Carrabba's Italian Grill

I have been going to this restaurant for 10 years and it is amazing. I always order the Chicken Bryan. It is topped with goat cheese, marinara sauce, bell peppers, and love. The chicken is cooked medium rare that blends all the flavors together. With the dish, it comes with your choice of a side. Ranging from mash potatoes, to vegies of the day, to bread, to apple spice, to fries. Mash Potatoes works wonders when you blend the flavors in. Also, comes with a choice of three salads regular, Italian, and Ceasar. Ceasar is the best. Also, the restaurant comes with a wheat-free gluten-free menu, which the Chicken Bryan is on. Overall, 5++++ Star dish and restaurant.

Been a customer for 8 years at Latham, NY. My children and I for those eight years are frequent patrons. Last three times, I have had problems with my meals such as cold food or bad taste. Before that the meals were always outstanding although the portions over time have gotten smaller. Today 9/20/10 was terrible. The sausage/ziti/pomodoro had cold sausage. So much so that I got sick from it.. I told the waiter and he said he would tell the cook. Why not tell the manager or fix my food. My wife's meal was over cooked and served blazing hot. I would not return to this restaurant.

Burned food,only a bit food on the plate,bad service,waste of money,food looks and tastes fake,I threw up after,I stayed sick of the food for three days!...worst restaurant ever!!!!.

My husband and I have eaten at Carrabbas in Lady Lake, Florida at least once a week siince it opened. Until recently we would have given this location five stars but, boy, has this place gone downhill. For a start the plastic encased menus are sooooo greasy. They should be wiped after each use, especially during flu season! I know times are tough for many restaurants but this one is located in an area populated mainly by seniors and we all know they still have plenty of dough. The restaurant is teeming with grey hair every night! So we want to know why corners are being cut. We receive with much smaller portions at the same price. One or two less shrimp or scallops on an entree; a little less soup per serving and desserts are half the size we were used to and their delicious bread (less slices) is now wrapped in paper instead of a snowy napkin. Worst of all, it looks like they are dumping all the leftover soups together at the end of the night, 'cause we have got Mama's chick... Read more

This place is overpriced, the but the food is so good and fresh - not frozen tasting at all. Love the bread and herb mixture with olive oil that they put on every table. YUM!

Superb food.  Their Caesar salad is the best I have ever tasted!!

It's the worst ITALIAN Food I have ever had the pleasure of sending back. The Surprise location was pricey, and the food terrible. Drive to Arrowhead and eat real ITALian food at Tagliani's

I like Carrabba's very much.  The spaghetti with meat SAUCE is better than their spaghetti with meatBALLS, though.  Salad is good although it could come in a bowl (like at Olive Garden) rather than on a single-serving plate.  I love their bread.  Good selection of wine and attentive polite service.  I do think, though, that as Olive Garden continues to improve they're going to give Carrabba's a run for the money.

Carrabba's food is excellent, but an extremely poor value. The pizzas are the only thing priced fairly on their menu.

I love Carrabba's! The Mezzaluna is delicious. But, the best dish there has to be the Quattro Formaggi, it's a Four Cheese Pizza that includes sundried tomatoes and really really yummy goat cheese.

I   Love Carrabba's. Most people don't know you can order things that are not on the menu.  If you have a dish in mind tell them and if they have the ingredients on hand "Bam" they make it for you.My special lady and I  go at least once a week

My review (Guru)

I've been to the original Carrabba's on Kirby Dr. at least twenty times. For my anniversary, business lunches, or simply trying to dazzle a new girlfriend. The place always has a warm atmosphere and an energy about it that hasn't been duplicated at any of the other Carrabba's that I've visited. Carrabba's has helped me "attain my goals" on many occasion. For what it's worth, it seems that Bellinis and the swordfish work well on the ladies.(Wink)

If you grew up in the northern cities..why would you even bother coming here? If you are from Whitebreadville, Ohio..you might like it as a fancy Olive Garden.

The food was very good, had the chicken marsala. It was in a rather heavy gravy, though. The dipping oils for the bread seemed bitter to me. The ceiling was painted very dark (black) and the ambiance is almost depressing/dark like you are in a cave.  Very good service; might go back one of these days. (We like Bravo! and highly recommend them).

I like Carrabbas...haven't eaten there often or at many locations but I thought the food was great for the money.  Also liked the decore and we had decent service for being there mostly at busy times of the day.

Naples Florida location is great. Bonita Springs is ok too. There is a chicken dish with prochutto (dont know how to spell it) ham that is wonderful. Not as formal as Maggiano's.

I have eaten at many Carrabbas restaurants. They have all been outstanding and consistent. Great Italian food at reasonable prices. They have the best marsala sauce I have ever tasted. The pasta dishes with red sauce are excellent. Anything from the grill is good. Share the "Chocolate Dream" desert with a friend (a chocolate lovers delight). Crowded on Friday and Saturday night. Try sitting at the chef's bar where you can see the food being prepared right in front of you and talk to the chefs (not romantic, but interesting, best on a busy night). Everyone I have ever taken to a Carrabbas restaurant has enjoyed the food and wanted to come back. It is my favorite restaurant.

One of my best dining experiences ever. Maybe not the best italian food in the world but definitely a more authentic flavor than olive garden. Also the staff was really great. On our first visit the waiter took the time to explain some of the dishes to help us decide what to order. On every visit the staff has always been nice and attentive to their customers.

I rate it as better than Mac Grill for about the same price range.

Favorite chain restaurant. My wife and I hate going out to eat because we know we're going to waste money on mediocre food and bad service. Carrabba's is an exception. Great fresh food. I love being able to see the fresh herbs in their sauces. Service is usually great. There's always a chance you'll get a slack jaw server anywhere really.

this is really amazing stuff. the desserts are great, and all of the pastas are amazing. this is like a way better version of buca di beppo, with better service and overall very similar food

Carrabba's has the best italian food ever. The service is also great. I've eaten there at least 10 times and they get better each time!

Who cares whether it's "real" or not? The food is superb in all ways. (Service is a bit overboard, but that's only my personal take.)

I have been to alot of Italian Restaurants but this Chain of Carrabba's is the best I have ever been to. The Polo Rosa Maria, is to die for , and every chance I get whereever we go I find a Carrabba's........only problem is we don't have them in South Louisiana. We give them a ten.............. mwsah

My favorite chain restaurant. This may not be authentic Italian food, but it is tasty and well prepared. The service is efficient, too.

The only thing good was the hot crusty bread. the salad (house dressing)was limp and lacked flavor; I had the breaded scallops and shrimp with spaghetti pomodoro and the shrimp was tough (overcooked), the breadcrumb topping was soggy and the spaghetti sauce was bland. When I complained to our waitress, she said she was sorry but had no solutions! I will never go back again.

A better choice than Carabbas (also more expensive) if you are lucky enough to have one in your neighborhoodis Timpano's Chop House. Carabba's is fair and again, like most of these chains, absolutely pseudo-Italian, but the food is fairly decent and the service is ususally not insufferable. They embody, to my mind, OK plus.

The owner Tim Tumbleson is an asshole and made my experience horrible. He degraded employees in front of me and their peers and was rude to me.

The quality of the food is top-notch, albeit it's not true Italian fare. It's the old story; if you expect food like you'd get in Little Italy or South Philadelphia, not happening. The one in Naples, FLA is always mobbed.

Carrabba's is pretty good value for the money. I've been to a couple (in Virginia and Maryland); food in the Virginia restuarant was not as good as the one in Maryland, but overall, it was a positive experience. As with most Italian restaurants, some of the dishes are what I'd call fancifully Italian (i.e., you'd be hard pressed to find anything like it in Italy), but the food is better than in a lot of other chains. My dishes tended to be somewhat tangy, but not unpleasantly so. The pasta (fettuccini Alfredo) was not bad, all things considered. Service was good, portions are ample, and the atmosphere is good. It's a nice place to bring kids, too.

Enjoyed the food and considerate service during my one visit which occured in Sarasota. Not overpriced though not the absolute best Italian food I ever ate. But neither would I be ashamed to take a date there for dinner and drinks!

The food is simply ok and judging by the atmosphere of the restaraunt, they just try to hard to be Italian.....but it is definately not the worst Italian restaraunt I have been to.

My only visit to a Carrabas was in Hunt Valley, Maryland and it was great. The atmosphere is nice, the portions are big, and the food is very good for a chain. It is a primarily Italian restaurant, but is much higher quality than the Olive Garden.