Gironda's Italian Style Restaurant & Bar

Have been to this restaurant a couple of times over the years.  Haven't been recently because I don't like having to eat something else later after ordering an expensive meal.  Last time I went there, it was a bad experience.  First, they served bread with oil and vinegar.  The bread was strange.  The oil and vinegar both tasted bad.  Either the ingredients were too cheap, or they were rancid.  Maybe both.  The vinegar was also not reduced.  Hmmm.  When my chicken marsala arrived, it was swimming in a verrry watery sauce that didn't look remotely like marsala sauce.  What are they using?  Three Monks?  The sauce was unbelievably tasteless.  I actually don't know how they made it taste like nothing.  The chicken itself was also tasteless and dry.  The capellini under the chicken was also tasteless due to the watery sauce. I didn't eat the veggies.  I actually felt bad for the guy taking me here.  He paid quite a bit trying to impress me with this cruddy food.  I wondered if he had taste buds.  Needless to say, I went home and ate some food.

My husband and I had a great dinner tonight! We've eaten here probably four times and its it always good! Our server, Halee, was as good as she could be. I always have difficult questions, as I'm a vegetarian, which contrary to popular belief doesn't include regular cheese. She and the kitchen were very helpful! Of course, we over ordered! So many great things to choose from! Their menu is really varied! We had the bruschetta and fried artichoke hearts, delish!  My husband had the the Tuscan steak and I had the polenta with spinach and marinara! Both were great! We had a bottle of wine which was great! Sure it's not cheap but we brought home enough for a remake tomorrow night! Lol Worth it and pretty standard for good restaurants in Redding!  But really the best service we could ask for! One negative, we went because of the radio add about the Chicago beer. My husband is a craft beer guy. Don't have the Chicago beer , I think it was called 312, unless you like week old Coors Light infused with perfume. Their wine list is great!

Had pasta. Heard from my Chicago friend that they didn't have a really good deep dish but he wanted to try their pasta so he was willing to go back.  We both had ravioli with different sauces. Mine was artichoke with cream sauce and he had a regular beef ravioli with red sauce. Mine wasn't bad, there was just a lot of cream.

I do got to say that their cheesecake and coffee were great! And their service! We were the last ones there after they closed and they made a new pot of coffee for us, nice and hot. Can't remember what kind of cheesecake we had but it was a nice big slice for the both of us and really good. I'm willing to go back and try the deep dish pizza for myself.