| ambiance |
97.22000122070312% positive |
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The food is at least as good as you'll find at most any Italian restaurant outside of Manhattan, the service is quite good and the ambiance? ”
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They have a friendly staff and the atmosphere is good for a group of friends or family. ”
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Fun atmosphere, for the price the food is great. ”
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The atmosphere is pretty neat, the seafood is fresh, but overall I'd say skip it and hop on a cab to Little Italy. ”
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Huge portions, great for families, not for a romantic evening on the town. ”
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The food is great, the atmosphere is is downright noisey-homely, the service is brutish but direct and the price is for those who like to eat, eat, eat. ”
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Once seated, Carmine's is a lot fun. ”
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went to Carmine's for dinner after watching a show and the atmosphere there was great. ”
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great atmosphere huge portions the calamari ”
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No, of course not, but it's very, very good and it's a fun place to go where you get great value for your money. ”
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Stopped in a few times always hoping to find out what all the love is about with this place,the place itself is fine,comfortable actually, but the food just isnt good. ”
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Carmine's is definetly not the place for a quiet romantic dinner. ”
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We have never had a bad experience at Carmine's- only good food, excellent service and a lot of fun. ”
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Noisy atmosphere makes the place even more fun, though it may become hard to get in after 5PM on Friday- almost every table would be reserved. ”
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Noisy atmosphere but good food ”
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The atmosphere was great and the portions were even better. ”
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It's not a great place for a romantic dinner, but families and groups of people out to have a good time will certainly find it enjoyable. ”
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Great food in a lively atmosphere ”
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| dessert |
100.0% positive |
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Great service, food, drink, deserts, etc. ”
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And don't forget the Titantic before you leave - there is nothing quite like ending a huge meal with a flourless chocolate cake. ”
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From appetizers to dessert, everything is delicious. ”
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Good for parties or social functions and picky kids will eat here; good desserts. ”
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Though the spagetti that came with our chicken was a bit undercooked, the chicken was great and the desert that followed, huge and YUMMY! ”
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Get the chicken pasta and save room for the huge desserts. ”
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| drinks |
100.0% positive |
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ate at the bar and it was delicious food and friendly people. ”
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Our waitress was very helpful in providing suggestions for wine and types of pasta to order. ”
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Order the ceasar salad (crisp romaine, heavy garlic and crunchy croutons - enough for 4), the veal scallopine with white wine, lemon & butter - delicious, and even the chicken parm or rigatoni w/ fresh tomato & shrimp as it's hard to go wrong with these d ”
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The wait is always long, so go to the bar for a great cosmopolitian while you wait. ”
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Great service, food, drink, deserts, etc. ”
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| food quality |
90.64999580383301% positive |
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mean, sure it's not the best Italian in the world like when we go to Batali's Babbo, but all the dishes we've ever tried are excellent and the serving sizes are absolutely huge (family-portion or larger!) ”
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the food's delicious and they give you plenty and price isnt bad. ”
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Carmines has good "Americanized" Italian food (ie, don't go there if you're looking for authentic - go to The Original Vincent's in Little Italy if you want GREAT Italian food! ”
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Get the chicken pasta and save room for the huge desserts. ”
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Also, I would suggest going with a big crowd, just because the amount of food you get would be difficultly consumed by a couple. ”
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sugguest to go uptown where the food is awesome and the service really rocks! ”
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suggest 8 people or more in order to get a taste of a variety of food. ”
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The atmosphere is pretty neat, the seafood is fresh, but overall I'd say skip it and hop on a cab to Little Italy. ”
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However, we would have much rather had a pleasant meal! ”
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The food is fresh but slightly salty and if you are not a fan of "family-style" dining, do not go here. ”
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The sauces are very rich and delicious. ”
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Fantastic for HUNGRY groups out to celebrate - too much food to finish; too much noise for cross-table (from the groups, but now that's just how it is) ”
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Stopped in a few times always hoping to find out what all the love is about with this place,the place itself is fine,comfortable actually, but the food just isnt good. ”
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This is, at best, very mediocre Italo-American food--not any better than the Olive Garden and more money. ”
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Excellent food for the range ”
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Good food--bad service! ”
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Huge portions of delcious food, loaded in garlic. ”
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The food is great. ”
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my friend and i with the same birthday (but few mutual friends) had a joint dinner with friends at Carmine's midtown - we wanted to have enough food for everyone without any issue of overspending - excellent for that, we couldn't finish 2 appetizers+2 ent ”
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The dishes are huge which also makes it hard because you all have to agree, but it would've been nice to have a bit smaller of a dish so that you could order more of a variety of different dishes. ”
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The food is nothing special--just huge helpings of thick pasta and overly-rich sauces. ”
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The food is great, the atmosphere is is downright noisey-homely, the service is brutish but direct and the price is for those who like to eat, eat, eat. ”
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The food was great and one must try there famous salad. ”
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Everything that crossed my palate was delicious. ”
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The food was really good and was served in huge family-sized portions. ”
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If you want great service, good food, a friendly environment, and respect--go to Little Italy. ”
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great food, huge portions, average prices. ”
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Great service, food, drink, deserts, etc. ”
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Great food, great for groups ”
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great food. ”
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If you live in New York, there are far superior hole-in-the-walls which are more authentic. ”
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Top notch, amazing italian dishes! ”
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I'll definitely have to go back for more when i get another big group of people together and want some delicious italian food. ”
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It was very crowded, which tells you that a lot of people were willing to wait for a most wonderful meal! ”
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excellent food ”
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In my kids' words: Mom, this is the best food I've ever had. ”
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Though the spagetti that came with our chicken was a bit undercooked, the chicken was great and the desert that followed, huge and YUMMY! ”
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For a bad meal, go here. ”
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don't care if the food is great; it certainly couldn't make up for the horrible service! ”
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The food is at least as good as you'll find at most any Italian restaurant outside of Manhattan, the service is quite good and the ambiance? ”
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The caesar salad is good. ”
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great food,and alot of it. ”
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We had a good meal with lots of food for the money. ”
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We told the manager the food was excellent, but we were disappointed in the overall service. ”
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If you want pasta under your entree it will cost you additional money but the portion size is huge. ”
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Is Carmine's the best Italian food in NYC? ”
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There are certainly much worse places to eat "great" Italian food in the Midtown area. ”
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The service is sometimes not so great because of the amount of people in the place, but the food is always worth it. ”
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The food its good but the amount can be a total turnoff. ”
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Wine was very tasty! ”
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And don't forget the Titantic before you leave - there is nothing quite like ending a huge meal with a flourless chocolate cake. ”
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usually run the other way when I hear of an Italian restaurant with huge portions, because it's usually a lot of mediocre food. ”
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Fun atmosphere, for the price the food is great. ”
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Desserts are delicious. ”
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The food is plentiful and great, the service is friendly, the bartender is personable and makes a great Margarita! ”
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Great food in a lively atmosphere ”
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The lasagna comes in a nice portion and the chicken marsala is tasty. ”
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The food is good, the portions are absolutely ridiculous and the crowd is pretty varied. ”
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Portions are huge and everything is delicious. ”
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If you want the best southern Italian food around this is the place to go. ”
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Great value, great food, service was good. ”
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ate at the bar and it was delicious food and friendly people. ”
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and red sauce are great. ”
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From appetizers to dessert, everything is delicious. ”
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The food was great. ”
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This is the place to go if you have to pick up the check for Aunt Doris, etc., not for great food! ”
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The food was mediocre at best, in fact the pasta dish was so over salted that we couldn't even eat it. ”
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This really isn't very good Italian food. ”
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Therefore, when we ordered Sea Bass, we were unaware that it was enough for the whole table @ $48.50 a dish, and proceeded to order five other entrees. ”
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The food was excellent. ”
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Carmine's has the best Italian food in the city. ”
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Otherwise, highly recommend the quality of food for the money. ”
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Where can you get value like that,,,and wonderful food too? ”
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The shrimp are huge, they must include 15-20 shrimps, and the sauce is perfect. ”
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The Italian food is fantastic and the portions are not to be believed. ”
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Our waitress was very helpful in providing suggestions for wine and types of pasta to order. ”
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The portions were very big for appetizers (calimari and fried zucchini) but average for the entrees (chicken marsala, spaghetti w/ meatballs) and very expensive of course. ”
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The food at Carmines is fantastic and ver filling. ”
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We LOVED the food but were aggravated the waitress did not "warn" us of how much food we had ordered. ”
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Go to Virgil's BBQ across Times Square for polite service and awesome food. ”
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My wife and I went there for dinner and the food was fantastic. ”
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The food was served in huge portions. ”
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Good if you have alot of people to feed because of big portions but the food has gotten bland, the service rude and just not worth the wait when they are busy! ”
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Big portions, delicious italian dishes, 2 thumbs up. ”
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If you have someone coming in from out of town who loves Italian food, this is the place to go. ”
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We have never had a bad experience at Carmine's- only good food, excellent service and a lot of fun. ”
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Big dishes at Carmine's ”
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The restaraunt food was great and I am planning to go again. ”
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great food excellent service,one of the best italian restraunts ive ever ate at ”
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Tomato sauce that has barely been cooked and tastes more like ketchup than anything else. ”
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Order the ceasar salad (crisp romaine, heavy garlic and crunchy croutons - enough for 4), the veal scallopine with white wine, lemon & butter - delicious, and even the chicken parm or rigatoni w/ fresh tomato & shrimp as it's hard to go wrong with these d ”
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It was a little expensive, but the food was great. ”
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The food is good and garlicky. ”
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just because the portions are big, doesn't mean the food is good. ”
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The staff is very friendly,,the food is outrageous. ”
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Excellent, everything was just excellent, the food, the portions, the waters,! ”
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Noisy atmosphere but good food ”
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The place is definitely noisy & will be hard to have a decent conversation with anyone, but the food was good. ”
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| menu variety |
66.66999816894531% positive |
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Easy to order menu. ”
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The dishes are huge which also makes it hard because you all have to agree, but it would've been nice to have a bit smaller of a dish so that you could order more of a variety of different dishes. ”
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suggest 8 people or more in order to get a taste of a variety of food. ”
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In other words, instead of elaborating on that the menu selections were "family style" - enough for the whole table, we were led to believe that we could order individual portions. ”
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While standing to the side reading the menu, the same nasty receptionist told us we couldn't do that. ”
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Once seated we were greeted by a very rude waiter who threw menus at us and then snatched them away as we were ordering. ”
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| overall |
88.45999717712402% positive |
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It is a great place to go to before a show. ”
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The service is sometimes not so great because of the amount of people in the place, but the food is always worth it. ”
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This is the best Italian restaurant I've been to in a long time. ”
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No, of course not, but it's very, very good and it's a fun place to go where you get great value for your money. ”
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If you have 6 or more people this is the best place in NYC to be. ”
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If you want the best southern Italian food around this is the place to go. ”
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This is a great place for a large group -- but if you can't take the crowds / long wait check out Mangia e Bevi. ”
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My favorite restaurant in the city. ”
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Not a good place for dinner for two. ”
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Carmines is a very good place right on the streets of New York City nice and pretty. ”
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Anyone who knows good italian will find this place exactly what it is. ”
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It's not a great place for a romantic dinner, but families and groups of people out to have a good time will certainly find it enjoyable. ”
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loved Carmines, loved the generous portions, the service and the low prices for such a nice restaurant. ”
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| return potential |
100.0% positive |
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I'll definitely have to go back for more when i get another big group of people together and want some delicious italian food. ”
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| service |
77.55000114440918% positive |
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Moreover, the staff is rude and pushy if you are a couple versus a group as they are so hungry for tips. ”
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ate at the bar and it was delicious food and friendly people. ”
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The food is plentiful and great, the service is friendly, the bartender is personable and makes a great Margarita! ”
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Thank you for making our day perfect by ending it with a wonderful dinner & service. ”
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It was very crowded, which tells you that a lot of people were willing to wait for a most wonderful meal! ”
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The wait staff is very knowledgeable and helpful. ”
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Great service, food, drink, deserts, etc. ”
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As many people state, the portions are amazingly huge. ”
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The food is at least as good as you'll find at most any Italian restaurant outside of Manhattan, the service is quite good and the ambiance? ”
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If you order an appetizer, it's going to be for like 3 or 4 people, no joke. ”
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If you want great service, good food, a friendly environment, and respect--go to Little Italy. ”
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don't care if the food is great; it certainly couldn't make up for the horrible service! ”
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The staff is very friendly,,the food is outrageous. ”
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The waiter was not as polite as he should have been, but, hey, it's NY and he was on the go. ”
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The hostess was very polite and congratulated us upon our seating. ”
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They have a friendly staff and the atmosphere is good for a group of friends or family. ”
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The portions are HUGE and the service is great. ”
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Food is awesome but the service is fleeting ”
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The staff at Carmine's are always rude. ”
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The food is great, the atmosphere is is downright noisey-homely, the service is brutish but direct and the price is for those who like to eat, eat, eat. ”
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We have never had a bad experience at Carmine's- only good food, excellent service and a lot of fun. ”
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I'll definitely have to go back for more when i get another big group of people together and want some delicious italian food. ”
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Good food--bad service! ”
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Go to Virgil's BBQ across Times Square for polite service and awesome food. ”
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Ginormous portions, good service. ”
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Good if you have alot of people to feed because of big portions but the food has gotten bland, the service rude and just not worth the wait when they are busy! ”
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suggest 8 people or more in order to get a taste of a variety of food. ”
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The service was good, the experience was good. ”
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Great family style portions and the staff was very helpful. ”
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If you have 6 or more people this is the best place in NYC to be. ”
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Great value, great food, service was good. ”
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Very friendly and patient waitstaff. ”
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The service is sometimes not so great because of the amount of people in the place, but the food is always worth it. ”
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Rude, rude Rude! ”
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sugguest to go uptown where the food is awesome and the service really rocks! ”
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loved Carmines, loved the generous portions, the service and the low prices for such a nice restaurant. ”
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my friend and i with the same birthday (but few mutual friends) had a joint dinner with friends at Carmine's midtown - we wanted to have enough food for everyone without any issue of overspending - excellent for that, we couldn't finish 2 appetizers+2 ent ”
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Service is decent but you have to understand most servers are handling parties of 6 and up. ”
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We told the manager the food was excellent, but we were disappointed in the overall service. ”
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assume people love it because you won't be sneered at when clad in white walking sneakers and tacky sports-team coats fit in with the cheapskate teacher conventions or others trying to cram as much bang for their buck as possible. ”
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bunch of hype - terrible service! ”
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Our waitress was very helpful in providing suggestions for wine and types of pasta to order. ”
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We LOVED the food but were aggravated the waitress did not "warn" us of how much food we had ordered. ”
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It's not a great place for a romantic dinner, but families and groups of people out to have a good time will certainly find it enjoyable. ”
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be prepared to watch & hear bored servers singing "Happy Birthday" at least 6 times on a weekend night, before heading out where you'll definitely need altoids for the after party and tums before bed ! ”
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great food excellent service,one of the best italian restraunts ive ever ate at ”
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The hostesses and waitstaff were very rude and seemed to care less if you were there or not. ”
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The waitress was very dry and rude. ”
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Once seated we were greeted by a very rude waiter who threw menus at us and then snatched them away as we were ordering. ”
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| value |
88.9900016784668% positive |
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Huge portions, great for families, not for a romantic evening on the town. ”
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The portions were very big for appetizers (calimari and fried zucchini) but average for the entrees (chicken marsala, spaghetti w/ meatballs) and very expensive of course. ”
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Prices are very affordable, absolutely make reservations ahead. ”
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mean, sure it's not the best Italian in the world like when we go to Batali's Babbo, but all the dishes we've ever tried are excellent and the serving sizes are absolutely huge (family-portion or larger!) ”
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the food's delicious and they give you plenty and price isnt bad. ”
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have a huge appetite, and I always bring home a doggy bag. ”
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We had a good meal with lots of food for the money. ”
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Where can you get value like that,,,and wonderful food too? ”
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The food was really good and was served in huge family-sized portions. ”
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The dishes are huge which also makes it hard because you all have to agree, but it would've been nice to have a bit smaller of a dish so that you could order more of a variety of different dishes. ”
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Great family style portions and the staff was very helpful. ”
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No, of course not, but it's very, very good and it's a fun place to go where you get great value for your money. ”
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Portions are huge and everything is delicious. ”
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As many people state, the portions are amazingly huge. ”
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Ginormous portions, good service. ”
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Excellent, everything was just excellent, the food, the portions, the waters,! ”
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great atmosphere huge portions the calamari ”
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This is, at best, very mediocre Italo-American food--not any better than the Olive Garden and more money. ”
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Huge portions and a carefully orchestrated Italian American feel keep the tourists comming back to this theater district hot-spot. ”
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The food is good, the portions are absolutely ridiculous and the crowd is pretty varied. ”
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The food was served in huge portions. ”
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Maybe if the portions weren't so huge, they would have enough to go around. ”
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the portions are huge - for a new yorker its worth every "bang for your buck! ”
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The portions are HUGE and the service is great. ”
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Great value, great food, service was good. ”
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Big portions but not all it's cracked up to be. ”
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The portions are HUGE so bring a big appetite and its a good idea to go with others and everyone get something different to share. ”
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just because the portions are big, doesn't mean the food is good. ”
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Get the chicken pasta and save room for the huge desserts. ”
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If you want pasta under your entree it will cost you additional money but the portion size is huge. ”
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The atmosphere was great and the portions were even better. ”
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Otherwise, highly recommend the quality of food for the money. ”
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The shrimp are huge, they must include 15-20 shrimps, and the sauce is perfect. ”
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It was a little expensive, but the food was great. ”
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portions are big but not for the price your payimg. ”
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Though the spagetti that came with our chicken was a bit undercooked, the chicken was great and the desert that followed, huge and YUMMY! ”
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usually run the other way when I hear of an Italian restaurant with huge portions, because it's usually a lot of mediocre food. ”
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And don't forget the Titantic before you leave - there is nothing quite like ending a huge meal with a flourless chocolate cake. ”
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great food, huge portions, average prices. ”
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Big portions, delicious italian dishes, 2 thumbs up. ”
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loved Carmines, loved the generous portions, the service and the low prices for such a nice restaurant. ”
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Drinks are also huge. ”
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The food is nothing special--just huge helpings of thick pasta and overly-rich sauces. ”
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Fun atmosphere, for the price the food is great. ”
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Good if you have alot of people to feed because of big portions but the food has gotten bland, the service rude and just not worth the wait when they are busy! ”
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Huge portions of delcious food, loaded in garlic. ”
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Huge family style portions that aren't large just to compensate for lack of taste! ”
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Food portions are huge fine if everyone wants to eat the same thing - but not much good otherwise or if only 2 of you. ”
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Very generous portions so don't order too much. ”
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The food is great, the atmosphere is is downright noisey-homely, the service is brutish but direct and the price is for those who like to eat, eat, eat. ”
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The Italian food is fantastic and the portions are not to be believed. ”
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It is great for families and the portions are huge. ”
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In other words, instead of elaborating on that the menu selections were "family style" - enough for the whole table, we were led to believe that we could order individual portions. ”
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The service is sometimes not so great because of the amount of people in the place, but the food is always worth it. ”
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Huge portions but little else ”
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Huge portions that would never be found in Italy. ”
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| wait time |
100.0% positive |
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This is a great place for a large group -- but if you can't take the crowds / long wait check out Mangia e Bevi. ”
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The wait is always long, so go to the bar for a great cosmopolitian while you wait. ”
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This is the best Italian restaurant I've been to in a long time. ”
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