Disappointing experience. I went with my mom for her birthday. I was expecting a spectacular life-changing meal. CarneVino did not deliver.
Firstly the table that was given to us was a four top that was obstructed by one of the columns in the restaurant so that you couldn't pull out your chair the entire way. Bad start. Also, as a person with mobility issues sometimes I need to arrange the chairs and table so I can access them. Our host had helped us move the table out so that I could sit down and our waiter immediately came and moved it back and was quite cross with the host for moving the table.
The breadbasket was okay but nothing spectacular. I didn't care for the lard that was served with it.
I'm a pretty small person and can't eat more than a 10 ounce steak at best. Unfortunately this puts me at a disadvantage to some of the more specialty steaks on their menu. I was also going with someone whose choice of doneness varies from mine, so sharing was not an option.
We both ordered the filet mignon; I ordered mine medium rare and mom ordered hers medium well. Having read the reviews before hand and their unique take on doneness we specifically indicated that I wanted my red in the middle and that she wanted her's pink. Our waiter indicated that in order to do medium well, the chef required it to be butterflied. My mom was hesitant but I recommended that if the chef required it to be done medium well and that's how she should do it. What a mistake. My filet was good it did have a nice crust on it and it was a medium rare. My moms was certainly well done. No pink at all. Our waiter checked on us before we had started eating and at that time everything was fine. We could not catch his attention until my mom was 90% done her steak. We complained about the doneness of it and he said we should've complained earlier because now there was nothing he could do about it. He did not offer to redo the steak and he did not offer to compensate us in anyway for the experience.
Our sides did not improve the experience greatly. We ordered the caprese salad, the Bucatini amatriciana and the fregola. The caprese were cherry tomatoes which I don't care for and did not say in the description. The fregola was very cheese forward and salty. The bucatini was good, pasta al dente and a nice sauce with a spicy kick.
I had the panna cotta rhubarb compote for dessert. The bitterness of the rhubarb was a nice contrast to the sweetness of the panna Cotta.
Maybe I erred in not ordering their special aged steak, but the rest of the experience was so poor that I'm not going back to find out.