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Criniti Restaurant
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- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
10 reviews for Criniti Restaurant
Great food, check.
Great service, check.
Romantic, check.
If you want great italian food, attentive service and a romantic setting... go here.
The Ravioli was delicious and the meatballs are to die for. IF you like your meatballs juicy and packed with flavor, you must get one. I mean I hate meatballs and I enjoyed every bite.
The sauce was delicious. I am not a fan of red sauce and that is because it's hard to fine someone who makes a red sauce like my mom. My mom's is still better but Criniti's does a great job of packing flavor into each bite.
I highly recommend this place.
When we want fabulous shrimp parm, we head on out to Criniti.
I have only ever been here for lunch with colleagues, but they have a great selection of lunch specials at a very reasonable price. It used be a church and has a very pretty stained-glass window in the dining room.
Whether you've eaten there in the old location on the corner or in the new one at the old Calvary church, Criniti's always offered intimate dining at reasonable prices. Plus, they give out gift certificates at the drop of a hat that last for a year - which is good for ailing relatives to keep them eating substantive meals.
Their delivery is great with door-to-door service in the neighborhood, but the drawback is that anything with sauce in it seems to get watery within five minutes of successful reception. Plus, it just doesn't taste as good in the box or the next day reheated.
If you choose Criniti's, make sure to eat in, and get reservations before 6 or after 8, because it fills up quickly seven days a week.
So you're walking down Broad, minding your own business, and you see a sign for Criniti. You've heard of it before and you think to yourself "Hmm I'm gonna give this place a whirl..." You look around for the door. It's nowhere to be found. Just the entrance to a church next to a bulletin board presumably displaying upcoming parish events. After a few confusing minutes you realize that yes, indeed, the 'church' is actually Criniti. So you venture inside, tell the waitress at the pulpit that you want a table, and you're seated in a sanctuary surrounded by stained glass. This is no ordinary sanctuary though, this is the sanctuary of semolina. The holy house of penne. The sacred grounds of gnocchi. The blessed site of so many spaghetti miracles they've lost count. This is Criniti, the holy father of pasta.
Try the Penne alla Vodka, heaven on a plate.
God bless Criniti.
I like their stuff.
My friend and I ordered take out from here. I ordered the eggplant parm dinner, which it provides enough food for three nights of dinner. It comes complete with crappy side salad (sorry, I just hate salads that use iceberg), a pasta of your choice with sauce, your main entree in my case, eggplant parm, and garlic bread. The food was pretty damn good. The only complaint I had was from my friend who went to pick it up. She said, it wasn't ready and we definitely waited over the estimated time. It took her a good 15-20 minutes to get back after leaving and she lives less than 5 minutes away. Delivery, unfortunately, would've taken even longer.
Criniti does standard South Philly Italian food well. I would recommend getting dishes with their homemade pasta over anything else. This is a great place to bring a large group if you make reservations ahead of time. This would also be a good place to bring kids - I think I remember that they have a children's menu which may help if you have a fussy eater on your hands.
They run out of cannoli fairly early in the evening, so don't get your hopes set on them.
Very Good Restaurant and you can always park your car with no trouble. Food is always consistant and the staff is friendly and attentive. Never had a bad expeirence here.
This is a capable traditional South Philly Italian eatery. All the usual staples are there, pasta, veal, fish, etc. We liked the mussels in red sauce quite a bit, the Rigatoni Mama Mia was very good as well. The food wasn't exceptional but it was quite acceptable.. This is your traditional Checkered tablecloth Italian place without the tablecloths.
