Carmen's Cafe - Reservar una mesa

We have a reservation for 6:45 and have been confirmed. We're in time, but there were no hosts at the door, so we waited. About 10 minutes later another party came for 4 with only 2 of them there, the hostess showed up and sat them first. Not a big thing, maybe they got a table ready for our party of 2 but it would have been nice to know that instead of being ignored? I have on the table and it is a nice ambience for a romantic night out, but the bread was just a simple white bread that you can get anywhere and didn't even taste fresh, no special spread for the bread simply butter. Then the salad was fine, nothing great. The red sauce with the meatball appetizer was particularly sweet, but e...

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I'm surprised how disgusting everything was. My husband and I ordered crabcakes, garlic cheese bread, chicken spiedini julian, and chicken parm. Everything was bland and something tasted above all the lack of taste. The cheese was all melted in a plastic film on bread and parm. The alfredo sauce used for the julian tasted like warm, thick heavy peat cream and nothing else. They gave us a whole bread as if they apologise for how bad everything was. The chicken from the julian was okay, but I scratched the sauce because I just don't like it. I couldn't go beyond two bites of the crab cake, and I just went for the second bite because I was shocked how it was gone. I know we're on the coast, but...

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Surprised I've not reviewed Carmen's sooner, my family goes here often for celebrations. Carmen's does a great job of putting up with all of us! Their food as been some of our fave Italian in KC for a couple of decades. It's not the most ideal place to eat in a pandemic, and definitely not recommended if you have accessibility issues. Service this time around was great as usual. We went on a Sunday evening and enjoyed 50% off bottled wine under $50. The bread service is excellent and should not be passed up. I pretty much always get chicken parmesan. My niece had lobster ravioli and it was sincerely amazing. Parking is street parking. Everyone was respecting masking guidelines due to the pan...

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Atmosphere was awesome. Service was as good as it gets. However the food was mediocre. I didn't even take pics because of the disappointing presentation. I ordered the eggplant Parmesan and it was tasty but underwhelming. It appeared rushed and cheaply made. Overall we did have a nice evening and I would recommend this place for a cozy drink or two at the bar.

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We reserved an area upstairs for a my son?s rehearsal dinner. The service was impeccable and the food was by far the best! Would give a million stars if I could! Thank you Carmen?s for such a beautiful celebratory evening!

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