Carrabba’s Italian Grill

As chain restaurants in this area go, Carrabba’s is a bit pricier than Applebee’s and Friday’s but the food is also a bit tastier and made with better ingredients. Several reasonably healthy chicken and fish entrees.

We just stopped in for a quick lunch. My wife ordered the minestrone soup and the caprese salad. She said both were very good as usual. I personally like the new menu, I order the new mozzarella bites, they are better then the mozzarella sticks. Just wish they came with more to an order. The pizza was very very good, everything was fresh and tasty. I will say for a chain this place is too notch and never disappoints. Drew the owner is a good dude. We will defiantly be back.

My family loves Carrabba’s, so more often than not we end up eating there for dinner.
I feel like I am missing something. Like my family is ordering from some sort of secret menu I haven’t been let in on, and they are all experiencing delicious food that they want to eat over and over again… yet I end up with an okay salad and a sub-​par pizza.
The other night I ordered the Quattro Formaggi pizza and a house salad. The house salad is usually pretty good, but this time the dressing seemed a little bit different. A little less cheesey maybe? Their bread and olive oil concoction makes up for the lack luster salad — so I gave it a pass.
The pizza, though, was just not good. It lacked flavor and almost tasted like I was eating something from the microwave. I love and eat a lot of pizza and if I don’t finish my pizza — you know something is wrong! I ended up giving the rest of it to my family.
I think next time I am sitting out for Carrabba’s…sorry fam!

I may be judging the place too harshly, but this is coming from someone who really doesn’t like chain restaurants. The only reason why I came here was because the person I was with had a gift card, and asked me to go. I almost felt like I was betraying every small and local Italian restaurant, as well as my family.
We came here around 3:00. There were two or three other tables with people at them, the rest of the place was empty. We were quickly seated. Our waiter took a long time to come over to us, though I pretty much heard his life story before he even came to the table. You would think on a slow afternoon, you’d be trying to get the most out of each table as they came in. I ordered the Pollo Rosa Maria with a side of broccoli, my opposition ordered chicken parm with a side of garlic mashed potatoes. We started with salads and bread, both were great. Bread was warm, and I enjoyed the oil/​herb addition to the table. We waited about 30 – 40 minutes for our meals, which I thought was pretty wild. Finally got our food. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t go. Charging almost $ 17 for a plate with a piece of chicken and broccoli on it is absurd to me. I think they tried to cook the broccoli in Italian dressing, but I’m not sure… it didn’t taste too good, and I actually added salt (which is something I never do). My chicken was kind of dry. The best part about it was the sauteed mushrooms on top. They came out pretty decent. For the price and the portion size, absolutely does not do it for me. The chicken parmigiana was kind of weird… I’ve never seen it made that may. It was an overcooked piece of chicken with a little bit of sauce under the piece of cheese that was on it. It didn’t taste good and the mashed potatoes had a funky taste to them as well. I couldn’t put my finger on the taste that they add, but it definitely wasn’t garlic. We ate pretty quick and waited about 15 minutes for our waiter to come by. I heard him chatting with the other servers for quite some time, so I knew he wasn’t running around taking care of other people. We were his only table. It was just kind of annoying. We still tipped him 20%. As a previous server, it’s just in me to do that unless someone is completely mean to me or something.
If you like chain restaurants, you might like this place. If you’re Italian, like… your Grandmom might punch you in the face because she heard you ate here Italian… pass it by. There’s better options and more bang for your buck. I personally wouldn’t spend my own money here, it’s a rip off.

I usually love this Carrabba’s but this time my experience was so disappointing. I ordered chicken fettuccini alfredo, which I always order because it’s consistently good. Well not this time! The dish was very salty and the mushrooms and peas which normally come in the dish were completely missing. To top it off, my friend got to the restaurant before me and when I arrived the bread was already on the table and cold… so no warm bread for me. There were only two of us, so why would the waitress bring bread before the second person arrived??? The waitress never offered to refill my soda and when I requested extra napkins she forgot. It’s a shame, but based on this last experience I don’t think I’ll be back to Carrabba’s for a long time.

This is the only Carrabba’s location that I’ve tried and I loved it! The first time, we had my friend/co-worker’s surprise baby shower here. The manager who helped me plan it and set up a reservation was awesome and very accommodating since we had it during work hours. They were awesome and was able to do an appetizer sampler for us so we could try a few dishes in one.
The second time I was here was a Monday night with my cousin’s family. They have Amore Mondays where you can get a 3 course meal for $ 15.99-$ 18.99. Such a good deal and so filling! I barely finished my meal.
Both times the service was awesome. This location definitely has their staff well trained.

Ate here for the first time. The food was great and the waitress was very friendly. If I’m in the area again I’ll return.

Enjoyed our meal as always at Carabbas. The mussels my husband had were delicious. I had the Fra Diavolo shrimp and there were too many of them for me to finish. This is a good restaurant

excellent service, nice and clean atmosphere. prices are ok. $ 15 gets you a great pasta meal with soup or salad. soup was great. my girlfriend didn’t like the salad but then again… its just a salad. our waitress was the best part. only downfall to the meal was some of the pasta was sticking together but I’m nit-​picking at that point. A+

Great service, good food!
So if you’ve read some of my other reviews, you’d know that I frequently place large orders for myself and coworkers when we are working long hours, and most often places mess something up with our orders.
I can HAPPILY SAY that Carrabbas does an amazing job, every time.
1. They label everything by person’s name — entrée, sides — you name it, it’s labeled.
2. They attach a label to the outside of the bags so you know which orders are in which bag without having to put in too much effort
3. They’ve never forgotten an order, and sometimes our orders are for as many as 15 people
4. They have car — side to go! THANK YOU.
This has become a go-​to place for my coworkers and I because we know that on stressful days, we won’t have to worry about dinner because carrabbas gets it right everytime. I wish all of the restaurants in Bensalem would put in this same effort, because many places have lost our interest due to these little details that are SO IMPORTANT.
In addition to this awesome service, the food is pretty good! I appreciate the fact that they neatly package the bread and oil and other condiments for us so that we don’t miss out on the entire dining — in experience.
I recommend this place because I feel the food and service has always been consistent!

We didn’t get to eat. we waited there for more than half an hour and just gave up, and left.

Expect to wait. Expect to be rushed. Expect mediocre food.
We made reservations — it cut our wait time considerably. The waitstaff was attentive. Within a few minutes of being served the salads the entrees were delivered. The table is too small to hold the glasses and plates. I was astonished at the lack of time management of the courses. The waitstaff apologized. he manager apologized. After clearing away our dinners the waitstaff said that the manager wanted to provide us with a free dessert. Now we waited and then waited and waited. A dessert was delivered to our table. We did not eat it. If we were offered to choose our dessert we would have chosen a different item. A poor experience.

I’ve been going hear to eat for along time. Yes there prices are alittle high. But let me tell you your not going to get a nice dinner any more fresher then hear.
Everything most definitely homemade hear. I like how they cook all the food out in the open. Waiting for a seat is never a issue. The staff is nice, waitress always come back to your table to see if you need anything.
Few of my most favorites has to be. The bread they bring out is like it just came out of the oven and bring the good oil out to dip the bread in. That’s definitely a winner. And there muscles in red sauce are really good to for a appetizer. And one of my favorite dinners are the chicken marsala with a Caesar salad that’s so fresh when they bring it out. And can’t have dinner without a cold bottle of Miller Lite and a unsweetened ice tea to go along with everything esle.

So far so good we had the $ 12 3 course meal fried calamari were good, the service is great and speedy salads were fresh

Yes it’s a chain but the food here is pretty great. We’ve eaten here a few times now. Servers are always nice as well as quick. I love their salad. Mr. Z always talks me into the mozzarella marinara (appetizer) which is so good. As for entrees, anything containing chicken makes me happy and I’ve tried almost every chicken dish they offer. All of them have been good. Try it out. There’s a reason they’re always packed.

Amazing caprese salad omg the sweet balsamic is to die for. Lobster mac & cheese omg nona where are you.

For a chain restaurant, I was pretty impressed. It has a nice atmosphere, homey & comfy seating. The food was very good (again usually not a fan of chain food) but this was good. I had the pasta bolognese and my girlfriend had the penne romano with grilled chicken — both delicious.
I will say the service wasn’t great, but I have a hard time judging a place based on one person’s service on one particular night.
I will definitely return!

I’ve been to Carrabba’s numerous times and each time has been hit or miss with food and service. Typical chain restaurant I guess. Sometimes the food is great and sometimes it’s like, «Why did I come here again?» I guess I keep coming back with hopes of reliving the sumptuous meals I have actually had there.
The place itself is warm, cozy and dimly lit. If you are going on a weekend, prepare to wait a bit. During my last visit, the meal was actually decent. What I didn’t like was the service. The server seemed to rush through his script and was not so attentive to our needs. He didn’t go the extra mile and not once did he smile! Almost felt like he was bothered that we where there.
Maybe that was my last time at Carrabba’s and maybe not!

Went here with a friend for lunch last weekend not knowing what to expect because it was my first time eating at Carrabba’s
It is a nicely decorated comfy spot with lots of plush booths to sit in. Our waitress, Catherine came out the starters box with an attitude, coming across way too surly for my dollar. We ordered coffee and it came out too lukewarm for my friend and she asked if she could warm it up in the microwave for her. Not a difficult request you’d think huh? Wrong! She responded with a snooty attitude «We don’t have a microwave and I will have to make a fresh pot» and she made no effort to do that, she just took the coffee away and never replaced it.
We asked her what the specials were and she said there were no specials during lunch, later I overheard another server cheerfully running down the specials to his table. SMH!
My lunch was fine, Pork Chop Marsala, Salad and Fettuccine Alfredo, but my friend’s lunch was bland, tasteless and uninspiring. Certainly not worth the money or our time.

Carrabba’s were advertising about the Second Helping in which they change the selection seasonally, so my friend and I decided to go for it.
I ordered the Rigatoni Martino. It consisted of wood-​grilled chicken, sautéed mushrooms and sundried tomatoes tossed in tomato cream sauce and topped with scallions and ricotta cheese. The pasta was just. OK. As well as the chicken. It’s the cream sauce that really saved this dish. When they said they really took their time with their homemade sauces, they weren’t kidding. You could definitely tell the quality difference between Carrabba’s and other chain Italian restaurants.
My girlfriend ordered the Linguine with Clams. She gave me a portion and it honestly tasted quite bland. The clams were a tad rubbery as well.
Overall, the food was mediocre (aside from the sauce) and the menu has a very small selection to choose from but we had a fantastic waitress who was very accommodating and well educated about all of their dishes. She made our experience very enjoyable (thus the 4 stars). I probably won’t frequent as much but will return in the future for the great ambience.