point of improvement don't smoke outside but that is my opinion but the food is amazing

Actually, I have always been very satisfied and come to the restaurant regularly. As always, the food was delicious, unfortunately our service employee was so unfriendly yesterday that we were about to leave. He (black down vest) initially ignored us and then was so unpleasantly unfriendly and annoyed with every interaction that we considered changing tables to hopefully get another waiter or leaving. But as I said, the food was great as always.

Spectacular place, top-notch food and very good service. I hope to return one day.

Gracie Gio. Best food, best service, best location & best staff, every time is a must ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Great food at reasonable prices, plus a very attentive staff. And you can sit comfortably outside in the summer...This restaurant is particularly recommended...

We were very happy with the service and the quick service! We always like to come back

Sehr toller Service/ super Preis- Leistung und tolle Gerichte. Pizza Gorgonzola war Mega. Penne mit Filetspitzen ebenfalls super.

Pizza Calzone absolutely recommended. I have never received such a full calzone before. The taste is also very good

Very nice restaurant, great food and very open and friendly staff.

Very good food, nice service and nice ambience. If we lived in Hamburg we would probably be here every weekend ;)

The food was very tasty and I can only recommend it!

The best food and the best service!! Always my pleasure!

Very nice outdoor area, great dishes (Tagliatelle dello Chef, including chestnuts) that are served quickly. Friendly, considerate staff - gladly again :-)

Delicious food and great service. We were greeted with prosecco and juice and free bread with herb butter. Pizzas were delicious and prices were reasonable. The two nightcaps were not listed on the bill and when we pointed this out to the waiter he said they were on the house. There was simply more tip for that. A service for guests that many restaurateurs can copy. Highly recommended.

Wow wow wow wow! What a wonderful and attentive restaurant. I'm excited! Taste 10/10 Stay 10/10 Friendly 10/10 Price wise 10/10 Greetings from the Black Forest

Wir sind durch Zufall aus das Restaurant gestoßen und waren sofort begeistert. Toller Service , Super tolles Essen und alles drum herum perfekt. Wir werden definitiv wieder hier essen gehen wenn wir in Hamburg sind. Macht weiter so und Danke für den tollen Abend mit einem leckeren Essen. Gruß aus Meerbusch Matthias

Very tasty beef carpaccio! And the pizza is crispy and delicious 🤩

Great store! Delicious food and great atmosphere!

Very nice restaurant. The employees are nice and the food is delicious.

Wir beide sind uns einig. Wir kommen wieder! So was tolles, leckeres, freundliches und urigen haben wir noch nie erlebt. Das Essen war phänomenal. Wie waren dann 2 x da. Der Chef super freundlich und großzügig. EINMALIG!!! Leute dass müsdt ihr erleben. Bis nächstes Jahr. Kalle und Christine

Very good Italian, friendly service, good food and a summery atmosphere when you can sit outside - like now in July. We felt completely comfortable here.

Delicious pizza, great pasta, we really enjoyed our short break here and would love to come back

A great restaurant with super friendly and courteous service. We were welcomed with an aperitif and a burrata with oil and truffles. Plus fresh bread. Yummy! Spaghettini aglio e olio… eaten many times, but never as good as here. Just perfect. 👌🏻 The pizza fresh from the stone oven. Really recommended. We will come back on our next visit to Hamburg. 5 stars for a successful evening. Thank you. 🙏

5 star deluxe! Giovanni is #1! Hospitality at its best! The food was also strong and the price was completely reasonable. Atmosphere unique & guest structure great! We've been there a few times now for the European Football Championships, sitting outside in the best weather was absolutely great! Aperitif on the house from Don Giovanni himself. Always happy!

If it. If it were 6 stars, we would also give it 6 stars. Giovanni loves and lives his job! From the first moment he gave us a brilliant welcome, even though the store was (as probably always) completely full. The service is great and the food is simply first class. We'll come back any time! Grazie Giovanni!

By far the best Italian on the corner! Giovanni is a born host, always has everything in view and you feel well looked after from start to finish. Attentive service and wonderful food, the beef fillet is star-worthy! Highly recommended, especially in the summer months with places outside. Unfortunately it's no longer an insider tip. At peak times on the weekend you should be patient without a reservation - but the wait is definitely worth it!

Variety of pasta, pizzas, salads and fish. All really tasteful and very friendly service.

The best restaurant in Hamburg. Super delicious food with a great host. We'd love to come back any time!

The staff is fantastic and the food is fresh and delicious.

I had an amazing meal at Giovanni! The lasagna was perfect, rich, flavorful, and just like homemade. Great ambiance and good service. Highly recommend!

Best Italian place I’ve ever been! Very friendly service, the most amazing food and a charming atmosphere you can’t help but feel welcomed in! Truly a must visit.

Very good food!!! It was very busy when we were there, unfortunately there was a lot of hustle and bustle and unrest, and conversations were difficult because of this and the background music was too loud. Reservations recommended. Still highly recommended.

Perfect service and very good quality!

Unfortunately we cannot recommend this pizzeria at all. We were looking forward to a nice evening with delicious pizzas, but the experience was a complete disappointment. After placing our order, we waited a whopping 2.5 hours for our pizzas - even though the place wasn't even particularly full. We politely asked the staff several times when we could expect our food. Every time we were put off and didn't get a clear answer. After endless waiting and increasing frustration, we were finally forced to cancel our order and leave the restaurant hungry. Such service is unacceptable. It's understandable that there can be delays during busy times, but waiting over two hours without clear communication or apology is simply unreasonable. We definitely won't come back and advise others to avoid this pizzeria..

Perfect for having a good meal and a few drinks with colleagues after work. Not suitable for people who want to go out for a quiet meal. Fast and friendly service, food consistently good. We had fun! The pasta variations are highly recommended!

Waited forever despite reservations, service was annoying. Not recommendable

Terrible store, terrible staff, food doesn't come. Have fun!

Waiting times are far too long and extremely disorganized

We had a varied starter, food was also good and tasty! Service was nice. I would recommend this place!

Waited 2.5 hours. Half the table got their pizza after 2 hours. The rest don't. The waiter said the pizza was in the oven, but it wasn't... total snot

Best pizzeria in Hamburg! Were there recently and first got proseco for the waiting time and then even the pizza with extra burrata from the boss for free!! Everything went really quickly and tasted great! Honor! Gladly again!!

The food and service is excellent, the selection of pizzas is also large and special requests were accepted, everything was great, I can only recommend it

The best shop for Italian food I recommend the spaghetti with scampis very very tasty

Sure the boys are special and the music is sometimes a bit loud - but the hospitality is second to none!!! Food always tastes good. See you soon :-) ⭐️👍🏻

In my opinion, they have the best pizzas in St. Pauli and the best Aperol Spritz I've ever had! The service is also great. I can only recommend the restaurant.

Cool shop, always full, loud and cheerful. Hip, others would probably say. The pizza is great and every pasta dish I've had so far has been delicious too. There is usually a small glass of sparkling wine to welcome you. The pteises are completely ok.

Good Italian cuisine. Delicious saltimbocca. Great appetizer platter. Basically nice service. Too busy for 5 stars, service a bit slow, pizza on the edge rather dry.

Great food, very good organization and friendly team. Would eat there again and again 👍👍👍👍👍

I'm a big fan of Neapolitan pizza and loved going to Jill's Pizza in the Schanzenviertel. I discovered Giovanni by chance and was very excited! The welcome was: Prosecco and bread with burrata cheese. The service was also very quick and very friendly. The pizza also tastes very authentic and I will go here more often from now on. I am very satisfied and can only recommend Giovanni Rocco!