Cafe Carolina
Encino, CA 91316
Phone: (818) 881-8600
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- Newcastle Avenue
- Hours:
- Tue-Wed 5:30am-9pm, Thu 11am-3pm, 5:30pm-9pm, Fri-Sat 11am-3pm, 5:30pm-10pm, Sun 5:30pm-9pm
Editorial Description for Cafe Carolina
Italian organic cuisine spotlights vegetarian and vegan items. Pastas, salads and house specialty tiramisu dessert.
User Reviews for Cafe Carolina
01/27/2008 Posted by valueman
This is a small restaurant, about a dozen tables, so make sure you have a reservation. Not much in the way of ambience -- white tablecloth with a 'drawing paper' cover, black chairs with pads...the basics. The food was pretty good - we had duck, fish, and chicken. Fish was the best of the three, prepared in parchment, with olives, capers, tomatoes. I didn't care for the chicken, though it sounded very interesting. When I tried it, the chicken was dry. The duck was pretty good. Liked the polenta and the broccoli was crisp and flavorful. Desserts we had were the cheesecake and tiramisu - both were excellent. Cheesecake has marscapone, adds a wonderfully light texture. So, not much ambience, o.k. food, service, and there's no liqour - they charge a $2 corkage fee (go figure...they don't have any alcohol to serve, so why the fee???...). I didn't bicker. Overall service was o.k.
08/12/2007 Posted by olaviniao
This place was a disappointment. The menu looked great.. organic fare.. I was really hopeful. But this restaurant seriously lacked execution. I hope the owner reads this and either has a good talking-to with his chef or just gets another one. Advice #1.. don't serve a sirloin steak un-sliced. It's not a terribly tender meat but can be a cheaper cut done very well but it must be sliced across the grain when served. And also in addition get better steak knives!! Trying to hack away at sirloin fabricated filet-style was a joke. Someone needs a lesson in execution here.. get that right and this could be a gem.
Users Like You Also Viewed
Sushi Roku
8445 W 3rd St
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Sagebrush Cantina
23527 Calabasas Rd
Calabasas, CA 91302-1367
