Very cozy restaurant, come here every year for Valentine’s Day. Menu is always delicious, would recommend the fete chille.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Susan Rogers
My husband and l dined here on February 12 thinking the Dine About Winnipeg meals - 2 different offerings - would be good. However, other than dessert, both of our meals were extremely poor....horrible actually. My salmon was dry, overcooked and the sauce and rice hugely over-salted and of questionable quality, the added cauliflower making the plate lackluster. Definitely not what one would expect of a higher end restaurant and certainly not worth even half the price. I ate perhaps a sixth of the meal. My husband's pasta appetizer and pasta meal looked both unappealing and tasted the same...he couldn't finish either. He also felt the service was rather arrogant, condescending. So disappointing. We have always thought that this annual promotion was to promote the restaurant but it seemed like Cafe Carlo wanted the opposite...to discourage folks coming back. With one glass of wine and a small guilty tip our bill was plus $150 ...and we went home hungry. We travel broadly and eat out at many restaurants but most definitely will not be back to this one. BTW this is my first negative review of a Winnipeg restaurant.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Bill
A Winnipeg institution, always friendly, always great food. Our meals were first rate, appies were tasty and wine was excellent. The art on the wall lends great ambiance and supports the arts community in Winnipeg. Highly recommend dining here!
Belle Rubio
celebrated my birthday here yesterday,, the food was delicious and my family all loved their main dishes (2 of my family members got the full rack of lamb chops, 1 got the pesto chicken, 1 got a pasta of some sort, and i got the beef tenderloin, and we got calamari and each one of us had a drink), however the calamari lacked some calamari and was partly just the fried dough pieces, and the birthday cake is like frozen with the ice cream, it's not very soft or moist, but my beef tenderloin was exquisite! the only issue i had is how the restaurant is run, we were not greeted for 7 or 8 minutes and there were an adequate amount of staff to accommodate the whole restaurant (there were 3 servers and 2 people helping out) as it is not very large, the the food service was incredibly slow and we waited 40 minutes for our mains to come out after we got the calamari (which also took some time), there is also no dedicated host so sometimes guests would walk in and they would be waiting awhile and when i walked in i was just stared at for some time before someone came up to me. overall a great food spot to eat as but the service is not amazing :(
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Rack of Lamb
Patricia
We had a most enjoyable meal with excellent service. The gluten free pasta was excellent which was very much appreciated by one of the guests. The mussels were a great appetizer for all of us - juicy and plump with a delicious creamy sauce. Our dinner was well-paced - we did not feel rushed. All in all, a great experience.
Doodle Bob
Took to long and I’m pregnant while craving lamb chops food was alright I guess.
I waited over an HOUR for the lamb chops, which is insane considering this isn’t a five-course tasting menu or a farm-to-table documentary. By the time the food arrived, I’d aged significantly. And for what? Dry, bland lamb chops that tasted like they’d been sitting under a heat lamp questioning their life choices. Zero flavor, zero tenderness, zero justification for that wait. If you’re going to make people wait an hour, the food should be unforgettable — unfortunately, this was unforgettable for all the wrong reasons. Absolute waste of time and money.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Tal Poleschuk
Jessi was awesome! She recommended the yummiest things, and if I come back here I want her to be my server again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Brad
Small restaurant with a cozy feel but difficult to converse due to proximity of other people around you. Food was exceptional but my pasta was barely warm. Drinks and food are very, very pricey for what you get, $55 for one cocktail and a pasta dish not including tip.
Chris Forsythe
I did take out and had the fettuccine with chicken, chorizo in a chilli cream sauce. It was really tasty and well made. The restaurant looked full and the atmosphere was very nice and I want to come back and eat there.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Adam Mysak
I live close by and drop in frequently for food and it’s always on point!
Lovely Saturday evening experience. Yes they were busy but staff handled themselves well! Food awesome! Can't wait to try it again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sarah L
My friends and I came here for our annual Christmas date before going to the zoo lights and we were all so happy we did. I had the Spag goo? (I think that was the name) and the calamari with a latte and I couldn’t finish it all. The food was so good, the server was delightful and the restaurant was incredibly cozy. I will most definitely be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Stuy Mack
Food was really good, including the delicious desserts we shared.
The atmosphere was good, though I do think they could benefit from some TLC in the bathrooms as they did feel kind of dingy/unclean due to wear and tear. Overall the reastuant has a nice vibe and aesthetic.
The service was unfortunately a bit awkward, felt the waitress was rushed (possibly was the only one serving that evening?). They were hard to flag down, and when they did come by - many times just pushing thier way through to get to the table to drop off or remove items without explaining why they were wanting to get into the table to do something. The ones filling up waters and such were engaging and easier to approach which helped. Personally just a little engament and getting to know what brings us out, suggestions, etc would have been nice and goes along way. We came in with gift bags as two of us were celebrating our actual birthdays that evening, so you'd possibly think that would engage some sort of conversation. It kinda put of a it of a bummer on the celebration.
I do recognize we came in the week of Christmas and that is going to be crazy busy but even explaining your busy and maybe short staffed, we would have been understanding. We felt as if we were a bit of an inconvenience which kinds sucked. They weren't rude or anything, just don't think they were aware of how they were coming across perhaps.
All in all we plan on coming back as the food is what we really enjoyed. Even though a friend who had recommended Cafe Calos shared they had the same kind of experience after I shared ours, they also enjoyed the food and said they would return as well.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Kelly Money
Warm and cozy atmosphere with excellent food and great servers. Never disappoints.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Geoffrey Young
Had dinner here a few nights ago and it was terrible. We arrived right at our reservation time and just stood at the front door invisible to the 3 employees who walked past us 4 times. Finally seated, we made our choices from our lovely server who was super friendly and just seemed completely overwhelmed. Food came in a timely manner, apps were hot and delicious, salad came and had brown lettuce like it had been chopped days earlier, I said something to our server, she was great about it, apologized and took it back to the kitchen. Returned with same brown lettuce, new tomatoes and twice the salad dressing. Our entrees arrived and were warm, not hot, and there we sat for the rest of the evening surrounded by dirty dishes and empty glasses. The table next to us even commented to us that it seemed very odd that we were eating with left over appetizer dishes, salad plates, and empty glasses surrounding our entrees. I had to go up to the bar to pay our bill, no one came to the table. When I was paying our bill one of the servers asked how our meal was and I said it wasn’t great, she responded with ‘awesome!’ LoL We clearly weren’t welcome, guess they have the regulars they like, and the rest of us are just taking up space. I still left a tip, but with all the other options for basic pasta there’s no reason to go back.
Very cozy restaurant, come here every year for Valentine’s Day. Menu is always delicious, would recommend the fete chille.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My husband and l dined here on February 12 thinking the Dine About Winnipeg meals - 2 different offerings - would be good. However, other than dessert, both of our meals were extremely poor....horrible actually. My salmon was dry, overcooked and the sauce and rice hugely over-salted and of questionable quality, the added cauliflower making the plate lackluster. Definitely not what one would expect of a higher end restaurant and certainly not worth even half the price. I ate perhaps a sixth of the meal. My husband's pasta appetizer and pasta meal looked both unappealing and tasted the same...he couldn't finish either. He also felt the service was rather arrogant, condescending. So disappointing. We have always thought that this annual promotion was to promote the restaurant but it seemed like Cafe Carlo wanted the opposite...to discourage folks coming back. With one glass of wine and a small guilty tip our bill was plus $150 ...and we went home hungry. We travel broadly and eat out at many restaurants but most definitely will not be back to this one. BTW this is my first negative review of a Winnipeg restaurant.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
A Winnipeg institution, always friendly, always great food. Our meals were first rate, appies were tasty and wine was excellent. The art on the wall lends great ambiance and supports the arts community in Winnipeg. Highly recommend dining here!
celebrated my birthday here yesterday,, the food was delicious and my family all loved their main dishes (2 of my family members got the full rack of lamb chops, 1 got the pesto chicken, 1 got a pasta of some sort, and i got the beef tenderloin, and we got calamari and each one of us had a drink), however the calamari lacked some calamari and was partly just the fried dough pieces, and the birthday cake is like frozen with the ice cream, it's not very soft or moist, but my beef tenderloin was exquisite! the only issue i had is how the restaurant is run, we were not greeted for 7 or 8 minutes and there were an adequate amount of staff to accommodate the whole restaurant (there were 3 servers and 2 people helping out) as it is not very large, the the food service was incredibly slow and we waited 40 minutes for our mains to come out after we got the calamari (which also took some time), there is also no dedicated host so sometimes guests would walk in and they would be waiting awhile and when i walked in i was just stared at for some time before someone came up to me. overall a great food spot to eat as but the service is not amazing :(
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Rack of Lamb
We had a most enjoyable meal with excellent service. The gluten free pasta was excellent which was very much appreciated by one of the guests. The mussels were a great appetizer for all of us - juicy and plump with a delicious creamy sauce. Our dinner was well-paced - we did not feel rushed. All in all, a great experience.
Took to long and I’m pregnant while craving lamb chops food was alright I guess.
I waited over an HOUR for the lamb chops, which is insane considering this isn’t a five-course tasting menu or a farm-to-table documentary. By the time the food arrived, I’d aged significantly. And for what? Dry, bland lamb chops that tasted like they’d been sitting under a heat lamp questioning their life choices. Zero flavor, zero tenderness, zero justification for that wait. If you’re going to make people wait an hour, the food should be unforgettable — unfortunately, this was unforgettable for all the wrong reasons. Absolute waste of time and money.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Jessi was awesome! She recommended the yummiest things, and if I come back here I want her to be my server again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Small restaurant with a cozy feel but difficult to converse due to proximity of other people around you. Food was exceptional but my pasta was barely warm. Drinks and food are very, very pricey for what you get, $55 for one cocktail and a pasta dish not including tip.
I did take out and had the fettuccine with chicken, chorizo in a chilli cream sauce. It was really tasty and well made. The restaurant looked full and the atmosphere was very nice and I want to come back and eat there.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I live close by and drop in frequently for food and it’s always on point!
Restaurantji Recommends
Lovely Saturday evening experience. Yes they were busy but staff handled themselves well! Food awesome! Can't wait to try it again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My friends and I came here for our annual Christmas date before going to the zoo lights and we were all so happy we did. I had the Spag goo? (I think that was the name) and the calamari with a latte and I couldn’t finish it all. The food was so good, the server was delightful and the restaurant was incredibly cozy. I will most definitely be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was really good, including the delicious desserts we shared.
The atmosphere was good, though I do think they could benefit from some TLC in the bathrooms as they did feel kind of dingy/unclean due to wear and tear. Overall the reastuant has a nice vibe and aesthetic.
The service was unfortunately a bit awkward, felt the waitress was rushed (possibly was the only one serving that evening?). They were hard to flag down, and when they did come by - many times just pushing thier way through to get to the table to drop off or remove items without explaining why they were wanting to get into the table to do something. The ones filling up waters and such were engaging and easier to approach which helped. Personally just a little engament and getting to know what brings us out, suggestions, etc would have been nice and goes along way. We came in with gift bags as two of us were celebrating our actual birthdays that evening, so you'd possibly think that would engage some sort of conversation. It kinda put of a it of a bummer on the celebration.
I do recognize we came in the week of Christmas and that is going to be crazy busy but even explaining your busy and maybe short staffed, we would have been understanding. We felt as if we were a bit of an inconvenience which kinds sucked. They weren't rude or anything, just don't think they were aware of how they were coming across perhaps.
All in all we plan on coming back as the food is what we really enjoyed. Even though a friend who had recommended Cafe Calos shared they had the same kind of experience after I shared ours, they also enjoyed the food and said they would return as well.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Warm and cozy atmosphere with excellent food and great servers. Never disappoints.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Had dinner here a few nights ago and it was terrible. We arrived right at our reservation time and just stood at the front door invisible to the 3 employees who walked past us 4 times. Finally seated, we made our choices from our lovely server who was super friendly and just seemed completely overwhelmed. Food came in a timely manner, apps were hot and delicious, salad came and had brown lettuce like it had been chopped days earlier, I said something to our server, she was great about it, apologized and took it back to the kitchen. Returned with same brown lettuce, new tomatoes and twice the salad dressing. Our entrees arrived and were warm, not hot, and there we sat for the rest of the evening surrounded by dirty dishes and empty glasses. The table next to us even commented to us that it seemed very odd that we were eating with left over appetizer dishes, salad plates, and empty glasses surrounding our entrees. I had to go up to the bar to pay our bill, no one came to the table. When I was paying our bill one of the servers asked how our meal was and I said it wasn’t great, she responded with ‘awesome!’ LoL
We clearly weren’t welcome, guess they have the regulars they like, and the rest of us are just taking up space. I still left a tip, but with all the other options for basic pasta there’s no reason to go back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
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