Carini Brick Oven Cafe

We went there because of the brick oven and were really looking forward to the pizza. Unfortunately, it didn’t meet our expectations. The issue wasn’t the dough or the style of the pie, but the overall seasoning. Both pizzas were extremely salty, to the point where it was hard to enjoy them. We ate a few slices because we were very hungry, but couldn’t finish either pizza, and one ended up being thrown away. It was disappointing, as we had hoped for a much better experience.

We had a pleasant lunch experience there this afternoon. Although we had to wait a little while, it was worth it in the end. The parking lot is massive, which is very convenient. The food was delicious, and there's something for everyone on the menu. It's a great place for families since all ages are welcome.

Food was decent but overpriced in my honest opinion. Pizza was made fresh and from scratch. Brick oven, authentic Italian pizza. The pizza is what I’d imagine I’d get if I went to Italy. Wasn’t over the top fancy but it was good and you can tell it was fresh ingredients. Dough is homemade sourdough and thin crust but that’s by design and it was quite tasty. Fried calamari actually didn’t taste premade. Appeared to be breaded and fried at the restaurant and not premade prebought. They claim the Gelato is homemade on site as well. That was good as well. Atmosphere and service was great. Not busy at all on a Friday night. Only 5 of us in the whole restaurant…. Not sure what to make of that honestly. All food pictured cost $50. We got water.

For drinks, we got an iced cappuccino and an iced mocha. For food, we got a Mediterranean shrimp salad and a sausage and green pepper pizza, well done. The salad was excellent, and the NY style pizza was on point. Foldable with a good crunch on the dough. Everything we ate was excellent, the service was great, and we enjoyed the ambiance.

We have eaten there 4 times and was happy with the waitress the first 2 times. The last 2 times the service was unfortunately, very disappointing. The last 2 times we had the same waitress and someone should be in charge of training servers. Asking what we wanted to drink, taking our appetizer order and bringing our appetizers before our drinks is not alright. Forgetting details about orders so I had to get up and ask for my coffee cream, the Parmesan cheese, water, and to go box. This is disappointing service. Though the food is wonderful, my waitress was very absent minded and I walked away disappointed again. I see they need help and I sincerely hope they hire more capable servers.