Carmine's Bar & Grille

9805 Normandale Blvd, Bloomington
(952) 417-6621

Recent Reviews

Bea LeShore

I used to be a regular there Until I moved out of the area ... i recently Move back so I thought to my niece from Africa in for some pasta... To help her learn american foods.. She likes pasta.So we chose a place that used to love us that we used to love... It was humiliating horrifying, and demoralizing moralizing... the worst experience i've ever had and I am in tears on how my family has been left to feel that it was because of the color of their skin that we were treated in the way that we were. What did I do wrong?You wonder well.I unfortunately I wanted to give them feedback That the sauce was broken in her pasta and therefore it was soaking in oil... The so-called manager aggressively came to the table was extremely rude. Demanded to know what was wrong when I tried to explain. He rudely told me that's how it always is and that he feels that we were people that have come in there before and complained about this. Then continued on to tell me how we needed to pay our bill and leave? We were bothering their other customers. I asked what his name was.Nobody wanted to give it to me.They said his name is Chris.He then came back to the table once again.Aggressively wondering what was wrong?I told him I would be calling the manager in the morning.He told me he would be there to answer the phone. Came back and once again, embarrassed us in front of all of the customers demanded that we leave took our food made me pay for the bill.And would not replace it then threaten to call the police on us. So it's okay for them to steal my money .. ? I have never been more humiliated or embarrassed in my life. He then told us to never come back.Believe me, my friend, we will never be back and I pray that nobody ever comes back to this restaurant.I will be calling The Appropriate people to make these complaints included in my attorney.

John Olsen

Always have a great experience here! Monday steak special can’t be beat. Great service and environment!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fries, Chicken Marsala, Steak

Daniel K

Friendly server, food was good and not over priced.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Fries, Cheese Curds

Kayley Meredith

Unexpectedly sports bar centric compared to the food, but tvs are fine. It wasn't loud inside and it was earlier so it wasn't crowded, mostly bar crowd.I was craving pasta and theirs looked great online. I got the penne rosa, my husband got a Cesar salad with chicken. I had a MelloYello, he had Diet Coke- both had very little carbonation and very little syrup in them. (Husband worked for Coke, he knows when it's really off!) His salad was fine but the chicken was extremely charred around the edges and tough. My pasta was...awful. The actual penne was perfectly cooked but the rosa sauce was bizarre. It was like you took a sweet Spaghettio's style marinara and added the liquid cheese from a Velveeta shells and cheese to it. Artificial, very processed and sweet. Our waitress was great and took it off the bill. I question who over the age of 25 would enjoy it to begin with.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 4

Jessica Barnett

See owner response. Not once was I disrespectful to anyone so I’m not sure who or what your referring too. I left a bad review because it warranted a bad review, your response below shows the type of owner you are. Our food was horrible one plate had one bite eaten out of it, we paid for the meal that wasn’t eaten and never said a word, so I’m not exactly sure where your response is coming from. I probably would have given this place another chance but after see a response like this to a review I never even commented on the first time seems very aggressive and unprofessional. Good luck out there, remember we all choose where to spend our money and there are lots of restaurants to choose from. Might explain why the place was empty at 6 pm on a Saturday.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 2

Vance Tuck

The staff were all so nice and great! I had the spaghetti and meatballs and it was great! The cookie sundae is a must!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mary O'Hara

First time there. We found the wait staff superb. The service was fast and the food was good. We were there on Tues. evening for bingo and had a great time. Didn't win but since everything else was good it was okay! Prices were very reasonable.Kid-friendliness: We saw plenty of children there.Wheelchair accessibility: Flat entrance. No steps and plenty of space between tables.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fries, Fish, Chicken Marsala, Chicken Parmesan, Grilled Asparagus

Angela Benson

Food was ok, nothing special. Server was horrible. Seemed like Peyton wasn't in a good mood and seemed annoyed from the start. Barely stopped by, waited forever to get drink refills. I ordered ranch with my entree and the server didn't check back with us after food arriving for about 45 min, so I never received the ranch... At one point she was coloring at the podium... I guess that was more important than taking care of customers. Didn't ask us if we wanted dessert. Disappointing because I heard the dessert was good. Dropped off our checks and didn't say thank you or anything. That was my first time there and will not be returning.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 1

kimberly stiele

Great Service. Wide range of food -- Nachos to Meatballs. Liked the wine selection too.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Amanda “Moo” Anderson

Best food and service ever! Yumyum!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Brad B

Waited an hour for our food and no

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 1

Lexxi BANANAZ

Absolutely WONDERFUL service. Smiles from all the staff! Also; that bartender.. Kacey(?) makes a damn good cocktail. ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Dan Peterson

Our waitress was great. Friendly. Helpful. Very nice.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Marsala, Seafood Pasta

Isabel Garcia

very good

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Carina Schouveller

More of a sports bar than I had imagined but the food - I had the sundried tomato/mozzarella flatbread - was absolutely delicious. Wait staff was great, courteous, and right on time with iced tea refills.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

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