Gilda's Skaneateles

"Fantastic beet salad! Also the pizza is phenomenal. Highly recommended"

"Until this evening, I would’ve given five stars to Gilda’s‘s. We have always had great service, great food, and a great atmosphere. but tonight, my wife and I decided to have a glass of wine, at the wine bar, and were told that we couldn’t sit outside (we were waiting on a pick up order.) Completely understanding this, we both have worked in the service industry, we were told that we could sit at the bar. Heading to the bar, which we’ve sat at several times over the years, we were handed menus. I declined the menu, explaining that we’re waiting on a pick up delivery, but we’d like to get a glass of wine. We’re told in a fairly condescending tone by a staff member that we can only sit there if someone wanting food doesn’t show up. This is a wine bar. It’s in the name. We are then coldly served, mentioned once by two servers that we’re waiting for a delivery and receive minimal service after. We have supported Gilda’s for years, including through the entire pandemic. We have always felt at home here. Now I’m not feeling like returning. We can’t imagine this is the image that the restaurant wants to have, I’d advise the manager review what the goal is, life long customers, or the quick dollar for tourists."

"Do NOT order their side salad. This side salad to go was $7, it didn’t even fill up the box and only had a couple of dinky pieces of lettuce and two slices of tomatoes… for $7. finished in two bites and felt like a robbery. $4 i would’ve been like whatever. $7?! is insane for something that wasn’t even a side salad more like a “cup” lol. Margarita pizza was disappointing. We liked their nonna pizza last time so we decided to come here again and get two new things and they both were not good. Margarita pizza was too doughy in the crust and lacked flavor."

"We went for a midweek dinner, and viola, it was "Wine Wednesday" where all bottles are 1/2 price. Yippee. Small venue in the Skaneateles village, no rezzies unless a party of 6 or more. Cool vibe, many small plates, great servers and service. It will not be our last visit. We split starters of shrimp cakes and fried cauliflower and then shared a delicious 4 cheese pizza, but needed 2 takeout boxes. The cauliflower was 2x the size I was expecting, but not at all heavy. I felt that I was losing weight as I ate it. Shrimp cakes were delish, and the pizza was perfect, thin crust artisan style. We went early, it fills up quickly so you need to consider that. Food 5 of 5 Service 5 of 5 Vibe 5 of 5 Try it!!"

"I tried the beet and burrata salad, shrimp cakes, and peppadew pie pizza at this restaurant and I enjoyed them all. The shrimp cakes, in particular, were awesome; I could easily eat ten of them. The restaurant's vibe was also enjoyable. Due to the small space, the tables are also small and the space between them is narrow. There isn't a specific parking area for the restaurant, but you can easily find parking nearby. Overall, I had a great time and would definitely come back again."