I had the marketing bag and was very pleased with the quality of food. My Caesar salad, lasagna and steak was excellent. I ordered the nacho and they were good. The service was good. Thank you and I have forgotten how much I miss those delicious nacho. I am planning on going again for a delicious meal. read more

The food was all right and it was good to stop in for lunch to grab a bite while shopping local in that area. The service was average. The location was very convenient, however, and the place wasn't very busy so it was a very relaxing time being able to visit during lunch. read more

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A very strange restaurant, though not necessarily bad, just weird. The ambience is perplexing: tall ceilings and lighting from a traditional Italian restaurant with worn red booths and tables from a 1990's pizza joint. Combined with classic Christmas music (we went in early December) and horrific culinary abominations (like Italian Nachos), the whole restaurant had a kind of animatronic dystopian vibe, like some kind of weird Chuck E Cheese for adults or something. It feels like being inside someone else's mildly distressing fever dream. The food itself is passable, even surprisingly consistent, as one dish I ordered now and 10 years ago was virtually identical to my recollection (Chicken Marsala). Same with the Tiramisu which looks and tastes like it came from a Star Trek replicator in a distinctly "not bad" way. The predictability and consistency of the food could be a massive strength, if properly leveraged against reasonable pricing. More to come on that later. I had some "bag" promo that got me a free "Italian Nachos," half-lasagna, and "ribeye pieces" on top of alfredo. The promo itself was amazing, value wise. The Italian Nachos were tasty but also made me have an existential crisis, each bite escalating further and further into "How did we get here?" and that's with the very small size (a tiny saucer). I saw another couple order the full size which was a mountain version; I'm not sure if they survived the night or descended into Lovecraftian madness. The "ribeye" pieces were not really identifiable as ribeye, in so far as any "real" restaurant would represent ribeye, but they were tasty. The alfredo was okay, I left most of it on the plate. The lasagna itself was delicious, but in a Chef-Boyardee-adjacent way, which would be totally acceptable if the prices weren't preposterous. Even with my half of the meal being free, the total was ~$60 with tip. In summary, I believe this restaurant has no feasible demographic besides residual loyalists from decades ago, most of which have probably aged out of grotesquely overpriced low/mid-tier Italian food. The food itself appears to target the young/casual/cheap demographic, yet the pricing appears to target the upper echelons of society that would turn their nose up at this food. To me it seems like a doomed business model, but alas I'm just a guy. YMMV. read more

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We had a nice dinner last night. Salmon was cooked perfectly. Margharita pizza was as very good Appetizer sampler was large Complimentary bread was delicious. read more

I will make this very simple. I love Italian cuisine but against my better judgement I agreed to try Carino's again. It quite simply is the worst excuse for Italian food that I have ever tried. My recommendation is to avoid this place at all costs. read more

Don't let the bag mailer lure you in. The restaurant was dirty and loud despite being mostly empty. The bread was bad and tasted like play dough. The drinks were mediocre. The wings were disappointing. We were there for over an hour and had finished our apps and finished our drinks and our dinner order had not been taken. As put off as we were by the first hour, we decided not to stick it out for the entrees and dessert, we paid and left and went somewhere else for dinner. This gave off the stink of a failing chain scrimping for every dollar. Will never go back. read more

The place is outdated and worn. The food is not desirable at all. The server was nice and kind but slow.

Our waiter was very friendly and attentive. They sat us in the bar area. It was quiet. Chicken Alfredo was missing some spices, can't put my finger on it exactly. Cheese ravioli was good, meatballs were good. Shrimp Scampi was ok. Dinner salad was a nice size. We brought our sack for the free dinner. Got it to go. Had it for lunch the next day. Pretty good, steak was alittle too well done. read more

Tried Carino's for the first time in years today. The two stars are for the bread that had just come out of the oven and the salad which we enjoyed. Our entrees were so bad they were nearly inedible. I ordered the chicken and shrimp pasta. The sauce was horrible. The pasta tasted institutional. Worse than Olive Garden. Husband got the chicken parm festival but it came out as only a chicken parm. It was awful. The waiter admitted he screwed up the order but didn't fix it. Ugh. Service was horrible. Slow even though there was nobody in the place. Won't be back. Wouldn't recommend. read more

We ordered the fettuccine alfredo and the sauce tasted like jarred sauce. We also ordered another pasta dish that was very cheesy and did not taste remotely Italian at all. The best part of the meal was the bread. We did not finish the pasta and took home the alfredo dish for our kids who love fettuccine. When I reheated it for them the next day, the sauce was obviously jarred because everyone knows what real fettuccine alfredo sauce looks like when it is reheated. Total disappointment and we will not be back. As far as service goes, our server was training a new server, which is understandable. However, we had to ask for everything at least twice. They did not have serving intuition at all, which is surprising for someone who is in a trainer position. read more

Food is great! Service was wonderful from Myriah. This location was struggling for a moment on service. We go here every Sunday after church. This Sunday was perfect service, food was delicious and we had a great experience. read more

There service took a long time for a Wednesday. We got sad down and got our drinks took a long time to get anything even just bread. We got the pizza and wings it was okay . The pizza was very greasy . The place was clean even read more

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

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Just not what it once was. Very slow and mediocre. Not again for me. Service was good but food was meh!

Server was good but a little slow. Food was good. We appreciate the Monday's special with 50% off family platter. read more

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Great service Neena! So sad we lost Norman restaurant but will be back to I-240 location for our favorites!

In our are Corinos did a marketing campaign. They mailed bread sacks for a free meal; unlimited salad or Italian nachos with steak stripe on fettuccine pasta and lasagna and bread. Very clever with min purchase $5. I decided to try Corinos again because I didn't enjoy it in the past. I asked if I could have my steak rare (yes) came out well done. The Alfredo? What Alfredo? It was a watered mess. The lasagna...tasty with the Italian sausage but the puniest thin 3 layer I've ever seen. I'd like to say I spent $5 but I bought a dessert and the charge of my tea and dessert was $15...you know what was good? The tea. I highly suggest if you do another very strong campaign like this you have the food more elevated. Fact is Fazollis is better than this mess. ​​ read more

We ordered the Spaghetti and Artichokes, Eggplant Parmesan, and The Shrimp Scampi Pasta. Two of us had the house salads and one had the Cesar salad. We also had the stuffed mushroom. We loved everything. Be forewarned though, stuffed mushrooms were bit heavy on the basil leaves, but you can remove them if you don't like them. Our waiter Grayson was awesome. He made sure we had everything we needed and that we got everything on time. And he was a great conversationalist! May God continue to bless Grayson! read more

Loved the Oklahoma Thunder, OSU & OU decor. The food was mediocre and does not taste authentic. The servers were friendly but overall service wasn't great. I probably would not go again, nor would I suggest it. read more

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

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Always so good! Friendly staff and very helpful with big parties. Come and enjoy your family experience with them! read more

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1 Star - Free Was Still Too Expensive We came to Johnny Carino's because I received a mail promotion for a free entrée. After this experience, I completely understand why they have to give food away. The only good thing about this entire meal was the free bread. That was it. My husband ordered the lasagna with Alfredo, and I had the angel hair pasta with chicken and artichokes. We waited through the salads hoping the entrées would redeem the meal--but they were completely inedible. We couldn't take more than one bite. The food looked and tasted like it had been sitting under a heat lamp for at least a day. The nachos were somehow even worse. Fake cheese, canned chicken, and a random pile of jalapeños, banana peppers, and olives. Not Italian. Not nachos. Just disgusting. Even the salads were bad. I've had better bagged salads from Sam's Club. We told the server the food was unacceptable and asked to speak with a manager. The manager never came out. My entrée was comped (the other was already free), but we still had to pay for the terrible nachos we barely touched. Save your money, save your appetite. The free bread isn't worth it. read more

Used to be one of our favorite places to eat, over the last 25 yrs. Ordered the "Family" combo to go, for 4 of us, with a extra bread. The family portions are now small. They consider family 3 or even 2 people. Too expensive and the lasagna was flavorless. And they forgot the extra bread, with we paid for. Never again. read more

Our food was hot and the server was pleasant. That is the extent of positives from this meal. Long wait to be seated in an empty restaurant. Food was very mid and overpriced. Server was VERY inexperienced and should not have been on his own. Nice but unable to put order in correctly and could not remember to bring anything that was requested - like missing items from the order. Long wait to have the bill adjusted for the daily special. Would not go back. read more

Telecia was amazing, very nice and fast service, food was amazing overall I had a wonderful experience! read more

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

Warm, welcoming atmosphere, and the bar area is very inviting. We were seated and served, warm complementary French bread with an olive oil dip. Since it was lunchtime, we ordered off the lunch menu. My hubby ordered the Five Meat Rigatoni. The meat sauce included Italian sausage, salami, pepperoni onions, and green peppers. The rigatoni was cooked perfectly and the savory sauce was delicious. I ordered the Chicken Scallopini - chicken breast pounded thinly and sautéed with sliced mushrooms, bacon, bits, chopped Roma tomatoes in a butter, lemon cream sauce, served on top of pasta (spaghetti). The creamy lemon butter sauce with sliced mushrooms, finally chopped Roma tomatoes, and bacon bits went perfectly with the fork. tender chicken breast -delicious! read more

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Just finished dinner with my family and it wasn't good. All of us ordered the Sunday dinner special which was unlimited bread, salad and any two types of noodles with a choice of any three red sauces. I ordered the regular meat sauce and the spicy meat sauce. The rest of the family ordered some type of pasta with red sauce. Everyone at the table agreed the marinara was nasty with very little flavor. The person who I am assuming as the manager never stopped by our table and asked if everything was ok. The block of Parmesan cheese got stuck in the grater and the waitress used her fingers to dig it out then grated cheese on other family members entrees. We won't be back read more

The food was great, as always. (but I was a bit disappointed we weren't offered the grated parmesan cheese). But Telecia was great for our big group! read more

Best waitress Telecia. The food was great. You should come try it. Try the wedge salad. The Alfredo sauce is just right. We set next to a fire place on Valentine's Day read more

We hadn't been there in years and tried it. We will definitely be back because it was excellent. Food was great, but service was awesome. Mari was awesome and Carla the manager checked on us twice. Highly recommended read more

Telecia was our waitress! She did a fantastic job! Very sweet and attentive!Loved her and the food! We will definitely be back!

Our server was wonderful...he is the only reason I gave any stars at all. The food was ridiculously expensive for what we got and lukewarm at best. Five mozzarella sticks for $15.99? Ouch. The menus were pretty gross with food stuck on the pages and the bathrooms needed to be cleaned. We love Italian food but we won't be back. read more

Brian did a GREAT job!! Excellent service!! great food!!! Wverything was perfect!!! Highly recommended!!

We had a lunch catered for family after a funeral. It was just as ordered and better than expected. We had different options, including lasagna and fettuccine Alfredo. It came with salad, dressing, bread. It also came with utensils and plates. It was all fresh and tasted very good. It was perfectly packaged and easy to transport. There was enough for everyone, and such a simple way to feed a group. I would order this again when needed! read more

Living in the area.... Headed out for dinner with family... The lobby was clean as were the restrooms. The host staff was warm and friendly! Called ahead to let them know a 11 person table was on the way. The cost was reasonable and the food was piping hot. I had salad and soup combo the potato soup and Caesar salad was definitely delicious - it hit the spot....Its in a pretty good location and I will return when in the need of hunger. Thank you team & Jazz for being patient as our family of 11 ordered from the menu and took our time before deciding and for getting the kids plate out first.. the bread and olive oil- so TASTY!!! The appetizer of fire sticks and cheese sticks went over well! Everyone else complimented the food choices they made! I talked with the manager after the meal and shared positive comments about our server. She did amazing! Team should be commended! Respectfully, Bryan Yukon, Oklahoma read more

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I had the lasagna, steak and pasta, salad and red wine. Everything was delicious. My waiter (Mikayla W.) was very professional and checked on me frequently to see if everything tasted good and to see if I needed anything. I come here for take out quite a bit. They sent me a bread bag offering me a free meal so I ate in for the first time. I'll eat in more often after receiving such great service. read more

Brian did a good job and the food was good. I highly recommend eating here and ask for brian.

This is my first time eating here and my second time having tasted food from the restaurant. My first time was like in 2014/15 and it was catered for my best friends wedding. It was disgusting and flavorless so I didn't have the desire to try the food again. Well fast forward to this past Friday I was watching the news and saw a commercial for 5 for $15.99. It advertised ribeye steak, pasta, Italian nachos, salad, and bread. The commercial also mentioned trying their 39 cent wings. Since it's been nearly 10 yrs ago since I had their food I was intrigued. I mean all this food for $15.99! It was worth giving it a try and if I hated it well, it was just $15.99. We went yesterday and had a party of 7. It was about a 45 minute wait which was perfect because all of our party wouldn't be there until then. When we first pulled in the parking lot it was pretty vacant and I was thinking dang this can't be a good sign. But during our wait we saw several large parties leave the restaurant and several more parties arrive. We were relieved to get there just before the rush! Anywho it was a nice atmosphere inside. We had a spacious table. Our server was a sweet young lady. When I walked about the $15.99 deal because it was not advertised anywhere! She said yes they are doing the special. She kind of whispered it like the special is a secret menu time or something. I asked about the 39 cent wings and she informed me that was not happening, I just saw it on the tv yesterday but I didn't press the issue. I'd like to mention I spent a lot of time Friday morning/afternoon on the internet trying to find the advertisement for this deal before I asked anyone to join me. There was no trace of it on the restaurant site or anywhere. Just some generic google searches that also claim to give you coupon codes that don't work from a coupon 2'years ago I called one of the stores to ask about the promotion and that I couldn't find it anywhere. I was informed that I won't find it on the website because it's in house and limited time only. Anyway 5 of us order the special. Ribeye, shrimp scampi with choice of spaghetti or Angel hair pasta, individual Italian nachos, house or Cesar salad, and bread for the table. I wish they had vinegar to go with the oil and herb mix to dip the bread in but it was still good. The nachos were different but they were good. The Alfredo sauce acting as queso, I liked it. The dressing on the Cesar salad was more tart/sour than I'm used to, I really didn't enjoy it at all. I was full from the starters, the portion sizes were nice so I assumed our steak was gonna be super tiny along with the small serving of shrimp. I was wrong, the portions sizes were nice. My steak was cooked closer to well done than medium well as I requested but I didn't mind. It was so freaking good. It was seasoned well, tender, and I loved the garlic butter on top. The scampi was ehh, I didn't taste any sauce or anything I the pasta. The shrimp had little seasoning but I can't say the same For the pasta or mushrooms. But overall it was good! 2 other guest ordered chicken Alfredo, it came out piping hot and was a good sized bowl, only thing was the sauce was so thin it didn't really coat the pasta, it was also hard to gather any pasta without slinging juice everywhere. The guests that ordered said it was just ehh. My sister got the alcohol strawberry lemonade and she said it just tasted like watered down pink lemonade. Overall most of us were happy with the food and the service. I could definitely see myself coming back, maybe even trying the pizza or other dishes they are known for. Here we are the next day, I had leftover steak and pasta. They both reheated perfectly in the microwave steak was still so tender. I added some Alfredo sauce, garlic powder, and Parmesan cheese to the pasta... read more

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Food and service was great. Food came fast even with a party of 12. The waiter was super happy and nice and understanding. They brought us a lot of bread and made everything super easy going. ANDY NEEDS A RAISE!!!! HE WAS AMAZING read more

Telecia made our diner experience so goood! Very kind and patient!! 10/10 recommend. Thank you telecia

Took my 71 yo husband to celebrate his BD. Our server Patrick was very attentive and we appreciated his service. My order was messed up from the salad on, but I wasn't going to complain because I was celebrating my husband so I pushed through it. My salad had NO dressing. It was bland, dry, no taste. I could barely swallow it, and why ? It was just lettuce. My entre' was missing the sauce. I was trying to swallow it, but it was tasteless and so dry. Two very dry items prepared in the kitchen for one table and neither should have left the kitchen that way. We probably won't be back anytime soon. It was 5:00pm on a Wednesday night and we expected more for dining out. We know it was the kitchen, not the server. read more

EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED. Waited 20 minutes for a to go order that was ordered hours in advance. We stopped ordering salads from them years ago because the lettuce was consistently pathetic and brown. The menu prices have surged and the portion sizes have decreased. The containers we received our meals in were half the size they used to be. $31.99 for a large 8 slice pizza that had a few pepperonis per slice. The biggest offense was the calamari appetizer. We ordered a regular sized appetizer for a WHOPPING $16 and there was a HANDFUL of calamari that did not come with the extra sauce and extra lemons I requested. We used to celebrate birthdays here and have ordered to-go meals from them for a good 15 years, but now I want to ban our family from ever eating here again. ALSO, they removed the Sicilian Firesticks from the menu and that's what my dad was craving for Father's Day. I will say the Jalepeno Tilapia was really really good, but that is the only good thing I have to say. BAD SERVICE AND OVERPRICED FOOD. read more