Cafe Carolina - Los Angeles

Authentic! Chefe Giuseppe is not only great but nice person. All crew make you feel home. Excellent food and atmosphere.

Great food. We always come here for special occasions.

We had dinner here tonight. Four of us ordered, and we each got a different dish, all of us loved our meal. Imaginative, flavorful cooking, friendly and attentive service. We're visiting in the LA area, and I wish we had a place that was this good and reasonably priced in my area.

We’ve been coming to Cafe Carolina for years (since before they had a liquor license and always have a good experience. Our stop this time was on a Friday night and it was unusually not so busy for a Friday night. (So please go there people…we need artfully prepared healthy restaurants to stick around! My wife had the pasta a-la checca made with gluten-free pasta which she thought was great. (Gluten free pasta options are hit or miss so well done here. I had the homemade pappardelle (made from special mushroom pasta with just a tomato sauce. The sauce was great but the noodles were slightly under-done (a shame when ordering house made pasta. The bread as always was a yummy appetizer. Though I didn’t have it on this visit, I heartily recommend their signature dish, the Ravioli Cremaschi. This is an authentic regional (from where they’re form in Italy homemade ravioli stuffed with a sweet filling of amaretti, raisins, citron and parmesan cheese, served in a sage-brown butter sauce. I’ve had this many times and it’s a to-die for unique, tasty crave-worthy dish. Also notable for vegetarians: they offer Vegetarian Tuesdays with vegan options (including vegan cheese on pizzas . And their full menu is available on these days as well. One last kudos to them for being an organic restaurant. Serving all organic isn’t the easiest path to financial success…but it’s better for everyone. Thank you Cafe Carolina!

This place is amazing. Took my favorite person(fiance) cause she was looking for some gnocchi and it turned out to be the best she and I have ever had(trust me, gnocchi is a really hard dish to make well). This was the Gorgonzola Gnocchi and it was cooked to melt-in-your-mouth-perfection. I had the Tagliatelle alla Thomas and the chicken meatballs were scrumptious. All in all and unbelievable home-style Italian restaurant right across the street!