Carmen's Cafe

I'm surprised at how disgusting everything was. My husband and I ordered crab cakes, garlic cheese bread, chicken spiedini julian, and the chicken parm. Everything was bland and something tasted off about everything besides the lacking of flavor. The cheese was all melted into a plastic sheet on the bread and parm. The alfredo sauce used for the julian tasted like warm, thick heavy whipping cream and nothing else. They gave us an entire loaf of bread as if to apologize for how bad everything was. The chicken from the julian was ok, but I scraped the sauce off because I just could not stomach it. I could not go beyond 2 bites of the crab cake, and I only went for the 2nd bite because I was shocked at how off putting it was. I know we arent on the coast but come on. I ate what I could. I gave one star for my husband...he loved the loaf of bread we received!

Service was very slow to get started, considering we sat at the bar, but once she got to us, she was excellent. Food was excellent from start to finish! I had the "Italian butter" for the bread service, lasagna (with a surprisingly delicious and good sized side salad) and tiramisu. Food : 5/5 | Service : 4/5 | Atmosphere : 4/5 … More

We made a reservation for 6:45 and were confirmed. We got there on time but there was no hostess at the door so we waited. About 10 minutes later another party came in for 4 with just 2 of them there, the hostess showed up and sat them first. Not a huge deal, perhaps they were still getting a table ready for our party of 2 but it would of been nice to know that instead of being ignored ???? Got to the table and it's a nice ambiance for a romantic night out but the bread was just plain white bread that you can get anywhere and didn't taste fresh at all, no special spread for the bread- just butter. Then the salad was alright, nothing amazing. The red sauce with the meatball appetizer was especially sweet, but edible. The main courses were very bland for both of us- the alfredo tasted like it came from a jar and the chicken I added to my fettuccine was a very odd texture (so soft and flakey which is not how I expect chicken to taste at all, more like tuna texture without the tuna flav