Do you have a lunch menu?

Yes, we offer a lunch menu from 11am to 3pm, Monday through Friday.

Do you offer gluten-free or vegetarian options?

Yes, we have a separate gluten-free menu and several vegetarian options. Please inform your server of any dietary restrictions.

Where are you located?

We are located at 9524 Blind Pass Rd # 5.

Can I make a reservation for a large group?

Yes, please call us at least 24 hours in advance to make a reservation for groups of 8 or more.

Do you offer take-out or delivery?

Yes, we offer take-out and delivery through our partner services. Please ask your server for more information.

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Carino's Northern Italian Cuisine

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Carino's Northern Italian Cuisine, a premier Italian restaurant in St Pete Beach, FL, offers an authentic European restaurant experience. Savor our signature Northern Italian dishes in an elegant setting, perfect for fine dining and special occasions. Enjoy live music at our live music venue and unwind with a drink at our piano bar. We also cater to events and gatherings, providing exceptional caterer services. Pair your meal with a cup of coffee from our coffee shop. Visit us today and indulge in the rich flavors of Southern Italian cuisine!

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This Carino's Northern Italian Cuisine location serves up delicious, authentic Italian dishes in a cozy atmosphere. Reviewers rave about the flavorful pasta, generous portions, and attentive service. While some mention high prices, most agree it's worth the splurge.

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Joey DaFish -Local Guide

2 years ago

If you ever say, "I just want a traditional, old school Italian meal with quality food and a great atmosphere", you found your place.It was my wife's birthday and she wanted to try this restaurant. It was fantastic.We made reservations nad requested a table...Read More

Bob Cirulnick -Local Guide

5 years ago

Northern Italian restaurant near St Pete Beach. Good food and service. I started with tortellini in brodo, followed by a wonderful Cesar Salad with anchovies. Excellent! For the main course I had Snapper Livornase, which was lightly breaded in a sauce...Read More

Marsha Talbot -Local Guide

2 years ago

Best dinner we have had in forever. WOW. Get a reservation and go! We ordered the bruschetta, veal shank, and the seabass. It will melt in your mouth. Let's talk about the service, The BEST. Attentive, nice and responsive. They also had a piano...Read More

Josh T -Local Guide

a year ago

5 ⭐ all the way around!! Food was fantastic! Calamari - Chicken Parm - Chicken Marsala... All great!Our server was also on point and attentive.Fantastic experience!!

Food: 5/5Service: 5/5Atmosphere: 5/5

debbielook debbielook

7 months ago

Food: 5/5Service: 5/5Atmosphere: 5/5

Cheryl Pearson

3 months ago

Consistently delicious food, great service, and reasonable prices. This is a hidden gem on the beaches. Rack of lamb was outstanding and cooked perfectly, veal piccata had sauce that had right amount of lemon/capers and it was a generous portion, the pasta fagioli...Read More

Food: 5/5Service: 5/5Atmosphere: 4/5

Leean Gentry

5 months ago

The food was by far the best food both myself and my husband have had. The server was great, professional and accommodating as well. The whole experience was fantastic. I would definitely recommend this place it was impeccable. The only thing I could possibly say...Read More

Food: 5/5Service: 5/5Atmosphere: 4/5

Rachel Dupont

4 months ago

I have been here several time since moving here from upstate New York. I really liked it the first few times we ate here. I enjoy the piano bar (except last Saturday it was not very good) and food and service was adequate. The last...Read More

Food: 2/5Service: 2/5Atmosphere: 2/5

Mariah Howerd

6 months ago

Live performance was amazing! Waiter was funny and friendly! Drinks were good! Mixed well. Now… Food? I wasn’t the biggest fan. I mean, it wasn’t horrible. But it was very bland. My alfredo (linguine noodles) were swimming in “white sauce” giving more of a soup...Read More

Food: 2/5Service: 5/5Atmosphere: 5/5

Emma I -Local Guide

6 months ago

Visiting Treasure Island for a couple of days. After searching for an hour for a place to eat close to my hotel and to treat my twin daughters on their birthday, Google search gave me this place as an option. It's in a strip mall type location with a few other businesses. It was before 4pm today, which is a Friday so there was parking available. First impression wasn't good: the place looked old, rundown and was empty except for two tables that were occupied. I should've left then and there but was really hungry and thought I'd give it a shot. There were three of us and the hostess seated us immediately. Server came quickly gave us menus and tap water, and left to care for the other tables. She seemed to be very attentive to the other tables and kept checking up on them and offering suggestions, even going over the desserts with them when they were finished. We didn't get the same service; she told us she was the only one serving and kept going away, even made a couple of snide remarks when I asked for coffee. We ordered the Mozzarella Caprese as an appetizer, which I thought was very expensive at $15 for 3 slices of tomatoes, mozzarella, on a little bit of lettuce with 4 halves of olives. Two pieces of bread were brought to the table with a few pats of butter. Bread tasted old. We ordered a lasagna, carbonara pasta with added chicken and cheese ravioli with spinach. Carbonara was a huge portion, the lasagna was a decent amount, the ravioli was 6 big ones with a creamy sauce on top. The food came pretty quickly and was a good temperature. The server came to us just a few times compared to the other two tables, never asked us if we'd like something besides water to drink. Usually servers keep checking and offering other options, especially when they want a good tip. At the end of the meal, my daughter had to ask about the desserts because she didn't even offer it and instead of telling us the options, the way she did with the other 2 tables, she pointed to a display case and told my daughter "There's the display case, you can go over there and see what we have because I'm busy." Mind you, by then we were the only customers in the restaurant. This really irritated me, because we were very respectful, not loud like the other table and didn't bother her for anything. The only difference I could see, and I am not a person who looks at this, is that we were a different race than the other people. Both my daughters are disabled and shy, and I didn't want to ruin their birthday so I ignored it. It was $129 meal, plus the tip (which I always give 20% because I know servers don't earn a lot) for what was an unpleasant, mediocre experience. On top of that, the Carbonara which I had, has given me an allergic reaction and now I have hives and itching, so there's something in it that I reacted to. Next time I visit this area, I won't come here.Parking: It's a strip mall type of area and parking is shared with 5 other businesses

Food: 3/5Service: 2/5Atmosphere: 1/5

Sandra Provenzano -Local Guide

6 months ago

We've eaten at Carino's many times. We know what dishes we like, and they are very good. The only problem I have is the restaurant needs updating desperately. When we were there last time, the air-conditioning was really bad. It's too hot in Florida...Read More

Food: 4/5Service: 5/5Atmosphere: 2/5

Raymond Heffernan III -Local Guide

5 months ago

This place is a 10 in every way you could be a 10!!!!! Pasta Faggioli amazing, carbonara, veal, mussels in white sauce, all 10s! What a cool mom & pop vibe! This was one f the best meals I've ever had!!! Went back with...Read More

Food: 5/5Service: 5/5Atmosphere: 5/5

Daniel Merrigan -Local Guide

6 months ago

This restaurant is not for everyone. If you are looking for a 5 page menu of every Italian dish that can be made by a big production kitchen, don’t come here.However, if you want a restaurant that is family owned and cooks the best...Read More

Food: 5/5Service: 5/5Atmosphere: 5/5

Joseph Taylor -Local Guide

9 months ago

Hungry early and thought we should try happy hour at Carino's across the street from our condo. Only one other table seated at the time. Had to ask for the happy hour menu as only full dinner menus were given. The waitress tried to tell...Read More

Food: 5/5Service: 4/5Atmosphere: 4/5

Kathleen Long -Local Guide

9 months ago

We decided to eat an early dinner yesterday and northern Italian it was. We were greetied warmly as we entered the restaurant and were seated immediately by a window at one of the white table-clothed tables. Fresh warm bread and dipping oil soon appeared...Read More

Food: 5/5Service: 5/5Atmosphere: 4/5

Carol Ivey

11 months ago

Food was just average, good sized portion but disappointing overall.Great ambiance, very attentive service, but food is overpriced for its mediocre quality.It was $9 to add shrimp to the pasta, and that got us THREE shrimp, large yes, but seriously $3 per shrimp.We won't be...Read More

Food: 3/5Service: 5/5Atmosphere: 5/5

Gina Sapienza

a year ago

Not normally one to write reviews, but had such a great experience I couldn’t not leave one. We were looking for authentic Italian to have a celebratory dinner and could not be happier. The second you walk in you are greeted with fabulous smells and...Read More

Food: 5/5Service: 5/5Atmosphere: 5/5

Henry Alderson

8 months ago

Table for 2, Seated at 7:45, got water and bread from a server assistant. 45 minutes later and we still had not been greeted by our server. Decided to leave. Left and told hostess about the issue. Server tried to talk us into staying; while...Read More

Food: 1/5Service: 1/5Atmosphere: 1/5

Jimmy V -Local Guide

a year ago

Man, we had such great expectations for this place. We made reservations for the piano bar. The atmosphere is dated but actually rather nice. The piano playing was great as well. That's really where the goodness ended. Our server was sweet; however, they were not...Read More

Food: 1/5Service: 3/5Atmosphere: 2/5

Jan Lastname

8 months ago

Carbonara was not good. XL serving with no pancetta/bacon but a lot of onions. Consistency of sauce was like a can of mushroom soup. Very disappointing. Also oso buco, not good, in some sort of light yellow brown sauce rather than...Read More

Food: 2/5Service: 4/5Atmosphere: 4/5

Paula D Zacny

11 months ago

Great service at this restaurant. Food was wonderful and we were fully catered too. We were a group of eight people. The service was excellent as were the selections available on the menuVery good pricing for the excellent quality of food that was received. I...Read More

Food: 5/5Service: 5/5Atmosphere: 5/5

Ashley

a year ago

I never write reviews but this food was so delicious, I felt the need to. The eggplant parm was top 3 I’ve ever had (from NJ - it tastes just like home and that’s hard to find here!) prices were definitely reasonable $21 for a...Read More

Food: 5/5Service: 5/5Atmosphere: 5/5

Jinny Gunn -Local Guide

a year ago

Absolutely perfect experience from the service to the food to the atmosphere. Wonderful mid week romantic meal. Had the lamb, meatballs, escargot & every dish was impeccably prepared and delivered with a friendly smile. Felt like a true Italian home cooked experience. I'm looking forward...Read More

Food: 5/5Service: 5/5Atmosphere: 5/5

Emily Andrews

3 years ago

I attended dinner here with about 11 other friends and had never heard of this place before so I wasn’t sure what to expect. Upon arrival I was a little surprised that my friend chose a restaurant in a “plaza” surrounded by neighboring businesses...Read More

Robert “King Robert” Daunch -Local Guide

a year ago

Soooo disappointed !Sat in the piano bar which is pretty cool but unfortunately the normal piano player was not there. Our server appeared to be jonesing for some type of substance and hovered over our table as we looked at the menu, she just seemed...Read More

Food: 3/5Service: 2/5Atmosphere: 3/5

Mark Conant

a year ago

Horrible experience overall. Food was mediocre and over priced in general. Service was awful. Our waiter was extremely inattentive, didn't bring any food out for over an hour. He failed to tell our party about extra hidden charges and attempted to up sell the...Read More

Food: 1/5Service: 1/5Atmosphere: 1/5

Christina Giovenco-Auton -Local Guide

a year ago

We had a table booked for 7:30 last night 2/25. We walked in - no one at the hostess stand (later we would realize why) but many servers were milling around looking busily bedraggled. This, in hindsight, was foreshadowing the rest of the evening. Eventually,...Read More

V Raburn -Local Guide

a year ago

As required in the terms, I told the waiter when I arrived that I had a Groupon. He offered several specials, but never shared the price of the specials. I chose the sea bass special in lemon butter. It was overly lemony and looked and...Read More

Food: 1/5Service: 1/5Atmosphere: 2/5

Louise Cote -Local Guide

3 years ago

We had a group of 14 for dinner. The food is outstanding, NO ONE had complaints. Piano bar area is where we sat, cozy atmosphere and a good time was had by all. Leftovers next day were just as delicious... always a plus....Read More

Goey 123

a year ago

The marinara sauce was worse than what you serve out of a can. Ravioli was bland with asparagus sauce and the eggplant parmigiana wasn’t worth eating. We ended up taking the food home and putting it in the garbage. We had to...Read More

Elaine Pettit

a year ago

Excellent food, atmosphere and service. Treated our party of 17 to appetizers, great cocktails, and wine, large meals including homemade bread and house salads. A hidden gem not to be missed.Vegetarian options: Gnocchi, eggplant, plenty of past options

Food: 5/5Service: 5/5Atmosphere: 5/5

Meghan Lewis

3 years ago

The service here was absolutely terrible, the decor was horrific, and the piano player singing classical music with a disco ball spinning just was very weird to me.The food was delicious, but it was hard to enjoy it because of the awful service/weird atmosphere.We were...Read More

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