Johnny Carino's Country Italian

Elite '08

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Jennifer C.

Dallas, TX

I enjoy Johnny Carino's. I normally utilize their handy dandy carside carry out service and its pretty consistent. My order is almost always right and the food is always equally good.

The lasagna is huge (enough for 2 meals!) and delicious - ask for extra sauce though. The baked cheese tortelloni is good if you like cheese. It's tortelloni stuffed with six cheeses, tossed in a creamy meat sauce with ricotta and romano cheese, then baked under mozzarella and parmesan cheese - get extra sauce with this one too.

I recommend Sicilian Fire Sticks for an appetizer. They are a blend of Italian sausage, chopped grilled chicken, bacon, roma tomatoes, jalapenos, and creamy Italian cheeses, rolled in a tomato basil tortilla. Served with ranch and spicy marinara. They used to have awesome bruschetta but i'm sad to say its not on the menu anymore.

The italian cream sodas are good and so is the sangria (if you are eating in)

For dessert - the Italian chocolate cake is delicious and so is the turtle cheesecake :)

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Tom O.

Irving, TX

This is your standard Italian chin type restaurant, similar to the one that has those really annoying commercials, you know the one, where you're supposed to feel like family.  If you wanna feel like family, go to a place where you're host is Vinny, the waiter is Pauly, the sommelier is Giuseppe, the chef is Joey, ... I'm getting off the subject, aren't I.

Anyway, the food isn't too bad, better than some other chain restaurants.  The service is good.  The portions are definitely enough to fill you up.  The bread comes with roasted garlic in Olive oil for dipping and s very tasty.  A halfway decent place to go if you're looking for some Italian like fare.

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