Carini's Italian - Roanoke Rapids

I visited this restaurant during my family reunion, and it felt like stepping back in time. The town has an old-fashioned charm, which I appreciated. The interior could use some updates, but that’s just my perspective as an outsider. I ordered the grilled chicken salad with ranch dressing, and let me tell you, it was absolutely heavenly! I'm usually not a fan of iceberg lettuce, but the way it paired with the fresh grilled chicken, red onions, black olives, cucumbers, and shredded cheese, all drizzled with ranch (not sure of the brand), made me fall in love with it. I should have opted for a larger size because the small portion just wasn't enough, but since it was my first time at the restaurant, I wanted to play it safe.

Order here if you want something from the frozen food section. Some of my food was missing. I was told they no longer sold the items yet it’s on their menu and they charged me full price. The menu that you see only under their site isn’t accurate according to the manager. She was nasty and hardly let me get a word in and tried to tell me that I didn’t pay the full price posted. I TRIED to her what was posted on the site, which is where I normally order from, and she was super rude and unaccommodating. I captured a picture of what was posted on the menu before she just changed it a few minutes ago.

Quaint lil' Mom and Pop Italian restaurant. Food taste like I was back in Europe. I ordered the Trio and my boyfriend ordered the Seafood Mare pasta dish. Both was amazing as we tasted each others. Great waitress and kind cashier! Very pleasant experience and recommend highly! We will come back when we're in town again!

I previously stopped dining at Carini's due to the quality of the food, but upon hearing they had new owners, I decided to give them another chance. Unfortunately, the food quality was even worse than before. The burger was a tasteless, disorganized mess, and the fried pickles were so burnt that they were unrecognizable. My family and I won't be returning.

Toss up Jersey Mike tuna wrap or Carinis tuna salad. Saw fried pickles and haven't had those in awhile. Tuna salad meatball sub decent. Onion rings good. Fried pickles awful. So overcooked the pickles turned to dust inside. Supposed to lightly fry to just crisp batter but still have pickle inside batter. Either oil too hot or in fryer too long. I threw them away. My hens did not even want them and that says a lot. I like to give reviews hoping for a change. We have a saying, if you accept medicore, that is what you will get. If you demand excellence, that is what you will get. That's why most food in RR is medicore. I am surprised Saku Sushi is coming. Hope they are great and set a higher standard for great food. Maybe others will follow, wishful thinking.