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  • Quick look: NYC's famed Carmines in the center on the Forum Shops Mall delivers traditional Italian fare in MASSIVE family type portions. Couples / single diners beware - this is a lot of food and I suggest groups of 4 or more for ideal proportions. In depth review: being from NY we were well aware of the Carmine's reputation. Was excited to FINALLY get a chance to try their fare here in Vegas. Ate there this past Monday night and the massive space was pretty full at 7pm for dinner. Nice casual setting with high ceilings, a freakishly large bar with flat screens showing the football game and large menu boards and classic Italian pics decorating the walls. Felt very warm and comfortable even though the room was gargantuan and located in a busy mall. Server was a nice Serbian fella and he was very attentive. Made some good suggestions and explained the portions and the menu. We kept it simple and ordered a mixed drink, a glass of wine, calamari appetizer and the veal parmesan with penne pasta. The calamari priced at $17 was the largest portion I have ever seen. Was a mountain of fried squid and way too much for two people. It was good, breaded well and not too greasy. We almost filled up on this and had to stop ourselves. The bread was also very tasty! The veal parmesan came out with perfect timing after the appetizer. The serving dish was piled 4 inches high with penne pasta and it included two giant slabs of veal parm on the top. Wife and I looked at each other in disbelief at how large this dish was. The waiter served us and we started to eat. It was very tasty and the veal was prepared perfectly. The red sauce was also delicious and was glad to see that they did not use sugar when preparing it. We ate till we couldn't eat any more and we had a lot to take home with us in doggy-bags. Was it the best I have ever had, no. But it was certainly one of the better traditional veal parm dishes in the city. It's a lot of food. Too much for less than four people. We actually had enough for two more additional meals!! My advice would be to add a "couples menu" to their menu. Many couples go out in Vegas. It's a different market and I feel like the large, massive portions alienate couples who want to eat there. Who would want to carry doggy-bags around with them on the mall and on the all night? A lot of people do not have refrigerators in their hotel rooms as well. Price for two of us was about $130. So the pricing is not exactly cheap. Was a solid meal and w/o a smaller, couples menu - I will only return when I have family or friends in town and they want to eat traditional "red sauce" Italian. I have also had lunch here - the submarine sandwiches are also MASSIVE! I had an Italian mixed and a tomato and mozzarella sandwich and both were tasty and well made. The bread is super fresh and they don't hold back on the meat. Two people can split one and have more than enough.
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