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Criniti's Carlton

Address 198-204 Faraday St, Carlton VIC, Australia
Phone +61 2 8026 7700
Hours
Monday11:00-22:00
Tuesday11:00-22:00
Wednesday11:00-22:00
Thursday11:00-22:00
Friday11:00-23:00
Saturday11:00-23:00
Sunday11:00-22:00
Website www.crinitis.com.au
Categories Italian Restaurant, Family Restaurant
Rating 2.6 89 reviews
Nearest branches
Criniti's Southbank — 645 Freshwater Pl, Southbank VIC
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Criniti's Carlton reviews

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Anna
11 January 2024 17:23

Delicious treat for special occasions. Food is delicious, not too oily, and big portions. Go for the calzones!

Matheus
31 December 2023 21:08

We went in 7 family members to an amazing dinner. The cheese board was fabulous, amazing pasta, pizza and salads.

David
12 November 2023 10:31

Great food and staff, venue itself is well decorated and the menu is expansive.definitely recommend the pork ribs

Lena
09 November 2023 8:00

Very average, overpriced food of gargantuan proportions. What they lack in quality they try to make up in quantity. Many dishes were drowning in cheese and cheese-based sauces.

Ian
07 November 2023 14:06

The food was great. Loved it. The pizza was perfection. Music was wrong. Way too load and Duf Duf music is completely wrong for the venue. The waiter could not hear a word I said and I could not hear them. They were so blunted to the issue that when I brought the issue up she stated that they were not allowed to turn it down and there was nothing they could do. I stated I would leave the restaurant if the issue was not addresses. The music was then turned down. Let me make this clear: if your guests cannot talk to each other they will never come back. The food was great. Loved it. The pizza was perfection.

Bjorn
04 November 2023 10:49

Please be wary of ordering the " Forget Me Not " Burger because this meal will be forgotten.

Dined this evening with my partner and a good friend of ours. Our Pastas came out together but our friends burger never arrived until we had both finished our meals.

Rick
26 September 2023 15:43

I had a 5 start review here originally, but sadly the quality of food and service has been dropping significantly and the price has not.

Leidy
23 September 2023 21:46

In general, the food was delicious, but Daniel and Diego's attention was good during dinner, good attention makes any customer return to the place again.

Emily
29 July 2023 15:28

This was possibly the worst meal I have ever received. We were a table of 5, and not one person was able to finish their meal, let alone have more than a few bites. We are not fussy eaters and I have never left a restaurant without eating a decent portion of the meal. Please save your money and go elsewhere.

Tamara
24 July 2023 7:20

Good vibes galore. Good prices meals and yummy cocktails. Everything was delicious and the vibes were amazing. I had the beef tortellini with burnt butter sage and truffle, felt rich! Quick service and friendly staff, considering it was a busy night.

Sonya
05 March 2022 21:46

The menu was huge and exciting!
Loved the cocktails and food, have already decided I will definitely come back again as I want to try something different every time.
Staff were lovely too, thanks for a great experience!

James
05 March 2022 7:21

Hi, im sad to say that unfortunately things have changed at crinitis and im sad to say we won't be coming back, the quality of food has changed and unfortunately we pulled a big hair in our food witch I understand it can but it's not the same and im not a person that gives bad reviews just stating the facts.

Danesh
04 March 2022 21:23

If you suffer from Hypertension then this is the perfect place for you to eat without raising your blood pressure because everything I ordered (pastas due to oven out of action so couldn't order pizzas) was bland, tasteless and served at room temperature, not even WARM.

Overall, the worst ~ $75 dollars I have ever spent on food.

bread
01 March 2022 14:09

I’m begging you all please DONT go here. Went there for a birthday lunch as my sister has been to the one at Southbank and loved their pizzas. After sitting for 30 minutes we were only then informed that pizzas aren’t available (at first he said because it’s too early? Then he said the pizza machine is broken…) I had explained as I had booked 2 days in advance I would have liked to know this as the only reason we went was for the pizzas. The servers then ignored us for another 30 minutes and when our food finally arrived it was just so bland, so disappointing. For the price you can go somewhere a lot better

Peter
26 February 2022 18:25

Couldn't get a lasagne right and it came out covered in pizza base sauce, when asked to please put some bolognase sauce on top they including the chef had no idea what i was talking about, i even had to explain to them. And im in an Italian restaurant. When it came back, it was tastless and not at all traditional like advertised. My wifes Barramundi was dry and the sauce was also tastless. We both Couldn't eat it. NOT ITALIAN chefs and the food is NOTHING like described on the menu. DO NOT bother.

Yasin
17 February 2022 8:41

Quite disappointing when you order a chicken parma and it arrives without chips.parma size of my palm and steamed veggies! Very unaustralian!

Tammy
13 February 2022 21:24

Worst ever experience.staff were definitely not trained well. We went for Christmas day and it was a complete disaster. The food was absolutely disgusting. We will never eat here agin. The manager was extremely rude.
Please boycott this place it needs shut down.

AgnethaFrida8
01 February 2022 19:54

The people working here are thieves. Not only do they overcharge for the food they still expect you to pay for something that wasn't to your satisfaction! I decided to try the obsenely priced chocolate cake for dessert. Not only was it sickeningly sweet enough to make me a little nauseous, they just stick in the bowl filled with butterscotch like a soup! Cakes are meant to be eaten on plates with toppings over them, not in a bowl! Disgusting! And then the woman at register simply downgraded it me "not liking it", and that's how they make it, and had the audacity to call it "art"! To be fair, she did give me a discount but it was still a high price to pay for a sickeningly sweet, poor excuse of a dessert that I only took a couple bites of. That's just robbery. Go somewhere else

Ciro
26 January 2022 14:12

Went for a pizza with my partner. We ordered 2 pizzas and a leaning tower a drink that serves for (supposedely) two. We were not expecting to pay 27 dollars for that and we asked if was possible to order two new drinks instead. The waiter asked to the chef then came back showing a little note on the end of the menu, something like: "sometimes the vessel might be different from picture".
We felt like it was a way to say: "that's what is it".
We then decided to cancel the pizzas, have the drink and leave.
A better customer service might have granted 2 pizzas, 2 drinks and eventually 2 cakes and coffee. I believe sometimes undertanding the customer pov might benefit best for the businness.

Madeleine
24 January 2022 9:16

We booked a table for and the occasion was booked for a 17th birthday girl. The staff knew this as I asked for them to kindly put the birthday cake in the fridge. Not only did the birthday girl not receive her meal until we made a fuss. But when we asked for the cake at the end.it looked like someone had thrown it in the fridge. Lucky we had an activity planned afterwards which saved the night. I wouldn't go again based on how little they cared about the restaurant service and no apology for the state of the cake.

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