| ambiance |
97.22000122070312% positive |
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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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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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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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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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Noisy atmosphere but good food ”
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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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Carmine's is definetly not the place for a quiet romantic dinner. ”
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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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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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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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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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The atmosphere was great and the portions were even better. ”
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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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great atmosphere huge portions the calamari ”
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Great food in a lively atmosphere ”
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| dessert |
100.0% positive |
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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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Good for parties or social functions and picky kids will eat here; good desserts. ”
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Get the chicken pasta and save room for the huge 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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Great service, food, drink, deserts, etc. ”
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From appetizers to dessert, everything is delicious. ”
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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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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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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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Our waitress was very helpful in providing suggestions for wine and types of pasta to order. ”
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| food quality |
90.64999580383301% positive |
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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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Noisy atmosphere but good food ”
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great food excellent service,one of the best italian restraunts ive ever ate at ”
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Great food, great for groups ”
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Great food in a lively atmosphere ”
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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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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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The place is definitely noisy & will be hard to have a decent conversation with anyone, but the food was good. ”
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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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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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The food was served in huge portions. ”
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The food is good and garlicky. ”
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The food is great. ”
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The food is nothing special--just huge helpings of thick pasta and overly-rich sauces. ”
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The staff is very friendly,,the food is outrageous. ”
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Good food--bad service! ”
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suggest 8 people or more in order to get a taste of a variety of food. ”
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Wine was very tasty! ”
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the food's delicious and they give you plenty and price isnt bad. ”
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excellent food ”
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great food,and alot of it. ”
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For a bad meal, go here. ”
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There are certainly much worse places to eat "great" Italian food in the Midtown area. ”
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Portions are huge and everything is delicious. ”
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Where can you get value like that,,,and wonderful food too? ”
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The restaraunt food was great and I am planning to go again. ”
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My wife and I went there for dinner and the food was fantastic. ”
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The food was great and one must try there famous salad. ”
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Is Carmine's the best Italian food in NYC? ”
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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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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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We told the manager the food was excellent, but we were disappointed in the overall service. ”
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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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Our waitress was very helpful in providing suggestions for wine and types of pasta to order. ”
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Everything that crossed my palate was delicious. ”
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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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Excellent food for the range ”
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The caesar salad is good. ”
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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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and red sauce are great. ”
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From appetizers to dessert, everything is delicious. ”
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Fun atmosphere, for the price the food is great. ”
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The food was great. ”
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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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Tomato sauce that has barely been cooked and tastes more like ketchup than anything else. ”
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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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The Italian food is fantastic and the portions are not to be believed. ”
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Go to Virgil's BBQ across Times Square for polite service and awesome food. ”
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Great value, great food, service was good. ”
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just because the portions are big, doesn't mean the food is good. ”
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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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Great service, food, drink, deserts, etc. ”
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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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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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However, we would have much rather had a pleasant meal! ”
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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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We have never had a bad experience at Carmine's- only good food, excellent service and a lot of fun. ”
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sugguest to go uptown where the food is awesome and the service really rocks! ”
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The food was excellent. ”
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ate at the bar and it was delicious food and friendly people. ”
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If you want great service, good food, a friendly environment, and respect--go to Little Italy. ”
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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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Big portions, delicious italian dishes, 2 thumbs up. ”
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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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The food its good but the amount can be a total turnoff. ”
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Desserts are delicious. ”
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The lasagna comes in a nice portion and the chicken marsala is tasty. ”
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great food, huge portions, average prices. ”
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We had a good meal with lots of food for the money. ”
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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 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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Carmine's has the best Italian food in the city. ”
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The food at Carmines is fantastic and ver filling. ”
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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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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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In my kids' words: Mom, this is the best food I've ever had. ”
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The food is good, the portions are absolutely ridiculous and the crowd is pretty varied. ”
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great food. ”
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The sauces are very rich and delicious. ”
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Otherwise, highly recommend the quality of food for the money. ”
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The food was really good and was served in huge family-sized portions. ”
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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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Excellent, everything was just excellent, the food, the portions, the waters,! ”
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If you want the best southern Italian food around this is the place to go. ”
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Big dishes at Carmine's ”
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Huge portions of delcious food, loaded in garlic. ”
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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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Get the chicken pasta and save room for the huge desserts. ”
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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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We LOVED the food but were aggravated the waitress did not "warn" us of how much food we had ordered. ”
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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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This really isn't very good Italian food. ”
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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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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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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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| menu variety |
66.66999816894531% positive |
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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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Easy to order menu. ”
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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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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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| overall |
88.45999717712402% positive |
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If you have 6 or more people this is the best place in NYC to be. ”
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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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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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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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My favorite restaurant in the city. ”
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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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If you want the best southern Italian food around this is the place to go. ”
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Anyone who knows good italian will find this place exactly what it is. ”
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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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This is the best Italian restaurant I've been to in a long time. ”
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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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It is a great place to go to before a show. ”
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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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Thank you for making our day perfect by ending it with a wonderful dinner & service. ”
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Ginormous portions, good service. ”
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If you want great service, good food, a friendly environment, and respect--go to Little Italy. ”
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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 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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loved Carmines, loved the generous portions, the service and the low prices for such a nice restaurant. ”
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The portions are HUGE and the service is great. ”
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Good food--bad service! ”
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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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If you have 6 or more people this is the best place in NYC to be. ”
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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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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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Great family style portions and the staff was very helpful. ”
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We told the manager the food was excellent, but we were disappointed in the overall 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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Our waitress was very helpful in providing suggestions for wine and types of pasta to order. ”
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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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Food is awesome but the service is fleeting ”
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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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We have never had a bad experience at Carmine's- only good food, excellent service and a lot of fun. ”
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The staff is very friendly,,the food is outrageous. ”
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Go to Virgil's BBQ across Times Square for polite service and awesome food. ”
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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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As many people state, the portions are amazingly huge. ”
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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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great food excellent service,one of the best italian restraunts ive ever ate at ”
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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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If you order an appetizer, it's going to be for like 3 or 4 people, no joke. ”
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Rude, rude Rude! ”
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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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We LOVED the food but were aggravated the waitress did not "warn" us of how much food we had ordered. ”
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Great value, great food, service was good. ”
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Very friendly and patient waitstaff. ”
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sugguest to go uptown where the food is awesome and the service really rocks! ”
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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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Great service, food, drink, deserts, etc. ”
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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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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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The hostesses and waitstaff were very rude and seemed to care less if you were there or not. ”
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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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don't care if the food is great; it certainly couldn't make up for the horrible service! ”
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ate at the bar and it was delicious food and friendly people. ”
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The service was good, the experience was good. ”
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The wait staff is very knowledgeable and helpful. ”
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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 staff at Carmine's are always rude. ”
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The hostess was very polite and congratulated us upon our seating. ”
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bunch of hype - terrible service! ”
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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 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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Portions are huge and everything is delicious. ”
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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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Great family style portions and the staff was very helpful. ”
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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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Huge portions and a carefully orchestrated Italian American feel keep the tourists comming back to this theater district hot-spot. ”
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Huge portions of delcious food, loaded in garlic. ”
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Get the chicken pasta and save room for the huge desserts. ”
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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 Italian food is fantastic and the portions are not to be believed. ”
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Fun atmosphere, for the price the food is great. ”
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Big portions, delicious italian dishes, 2 thumbs up. ”
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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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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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portions are big but not for the price your payimg. ”
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It is great for families and the portions are huge. ”
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As many people state, the portions are amazingly huge. ”
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It was a little expensive, but the food was great. ”
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Great value, great food, service was good. ”
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the portions are huge - for a new yorker its worth every "bang for your buck! ”
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The food was served in huge portions. ”
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The atmosphere was great and the portions were even better. ”
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Drinks are also huge. ”
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Prices are very affordable, absolutely make reservations ahead. ”
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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 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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Huge portions but little else ”
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great food, huge portions, average prices. ”
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The food is good, the portions are absolutely ridiculous and the crowd is pretty varied. ”
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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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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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Excellent, everything was just excellent, the food, the portions, the waters,! ”
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Ginormous portions, good service. ”
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We had a good meal with lots of food for the money. ”
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Big portions but not all it's cracked up to be. ”
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just because the portions are big, doesn't mean the food is good. ”
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Huge portions that would never be found in Italy. ”
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the food's delicious and they give you plenty and price isnt bad. ”
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Huge family style portions that aren't large just to compensate for lack of taste! ”
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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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loved Carmines, loved the generous portions, the service and the low prices for such a nice restaurant. ”
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The food was really good and was served in huge family-sized portions. ”
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Very generous portions so don't order too much. ”
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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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This is, at best, very mediocre Italo-American food--not any better than the Olive Garden and more money. ”
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The food is nothing special--just huge helpings of thick pasta and overly-rich sauces. ”
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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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great atmosphere huge portions the calamari ”
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have a huge appetite, and I always bring home a doggy bag. ”
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Maybe if the portions weren't so huge, they would have enough to go around. ”
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Where can you get value like that,,,and wonderful food too? ”
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The portions are HUGE and the service 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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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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| wait time |
100.0% positive |
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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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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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