Address: | 9500 Heritage Hills Cir, Lone Tree, CO 80124, USA |
Phone: | +1 303-799-4969 |
Site: | carminesnypizza.com |
Rating: | 4.4 |
Working: | 11AM–8PM 11AM–9PM 11AM–9PM 11AM–9PM 11AM–9PM 11AM–9PM 4–8PM |
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Renaissance Bastiells
I hate to review places we like, due to the fact of everyone else finding them, and then we cant get a seat anymore. Yes, thats selfish, and I admit it :) This is one of those places. Consistent, good food, friendly. When you want a thin crust NY style pizza, and a decent atmosphere, casual, this will fill the need. Dont look for some thick overly meaty greasy pizza, If you want that, go to Pizza Hut. Our problem though, after having it to ourselves for a few years, everyone else has finally found it, so if you try to go prime time, better CALL AHEAD. or risk waiting for a while for a table or booth. Bathrooms are clean, again, that usually means the rest of the place is clean and kept up. Thats all you need to know. If the parking lot is full, and tables are full, for the most part, it will be acceptable. This one is like that. Well adjust our visits around the busy hours :), as we hate to fight the crowds... P.S. Im still keeping our favorites out of our reviews, at least until they get overly busy, then Ill give them up..... Its like giving away your favorite fishing hole or something along those lines :>}
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Roger Lynn
Been there twice now and both times we had good meals. While not real east coast italian still a lot better than most of the stuff you find in the Denver area. Meatballs and sausage are both well spiced and tasty. Pasta, while a little overdone (Denver doesnt seem to understand that definition of el dente) was very good and the sauce was definitely home made (but could use a little more garlic and oregano). The eggplant parm is very good, with the eggplant cooked perfectly, crisp around the edges but not overdone (and in olive oil) so I definitely recommend this. The lasagne as well is one of the better ones I have had in Denver. Oh, and their garlic knots are definitely worth having, buttery and on these you really can taste the garlic. Finally the desserts were good, cheesecake probably not made there but good and the cannolis were very good with great filling. There are few great italian restaurants in the Denver area. This is a good one and worth the trip.
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james morrison
I recently started working in the DTC area so I was excited to see a pizza place close to my work. That said this is literally some of the worst pizza I have EVER had. I would place certain frozen brands above this disgrace to NY pizza. The crust was spongy and had a dirty water after taste, the sauce was nothing more than canned tomato paste, the cheese was burnt and rubbery, worst of all the toppings were easily the worst sausage and pepperoni I have ever had large crappy chains included.... I dont mind grease with my NY style pizza but these pizzas had far more grease than flavor... I literally threw out my pizza after finishing the first slice and just ended up hungry mid afternoon... This place is a disgrace to pizza! The only reason I gave it a good service rating is the super cute girl that took my order that was very flirty and engaging.... I guess that brings people back in for the culinary torture....?
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ALYSSA L
This use to be my favorite pizza place. A few months ago I ordered a gluten free pizza which Ive had plenty of times from there. There was a lot of dog hair on it. I called and the young girl didnt apologize. She just said oh Ill refund you. I asked her to tell the manager because it wasnt 1 piece of hair and they should probably check the area where the dough is. She said yeah ok. She sounded as if she didnt care. I started going to Abos Pizza which is excellent. Last night we decided to give Carmines another try. We were told delivery time was a hour. Delivery turned out to actually be almost 2 hrs. The boy just said were really busy. Dont bother wasting your time or money. This place is ridiculous and doesnt care about their delivery customers.
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Blake Lewis
In from Kansas City for work and stopped in for dinner. First off, pizza was fantastic. Great tasting Pizza would recommend on the food alone. But what compelled me to write this review was the owner, I spent about 20 minutes inside waiting on my order and in that time he greeted every person that entered, offered and served people drinks who were waiting, shook hands and got to know some of the guests, and overall just exhibited flawless customer service. These guys just get how to do business. I can assure you Ill be back every time I come to Denver. Thanks guys for doing it right.
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Padma Polepeddi
I went there for the first time today. It is hard to choose what you like the most as the fresh-made garlic knots just melt into your mouth. The Inferno pizza is simply outstanding as is the tomato basil margherita pizza. Under the new ownership of Jaime and Jenny, you can see the care they put into making the place a warm, family-friendly place with home-made mozzarella cheese on their pizzas, creative combinations and a whole lot of reasons to keep going back. Finally - an authentic, Italian, family-friendly place with great choices for any palate.
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Scott Kashmarek
Great little place, inconspicuous spot but worth the stop. Co-worker and I stopped here for lunch from a local hotel we were staying. We both had lunch special of a pizza slice, co-worker had the soup and I had salad, everything came quickly and was delicious, next time Ill try the pasta - the true test of the restaurant but the pizza was great. About 1/3 full of people, quick and friendly service, laid back atmosphere, felt like they genuinely cared about providing good service and food, Id definitely stop again.
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Kayla Stonehouse
I work in the area and go there for lunch meetings pretty often. They let us eat and sit for as long as the meeting takes and we never feel pressured to leave which is nice. The garlic knots are the BEST! Probably horrible for you but everything in moderation. They also have a lunch special of 2 slices or a slice and a salad for $6 which is very reasonable and gets you in and out quickly!
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Isaac Blum
Ever since new management a handful of months ago, quality went way down. Dont bother customizing your slices anymore, and the 3 "hot n ready", are all over the place as far as quality, and temperature. Wish they would have sticked with a good thing.... Was a regular, like a 1 -2 times a week. now the good thing is gone :(
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A Weeden
Its middle of the road pizza. Tried other menu items and they are just ok. Wouldnt order again. In fairness Im from the northeast where we have NY style pizza places on every corner. Spoken with other east coast transplants and its hard to get good pizza here in Denver that we are use to.
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Scott Miller
Best pizza Ive had in Colorado......just dont like the delivery service.....$23 for the pizza and you give them $40 and the ask .....do you want change back.....Ya $17 tip I think not...how much you want back....Wow....not just once...three times its happened ..so I pick up...
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Rob Carson
Found Carmines on Google Maps while in town for a wedding. It was awesome! The food atmosphere and the service. So much so, that we went back a second time while in town. We even got extra to take with us. Ill definitely visit again if/when I visit Denver again. -Rob