Carrabba’s Italian Grill

Haven’t been here in over a year, thought I would give it a go. It actually turned out to be better than I remembered. I had the parm crusted chicken with arugala, smashed taters, and a house salad. washed down with a draught Peroni… or 2. The food was really good. The wait though… not good. The entire T A&M track team was there getting fueled up to get whooped by my Hogs. So, I’m not going to punish the staff because of that. The waitress, Makayla, came by several times to check on us, and I really appreciated that.

Stopped here last night for a late dinner. We had a wonderful server (so sorry, but don’t remember her name). Husband is lactose intolerant and she completely understood — even came back to the table after we ordered to explain how the kitchen was going to cook his order to avoid butter on the grill. Husband had the pork medallions with sauce on the side (it has butter in it), pasta with garlic olive oil, and salad. I had a new dish, Cavatappi Franco, and it was delicious! Because it was late, I didn’t want a heavy sauce but was really craving pasta. This dish was perfect. I would definitely order it again.

I actually really like this place. For a chain they are always updating their menu and trying out new things. The food is made fresh and items not on the menu are available on request. Good for a wide variety of palates.

Great place really enjoyed the food I would recommend the minestrone soup The bar is superclean The waiters and staff are always super helpful I also enjoyed the Carry out

Am the only one here in this place for a reason. Don’t ask why, this is my fourth restaurant in the past hour in this dead town.
As for the review, just close shop and don’t clutter my maps for restaurant results.

Service is fantastic. Bar tender Diane is real engaging. The «Johnny» is the best dish on the menu.

Great food! However, the server was such a cold person. Really needs to learn some customer service skills!

I am posting even before eating. We’ve been seated 15 minutes and the entire time had the manager’s butt in our face as he talks to an elderly couple. HIS staff have to struggle to support the other patrons because he is in the middle of the aisle!!!
It’s unprofessional of him and disrespectful to his staff and the customers around him,

My hubby and I have been wanting to go here for the longest time. Last night we had a very rare date night and decided this was the place we would go. Our server was nice… however it took 10 minutes to get our drinks, 15 minutes to order our food, our bread didn’t come until 25 minutes after we had been there, our soup and salad were never given to us until we had to flag down another server… we were trying to make it to a movie (which as a result of the slow service we were late to)…and then when our food finally did get to us we didn’t even have any of our sides!!! I was brought a plane plate of chicken Parmesan with no sides, just two pieces of chicken and my husband food had no sides either!!! We were offered no cheese and we had 4 different servers during the time we were at this place.
The food was okay, nothing spectacular… the best thing I had was my soup once I finally got it. It was definitely NOT worth $ 65 and we will go to the Olive Garden next time… SO DISAPPOINTED.

Following my feedback on their website, the Owner called me and sincerely apologized. He stated that the issue should never had happened and sent me an apology letter and two gift cards. We will try their restaurant again. It’s always reassuring when management cares enough to reach out.

We ate at this restaurant on Friday. It was our second time and both times we got in quickly, the food was excellent, and service is top notch. I highly recommend.

This is the restaurant I took my wife to the night I proposed to her. It’s a high-​end Italian restaurant. Everything about it is excellent: the food, the service, the environment, etc. No matter what you order, you won’t be disappointed.

Well as far as chains go Carraba’s is not bad. This particular location in Northwest Arkansas fits the model of every other Carraba’s out there. The food is decent quality for the value and a nice change of pace from the BBQ landscape that surrounds the area. Do not expect to get blow your mind Italian food, but the staff is friendly and they do have Peroni Italian Beer. The risotto and sausage fried appetizers are worth getting while you wait.

We had reserved a table for 15 for our meal before the Father/​Daughter Dance. Another group of of 7 Fathers/​Daughters came in and we invited them to join us, after asking the hostess if we could pull up a couple more tables.
Although it was a Saturday, it was only 4:30pm and the restaurant was nowhere near full. We arranged the girls at one table and were arranging the adjacent Dad table when the manager walked up.
He asked us many were in our party. One of the dads jokingly said, «Oh, 28 or so.» We were taking our 2^nd to 5^th girls to a fancy dance and were all dressed up and in good moods. Obviously, he was not! He snapped something like, «You make a reservation for 15 and now you say you have 28? You can’t have all my tables guys! I have to make money! Its Saturday night and I have a business to run! Those tables are for paying customers!»
The other group had made reservations as well so his attitude made no sense. We actually counted heads at that point since he was obviously stressed out and told him we actually had 22 people. He promptly took one of our tables away, saying he needed it for «paying customers» and made the dads all squeeze together. He rambled on for a while more but, at that point, we all pretty much tuned him out. We were there for our girls so we let it go.
However, based on the way we were treated by the manager, I know that I will not return to that location again, nor will some others! His attitude was unjustified and insulting. We were all businessmen in suits with well-​behaved daughters in dresses! We were out of there by 6:00 and at no point was the restaurant anywhere close to full.
The food was decent, albeit overpriced for the quality, and our waiter was nice enough (and we tipped him well), but neither outweighed the manager’s attitude. He should find another career.

Got the Mezzaluna, ravioli pasta with pink sauce. Delicious, could have used a little more pink sauce, but yummy! I also had my favorite salad, which I substituted for the one that comes with meal, tomato & cucumber! As always, delicious!!!

I have always been a fan of Carrabbas. I am also a fan of this one. The service is great and it’s normally not too busy. One of my favorite dishes is the chicken Bryan and I found that it was a bit saltier than normal. I requested it to be less salty next time and they got it just right. Thumbs up to this location!

We’ve now visited several different Carrabba’s. We definitely enjoy the food but we’ve found the service quality can range from excellent to poor with the issues not necessarily related to the particular waiter/​waitress.
Our food was as good as usual and would merit 4 stars. But I’m deducting one as the overall service was only so-​so. We arrived at 6pm as the crowd was filling in the place. We were seated quickly. After awhile some came and poured out some olive oil with the seasoning but there was no bread still. About another 10 minutes later a waitress said the bread wasn’t ready yet but was «in the oven». We ended up getting bread 20 minutes after we set down. I had looked around and no one had bread. They hadn’t run out, they just hand’t bothered to get it started in time. There were mistakes with our drink order as well, and overall a «we don’t much care» attitude from the staff. For Rogers this may be a top choice but I wouldn’t look forward to returning.

Oh, Carrabba’s. Before Bentonville exploded, you were there for me. (Along with Bonefish and Copeland’s, of course…) I was glad that you were still around on my last visit because I was really craving the warm bread and my favorite chicken bryan!
The calorie-​laden dishes here are consistent and reliable — large portions that will fill you up and fill you out. I’ve never had a problem with service, and my most recent visit was just as good as it was years ago. Good for group gatherings and the kiddos. While the food choices in Bentonville have expanded, I’d still visit good ol’ Carrabbas.
Get that bread basket ready for my next trip out!

The service was poor from the beginning. Ignored by the wait staff in the bar area and finally had to approach them (we were sitting at the bar by the way). We ordered the crab cakes which were drenched in salt. We had to ask for bread for our dinner and they were out of the herb mixture that they typically serve with it. My husband ordered Veal Marsala and the mashed potatoes had an actual iron bolt nuts in it. My picture is posted — you can see the name of the restaurant on the plate. The manager actually said he’d had that happen before — volunteered the information. Don’t waste your money. There are lots of classy places to eat in NWA.
This isn’t one of them.

High-​end Italian chain food comes to Northwest Arkansas. This is a solid Carrabba’s outlet. Very high class and certainly date-​worthy, especially if you can get a booth away from the door.
Mrs. K. and I were very pleased with our dinner. Excellent service, starting with the greeting at the door and including our waiter. The usual «manager’s visit» didn’t seem quite as contrived as I would have expected.
Good menu with some classic Italian dishes and a few slightly more unique ones. The Chicken Bryan leapt off the page and shouted «eat me!». How could I deny it — goat’s cheese on a roasted chicken breast. Yummy. The salad was also great, served on a cold plate. I don’t know if that was $ 1.30 worth of bleu cheese crumbles, but it was still pretty good.
Excellent food, excellent service, I’m a fan.
The only complaint I have is that the parking lot seems pretty tight. People here drive big cars and they don’t fit well into little spaces.