Carino's Italian Cafe

We had a wonderful birthday dinner here. One person had the stuffed grouper with mashed potatoes and broccolini. Another had the lobster risotto. It had bits of lobster in the risotto as well as a nice sized lobster tail on top. I had the Sunday Feast rigatoni. OMG! So delicious! It had mini-meatballs, veal, sausage, and beef with braised pork spare ribs, served over house-made rigatoni and topped with whipped roasted garlic ricotta. Huge portion. Everyone loved their meal. We got bread pudding for dessert. Homemade and had amaretto sauce. Large enough for 4 people to share, and delicious! I highly recommend you eat here. We will definitely return.

I went with my family to celebrate my 65th birthday, and as soon as I got there I was a bit surprised; I had traveled back in time! It's a dark, italian style restaurant with a decor from 1972 style, more or less. The gentleman on the piano played beautiful songs that I heard when I was growing up. It brought memories from my parents and grandparents. Our waiter was very nice, but I think she had problems remembering things. We started with a glass of "Champagne", not so cold and gone bad. I felt bad returning it, because it would ruin the celebration. My daughter asked for a martini, and it was brought to her almos 35 minutes after seeing the glass sitting at the bar. An hour had passed from when we ordered the appetizer, when she came back (again) to review the order. I'm sure she had forgotten to place it. Just as I had decided we should leave because almost 2 hours had passed, the food arrived.They had a difficult time trying to figure out what dish could be Gluten free, so we couldn't ask for pasta and a lot of other things. We decided to go for the lamb chops, which were nice, but even I can do a quick wine and rosemary sauce that could have made the dish much better. The mashed potatoes were grainy. The rest of the dishes were just ok. Finally, they sang happy birthday and brought me a dessert that looked like Soylent green, I guess it was pistachio. I tried a little bit because it was NOT Gluten free so my sons-in-law finished it. So if you are looking for a FAMILY italian restaurant, with Gluten free options and excellent service, this is not the one. My 65th celebration was a dissaster, but we joke about it because we will always remember that day and place.

We came in to celebrate a 55th Birthday for My Sister in Law. We were greeted by the Friendly Staff. Owner Christian is taking great pride to provide an excellent warm welcome. Good Food and staff were great. We also enjoyed Jack on the Piano Saturday Night in the lounge area.

This was the best restaurant we’ve ever had in flordia by far. We are from chicago and have extremely high standards for food and always come to different parts of Florida and are almost always disappointed with food but this place really impressed us. Most authentic Italian restaurant we’ve ever tried in Florida. Everything was so good it really blew our minds. The service was phenomenal & every dish was so fresh and you can taste that everything is homemade. I got 3 bowls of the tortellini in brodo because it was that good. My husband got capellini Italiano, it was basically an angel hair pasta with marinara sauce. But it was so fresh and the flavor has so much complexity. Our server Christian was the absolutely best and made our experience so much better. Everyone in the restaurant from the moment we walked in and walked out was so kind and went over the top with kindness and customer service excellence!!! Absolutely will come again!!!

Fabulous ! Johanna was our waitress and she was awesome, she recommended the lamb 😍 The rack of lamb don't only look good. It is ! We also had the special jumbo shrimp and crab pasta with the house pink sauce. If its an option its a mist order.