Carmine's - Washington DC

The chocolate torte is so incredibly delicious! A must-order! I am gluten free and they are very accommodating. The chocolate torte is gluten free, in addition to many of the pastas. We ordered the gluten free sausage and broccoli pasta, which was very good. The sausage is not spicy (which I like).

We enjoyed Carmines quite a bit. They were very friendly and helpful. They even have menus listing what foods they have for certain allergies (including alterations to make when ordering). They had menus for dairy/egg free, gluten/wheat free, garlic free, and vegan/vegetarian. I really appreciated this since I have a dairy allergy. The food was all really good except for the chicken. It was really dry and had a lot of gristle in it. We had paid extra to add chicken on. I honestly could have done without that part. Everything else was great.

Came here on trip thought it be nice. We got our drinks ordered and we waited for almost 15 mins. He had never came and we had to flag down another staff member To get drinks. After we got out food which was two things of gluten free. One of them were mean’t to have no form of garlic, but instead had more garlic than normal. This was also a problem as they couldn’t digest that without getting sick. The sauce here was not good at all. It felt cheap and just had whole entire sausages in it. We thought it would be shredded. Staff almost never came by to help us with some questions. Also, no signs talking about how half of the menu is in big family portions. None of that is said.