Johnny Carino's

It's always usually a great time. Food is good and prices and specials are very good. Today( Sunday the 10th of April) about 2-4pm, wasn't totally busy but bar area was just a tad slow as far as the attentiveness. There were literally 5-6 people. Drinks were a little weak but still decent. Their extensive menu has something for anyone and not only limited to "Italian" .

What makes a great dine out besides great food is a great server. The food is always, as my wife and I agree, delicious at Johnny Carino’s. But the server made our enjoyable meal complete. Not once did we have to look for her to get what we needed. Made us feel like we were the only ones there in her area. We found out her name was “Odie”. GREAT employee.

We traveled to Laredo for my wife’s nephews high school graduation dinner. I had never been to JC before so had no expectations. Our waitresses was a pro, Karen was her name. We had 13 and she did a fantastic job of checking on us throughout the evening. Karen if you read these thank you for a wonderful dinner. Five stars. The food and drinks on the other hand, I wasn’t impressed. I ordered a mango margarita and the first one was good. No complaints. The second one I ordered I swear the alcohol didn’t make it to the drink. I ordered frozen but had ice chunks throughout the second and they were a big distraction plus the buzz I had from the first was completely gone after the second was finished. The mozzarella sticks were good. We all enjoyed them. The stuffed mushrooms I personally thought no big deal. They had mixed reviews at the table. Pasta dishes were ordered and they seemed to be liked be those that ordered them. The younger kids had pizza and they loved it. I, along with one other ordered a burger and honestly didn’t think It was that good. Kind of a boring burger I can make at home. Overall we had fun and Karen our waitress made the experience more enjoyable than the food. I personally rate the food average. Not bad, not outstanding, but very forgettable and way overpriced for the results. Karen you need to be working in a fine dinning restaurant. Your talents are wasted here.