Reviews of Carrie Cerino's Ristorante
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Um! Um! Good
I wanted to stop at Carrie Cerrino's and pick up some Christmas cookies. (I recommend the kolatchkes) I happened to get your web site when I was checking for a telephone # for reservations since we decided to stop after work for dinner. The last review was not very complimentary but we decided to try anyway since we always enjoyed dining there. We were not disappointed. I ordered the Mama's spaghetti and my husband ordered a veal dish. They were both excellent and we happened to make it for the early bird specials which made it very economical. We were not disappointed!
Review by KM from Medina posted December 14, 2008
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Very Disappointed
My husband has been to Carrie Cerino's several times -- but it's probably been 10 years or longer. He has always wanted to take me there for dinner since I had never been. He always said how awesome the food was -- anyway we went and it was very disappointing. To start the waitress was very cold and not friendly at all. Then the food came I ordered the prawns which was about $22, I don't mind paying that if it was excellent, but it was terrible! I am a very good cook and I could have definately made a better meal at home. My husband had the veal marsala--he said it tasted like a frozen TV dinner! He said he wouldn't even feed it to the dogs. I tasted it and it was terrible also. $50 spent and we ordered a pizza later that night. I will never eat there again. Very Disappointing!!
Review by Tammy from Old Brooklyn posted May 12, 2008
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It has gotten much better
My family and I have been eating at Carrie Cerino's for as long as I can remember. In the last few years it seems that ever time we go back there is something new and delicious to try. My wife is pleased that they are now using only free range farmed & organic chicken and salmon. I had an opportunity to try the spaghetti carbonara for the first time and was blown away by the flavors. The chef visited our table as we were reading our menu's and explained the new dish to us as one of their more authentic dishes with blue eggs and a special Italian jowl bacon. It is the best thing I have eaten in years. Next time I am going to try the Berkshire pork chops that the chef mentioned. If I had any negative observation it would have to be that the waitress never really mentioned the new items and I would not have tried the new pasta dish if it had not been for the chef telling us about it. My wife had the chicken marsala and enjoyed what she termed a guilt free dish along with a side of the noodles with Mama's white sauce, which has always been a fav of ours. It is good to know that our long time favorites are there but we will be going back more often to try some of these new dishes. Just what is a blue egg anway?
Review by Dan from Parma Hts. posted March 13, 2006
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For the Money...It was Great!
My new husband and I were searching for a place to have our wedding reception. Upon meeting Carmen and the staff at Carrie Cerino's there was no question that we were booking it. It was 10/22/05 and everything was beyond great! The service and the food! It was comparible in price to other places but not quaility! All 150 guests raved about how great the food and dessert was! Best decision that we made!
Review by Katie and MIke Q from North Royalton posted November 14, 2005
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For the money...
For the amount of money my mother and I spent here to celebrate my birthday; I was quite disappointed with the quality of service and the food. We had good bread but no butter and our server disappeared so by the time our food came we no longer needed it. The scallops we ordered were nothing special. I cook scallops at my home with more flavor and better texture(and I'm a lousy cook). I'll never go back, they're overrated and overpriced. The pastries we purchased on the way out were stale, we couldn't even finish them, more money wasted.
Review by Renee from North Royalton posted July 17, 2005
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Carrie Cerino's is something of an institution in Cleveland's southern suburbs, its dining rooms, banquet halls and downstairs lounge having hosted their share of milestones and fun functions. It's more than a restaurant - it's a complex. (As one busy server cheerily puts it, ""Honey, this place is huge. This is my exercise."") The many-paged menu attests to years of recipes that have been collected, tested and approved. Diners can start with antipasti such as the Parmesan-crusted crab portabella (jumbo lump crab, baked in a white wine shallot butter with portabella mushrooms and roasted red peppers and finished with a Parmesan crust), though the dinners - which come with soup or salad, bread and a pasta side - offer more than enough food for the meal. All the pasta is made in-house and is complemented by sauces such as Mama's Classic Meat Sauce (""Over five decades of tradition, Carrie's original meat sauce""), and chicken, seafood and steak entrees round out the menu.
Review by Northern Ohio Live Magazine posted June 03, 2005
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