Vino

Food- 10/10

Bartenders- 11/10

Waitress (Bailey)- 10/10

Hostess- 1/10

We arrived for our reservation 15 minutes early so we could wind down from the week and have a drink before our friends arrived. While sitting at the bar, as we were putting in our drink orders the dark haired hostess with glasses mentioned our table was ready. We told her again that we wanted to enjoy a drink at the bar, and our reservation wasn't until 10 minutes. She told us we would lose our reservation if we didn't go sit at the table with her and was visibly pissed...Confused... we paid out at the bar quickly with her huffing and waiting on us as if we were an inconvenience to her (still 10 minutes before our reservation time). We balanced our full drinks all the way to our table and as a manager walks by I told him "hey it's not a big deal but here's what happened. It really kind of ruined the vibe of our night out" and he basically responded with "hey thanks for the feedback, I'll be back" and then never came back?

Anyway, this was my 5th or 6th time dining with you guys and it's just slowly (then quickly) getting worse. You can have amazing food but Dallas is all about the experience of dining and your hostess with her iPad rolling around the place like Napoleon just ended any future trips to you guys.

Food is highly overrated here, not sure how did they even managed to get 3.9 stars but this place is not at all worth the hype. Very bad service, they push you to order things at the beginning without giving enough time to look through the menu and later when we were ready to order, they didn't even show up even though the restaurant was empty like we were the only large group dining in that night apart from 2-3 couples. Low quality food for an extremely high price, this didn't look like a high end restaurant, their food presentation skills are trash. Wouldn't recommend going here unless you want to drain your wallet for a bad experience.

This a good spot if you’re just in the mood for a quick meal and more bar friendly experience without the wait time.

You can practically the same items as Carbone. Just focus on these two: Spicy Vodka Rigatoni and Veal Parmesan. Trust me.

Excellent spritz options, the spicy rigatoni is flavored to perfection. Wonderful ambiance.

My wife and I finally got to try this place after having prior arrangements fall through. I had heard several mixed reviews of the place so I was glad we were able to try it for ourselves!

Food that we ate: the grilled bread and whipped ricotta appetizer (10/10 recommend), the Cesar salad (6/10 thought it was a bit overrated and a very strong anchovy taste), the signature spicy rigatoni (9/10 was very flavorful), the spinach ravioli (6/10 mild flavor and very small portion for ~$30), and the veal chop Parmesan style (9/10 huge portion that could be split by 3 people and was great flavor).

Part of what you are paying for, is the quality of service by your Captains. We had Sean and Sergio who were both top notch with answering questions about the menu and the wine. It was white glove service and a vintage NYC atmosphere complete with Sinatra playing in the background.

Great for special occasions but giving 4 stars due to minimal pasta portions for the price point. Come knowing you will spend a lot, but treated with exceptional service with your visit and you’ll be happy with the night out.

Fabulous group dinner. Our server Anthony was fantastic. Very charismatic, knowledgeable and guided us through our whole experience. The food was amazing: I recommend the whipped ricotta, polpetti, bolognese and definitely the spicy rigatoni- it lives up to the hype. I will be coming back.

Unfortunately, the hype around this restaurant did not live up to its high expectations. We arrived promptly at our reservation time (7:15pm on a Thursday night), and then were brought to the inside lounge where we had to wait 36 minutes until we were brought to our table. This lounge was inside the restaurant near the bar where everyone else was waiting for their table. It seemed like this was a chance to get patrons to order several drinks before brought to the table, and we were asked 4 times what we wanted (after settling with water until we ordered drinks at the table).

Once brought to the table (after receiving a text that our table was ready), we ordered the whipped ricotta and Caesar salad to start. The ricotta was ok - nothing to write home about but it was tasty if you got a bite with herbs. However, the Caesar salad was a massive disappointment. Maybe it wasn’t dressed accordingly? But this salad was on par with a bagged salad from the store. Nothing note worthy, the romaine was fine, and I could not taste the dressing. I do not like salads that are dripping with dressing, but I could not taste anything. This was incredibly disappointing, especially for the $28 (!) price tag. When we ordered the salad, the waitress asked if we wanted anchovies with the salad, and we said yes. Halfway through digging into the salad - we wondered where the anchovies were so we asked the waitress. She seemed surprised that there weren't any in the salad (somewhat doubting us, which soured the mood) and brought out 4 anchovies in a silver bowl. Again, for the $28 price point, this salad should have knocked us out of the park, or at least been better than a salad I could make myself.

Lastly, we ordered the spicy rigatoni. This was indeed spicy but again - it was just ok!! Yes, it was flavorful but absolutely nothing that blew me away. I had been looking forward to this dinner for months and was incredibly disappointed in the entire experience.

We ordered an aperol spritz which was quite tasty, even for the high price point ($18).

The service was ok - our waitress had a distinct attitude of “upselling” which was off putting. When we ordered our ricotta, salad, and pasta (for 2 people), she asked if we wanted pizza (no), another salad (no) and maybe two pastas (again no). She then said we would have to save room for dessert (again no!). It felt like we were being pressured to order more - not a great look.

Before arriving at the restaurant I looked up the address on Google and was shocked to see the reviews (3.8/5) . I thought this must be a different restaurant, but after experiencing it myself, the less than stellar reviews are all accurate (mediocre food, high price points, and pushy, upselling service).

All in all, Carbone Vino is not worth it. It saddens me to write this as I was looking forward to it, but the food does not justify the incredibly high price points and the service feels pushy. Better off going somewhere else.

Excellent food. Excellent service. Ed was very attentive and a professional server. He made our night smooth and relaxing. The back of the house is on their game too. Every dish was tasty and fresh. The gelato is to die for. I grew up eating authentic Italian food and this is the best I’ve had in Dallas. My Sicilian mother was impressed. We will be back.