Service ok but food is not Italian and not good

I went here on recommendation from some old Dell friends and decided to try it because I am an Italian citizen and love to try supposed Italian restaurants. The restaurant was more of a Mediterranean menu and flair for their food. The soup special was ok but the antipasto was not good. The chicken parm was not breaded well and... more

Surprisingly good

The interior is quite nicely finished. Tables have tablecloths most chairs are high-backed finished in cloth so this helps to keep limit the ambient noise. My food was excellent. It was a daily grilled whole fish. The fish was cooked perfectly. They have a decent selection of wines by the glass. Service was friendly and decent. Overall, a nice meal.

Great Pizza and Bites Board

A group of co-workers in New Orleans on the first night of 8 needed a quick bite. We found this great place on the web (MDW found it for me). Different types of Pizza for multiple tastes and managable portions for everybody to have alone or even share. the Meat and Cheesee sampler board was fantastic. You can order 3,5 7 items to accent your main or complement it.We had a 5, including the soft... more

Fantastic!

In a city with amazing restaurants I could still eat eat here every day.

had a great dinner! ordered the affettati misti (chef's selection of assorted salumi, imported cheeses, marinated olives & roasted vegetables) as an app. did not care for everything on the platter but that is simply a matter of taste. the presentation was beautiful. ordered the bolzano and white pizzas for dinner. the bolzano crust was a bit burned in areas but still good. the white pizza was... more

Viva Italia

Very nice. Love the meat and cheese plate, stratshi (sp), pizza and wine.

Found myself in New Orleans over Thanksgiving without a plan so I went to Dominica and sat at the bar. Couldn't have had a better solo Thanksgiving lunch! Very friendly, good sweet bartender. Also the food was perfect. (Nothing iike burrata, squid ink pasta and a glass of red for Thanksgiving dinner!) It was a nice alternative to a big dinner with a bunch of people, overdosing on gravy and... more

My Domenica experience

John Besh gives so much back; loved the fab treats; great little gift. Thank you for our delicious pizza in NOLA. We traveled from Fort Polk in terrible traffic, missed our seating; and still had an opportunity to enjoy ourselves. Can't wait to visit our next Besh establishment. God bless and happy holidays! Thanks again,

Very High-End Italian&Israeli Food

This place has a really high-end menu with lots of items that I'd never dream of attempting to cook at home. The wine list is impressive and they don't appear to be marking up the wine prices too much. The restaurant is embedded into the Roosevelt Hotel, which has a spectacularly breathtaking, but gaudy, lobby from the 1920s. The menu is mostly Italian, but with some Sephardi Jewish/Israeli... more

Domenica's is always a treat

Had a great time! The wait staff was helpful, prompt and friendly and the pizzas were excellent. I hope to go back soon to try the other menu items. I've had the roasted cauliflower for an appetizer, which is excellent but haven't tried the other menu items because the pizza is so good that I order it every time I go. The Hotel was decorated for Christmas and was breathtaking. The ambiance of... more

A hotel restaurant

Probably good for pizza, but we ordered from a special Thanksgiving/Hanukkah menu. Really the food was good but the place felt cold. This is a problem with many hotel restaurants. You always know when you are in one. The Roosevelt Hotel has a very impressive lobby, and the Sazerac Bar there is classic. Not so with Domenica though.

Enjoyable dinning

Octopus salad was awesome. All else good too!!

Madmc

The service was very good. I recommend making reservations. We requested an off the menu item (white anchovies in olive oil) and the chief was very accommodating. We also ordered the octopus carpaccio and hedgehog mushrooms for our appetizers, all were excellent. For our entrees we ordered the Squid Ink Tagliolini, Stacci and the Bolzano pizza; all very good. The Stacci (oxtail and chicken... more

Perfect

Great menu. We had pizza and panini which were both fantastic. Food was perfect temperature and tasted fresh. The desserts were also fantastic - fun combo of items (like ice cream, donuts, and espresso for topping) and tasty. Service was a great combo of attentiveness without too much intrusion.Pizzas are big enough to eat family style - 2 could serve 3.I wish I lived in New Orleans just so I... more

Love the Pizza at Happy Hour

Domenica is always a fun place to go but the half off happy hour prices are fantastic. I love the holidays at the Roosevelt and it was the perfect day to walk through the lobby and grab a late lunch. Everything was wonderful: wine, pizza, cauliflower, and afatati misti. Chef Alon was out in the main dining area and stopped by to say hello.

great spin

Chef takes traditional foods and makes them eclectic masterpieces. Food was A+ from gator to pork to reddish to dessert

Thanksgiving

Went in for Thanksgiving dinner and had the 4 course prix fix. I made reservations about a week in advance and had been looking forwards to my first Thanksgiving in a restaurant. Was not disappointed. Great service, fun atmosphere, outstanding dinner!

Fun vibrant food

Great food great service and great location. Best at Christmas time to walk around the hotel lobby

Love Everything on the menu

I've been a couple of times and once was with a large group where we ordered family style and shared the majority of the items on the menu. Everything was delicious! The seasonal appetizers - friend squash blossoms and fried kale - were out of this world and the ever present roasted cauliflower was incredible. My two favorites from the main menu were the squid ink pasta and the carrot pizza -... more

Special place

This is the restaurant that my wife and I went to on our honeymoon weekend. We just made one year and went there fir dinner. It was a great experience both times. Cant wait to go back.

Unique

Great for dinner prior to going to a concert or event, since it is near a major theater. The restaurant has a variety of food choices; some are unusual but very tasty. The service was excellent, and we were able to leave on time to attend a concert nearby.

Wonderful service & delicious pizza

Came @ 5:15 on Mon & took advantage of weekday specials. Great service & enjoyed 1/2 price margherita pizza very much-only $3.25 ea for 1/2 a pizza-what a deal! Banana dessert was delicious & I'm not even a big banana fan! Didn't care for peach bellini due to strong bitter flavor but my friend enjoyed 2 pomegranate bellinis at 1/2 price. Server was good enough to ask if we wanted a 2nd pizza... more

Great food, too noisy for talking

A few weeks prior we had thoroughly enjoyed Restaurant August, another John Besh restaurant in New Orleans, so we tried Domenica. We enjoyed the food, and would highly recommend the goat entrée. However, the ambience was so noisy that we found it very difficult to carry on a conversation at our table of two.

You won't be disappointed!

We were expecting a simple regular Italian but it turned to be a wonderful experience. The food was exquisite. We had the plate of cheese and salamis for starters, they were served with many different types of delicious bread. The pasta were cooked perfectly and the desserts were delicious. At the end, we were given a little thank you box with delicious chocolate cookies.
We will be back for sure!

Loved the food, service was adequat

My husband and I split a pizza. He had the lamb meatballs on his and I had the mushroom with yard egg. Both of us loved it. I had been reading the reviews and knew service here was an issue with several patrons. I must say they were right, our waiter, Will was only adequate -- did what he had to and nothing extra and was very unfriendly.

Best happy hour specials around.

Dominica has it ALL!

Great food, excellent service, moderately priced, within walking distance of Saenger Theater, Joy Theater, French Quarter. Located in one of the most beautiful hotels in New Orleans. It has it ALL! If I didn't live 90 minutes away, I would go much more often.

Saturday lunch before a show at the Saenger - Luke was the perfect choice on a cool, blustery day. The minestrone soup was totally unexpected (and delicious!) with fresh favors of watermelon radish and dill. Trying to keep it light, I chose an appetizer for my main course: OMG - the mushroom ragout with marrow butter on toast was Incredibly rich and luscious, but NOT light. In any case, I ate... more

Group food

Food was very good. I wish I could have sampled more of the pizzas in a group.

Best Happy Hour in New Orleans

Had a great time at Domeica's. Went for the happy hour with one-half off pizzas and drinks. Enjoyed three different pizzas all done to perfection - Carne Tutti (sp?), spicy pork and wild mushrooms. Also tried two of the specially offered appetizers - pork belly excellent and red fish collars - very good and different. Wines by the glass were also very good. At our table we tried the pinot... more

Don't come solo if you're a woman..

Went pre Saints game, having been many many times before. This time, though, wasn't with a man and had a child with me. Sadly, my waiter obviously thought that meant I should get no attention at all. He literally didn't even bring us plates, or sweetener for our coffee. Such bad service, and tables right next to us were treated well. It was an awful experience and very embarrassing for me as I... more

Best of Besh

Without a doubt, the best Besh stop. Squid Ink pasta is fantastic. Chanterelle appetizer is to die for.

Wonderful!!!

Not only was the food great, but the restaurant environment and the waitress added to the overall wonderful experience at Domenica. I would definitely recommend this restaurant to anyone who would like to enjoy great food! When you visit Domenica, please try the roasted cauliflower with feta goat cheese. You will be delighted with the great taste of this appetizer.

Disappointing

Overpriced, noisy, overrated. Doesn't really fit in the Roosevelt hotel.

Dining Before Theatre

Wonderful experience! Recommend roasted cauliflower appetizer. We had tickets to the Saenger and the staff did a great job of communicating excellent food choices and efficiently taking care of us and sending us on our way in time to see the show. We will be back.

Couldn't have been better!

Our waiter really knew the menu and dish ingredients. His recommendations were spot on. I like pizza with a thinner, crispier crust, but the flavor of our pie was outstanding. We also had a delicious redfish plate and 2 members of our group completely enjoyed the lasagna bolognese. The semifreddo dessert was a real treat.

Creative menu

Not your run of the mill Italian. Pizza was excellent , out of the world crust. Pasta perfectly cooked. Fish melted in your mouth. Octopus appetizer was sublime. Went for dinner, and two days later came back for lunch and loved it as much

Happy Hour

Domenica never disappoints. The atmosphere is fun and you cannot beat the Happy Hour specials. The pizzas are the best in the city and the drinks are creative.

Great lunch spot

Had lunch there. Food was very nice and different, not the "usual Italian" (whatever that means, considering how heterogenous true Italian really is!) -- exotic and eclectic, that is. Very interesting the roasted cawliflower as as appetizer, loved the rabbit and porcini pasta and the "black tagliolini" with squid ink and crab meat. Unlike most reports of it being noisy, at lunch it was rather... more

It must be the pizzas

Pizza was the only thing we didn't try and I'm sorry. We love John Besh and am amazed that the food was so poor. We each had something different (4 of us) and no one had something we liked. Waiter was very busy so he was rushed and difficult to find. Just thought he had too many tables.

Yummy!

The service and food are excellent and on point. I have dined here several times for lunch and dinner and have enjoyed the experience every time. Would definitely go back for lunch. Love love love the roasted cauliflower and goat/feta dip. My FAV on the menu.

Pre Theatre

efficient, friendly, attentive service from Will; a very professional and personable waiter.

Excellent pizzas.The Cauliflower dish is out of this world

Pizza is great!!!

The top pizza in the CBD. The appetizers are wonderful. Everything first rate. Hope they have a Hanukkah meal this year.

Offers g-free pasta

They serve primarily Italian countryside cuisine, but offer g-free pasta! It is only one type of g-free noodle, but that is awesome! The waitress also suggested a g-free appetizer that is not on the lunch menu for us, that the kitchen would make for us. It was a delicious meal and I felt great being able to enjoy pasta again!

Food was good - Service very poor

Unbelievably bad service tonight even though they were less than half full on a Saturday. We had 3 wait staff people, so we didn't know who was the main one which resulted in terribly mixed up and delayed service. No bread was served until I asked for it. Before I had finished my initial glass of wine one of them... more

Lovely ambience, excellent service, good food

I've been to Carmelina's several times. So when a vendor I was meeting with today said he wanted to take us there, I was quite happy indeed. The prices at Carmelina's are reasonable for what you get, but they're not low!
The restaurant is in an unremarkable building on a busy strip of suburban arterial road in a part of... more

Celebrate anniversary and Father's Day

Came here due to the good comments about this restaurant. Overall i am pleased with it. First, I was amazed by the decors around. It was a cozy restaurant but having many detail grant European features. I can't help myself to touch them. Then when we were directed to our table, I fell in love with their dining chair, as... more

Carmelina - March 2013

Had been awhile since I had been to Carmelina, but the boss was in town from NYC, and needed to take her to a great spot for lunch with clients, on short notice. As usual, Carmelina was accommodating, and it was nice to have several of the wait staff come by the table to comment that they had not seen... more

Easter Weekend with Family

Hey, Easter Day is coming and for my family its next reason to dine-out at Carmelina Restaurant again. Last year it was an exciting day at carmelina. As me & my husband love to spend time at together at weekends as we do not get much time out from our busy schedules. So this Easter weekend we all gonna celebrate... more

Very intimate Italian restaurant

I had visited this restaurant last Wednesday. I was so impressed, that I took my family there last night for dinner.
Great atmosphere, superb cuisine, excellent service toped with a serenading singer with his guitar.

Carmelina is a gem!

I took my girlfriend there for just a night out and I can wholeheartedly say I am impressed. The theme and decor is very fitting and the atmosphere is warm. Carmelina is a classy medium-priced restaurant with excellent service and great authentic Mediterranean food. They do not try to go over-the-top and one can really appreciate the simplicity of the dishes and the... more

Great food great service reasonable prices free valet service !!! Valet guy is super nice !

amazing for celebration

We hosted a special event with 30 guests at Carmelina's on a Saturday night, and the manager and servers were extraordinary. For a fixed price (and choice for the entree and dessert, which we were able to decide on with the manager) we had a delicious 3-course meal. While the restaurant does not have a separate room for events, we... more

Almost perfect ... Almost

Have a night out with my Partner on valentines day , always pass by this restaurant and wanted to give it a try . .... Awesome place , awesome food , great server .... Except this manager kind of thing / gentleman ... Maybe you do not like us gay people ... But please at least be professional , why... more

Live music made the night pleasantly fun

When I review a restaurant I normally break down the review with service, food atmosphere etc. With this one I am going to review it based on my overall experience. I was pleasantly surprised by this restaurant. The menu selection was varied, food was tasty and the man playing piano alternating with guitar made the overall experience lovely. We went... more

Won't Be Going Back

My daughter and I chose to go to this restaurant as it looked like it would be a nice authentic Italian restaurant. Before going in, we looked at the menu posted outside the door as we weren't looking for an expensive restaurant for lunch. It looked reasonable so we decided to try it.
Once inside, we were greeted by a... more

Yesterday I visited Carmelina Restaurant in Thornhill, as we had a corporate meeting there. My team found it a lovely place to meet and dine. They have good choice for wines to serve corporate people. We all loved for all of us the extensive wine and spirits menu puts this place over the top. Great experience, we are looking forward to come back soon.TomToronto

Food is ok, however no atmosphere

Went for lunch and experience was just ok. Found the food pricey for what it was, especially for lunch. Very typical Italian fare, found the waitress treating us a number. Had the worst lentil soup I've ever eaten and the Ceasar salad, although large, was not memorable. Would not ever go back considering all the great Italian restaurants around.

Experience at Carmelina was enjoyable

Visited on Oct 26/2012; staff were welcoming; waitress Valentina was charming and provided excellent service. Great ambience with the pianist and Julio, guitar player and singer ensuring all patrons were serenaded to beautiful music and vocals. The meal was delicious and very generous portions. We had fish, pasta, chicken, soup, vegetables, rice all perfectly cooked and delicious.
Overall, the... more

surprisingly good

I was pleasantly surprised when I tried this restaurant. It is located in an industrial neighbourhood, which was a bit of a disappointment. The menu had something for everyone. The portions are generous and the caeser salad was large enough to share as an appetizer. The food was delicious, hot and freshly prepared. The staff were really friendly which is... more

Love this restaurant

We have been to this restaurant as a couple, with friends and in a very large group (80 plus people) and every time the service and food have been excellent. Professional service (with a sense of humour no less). Good menu, good prices. Lovely decor and good atmosphere. In the summer the windows open out in full to the outdoors... more

One minor drawback, but it was addressed, so it gets a 5

First, I rarely give a 5 for anything, so this one means something.
I met a business associate here for lunch; the outside is not very impressive, especially because there is a large construction site between it and the road. Inside was lovely. I was greeted quickly, and the staff was friendly without being too familiar.
The service and food... more

Amazing food

We had a wedding dinner party for 37 people and we dont regret choosing Carmelina over other Italian restaurants. Amazing food and service! The staff was accommodating and very friendly.
My wife and I would certainly recommend choosing Carmelina!
Talal

Service times are absolutely absurd! Restaurant was at half capacity and even so, the time between ordering, receiving our meals and the bill was a 4 hour ordeal! Food was good, but not worth the wait.

Love the decor

Stubled on here by accident. Actually it looked closed but I tried the door anyway. The decor is fabulous. More of a Greek look than Italian.
Very large assortment on the menu. I decided to pick the seafood pasta special in a slightly spicy rose sauce. It was very good and the seafood was cooked perfect. My girlfriend ordered the... more

Not that great

This is quite an attractive Italian restaurant. Money has been spent on this place, and the decor and furnishings are quite good. However there was just something missing. Maybe it was the fact that it was too large and gave the feel of a banquet hall with too few customers; perhaps it was the gloomy music that made one feel... more

Music was too loud to enjoy the night out with friends

Four of us met here for dinner on a Saturday night. The meal was good (except for crispy calimari) but everyone in the restaurant had to raise their voices to be heard over the piano, guitar, and singing of the entertainer. When you want to have a dinner discussion with friends, this is not the place to go (at least... more

Great dinner, incredible service

4 of us had dinner at Carmelina's on Woodbine in Markham a couple of nights ago. We were celebrating a birthday and could not have picked a better place. The restaurant is a small Italian restaurant with lovely decor. Tables are far enough away from one another for a private meal.
The service was incredible...attentive without being intrusive. We each... more

not your bulk food type restaurant

We were a part of 4. One in our party had onion issues and asked if the food could be prepared a special way for her as not to have problems.. Our waiter consulted the chef and the meals were individually prepared, not like some places that have the food pre-marinaded or or pre-prepared... The meals were simply wonderfull and... more

Great food and service

Hello, I just wanted to say thank you for the amazing food and amazing service!!
We are from Alberta on vacation and stumbled on your place and what an amazing experience. We will return one day. We did not catch our waiter's name (bald fellow) but he gave us the best service we have ever had!!
Thank you again.
The... more

Very Nice Mediterranian Restaurant

Lovely place with great decor, delicious food (especially the Seafood Risotto) and good service. Have been there several times and enjoyed it each time.

Elegant interior with great food and nice service

I like this place and go there often. It's great for business lunches, but it's also a good choice Sat and Fri evening with friends, as it's not too crowded and we can have a conversation without yelling. Food is very tasty, I like all of their seafood options, as well as the steak salad and pasta choices. Feels like... more

Been there once. Not bad

Been there once. Not bad.

pasta take out just down

pasta take out just down the street??!! MMM