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    Da Carmine's

    4.0 (28 reviews)
    InexpensivePizza, Italian
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Good for groups

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    Calamari

    Food was terrible and extremely over priced! Do your self a favor and go to New Haven for good pizza. We ordered two pizzas, an app, and a soda and it was over $70. The calamari was so soggy and soaked in sauce - it was inedible. The pizza was subpar with little to no meat or flavor and also soggy. Would not recommend this restaurant at all.

    Pepperoni pizza.
    Vivian H.

    Recently checked out Da Carmine's on our pizza tour of the area. We got some mozzarella sticks which were decent and I had a pepperoni pizza and my bf his normal small cheese. The pizza was good. Thin crust and nice chew. Nice to have another option in the area. Would give a 3.5.

    Expensive burnt buffalo tenders

    I ordered buffalo tenders that were 1499 and it came with three of them and some fries. They were burnt and not edible, very disappointed. The pizza was good though.

    Joe C.

    "Not bad" is the best way I would describe their pizza. If this place were located anywhere outside of New Haven County I'd probably bump my description up to "stellar". Sauce, cheese, and crust were all OK, just not mind blowing (or is that taste buds blowing?). The pizza was way more salty than what I would have liked. Da' Carmine is of the Napoli school of pizza. That means they likely get most of their ingredients from Napoli Foods...and that means their pizza will taste like 70% of other local pizza joints out there. The easiest way to spot a Napoli pizza joint is by its pizza box; the company logo is printed on the topside and the company address is printed on the bottomside. Like I said, I'm guessing about 70% of New Haven's local pizzerias use Napoli ingredients. That's not a bad thing because Napoli ingredients are actually pretty good, but it doesn't create much variety for us customers if every pizza joint uses the same ingredients. I sort of feel bad for the family working behind the counter because they seem like really nice people. Unfortunately for them, other than myself, they didn't have any other customers on a 6:00 PM evening. That's a real shame because they have plenty of tables and chairs and a menu jamb packed with lots of affordable Italian dishes (many priced around $11). I think much of that is due to the location of this place in the Branford Hill. It gets lost among the other stores in a long continuous strip mall. Plus, its sparce business is probably due to the fact that Branford has a lot of other choices for pizza and Italian food. Like most towns along the shoreline there's a lot of competition in this category.

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    1 year ago

    I had a cheese pizza with onion strips & it was really good. I also enjoy their stuffed breads. I recommend this place for good eating.

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    2 years ago

    The food was amazing and the customer service was fantastic I will definitely be coming back here again.

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    3 years ago

    Tried it recently. Been getting my pizza here ever since. love the pizza ! My favorite in Branford .

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    2 years ago

    Overpriced and poor quality. Next time I'll just go to Big Y and grab something from the frozen section.

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    13 years ago

    Nice neighborhood spot.. Owners are gems. Food is not bad.

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    9 years ago

    I usually stop in to get food to go on my way home and the owner always remembers my order and gets me in and out

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    8 years ago

    Their pizza is soo good! Like ermagerd! I also like literally everything on the menu. Like, all I can say is wow!!!!!!!!. -T

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    7 years ago

    This is the best place to come for any Italian dish and/or pizza. Everything on the menu is to die for! Great people and great food!

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