Amazing restaurant! The "best Italian restaurant reward" is well deserved. Make sure to save room…read morefor desert. All the food was amazing. Never had anything bad here. Service is amazing. Ambiance is casual and very nice. Everyone's meal was 5/5. Can't wait to come back! Gluten free pasta available.

Great family owned Italian restaurant. Family is from Sicily food portions are substantial and…read morewell presented no fancy pretentious atmosphere just good food. Bring your appetite and your wine there is no corking fee

Great food and wonderful service from Jacki. Definitely would recommend and will be sure to return…read more We had the chicken parm and special gnocchi. Very flavorful! We also tried the Parker rolls which were a real treat.

Food was excellent and Jacki was a fantastic server --knowledgeable and friendly! We'll be backread more

Our family visited Scarpinos in Bradenton last week for dinner, and we had a fantastic experience!…read moreThe ambience in the restaurant was nice and the atmosphere was very warm and inviting. Our server was excellent, going so far as to check on us regularly and even to box up our food at the end of the meal. The food, however, was the best part! It tasted very authentic, and the portions were incredibly generous. I'm originally from up north between Philly and Pennsylvania, so we had good pizza up there all the time. But finding pizza that's good down here is very hard to do. I can confidently say Scarpinos' pizza may not only be the best in Bradenton, but the best I've ever had anywhere, including Chicago and New York! I will definitely be eating there again and often. If you're looking for a fantastic authentic Italian experience, we can't recommend this place enough!

Enjoyed an amazing dinner here recently with my father and brother. We arrived around 7 on a…read moreSaturday evening, it was pretty busy, but we only had to wait about 15 minutes to be seated. Once seated, the waiter was very attentive throughout the entire meal. To start our meal, we ordered a a plate of the calamari, which were ok, maybe a bit more rubbery than I like. Side salads were brought out after, which were ok, nothing great, very basic. They also brought some tasty, warm garlic rolls/knotts with the salads. For my entree, I had a tough time deciding, there were a lot of good options on the menu, but I was really interested by the Cacio E Pepe, but it is only available as a meal for (2) which seemed a bit excessive. My brother and I decided to get it together, along with a side of sausage to add some protein to the meal. I've seen videos of pasta made with in a cheese wheel online several times, and have wanted to try it, but this has been my first opportunity. They bring out the cooked pasta, and prepare it in the cheese wheel at the table, which was an added bit of fun for the dining experience. overall it was a fun and tasty meal. Got to try something I've been wanting to for a while. One warning, the restaurant is basically just one large room, so it can get a bit loud, depending on the crowd and how busy it is. But I'd go back, and would recommend this spot to other as well.

This place is amazing from the atmosphere, waiters, and to the absolutely great food…read more First time here, and will definitely be back again in the future. You are not rushed to eat, with the waiter's asking if you're ready for the next serving. Highly recommended

Cute little place in Palmetto! The owners are from Rome and the food is authentic. Focaccia bread…read morewith mortadella and Barata and pistachio pesto was amazing! My wife had the homemade fettuccine with shrimp and pistachio pesto (yes) and I had the lasagna Bolognese. The shrimp dish was amazing and quite different than the same old same old... The lasagna was good, but not over the top. I found it a little bit too "soft." and I prefer a hardier Bolognese made with pancetta, pork and beef. This was just straight beef. The homemade desserts of tiramisu and cannoli (pistachio... yes, again) were excellent. After moving here from Rhode Island, where there's an Italian restaurant in every corner and everything down here seems to be fairly mediocre...We are super happy to find this place and we'll definitely be back!

Went here with some friends who actually recommended it from friends and Yelp…read more The exterior looked like the Italian restaurants you find in a larger city, trying hard to be noticed. The interior was in the same motif, an old school Italian restaurant that's been around for awhile. We had reservations and were sat immediately. Our server came over to our table almost immediately. He was friendly, professional and friendly and explained the menu and his recommendations. Even though the appetizers looked amazing, we opted to just order entrees as they came with a salad and pasta. We ordered 2 Chicken Parm's with a Caeser salad side and their homemade Tagliatelle pasta, Bronzino special and a Pasta (homemade linguine). I was one of the Chicken Parm's. DAMN, it was excellent! Very large portions of chicken and pasta with a tomato sauce that was absolutely one of the best I've ever had in a restaurant! It was thick, tasty and clung to the pasta and Parm. I HATE ordering pasta in a restaurant that isn't drained properly and the plate is a puddle with food sitting in it-and this WAS NOT the case! It was a big ass tasty platter of delicious food. The other plates were as large and delicious! For dessert, I had the Espresso Affogato, again DELICIOUS!!! I WILL be back to try some of the other dishes as, for me, unless they do a really good chicken parm, I won't go on!! Great job by the staff! Our table was constantly bussed, waters refilled and making sure we were satisfied.

had a very nice waiter. took 45 minutes to seat the 4 of us even though we had reservations…read more Caesar salad was boring and the dressing seemed from a bottle. the mushroom soup was dark grey and had the consistency of mushy baby food and didnt taste like mushroom. Puttanesco very salty and noodles were hard, not al dente- inedible. bolognese was a little salty and sauce was scant and boring..

Awesome! Last dinner with Gaetano in the kitchen. He retired and turned the restaurant over to…read moreBrady and his wife. Wish them the best of luck! Service was excellent and the setting is cozy like the kitchen in a Sicilian home.

Will return for the ambience and home-cooked food: Farmer…read morebeef patty Veal Yummy Italian wines: Chianti and Montepulciano (?) The restaurant is homey, discreet, and hidden. It was the chef's home that he converted 18 years ago. The outdoor section isn't open. A big, heavy wine glass that reminds me of the humorous photo depicting 'one glass of wine a day' when the glass is so much bigger than the drinker. Weak ac: I'm sweating toward the end. Ok, I think I'm rejuvenated for a few minutes to have the hot flash ... ha ha ha. A small parking lot on site.

This is painful to review this establishment because I normally LOVE the pizza but tonight was an…read moreoff night for us. The restaurant was buzzing with customers which is good to see. Our wait staff Jennifer was very good and courteous. It was just the two of us and we each order our own Pizzas if you compare my pizza photo from my last visit to today's you'll see what I mean. Either the oven was too high or the pizza oven chef was overwhelmed because as I looked around ours weren't the only ones really dark. I did mention it to the wait staff and she was more than apologetic but it's not her fault. Anyway, I will probably be back and specify "light on top" you want the crust to have a bite not a chew that's tough. I know that sometimes you just have an off night. Pretty hard to screw up a cheese pizza tho. Sigh.

Ambiance - right next to the movie theater, cute little place. We asked about Specials, were told…read morethere are none. The White pizza was good. He got Angel hair with Spinach and Shrimp. Came with several large shrimp, Spinach was uncut and still had stems, massive leaves of uncut spinach - too much, not cooked down. The spinach almost ruined the dish, and frankly the prices for the pasta and chicken dishes are high for a place that keeps napkin dispensers on the tables. Service was okay. We were one of four tables and there were two servers. Had to flag down for refills. She was never available - counting her tip money at the counter. Had to ask for a plate. This seems to be more of a pizza place... wouldn't recommend it otherwise.

Carrabes is a great place to meet a friend for lunch! Really good choices on their lunch specials…read moremenu! Great prices. I come here for hhour frequently. The carrabas on university parkw in the UTC area is especially sweet! Alex the bartender is friendly and attentive. Uay, Alex!

Great place; Great customer service…read more When dinning out to eat--even at your favorite place--it is inevitable that not every experience is going to hit it out of the park. Mistakes and missteps are bound to happen here and there. Such was the case during my last visit to Carrabba's. My mother and I had lunch at Carrabba's Italian Grill in Bradenton yesterday and there were a couple of different issues we had over the course of our meal. Although there were errors during our experience--both by the kitchen and service staff--the team was quick to address the issues accordingly and completely rectified the situation--even going as far as to comp one of our meals as well as a couple of other things from our bill. We were both taken by surprise as such considerations are entirely rare in these kinds of situations, at least in my own experience, anyway. What an incredible example of how things going awry can turn into an opportunity to shine and show the guest they absolute matter. Kudos to the Carrabba's family for exemplifying truly excellent customer service. Thanks for all your hospitality!

We called and made a reservation for six people at 7pm on a Friday night. Walked in and the place…read morewas empty. We were greeted by a server who said they were closed (we had called an hour before to confirm!). The gentleman said he would talk to the manager (??) and came back 30 seconds later with the same ruling. We were from out of town and hopefully dodged a bullet by going somewhere else but this was a horrible experience.

From Start to Finish it was Excellent! Bread and Salad Crisp, fresh and awesome Dressing. Chicken…read moreParm and Pasta so delicious. Service was fantastic and friendly. What a great Chef and Owners and Staff. This is a Treasure to have found.