Johnny Carino’s

Usually I love this place… however I took my daughter there for lunch today and wasn’t impressed. The bread was hard and we never received a 2^nd loaf, my food was cold, and our poor server was so overwhelmed we had to find him in the restaurant in order to pay our bill.

Food is good, the environment is good, and pricing is reflective of that. Certainly not the all-​time best Italian cuisine I’ve ever had, but still really good experiences everytime we go.

Had another great meal always good. The service is great fair prices nothing but the best to say.

I am beyond disappointed with our service tonight. Our waitress was irritated we only ordered appitizers. doesnt matter if i am ordering an appitizer or dessert. i will still give a good tip. She was very rude about it all. Forget girls night out there. I use to love going there but I will not be going anymore.

The gentle man working the Bar is pretty damn good. I tip pretty well. Way more than 10%. But I pay him at least a 3^rd of my bill. He is on top of everything and always makes it worth the money to sit down with your wife and enjoy the food. I recommend sitting in the bar area and enjoy the top notch service.

Not only is the food great, but customer service is on point! I will definitely become a regular here.

I have always loved Johnny’s but today was a disappointment :(
It wasn’t very busy so we were seated right away but it took a while to receive our drinks and place our order.
The bread and dipping oil is spectacular so 2 thumbs up on that! But – We had to ask for more bread and refills on water.
The menu is always changing, so if you are craving something, chances are, you won’t be able to find it again.
I had the lemon vege chicken or something, but the noodles were so bland, they had NO sauce or flavor. I had a few bites then asked to get it packaged up to take home. I wanted to add my own flavor to make it edible.
The restrooms are clean and well-​maintained. And there is a large room to entertain bigger groups
Sorry Johnny— it will be a while before we return

This place is disgusting. Came here to meet family. Party of 8 and everyone’s food was cold when it came out. Not much flavor in that cold food either… I was in the restroom washing my hands and saw an employee come out of the bathroom stall and walk straight out of the restroom without washing his hands. He was in the shitter!!! That was nasty. It was probably the same guy who prepared my cold food. Didn’t even heat my meal enough to kill the E. coli that was certainly on my food. Hopefully I won’t end up with food poisoning.

Its our favorite Italian restaurant in this area! My husband and I always come here for special occasions and date nights. Scrumptious menu choices, friendly/​attentive service and a pleasant atmosphere. We love the bread with garlic oil btw! Even though its slightly on the pricey side, gotta love this place overall. :)

Went for Monday night Family Platter and had the best service I have ever had. I hope I got our waitresses name right, Cassidy (dark hair and small build). She was the best! Seriously it has been a long time since I had such great service at a restaurant!

I have always liked this place. I ordered the Risotto Soup and got the Minestrone instead. No big deal. The Minestrone Soup however seemed a bit too salty — but that could just be me. My wife’s dish was cold when it arrived. Not sure what was going on because we were there before the lunch rush. Inattentiveness I guess. Oh well.

Every time I have gone I have had excellent service. The food is delicious and I have never had a bad experience with it. They have delicious Italian sodas that are endless I might add. I have never tasted fettuccine Alfredo that was as good as I had here. It was incredible. Their cream and oil sauces are excellent, but I don’t care for their red sauce. I recommend the angel hair artichoke pasta, that is my favorite other than the Alfredo. They are usually quite busy so there can be a wait time but the longest I’ve ever had is an hour for my food after I arrived. The delicious endless bread and oil and dinner conversation is great to keep you distracted till then. Hope you had as good of an experience as I did!

We had a group of 12 eat on a Saturday Night. With no reservation the wait was only 15 minutes! The food was delicious and service was excellent.
The bread with dipping oil was great — only problem is you get full very quickly on it.
Thank you Jonny Carinos for a great evening!
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7 of us went. Bad service. Every pasta dish lacked sauce. Two kids ordered fettucine. the noodles were over cooked and dry. They looked disgusting. My niece said she didn’t like it and I didn’t blame her. My sister got the bowtie festival and I got balsamic chicken pasta. Both lacked flavor. Another niece got chicken fettucine… It had no sauce and four pieces of chicken. all smaller than my pinky finger.

I don’t know why this place is only getting a 2 star rating. The food here is awesome. First time I went here was with a large group the day before a friend’s wedding. Excellent food, excellent service. Ok so the 2^nd time I went with a different large group, there was some service issues, but the manager made sure to make up for it with a few $ 5 gift coupons for EVERYONE at the table. The 3^rd time I went was with my husband on a date night. The food was delicious and the service was on point. Italian Nachos were amazing, Italian Soda was sooo good, and their wedge salad was the best salad I have eaten anywhere.
Olive Garden is right down the street from my neighborhood, however I would drive all the way across town to JC’s any day!!!

Chicken was moist, spaghetti was bland doe the Chicken Parmigina meal. Jalapeño
Tilapia with angel hair noodles with sautéed
spinach was devine. Meal service was excellent. Pleasant bar atmosphere, quite with closed caption TV sports.

Seated immediately. Had placed order; received water, salad, and appetizer within 15 minutes. Food is good, Spaghettini w/​chicken and while not spectacular has good flavor. Better than most chain restaurants. Good attentive service, very reasonable prices, exactly what I expected.
I’ve been to JC’s on 3 different states, it’s exactly what you expect. Consistent.
Don’t understand all the negative responses above. It’s worth trying if you’ve never been.

Let me share a brief history of my experiences and family experiences with Johnny Carino and then I will wrap it up with my most recent experience. Because we usually went or had to eat here for special occasions, I remember very well how Johnny Carino’s failed in service and in food.
Trip 1 Dinner: Was seated, water slapped on the table with the comment, «I’ll be right back to take your order!» The waiter was back promptly in an hour later, took our table’s order and an hour later the food arrived. Mine was cold and they tried to reheat it, resulting in overcooking the pasta
Trip 2 Lunch: Seated promptly, again water was slapped on to the table with the comment, «I’ll be right back to take your order!» 50 minutes later the waitress came back, took our orders and 45 minutes later the food arrived. My dad’s chicken was frozen in the center, not cold, still frozen. At least the service was quicker this time.
Trip 3 Group Dinner for 60 people: With reservations for the group area, people started arriving about 30 minutes before the reservation. Sixty people waited outside for two or more hours while the manager came out and assure us we were just about to be seated. Apparently the party before us was having a really good time. The manager then came out and told us, «Well, I just can’t ask the people who reserved it for the earlier time slot to leave!» Our group was forced to go to Silzzler because they were the only restaurant that could accommodate sixty people at such a late notice. They had everything we needed in to sit in 30 minutes.
Most recent– Dinner: Was seated, and as always, water slapped on the table with the comment, «I’ll be right back to take your order!» an hour later he did come back and an hour later the food arrived, for my brother, sister, mom and myself. My Dad’s arrived 30 minutes later. It was a salad and soup. And to tradition, the soup was cold.
Yes, I did end-​up going to this restaurant many times because of its perception as being a nice, fancy place to dine, resulting in celebrations and events take place here that would have been rude not to attend. Otherwise, I do not have the patients for this type of service and undercooked or not cooked food. it makes me question what goes on into the kitchen. I thought it was important to share my previous visits (even though they are retrospective) along with my most current visit. I also realized that I talked more about service than food, but even with the one meal that was okay (Chicken Marsala) the service failures far outweigh any okay food served. At the price they charge, food shouldn’t be just okay.
I would recommend you not to spend your money here and if you do, I hope your experience isn’t as ridiculous as mine has been.

Just keep driving past this place.
Okay, I am a little shocked at the previous reviews, this place totally sucked. I am in here on a Wed. night and it is dead and the service is horrible. I sat at the bar, and it took ten mins for a drink and menu.
I ordered a special combo, lasagna, chick parm and spagetti. No taste at all. The food was bland and reminded me of Stoufer’s. In fact, I think Stoufer’s has more flavor. Very disappointing.
The bartender did not talk to me, ask me how my meal was, and then he did not even say thank you or good night.
So sports fans, go to Olive Garden, atleast you know what your going to get up front.

Ah, Johnny’s! Will people ever stop comparing you to the Olive Garden? The answer is no, but there is a good reason why. You are both chain restaurants serving similar cuisines at similar prices. You poor guy; you’ll never be as well known as the OG because you don’t stuff horribly fake commercials down our throats every commercial break of every television program that airs on television. But for that, I love you and support you Johnny.
For my family, Johnny’s is a winner hands down in the OG v. JC debate. We find Carino’s menu to be more flavorful and varied, their waitstaff to be more pleasant and attentive, and their wait to be a half hour shorter than the Olive Garden across town. They should win a prize for that alone! Oh and the fresh bread with roasted garlic and oil is worth a visit on its own.
Frankly, there aren’t a lot of «fine dining» choices in the IF. Ye old stand-​by is waiting in Ammon and is pretty good.