Johnny Carino's
$ • Italian Restaurant
Most Recent Reviews
Good food! I really like the lemon rosemary chicken!!! -update: the chicken Marsala is pretty good too
I have been here several times and had no problems with the food. Menu is a little limited. Food is entered as an allergy item and prepared separate, but still need to stress the importance of the allergy to staff. Placed a to go order with the manager, and received bread with my meal. When we spoke with the manager, he was irritated and and not apologetic at all. Don't think we will be returning
Very limited choices. You end up with meat and potatoes of you are substituting a pasta dish
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I used to love this Italian restaurant for the gluten free pasta, but it has definitely stopped paying attention to cross contamination. I’ve been glutened the last two times, so I won’t be returning. Probably fine for those who aren’t celiac like me.
I am a celiac and used to be able to eat some of their gluten free menu here. It had been a couple years since I ate there, so I confirmed their potato soup was still gluten free, with a dedicated pot and utensils. Sadly, despite only eating that, I still got a fairly severe reaction that lasted for weeks. If you are celiac, do not trust their gluten free menu! People who are less sensitive might be ok.
I ordered the faux Chicken Parmesan and I was underwhelmed. All of it tasted pretty bland in my opinion. The chicken doesn’t have gf breadcrumbs and so it’s only grilled chicken with cheese and sauce on top with very little seasoning or salt in the sauce or chicken. Although I wouldn’t get it again, it’s not terrible and it would probably be good for a kid or a picky eater with it being so plain. There is a gf menu but no gf appetizers, pizza, or desserts. Waiter asked if I was celiac when I asked for the menu and made sure to tell me my dish was indeed gf when he sat it down for me.
This was very good! Pasta was great!
This location frustrates me. They “sometimes” have gluten free pasta. It seems to just depend on who’s working. My server this evening went to check and see if they had the gluten free pasta today, and fortunately they did. I asked if there were any sauces or meats or anything else I could have, and he said red sauce, spicy marinara, lemon butter, or meat sauce. But no meats or proteins or anything other than the meat sauce. So I had gluten free pasta with meat sauce. It was fine. Not great, but not terrible either. Meh.
