Il Tegamino

Absolutely love Il Tegamino. This is my 5th visit since 2019. It's a favorite in Carmel and has never disappointed! Love the gnocchi and ragu!

We are avid restaurant fans, especially Italian food and we're hoping for a nice experience. The restaurant inside is a small box with about 10 tables crowed together, when we arrived they said our reservation was delayed for 30 minutes but we could sit outside. We did and actually outside in a nice night in courtyard us a better choice. We started with fried zucchini flowers, they were terrible. The were not really fried zucchini flowers but a zucchini flower with a piece of cheese encased in a heavy floured dough. They were heavy and tasteless, an insult to what they can be when prepared properly with a light coating and delicate fried! My wife had the seafood pasta. It was in a thick over cooked red sauce with dried oregano. The clams and scallops were good but the shrimp was mushy and tasteless. I had the meat sauce, it had chunks of meat and overcooked pasta. I could not either a good couscous recommendation this restaurant!

Always great food here! This is one of Carmel's best Italian restaurants! You always get high-quality food and great service! Whether you're dying in the charming restaurant or sit outside with the heaters, you'll be plenty warm and enjoy the atmosphere! We love to eat here and we're sure to always take guests when they're in town because it's always one of their favorites! Don't miss it!

Wonderful service, atmosphere, and the food. I had the rock cod In parchment made with tomato, olives, capers and carrots. So flavorful! Wine selection was excellent. Will definitely go again

Love this little Italian gem. Everything always delicious (altho' I still miss the meatball bar) & servers always helpful, kind & obviously proud of the establishment where they work. Reasonably priced selection of very good Italian wines as well. Nice that expanded space makes dining outside a pleasure (inside is tiny).

Best Italian in Carmel - made by an Italian chef with Italian pasta flour and ingredients. Tastes like Italy! The ragu, lasagna and zucchini parm are out of this world, and the lava cake? One of the best desserts I've ever had - and I've been to Italy - a bunch. Book here!

We loved the Restaurant it is darling and not too big. The bread came with a baked zucchini and oil dip that was really good. We ordered the Lasagna and it was perfect. Overall, everything was great 👍!

We had our rehearsal dinner (for 20 people) in the courtyard and it was great! The staff was so warm and welcoming (they let us bring our own flowers, too!), and the family style food was all wonderful! The gnocchi is so decadent and yummy (my fav), but the burrata salad, arancini, steak, roasted fish, and tiramisu were also perfect! They also had heat lamps set up outside so no one was cold with the Carmel fog. Highly recommend!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Absolutely the worst experience in Carmel by the Sea, a charming town we have visited for the last 5 years. The speciality of the house - seafood carbonara arrived without any seafood! The appetizer octopus was hard and chewy. Stay away. Overhyped, overpriced and simply the worst in town.

Amazing food and service. The seafood linguine pasta and ragu were highlights. Everything was delicious. The servers came to our table multiple times to make sure everything was good.

I can't wait to go back! We were in town for the big car show. So happy we made reservations here. The staff was unbelievably kind and accommodating. The food was delicious. Thank you for showing us such a good time while we visited Carmel.

We were kept waiting a half hour with a reservation. There appeared to be open tables. A man walked in same time we did without a reservation and was seated right away. Go figure. Not even a complementary glass of cheap wine. Once we were seated, food and service were fine. Oh and they have a 3% surcharge if you use a credit card. Fee was not disclosed up front.

Came here for an anniversary dinner during Car Week based on the reviews from others. The ambience is great here and exactly what I was looking for. The food was also very good, priced a bit high but well worth it. With that said, this place lacks good customer service. We had a 7:15pm reservation, still waited 10 mins to be seated although there were plenty of open spaces. Once seated, we were left alone for another 10-15 mins without even getting water or being asked about drinks/appetizers. Once the waiter came by to finally assist us, he was borderline rude when being asked a question simply because he hadn't finished his long winded spiel. I understand as a waiter, you want to run through the menu with clients, but if we hadn't waited 25 mins to be helped we might have been more receptive to listening to the entirety of the pitch. To make matters worse, around 8:30pm we were pressured to leave by the hostess because our table supposedly had another reservation booked for that time... We received our food close to 8pm, ordered a bottle of wine, and then were being asked to give up our table just 30 mins into the meal... So to sum it up, great food, poor service. If you're looking for a fancy date night restaurant in the area, choose from one of the many other places.

Felt and tasted like we transported to Italy for the evening. So authentic and romantic. We got the zucchini & bread appetizer, the ravioli and the pasta with short rib. For desert, we devoured the cheesecake. Everything was superb.

I wish I would have remembered to take a picture but we did spend 20 min at Carmel Beach right before dinner and I highly recommend that too!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

a fantastic hidden little gem with great food and excellent service. the desserts are spectacular, the pasta was lovely as well. very underrated, but highly worth it