Gianni's Belconnen

A few weeks back Gianni's in Belconnen finally opened (they'd been under construction for ages).  On Wednesday Neil and I decided to go try it out.  We didn't bother with a booking.  It was maybe a third full?  

Gianni's Belconnen

We started with garlic bread ($9) which was beautifully crunchy and oily and garlicky we both really liked this

Gianni's garlic bread

We both decided to get the $25 lunch express (a pasta or salad or small pizza and a glass of wine).  

I got rigatoni marasala - with mushrooms and garlic cream sauce.  This was lovely and tasty.

Gianni's rigatoni marsala

Neil got penne diavola - chilli, garlic, creamy tomato sauce.  This was also very nice, although it wasn't very spicy - Neil said it could have been hotter heh

Gianni's penne diavola

We decided it'd be a great spot for a team lunch.  There's not a huge variety of options for the lunch time special but we wouldn't be going all that often I guess.  We both quite enjoyed it.