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"Gino's Restaurant has been a staple of the Baton Rouge restaurant community for over 35 years.Gino's was established in 1966 by the Marino family, Vincent, "Mama", Gino, Laurence and Frances. The Marino family originated in Agrigento, Sicily and first came to the USA in 1951. Gino's remains 100% family owned and operated today. Gino's originally was located on Perkins Road, and moved to its current beautiful facilities on Bennington in 1975. Gino's specializes in traditional southern Italian food, Mediterranean style, with fresh seafood and, of course, steaks. They identify their signature dish as Arancini, and their other house specialties include Mama's Special Salad, Gino's Italian Salad and Laurence Bread. Our wine cellar, stocked with over 300 wines, has been included in many "Best of" Lists and has won numerous awards over the years.

"Gino's has a romantic, Italian atmosphere, and Gino's has always been a couples favorite.

"On Gino's highly acclaimed Thursday Jazz Night, you can experience the best jazz in the area from local, national and international jazz artists.

"Gino's Restaurant has won numerous awards over the years, being an almost perennial favorite in the Best Italian, Best Date and Most Romantic categories."

- taken from Gino's web site

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This was bad enough for me to write a review so as to save someone else the money. My wife and I decided to try Gino's, because we were told this was one of the better Italian places in Baton Rouge. Our $90 would have been better spent several times over at Carabbas or another local Italian establishment, Ruffino's. The $10 appetizer of Portabello Ravioli was tasteless except for the Campbells Soup style mushroom gravy. Our $7 Ginos Salad was little more than some lettuce with 2 pitted olives, 2 roma tomato slices and a very weak vinagrette...And the $18 entrees should have been called "Dry Chicken Breast with a lemon slice and sprig of parsley" and "A soggy Veal Cutlet smothered in soupy cheese and tomato sauce". The server lacked class and the busboy creeped us out as he hovered over our table waiting for us to finish each course. STAY AWAY!    [15 Oct 2006 18:12:19]

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Recommended Dishes: nothing

     ­Anonymous, Baton Rouge   

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Overall* pick one ***** Incredible. The best restaurant of this kind I have eaten at. **** Outstanding. *** Quite enjoyable. ** Decent. * Poor. Food pick one ***** Incredible. The best food of this kind I have tasted. **** Outstanding. A few details were not exactly to my liking. *** Quite enjoyable. One or two dishes lacked a bit in preparation or flavor. ** Decent. Some of the food was not to my liking, or average. * Poor. All of the food was poorly prepared. I did not enjoy any of it. Service pick one ***** Absolutely seamless. Every last detail was looked after. **** Courteous, prompt and friendly. Minor details could be improved. *** Pleasant. A few problems with service, but still a fine meal. ** Needs help. Inattentive / unhelpful staff made the meal unpleasant. * What service? Rude or ignored me altogether. Complaints were ignored. Ambiance pick one ***** Perfect. Unexpected extra touches delighted me. **** Atmosphere, setting, decor and cleanliness were exceptional; minor flaws. *** A pleasant atmosphere, but nothing unexpected; or there were some problems. ** Poorly done / not to my taste. * Where's the taste police / health inspector when you really need them?

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