Carino's Italian - Austin

The food was delicious and Tara, our server/bartender, was fantastic. The bread and the spicy chicken shrimp were especially good. We will definitely be returning.

I ordered my favorite dish, the chicken scallopini, but I was disappointed to find that the portion size was smaller than I remembered - only two small chicken portions instead of three. The flavor was still great, but even the spaghetti portion was smaller. It's disappointing when an Italian restaurant skimps on pasta, which is usually the cheapest part of the dish. Additionally, the dipping oil for the bread was missing the toasted garlic morsels that I enjoy. Unfortunately, the restaurant did not do anything special for my birthday, like a dessert or a song, which was a letdown. I had originally planned to give this place four stars, but now I will look for a different spot to celebrate my next birthday.

How would you rate a Restauant that takes your order and never brings your food? That 's exactly what happened last night. I was embarrassed and disappointed for inviting my son and his date to dine with us. Unfortunately it was a disaster. Our waitress was a sweetheart, Emily. She tried her best, but ultimately we could only rate this experience as poor . We would ask for items and nothing would happen. Usually we are offered grated cheese on a meal but nothing. We asked for Red Pepper flakes...no response. We asked for a margarita that was not communicated well to the bartender who then had to come and get clarity from us. This that just caused more delay. We ordered an appetizer luckily and we managed to all share that. My son got his meal late, but the lasagna was undercooked. His date got her meal first, even though we all ordered together...and hers was probably the only thing right. Not one offer was given to us as an apology. In fact, my wife and I were there a whole hour and never received our meals. We got the wrong salad and a soup served to us we ate it because we were hungry at that point. The tragedy was topped off by our ticket when it came we were charged for our meals and had to wait again to get that resolved. Where was management? They usually come around and ask how things are but not this time. Another person named Kim was hustling and tried to bring us some type of service but it was not often enough. We even had some random worker, not sure what role she had, because she only cleaned tables. SHE asked if everything was okay. We said we never got our food...but what authority did she have? It is beyond sad that we could get much of anything right as far as being served. The only positive was we were able to get out of there without making a scene. Things are usually not bad at Carinos, but it was an off night where nothing went right. We even observed other tables having similar issues. I/we can 't recommend this place as a great place to go. You are taking a chance. So sad. : I hope and wish that the manager sees this and has a meeting urgently with staff. Only because, we felt our server was trying, but she even forgot to introduce herself when we arrived. Good luck.

Gross. The food literally tasted like vomit, the pasta was watery and sour. Paid over $60 for two people for disgusting food. Save your money go to Olive Garden instead.

Food was bland and overcooked. Service was awful. 20 minutes to get a soda, and we had to ask twice. Our server kept disappearing. We won't be back.