The restaurant was very clean. And it looked the way it did several years ago which we just love! The food choices have improved and what we ordered was amazing and delivered promptly. Our server Isabella was just the best! Highly recommend going back to Johnny;Carinos if you have not in a while. read more

We walked in to unbussed tables and dirty floors. There were a few tables around us with incorrect orders. It just felt neglected. But our server, I think he said his name was Keshawn, did a fine job. The food was plentiful and though I thought it was good, my partner was put off by the spiciness of the sauces. I felt like $72 for two was a bit much. Probably won't go back because of the state of the dining room, the price and just because eating out is a treat and this wasn't that. read more

Johnny Carino's was a family favorite for years. As we've started to patronize local vs chains, we simply had not been there in many years. We got a mailer for a free meal with another entree and thought "why not"? The service was good. Our server was very sweet and just the right amount of attentive. The ambiance is dated. Back in the day, JC was a mid-upscale place. Not anymore. The food was not good. Italian nachos 4 Garden salad 3 (swimming in dressing) Lasagna 2 Fettuccine Alfredo 3 Ribeye steak medallions 0 (tenderized and mushy) The red sauce on the lasagna had a weird twang and was very thyme heavy. We won't be back. read more

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This is no longer the Carino's of yesteryears. The food just doesn't have the same caliber. They basically kept the same decor of old Italian aesthetics. Came in with a work colleague for a quick lunch. Our server was fine, but we had to wave her down a few times. She seemed a bit overwhelmed. Also, they no longer serve angel hair pasta! read more

Johnny Carino's - Italian Near Me - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Walked in for a quiet lunch, it was practically empty, however, our table in the back by the kitchen was dirty. We were seated, ordered just water and fresh bread and asked to look at the menu. The Water not the break never came. Came back and found out they no longer serve eggplant parmesan. We needed more time, still no water, no bread, no silverware. 4 minutes later, still not addressed again, so we left without ordering. read more

Came in because we had a free meal special. The restaurant seemed clean. There were a few people there already. Took a couple of minutes for us to be greeted and seated. Part of our free meal was the choice of unlimited salad or Italian nachos. I tried to order the Italian nachos and the server informed us that we couldn't have those because they had served too many today. What? I said "OK I'll have the unlimited salad. " she then said "no. You only get ONE salad." ... well that's not what the offer states. We go ahead and place our order and lo and behold. The table who was seated after us got a big plate of Italian nachos. What the heck? I don't even understand the point in denying us what we wanted to eat. The fettuccine Alfredo was dry. Not sure there was even sauce on it. The best part of the male honestly is the bread and oil, but we weren't even allowed to have vinegar . I want to like this restaurant but I really don't. read more

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I picked this place for me and my husband first anniversary and I was disappointed!!! We ordered 2 spicy chicken and shrimp meals and asked for no shrimp, with extra chicken instead. The food was good overall, but the chicken tasted really bad. We still took the rest home because we paid $80. For 2 plates and nachos . Not to mention that at first they brought us a different order and had to take it back . Later, we found a thick piece of foil inside the bread, which was very upsetting and unacceptable. read more

Johnny Carino's - Italian Near Me - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Many years ago my wife and I tried Johnny Carino's and felt it was so bad we would never go back. With the passage of time we thought we might give them another chance as things might have changed for the better. If possible, it is worse than we remembered. We started with Italian nachos. These were pretty good, not great but fairly good. I got lasagna. There was no perceivable ricotta at all. The sauce, I swear was identical to canned Hormel chili. The lasagna was the worst I have ever had. I could not eat it. My wife had Italian ravioli with added meat balls. She left 3/4 of it as she stated it was so bad she refused to eat any more of it. We ordered Coke to drink. The Coke fountain mix was clearly off as even the Cokes were bad. I have no idea how this place stays in business. There will be no third tries at this place. read more

upon entering, we weren't even welcomed by the hostess, who was standing right in the front she was went to see a party of seven never once said I'll be right with you or anything made it to our seat which the floor is sticky. The table is sticky the menu was greasy with food on it. after ordering a meal for two an anniversary meAl.... My husband received his meal 6-8 minutes before I received mine! Tge waitress was filling our water glasses with a steady stream of water landing in the floor and my husbands shoes. We ordered dessert to go but they did not have chocolate cake. Horrible experience! read more

We were in town for a family member's death. After being greeted sweetly and light-heartedly, when they found out why we were exhausted and somber, they appropriately changed their demeanor. Better, the food was good, fast, and affordable. I wish I could remember our waiter's name, but it was their first day on the job, and we felt welcome and tended to. The space was clean and quiet when we were there, which was just what we needed. read more

Worst service we have ever received at a Johnny Carinos. We went for the half price mega platter. There was a family of 8 that was waiting to be seated when we arrived and after 10 mins they gave up and left. We waited 10 mins at the host stand before we were even asked how many was in our party. We arrived at 8PM and about 5 other tables in the whole restaurant. No excuses of why we weren't greeted sooner. The hostess was too busy bussing a large table. Ummm, I'm sorry there are plenty of other clean table in the whole restaurant but you want us to wait that long to be seated. Table was completely wet on top when we were seated. We asked for balsamic and 3 more bread plates since she brought one dirty one and needed two more. Literally took her 10 mins to bring it back. We ordered nachos, family salad and mega platter of ckn fett Alfredo. She apologized and said she accidentally rang everything up all at once so ALL of the food was brought out all at once. No salad plates, no tongs for the salad or the pasta. I told her we ordered chicken on the alfredo and started to tell me that it didn't come with chicken. I told her she didn't say anything when I ordered it and told her we wanted chicken on it even if we had to pay extra. She expected us (party of 6) to eat all this food on small bread plates. Ridiculous!!! When she asked us what kind of dressing we wanted on the salad we wanted ranch and Italian but she said it came in a bowl and we could only choose one. BUT she brought them out in four 2 oz cups. So you're telling me they couldn't do half and half on how it was served. Portion size of "mega" platter is nothing short of 2 regular sized serving spread out on a big platter. Looks like your staff needs a lot of training. We are regulars of the Carinos chain but won't be back to this location. Customer service is what keeps your restaurant open. Do better!! read more

Johnny Carino's - Family Salad - Italian Near Me - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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delicious food as always Our waitress named Isabella was fantastic! Clean restaurant. Many items on the menu for which to choose. read more

Portion sizes are too small for the cost . $$$ Lasagna was bland. Used to be a favorite place for my wife and I over 25 years.

The last couple times I've been here service has been absolutely horrible and there's always a meal or something missing every single time and management won't do anything to fix it besides saying sorry, I will always drive to Edmond instead of coming to this one from here on out. read more

Took forever to just order and then to get our food also took forever. We were there for an hour and forty minutes. The food was ok. This place has went down hill. read more

The food was really good and the service was nice. Went here before prom. It was a nice time

My fiancée and I went here since a customer gave him a gift card. They were slow and it took about 10 minutes to get seated. After being seated it took 20 minutes for our server to greet us. We immediately placed our order but it still took 15 minutes for my salad to come out. My fiancée got a "Italian nachos" which was mozzarella, peppers, jalapeños and olives. Our food came out about 10 minutes after that. The sauce tasted sour. My fiancée ended up throwing up in the bathroom. The moment he left. The server came up to ask for a five star review on google. It felt very awkward after feeling ignored for the most part for our experience. read more

Food was not great but the service was worse there was very little people in the restaurant and and it took 20 minutes for drinks and it was another 20 minutes for appetizers but the food was a lot worse than I expected. read more

even though we came in when it was late and very busy, our server Isabella was warm, attentive, and genuinly excited to help us have a great meal. the bottomless parmasian shrimp and spicy marinara were perfect, and made sure our drinks were always full and funny. The bathroom even had some cool jazz! read more

The food was good, and the restaurant was clean , but the service was very slow. Our waitress was forgetful, but nice. I got a soda, and was not given a refill until I had finished my meal. Additionally, she asked if we wanted Parmesan but failed to bring it when we said yes. read more

Been a while since we have eaten at Johnny Carino's. Had an early dinner here today. The bread is fantastic and I love the oil with spices and the roasted garlic pieces for dipping. I had the bow tie festival, my favorite dish here but something was missing, maybe bacon, and it was a little bitter. My wife had the artichoke spaghetti which was not very flavorful. She is taking it home to add some flavor for a late supper. Service was excellent the waitress was nice and attentive to our needs. The restaurant is a little run down and needs a refresh. The table was sticky and the booth seats are saggy and not very supportive. This used to be a nice place with good food, it's a shame to see it going down hill. read more

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Wonderful night out at Johnny Carino's! We had the Cheese Tortellini and Spicy Chicken Romano! They were both delicious. Our waitress was a delight as well! Thanks, Isabella for taking such good care of us. You made the evening special! read more

The food was as always just a slight bit above fast food... the hostess to serve us was not available... the waiter that did come to help us out was a little short and not very friendly... maybe needing a class on customer service... I totally understand that restaurant management always understaffs the front of the restaurant... the waitress for out table stopped three times during the 45 minutes we had lunch... this was during the lunch hour so I am quite certain that enough staff was in the restaurant... Onol ou leaving the restaurant and seeing the same waitress that "seated" us a comment was made about how slow the service and only getting minimal customer service from the wait staff .. To which he responded with a hand gesture... throwing his hands up in the air... and "A get out of here". no worries... I tried to give a third chance read more

So so Italian food. Over priced for what you get. The italian taquitos were actually pretty good. Served with ranch and marinara. read more

Johnny Carino's - Italian Near Me - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Family has been here several times since it is close to one of my doctor's offices. Even stopped by here for to go food after an out patient surgery. Food, Service and Ambiance are great. We eat in often and order the Lasagna to go since there is a special price on the Lasagna that way. Don't know if they still have that special running. We hope they keep it up. read more

Food is good, service however is amazing. If you can and he's there, definitely ask for Brian I think is his name. He's a nice gentleman with glasses who was training when we went and definitely took care of us! read more

Place used to be a high end - cloth napkins, receipt holder, food tasted great; now sadly today is the last time my family is eating at this restaurant. Service was sub par, I had to ask for refills and we were the only table, when we finished eating the server just brought a receipt.. asked my server to break a extra $20 bill to tip, he brought my same twenty back with the change from the bill ($6). So only a small tip was left. It's just not what it used to be. The food was fine but not worth 20+ for each entree. read more

I work in the service industry so I tend to let a lot slide before I feel the need to complain, but - my experience last night was horrible. It took 25 minutes just to receive our cocktails. 45 minutes for our cups of soup..and I can only assume our server forgot to put in our order when it was originally given to her. Because I flagged down another server to tell them we'd been waiting for our soups for quite awhile and when she brought them she said they were JUST getting started on our food in the kitchen (we had been there for an hour at this point). So we asked if they could just box it up for us. A manager never came by to check on our table to communicate what had gone wrong. Even after they ran my card on someone else's check... And after all of this we were still charged full price for everything. Sad to say we will not be coming back. read more

Great service and great food!!! Highly recommend one of our family favorites!! Kids love it too.

This place used to be awesome but the last two times I've been there it's not been that great. Time before last we waited about 15 minutes to be seated. The waitress said they no longer had a hostess and they had to do the seating. That's ok but we had 4 waitresses looking at us from the back of the restaurant and none bothered to seat us. I noticed that they are in the process of a makeover so last week decided to give them another try. We were seated quickly but I think the waitress was new. She had no personality and made us feel like we were a bother. They have increase the prices and decreased portion sizes. Instead of 2 loaves of bread we got 1 cut in half. For $22.00 a dish I don't think I'll be back read more

I ordered takeout from here 2 times during a hospital stay. I had one of the Italian Combo dinners, Chicken Scaloppini, Johnny's Handmade Lasagna, and spaghetti with lemon butter cream sauce. It was all delicious, the lemon butter cream sauce was especially nice. Another night I ordered the Johnny's BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger and was happy to find the burger was flame chargrilled, my favorite style of cooking a burger. If I lived near a Johnny's, I would go back routinely for the burger. I would likely order it medium. read more

Came here with my husband and mom, Kathy did an awesome job waiting on us. Brought out everything we needed and even had suggestions on other items. Loved the food, restaurant was clean and really lovely atmosphere. read more

Let us start out by saying that Ms Christina is a really great server! The lighthearted, fun banter combined with such attentive and knowledgeable service is honestly a breath of fresh air. This side of town (S OKC) has steadily declined in foods services over the years. Really brought smiles and good full bellies this time though. Thank you Ms Christina for an impeccable dinner service! Your work ethic and really fun personality = Top Notch! read more

Good, dependable food. We usually get the 1/2 price Family Platters. The service is good & I love the convenience of the online ordering. read more

This review is strstrictly on our server Tiffany. The food was great when we finally received it. We waited 35 minutes to just get a drink order. It wasn't busy or the waitress wasn't overwhelmed. She was just prejudiced. I'm Native and my friend is Mexican. We were served last and everyone that arrived AFTER us were served and cashed out by the time we got our "Special ". She, Tiffany was her name, and she even brought us the toasted garlic and oil for our bread. She had a loaf WITH her when she dropped off the oil but gave it to a white couple. We had to wait 15 minutes for ours. We were there 1 hour and 45 minutes and hardly ate. Food was spectacular, service was horrid. We used to go there when Donna was there. Sure miss her...you could improve by bringing back good help. read more

I've been here about 3-4 times now, and it's usually pretty good. the bread is amazing and always fresh. the service is great

WTF! $25 for mama's spaghetti without spaghetti sauce? You can't make this up but that's what happened. Sunday dinner was ruined! Sunday I placed an order online totalling $76 + 5 for tip. I get home and get the spaghetti for my boyfriend and there NO SPAGHETTI SAUCE. I called and talked to the manager and her solution was that I come back and pick up a CUP of SPAGHETTI sauce!!!! I asked her to remake it and she told me to bring the spaghetti back like I was lying. I asked for a free dessert for Inconvenience and she did give me one nor did she offer anything! read more

Service was awful. Sat in the bar area at one of the tables. Had a blonde waitress who was also the bartender. Pretty sure she was high couldn't remember anything was fumbling with words. We didn't receive bread until 25 minutes in and I asked for it after being there for 15. The food is great, I love it but the service the past couple times we have ate have just been awful. read more

Love going here, their managers come by to check on you and the servers are wonderful. Alicia took great care of us, she is kind and professional. read more

The atmosphere was great and so was the food! Christina was our server and she was absolutely wonderful. We had a very large group (~20 people) and she was on top of everything without making anyone feel rushed. We had a great Easter dinner and will definitely be coming back again! read more