Excellent place to eat and drink.
Went for dinner. Bruschetta tasteless and on doughy bread! Really needs a drizzle of balsamic reduction to give it some flavor! Ordered the Meat combination for dinner. Sorry but the red sauce had no flavor. And the meatballs! Yuck! Mushy with no flavor at all! Very disappointing. Loved the meat market before you moved farther north but the restaurant menu needs some work. Won’t recommend and probably won’t come back to the restaurant.
This restaurant shares the building with with it's Italian deli supermarket Which is very cool. The food was excellent, And the atmosphere is great. It was very busy the night we were there but they had multiple people waiting on us So service was very good. Highly recommend this Italian restaurant!
The food was amazing but the customer service was very lackluster! We went to dinner there after receiving a gift card and when it came time to pay the check, the waitress told us that they had a new card system and the gift cards weren't yet put into the system so we wouldn't be able to use it. She said she had spoken to her manager and there was nothing they could do. The apologies felt forced and they didn't even offer to comp our dessert or give a discount. I’m in graduate school and we're excited to use this gift card as a treat and because their new systems aren't updated we couldn't. If we had been informed before the meal, we probably would've just come back another day. Will return to use the gift card but otherwise would probably not.
Probably a good restaurant if you are a Mangia cake, which most of the raving reviews are from. But don’t go here if you are used to authentic Italian food. Bland food, drowning in overly sweet sauce. Gummy gnocchi. Meat lasagna with no flavor or meat. Very disappointed. Wine bar, guy honestly has no clue and served me a cab that tastes like box o wine. And the one wine that I did like, they had no bottles to buy, not a good business decision, lol. Manager at least made this right. Won’t be back.
The bread sticks stuffed with pasta were GREAT. This is something that I have not had before, I can’t recall the name of it. The grocery store also has GREAT items, pierogi, pizza dough, gelato, Blintzs (by pierogis ethnic desert). The restaurant and grocery store are owned by the same company.
I shopped at Carfagnas for over 40 years. I went to the new one - in Polaris - for the first - and last - time. * Prices are outrageous. Nothing is worth the price they want. Overpriced! * No riding cart in a grocery that large. Their one wheel-chair is equiped with a non-removable basket and a bar on the base - both of which prevent its use by one person using his feet. Hey, manager - try it yourself! There is no way for one disabled person to get around in the store because this overpriced store is too cheap to provide a riding cart! * The new wine tastings are worthless - organized into flights of unrelated wines by country - not by relationship between the wines. Ex: In order to taste their Vermentino, I would also have to pay $4 for a sample of unrelated Pinot Grigio, which I know that I don't like. Rest in peace, Carfagnas on 161. That was a good store! Carfagnas does not exist any more. I will never be back to the new store!
The market, wine area and the restaurant were all amazing. So nice to have them in one building.Food was perfect and the service was great.
This restaurant expanded from its original location in the Polaris/Westerville area to a very large space in Polaris that used to be a supermarket or retail store. They now have not only a great restaurant and bar area, but also a huge wine store - and Italian market. Similar to a small "Eataly" version like is in Vegas and NYC. Had a great meal and love the new offerings.
This is a full-service establishment. It has everything: restaurant, deli, bakery, hot food bar, coffee bar and wine shop. The food is delicious! The service is outstanding and the staff is knowledgeable and friendly. Bring your 'mad money' and get some pistachio biscotti or mezzaluna ravioli for the freezer and don't forget the homemade sauce! It's a taste of home.