Me and my husband used to come here years ago and back then food was good, we decided to give it a try this weekend and my god it has gone down hill just felt dirty, food was disgusting everything tasted right out of the can no flavor at all, I would not recommend and have NO plans on coming back my $120 tab was not worth it for the type of food we got.
M S.
Not sure why the low stars because we had an exceptional lunch! Everything was fresh and tasty. Love the spicy chicken and shrimp pasta and our server Melinda was fantastic and truly one of the best servers I've ever seen! Kids meals come with ice cream sundaes and even the kids Mac and cheese was some of the best Mac and cheese I've ever had!
Karen M.
We just finished eating a great dinner at Johnny Carino's Modesto, Ca. Everything was perfect. All 4 of us had different salads, and all were great. The bread was crunchy on the outside, soft in the middle, and the dipping olive oil with fried garlic pieces was delicious. We all had different entrees, ribeye steak, ribs, shrimp scampi, and all were delicious. We had Italian sodas that were refreshing. No room for dessert, this time. We will definitely be back. We were shocked that it wasn't busier. But we were a little earlier than the dinner crowd. The restaurant was clean, bathrooms clean, and staff & cooks did a great job. This place has a beautiful cozy bar area, and lots of eating areas. We loved the decor and loved our dinner!!! Please give them a try!!! My husband's steak melted in his mouth.
Mae Francisco
We went here for dinner for my MIL's birthday They were not busy that night so I dont get why they're slow. First we got seated after 8mins of wait , So I thought it will be a fast service as we didnt have to wait long to be seated. Once we are seated. All the servers were ignoring us. Waited good 10mins before I decided to get up and talk to the front service that we have no server. We didnt even get any water when we got seated. A server only came up to us because I went to tge front person and ask for a server. ? Server took our orders as we were ready since we've been looking at menus while theyre ignoring us. And she was not nice when she took oir orders. As she made it feel like we are bothering her. Took them 18mins to get our water. Water that we supposed to get right when we got seated. ? And they only gave us 1 bread for the whole time that we were waiting ,mind you theres 5 person in our party. We asked 5times for the bread. We only got it after 25mins. Our orders got to us after 40mins. Asked for parmesan cheese twice. We never got it. At this point we really are not enjoying our dinner. Never got our drinks refill. In short the dining experience here is not nice. I would not come back. We didnt finish our food, as we just decided to leave as we dont feel welcome and not really enjoying the night at this restaurant anymore. I wont recommend going here. Although the food is good, the horrible service and rude servers are not worth it.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
Adriana A.
I really wanted to like this place but it was nasty! The steak tasted burnt charcoal. The lasagna.... Honestly don't get me started on the lasagna. HORRIBLE. The best part was the free bread. Don't waste your money.
Shirlene F.
Two stars for the food. It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't anything special either. My pasta was barely lukewarm when it was served. Salad, bread, pasta, and dessert were palatable, but nothing I would want to go back and have again. Zero stars for the service. It was that bad. Truly horrible. The restaurant was not crowded, but neither the kitchen staff nor the wait staff acted like they cared at all about the food they were serving. The service was beyond SLOW. A couple came in 15-20 minutes after us, sat in the booth behind us, ordered the same thing we did, left 15-20 minutes before us and even they were complaining about the poor service. I was close to walking out on our bill after waiting what seemed like an eternity from when we boxed our leftover entrees until we got the dessert we ordered and the check. I would have flagged someone down to ask for the check but there wasn't anyone in sight for the longest time. I had been wanting to try this place for awhile but we will not be back. I feel like averaging the two-stars for food and zero-stars for service to give it a 1-star rating is being generous. Only go there if you have hours to waste and don't care about the quality of the food.
Patricia Ayala
The menu has change since the last time I came here, which has been maybe for years. I have to say that the food is not good here any more. Very disappointing.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
Lyn R.
Not high end Italian dining. Food was moderately good, long wait ...not sure why based on the food or the service. This is a 1/2 step up from McDonald's . I went before Covid a few times it was much better . Not sure what happened to it.
Katie K.
Our server Landon was excellent. It was our first time dining in there, and he made sure to let us know about happy hour, which offers more than we would've normally looked at on the menu. He answered all of our questions and even suggested lunch sizes which was cheaper than the normal dinner portions, something else we wouldn't've known about. We requested extra sauce and bread, and Landon was happy to do that for us. If you ever decide to eat there, Landon is your guy!
Jill
This might be my second time leaving a review here, but I wanted to give them another one. We had a fabulous dinner last night. Forgot to take a picture! I think I gobbled down my lasagna before I could think about it. Now,,,,we eat at alot of places, Italian and steak places, but this was the best lasagna we have had in a long time. Our steaks were wonderful and finally, mine was actually served medium,,,AS I ordered it! Husband always gets well so it seems like I ever really get medium, because they must cook mine and set it aside instead of just putting it on later. We were very impressed.The bread at the beginning of the meal is just heavenly. The tiramisu,,,,I can't even describe....best I have ever had and better than any bakery tiramisu I have ever had.Another great thing about this place, is they always have deals on certain nights and they also send amazing email offers, probably the best out of anywhere we go. The servers are pretty nice. Jessica was on point last night.Can't wait to go back and eat like 3 pieces of lasagna and a few tiramisus!!!Parking: It's next to the mall, but in its own section. There is usually plenty of parking, even when busy.Wheelchair accessibility: Wheelchair parking and wheelchair accessible.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tiramisu, Italian Nachos, Lasagna, Salad
The two stars is for the food. This is my first time eating here with my boyfriend. There used to be a Johnny Carino's where I live and I was so excited to go to this one with my boyfriend because he's never ate at a Johnny Carino's. They give one roll of bread with olive oil for starters. I wish the basket had more than one roll of bread. It was okay. For appetizer, we ordered the baked stuffed mushrooms. The mushrooms were good but the stuffed part was hard. I ordered the wedge salad, I loved it. My boyfriend ordered the seafood rigatoni Alfredo. There was no flavor in the pasta and my boyfriend had to add a lot of pepper to it. I would not recommend this place to anyone.
June L.
Delicious food. Service depends on who you get. Some servers are better than others. Restroom was decent but there was a horrid smell coming from the bar area just before you get to restrooms. Thank god we were seated near the front of the restaurant. Would go again. We lived after eating from there.
Bernie V.
I've always wanted to try this place out it looks fancy and neat inside finally had an opportunity to try it for dinner I'm sorry to say I would not recommend this place the food was cold the lasagna does not have no meat in it none I had a cup of hot tea I was able to stick my finger in the water the food had no taste service was fantastic though all in all I wouldn't recommend it
Adam Jimenez
Missed as a quiet Italian restaurant. Way more a sports bar.short handed yet the employees stayed with the flow. Awesome place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Denise Margie
Always order the Mama's Spaghetti it's great. This time so spicy I can't eat it. Very disappointed. Won't get it again! We travel from Manteca to get something I can't eat. Definitely not worth the trip. Chef did reallyBad job this time!
Me and my husband used to come here years ago and back then food was good, we decided to give it a try this weekend and my god it has gone down hill just felt dirty, food was disgusting everything tasted right out of the can no flavor at all, I would not recommend and have NO plans on coming back my $120 tab was not worth it for the type of food we got.
Not sure why the low stars because we had an exceptional lunch! Everything was fresh and tasty. Love the spicy chicken and shrimp pasta and our server Melinda was fantastic and truly one of the best servers I've ever seen! Kids meals come with ice cream sundaes and even the kids Mac and cheese was some of the best Mac and cheese I've ever had!
We just finished eating a great dinner at Johnny Carino's Modesto, Ca. Everything was perfect. All 4 of us had different salads, and all were great. The bread was crunchy on the outside, soft in the middle, and the dipping olive oil with fried garlic pieces was delicious. We all had different entrees, ribeye steak, ribs, shrimp scampi, and all were delicious. We had Italian sodas that were refreshing. No room for dessert, this time. We will definitely be back. We were shocked that it wasn't busier. But we were a little earlier than the dinner crowd. The restaurant was clean, bathrooms clean, and staff & cooks did a great job. This place has a beautiful cozy bar area, and lots of eating areas. We loved the decor and loved our dinner!!! Please give them a try!!! My husband's steak melted in his mouth.
We went here for dinner for my MIL's birthday They were not busy that night so I dont get why they're slow. First we got seated after 8mins of wait , So I thought it will be a fast service as we didnt have to wait long to be seated. Once we are seated. All the servers were ignoring us. Waited good 10mins before I decided to get up and talk to the front service that we have no server. We didnt even get any water when we got seated. A server only came up to us because I went to tge front person and ask for a server. ? Server took our orders as we were ready since we've been looking at menus while theyre ignoring us. And she was not nice when she took oir orders. As she made it feel like we are bothering her. Took them 18mins to get our water. Water that we supposed to get right when we got seated. ? And they only gave us 1 bread for the whole time that we were waiting ,mind you theres 5 person in our party. We asked 5times for the bread. We only got it after 25mins. Our orders got to us after 40mins. Asked for parmesan cheese twice. We never got it. At this point we really are not enjoying our dinner. Never got our drinks refill. In short the dining experience here is not nice. I would not come back. We didnt finish our food, as we just decided to leave as we dont feel welcome and not really enjoying the night at this restaurant anymore. I wont recommend going here. Although the food is good, the horrible service and rude servers are not worth it.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
I really wanted to like this place but it was nasty! The steak tasted burnt charcoal. The lasagna.... Honestly don't get me started on the lasagna. HORRIBLE. The best part was the free bread. Don't waste your money.
Two stars for the food. It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't anything special either. My pasta was barely lukewarm when it was served. Salad, bread, pasta, and dessert were palatable, but nothing I would want to go back and have again. Zero stars for the service. It was that bad. Truly horrible. The restaurant was not crowded, but neither the kitchen staff nor the wait staff acted like they cared at all about the food they were serving. The service was beyond SLOW. A couple came in 15-20 minutes after us, sat in the booth behind us, ordered the same thing we did, left 15-20 minutes before us and even they were complaining about the poor service. I was close to walking out on our bill after waiting what seemed like an eternity from when we boxed our leftover entrees until we got the dessert we ordered and the check. I would have flagged someone down to ask for the check but there wasn't anyone in sight for the longest time. I had been wanting to try this place for awhile but we will not be back. I feel like averaging the two-stars for food and zero-stars for service to give it a 1-star rating is being generous. Only go there if you have hours to waste and don't care about the quality of the food.
The menu has change since the last time I came here, which has been maybe for years. I have to say that the food is not good here any more. Very disappointing.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
Not high end Italian dining. Food was moderately good, long wait ...not sure why based on the food or the service. This is a 1/2 step up from McDonald's . I went before Covid a few times it was much better . Not sure what happened to it.
Our server Landon was excellent. It was our first time dining in there, and he made sure to let us know about happy hour, which offers more than we would've normally looked at on the menu. He answered all of our questions and even suggested lunch sizes which was cheaper than the normal dinner portions, something else we wouldn't've known about. We requested extra sauce and bread, and Landon was happy to do that for us. If you ever decide to eat there, Landon is your guy!
This might be my second time leaving a review here, but I wanted to give them another one. We had a fabulous dinner last night. Forgot to take a picture! I think I gobbled down my lasagna before I could think about it. Now,,,,we eat at alot of places, Italian and steak places, but this was the best lasagna we have had in a long time. Our steaks were wonderful and finally, mine was actually served medium,,,AS I ordered it! Husband always gets well so it seems like I ever really get medium, because they must cook mine and set it aside instead of just putting it on later. We were very impressed.The bread at the beginning of the meal is just heavenly. The tiramisu,,,,I can't even describe....best I have ever had and better than any bakery tiramisu I have ever had.Another great thing about this place, is they always have deals on certain nights and they also send amazing email offers, probably the best out of anywhere we go. The servers are pretty nice. Jessica was on point last night.Can't wait to go back and eat like 3 pieces of lasagna and a few tiramisus!!!Parking: It's next to the mall, but in its own section. There is usually plenty of parking, even when busy.Wheelchair accessibility: Wheelchair parking and wheelchair accessible.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tiramisu, Italian Nachos, Lasagna, Salad
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The two stars is for the food. This is my first time eating here with my boyfriend. There used to be a Johnny Carino's where I live and I was so excited to go to this one with my boyfriend because he's never ate at a Johnny Carino's. They give one roll of bread with olive oil for starters. I wish the basket had more than one roll of bread. It was okay. For appetizer, we ordered the baked stuffed mushrooms. The mushrooms were good but the stuffed part was hard. I ordered the wedge salad, I loved it. My boyfriend ordered the seafood rigatoni Alfredo. There was no flavor in the pasta and my boyfriend had to add a lot of pepper to it. I would not recommend this place to anyone.
Delicious food. Service depends on who you get. Some servers are better than others. Restroom was decent but there was a horrid smell coming from the bar area just before you get to restrooms. Thank god we were seated near the front of the restaurant. Would go again. We lived after eating from there.
I've always wanted to try this place out it looks fancy and neat inside finally had an opportunity to try it for dinner I'm sorry to say I would not recommend this place the food was cold the lasagna does not have no meat in it none I had a cup of hot tea I was able to stick my finger in the water the food had no taste service was fantastic though all in all I wouldn't recommend it
Missed as a quiet Italian restaurant. Way more a sports bar.short handed yet the employees stayed with the flow. Awesome place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Always order the Mama's Spaghetti it's great. This time so spicy I can't eat it. Very disappointed. Won't get it again! We travel from Manteca to get something I can't eat. Definitely not worth the trip. Chef did reallyBad job this time!
Food: 2