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Johnny Carino's

3.2 (107 reviews)
ModerateItalian, Pizza, Wine Bars

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Casual
Moderate noise
Good for kids
Good for groups

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This is a new review because my old one has disappeared, which has happened to a number of my reviews on Yelp. It's better than Olive Garden, considerably so. But I prefer other Italian sit down chains like Buca di Beppo or Romano's Macaroni Grill that are not available in Joplin. Johnny's has some great specialties like Lemmon Chicken and others that are not typical of our other choices in town. Still in Joplin where there seems to be a Mexican restaurant about every twenty yards I'm surprised There are only two sit-down Italian chains here along with two mall style fast food Italian lie Fazoli's. Johnnys is always less busy than Olive Garden which is a plus to me since its away from the crowds near the freeway. Located in the Mall parking lot, its easy to find and easy to find parking too. It's rare that we have to wait more than a few minutes, most of our visits we are seated right away although we don't usually eat out at the peak times along 6-7 PM. Normally the menu is more complete as is true for most restaurants facing COVID cutbacks. The new, minimized menu is missing some of my favorites like Tri-Tip which they do very well. I hope it comes back in the future. But all the traditional dishes you would expect are there along with a full bar and wine list that I'm told is better than Olive Garden. I would say Johnny's is the adult version for people who expect more when going out for dinner or a date night. We also like to go in for lunch. Although families and kids are welcome its not kid focused like a Fizoli's. The bread is better than Olive Garden too, fresh warm and light. Service is okay, they allow the staff to have some personality and we like that, wait staff is often funny and more interesting than at the other option in town. Perhaps because they serve fewer people they have a little more time to engage with patrons. But occasionally we've had wait staff that was over attentive and kept interrupting us more than you'd expect.

Dinner tonight, a steak so tough and gristly that we could not chew and eat.  Slow, terrible, service too.

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1 year ago

Boston was awesome. Made an amazing time at Johnny Carinos! He had amazing speed and made sure everything was perfect for our time there!

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1 year ago

Great service all around!! And the food was fantastic, really recommend coming in here for date night! Our server Thessen was amazing!

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1 year ago

Thessen was a wonder server! Attentive and very polite. Food was hot and delicious

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The server Thessen was new and did a great job. Very attentive and friendly to us. AND food was great.

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Boston is an amazing server! He knows our order the minute we sit down and always takes great care of us.

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The food was wonderful and our server, Thessen was excellent. We will definitely be back!

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Tonight was busy for a Monday but service was stellar, great communication on everything and food was great. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING!

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Boston "Mark" Great service as always !! Very attentive and always has a great attitude . Asset to Carinos ..

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Overpriced garbage. The pasta wasn't cooked fully and it tastes like something out of a can. Great service though.

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