Carlos & Carlos Restaurant

Best Italian Restaurant in town.
Highly recommended.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Professional foh and hard working kitchen staff

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Surprised how bad the food was this time
I had grilled calamari. It was the strangest looking calamari I’ve ever seen, and it was rubbery and had no flavor. The texture was strange and the dish was doused in a tomato based sauce with hot diced pepper, red pepper and Greek olives, to cover the calamari’s strangeness.
Split a salad for $14 and it was really small.
Had egg washed veal and it had a peculiar flavor

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 2

Excellent food, delightful service, family environment. Highly recommend!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Vesuvio Potatos

Food,service,atmosphere and area are all great.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food was really good! Great choices and variety on the menu. As far as service, the waiter showed up like twice during the whole meal, to take order and to bring us the check. Felipe (busboy) was phenomenal. So attentive, friendly and paid more attention to us than our waiter. Ambiance is VERY casual, the opposite of high end look and feel. The restaurant is crowded and the bar is right next to the dining room so you hear everything! There was some game on so there was like 3-4 people + bartender screaming and laughing the whole time we were there. Felipe was great!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 5

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Angel Hair Vodka Cream Sauce

Carlos & Carlos ,Wilmette.
2nd visit in 1 year, both times very crowded, cozy space.
5 guests arrived on time for an early dinner reservation. Seated immediately, friendly, rushed waitstaff, asked for drink orders before we had our coats off. 3/5 enjoyed seafood and pancetta pasta dishes. Roasted beet salad, so-so, as beets weren't roasted, & missing carrots, pecans & gorganzola.
Minestrone soup was hot and delicious. $14 house pino noir nothing special. Tiramisu and Cannoli desserts were large and shareable and inhaled.
Waitstaff constantly circling and clearing the instant someone put down a fork was disconcerting. Good food, felt too rushed for 1-1/2 seating

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Penne Facita, Tiramisu, Minestrone Soup

Garlic & Garlic.

But in a good way.

First time here and new to Chicago area. Great neighborhood place. Nice menu, good food and service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Tiramisu

The best Ossobuco I’ve had in the U.S

3 categories of 5 stars: food, service, and atmosphere. My first visit with 2 other "firsts" and one "vet"...everyone enjoyed their meals and the service was top-notch. No glass went empty or even came close. Recommendations were excellent, food was delicious, servers and wait staff helpful, courteous and smiling ?. The sage butter...my mouth is watering again just thinking about it. Thank you, C and C...I will Definitely be back and wholeheartedly recommend dining here. Excellent. No room for dessert, but they all looked amazing as well. I looked at other dishes around the restaurant as they came out and want to try several dishes just from seeing them. Worth the price of $30-50 a meal.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Lots of begi options

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

My wife and I, and a couple of friends, just returned from our first experience with Carlos & Carlos. They treayed us like family and fed us like royalty. We'll be backi.

Wheelchair accessibility: Two of us use walkers. The staff took care of everything.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Veal Sorrento

I never write reviews but had to share how wonderful our catering experience was. Post covid it’s difficult to find good food AND good customer service. Carlos & Carlos isn’t just good, it was excellent! Vegetables were still crisp and delicious. Chicken Piccata was delicious and perfectly cooked. Bread was fresh and not stale. They were able to accommodate a gluten free and vegan dish. Catering so often falls short and is just blah but not here. Best catering experience I’ve ever had.

Food: 5

Service: 5

I came here for the first time and I was shocked at how good the food was. I had the pesto genovese and it was incredible. The flavor melted in my tongue and I could not get enough of it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Tiramisu