Carrabba's Italian Grill

10/21/09

Fast Food Special

by kanagyrl at Citysearch

Had an early dinner at Carrabba's last Sat. evening...food was okay but nothing wonderful. The atmosphere is nice but entrees arrived within MINUTES of the salad and our waiter brought the dessert tray while we were still finishing our entree. WHAT AWFUL SERVICE!!!

Never felt so RUSHED to turn over table...we had ordered a bottle of wine....spending a good deal of money and I felt like I was at a fast food place! Will NOT be back anytime soon....plenty of other awesome places, skip this one! :-(

• Pros: wine list, atmosphere
• Cons: rush to turn over table, food quality, poor service

06/26/07

I've loved it everytime

by emilynf1 at Citysearch

To be honest, I went here last time just because I was craving one of their fabulous wedding cake martinis. Wow, they are so good. We also had the bruschetta which was out of this world, as well as a seafood dip and rich shrimp pasta. I thought it was a notch above most Italian restaurants because of its rich flavor and fresh ingredients

• Pros: Great drinks, food, nice staff
• Cons: Had to wait a long time

11/12/06

Inconsistent food

by jkr921 at Citysearch

Okay, the food here can be good or bad. Definitely don't waste your time on the pizza; the toppings are miniscule (you'd need a microscope to find the sausage crumbles) and the sauce is non-existant. The minestrone soup was definitely not "hearty" as described and tasted more like bland consomme with a little cabbage thrown in and maybe a kidney bean or two. My wife got a little luckier and ordered the fennel sausage and lentil soup (special of the day) which was nice and spicy, and the Insalata Carrabba, which was good and included lots of kalamata olives (not black olives as mentioned on the menu). In a previous visit I tried the Linguine Pescatore which was very good. The bread they bring out prior to the meal is very good (a sourdough) and includes a spice mix which you add olive oil to. Our waitress was somewhat attentive but slow to bring out the entrees. She even brought out extra bread in an attempt to keep us from complaining. Good thing we had a bottle of wine. Next time I'll go to P.F. Chang's next door.

• Pros: some food is good
• Cons: some food is bad