Mama Carpino's — Restaurant in Apple Valley

For starters, be prepared to wait for a table. This was our first time here. We went on a Wednesday night and waited approximately TWO hours for a table. It’s a small establishment. I am unsure if you can book a table ahead of time, but if we go back, I would definitely check that out. During your wait, you are able to grab drinks from the bar and sit in the lobby (or at the bar). Additionally, you are able to keep track of where you are in line using a link they send you to your phone when you check in. We ordered ALOT. But it’s because we wanted a taste of everything 🤣 for appetizers, we had wings (10/10), crab cakes (10/10), pork ribs (1/10), & calamari (4/10). The pork ribs (I forgot the name on the menu) tasted so much like curry (which I like) that I just wasn’t interested seeing as we were in an Italian restaurant. The calamari came out cold. They took it back and refried it, but it’s just lacking flavor overall. It’s served with marinara sauce which is delicious. But I’d recommend asking for lemon slices. The wings and crab crakes were absolutely delicious though 👍🏼 I tried their minestrone soup, and was really let down by it honestly (3/10). I’d go for a salad next time. For our entrees, we had one order of steak medallions & an order of broccolini raviolis. Neither one of us would order those dishes again. The steak medallions had so much pasta. We could have asked, but it just wasn’t what we imagined. Their menu doesn’t have pictures so we were going off what our waitress was describing. The raviolis (pasta itself) were dry. The stuffing is delicious, it has some ground sausage. My boyfriend and I both thought it would have been a better dish though if it were served with Alfredo. For dessert, we tried the German chocolate cake. It’s extremely rich and has an exuberant amount of coconut. If you like both, order it. If not, order something else. Would I go back? Yes. Shrimp scampi & lasagna was next on my list. Also worth noting, they have a deli and deli menu with sandwiches on i if you work in the area and looking for lunch. They also have a bakery that included puff pastries, rum cake, cheesecake and cannolis. Lastly, they have a small collection of gelatos. They allow you to sample before deciding and we sampled a few...

Lately due to medical reasons I've been resorting to take out to feed my family and myself. And it's been a hit and miss process and throughout the last 8 months I have been craving pasta. I have tried every place in the entire high desert with everything failing to please not that they were all terrible it's just that nothing really made me feel great about spending the money and I just felt like gosh I wish I was in better health so I could just stand in the kitchen and cook myself. I tried a couple times to go to this restaurant and eat inside but it was so busy and the wait was so long that I ended up going elsewhere so finally I called my order in and I drove over and picked it up and let me tell you it was so good and so satisfying that it almost made me cry. I know that sounds ridiculous but I've had such a difficult time being able to eat and not only was I able to really enjoy my dinner but it was absolutely delicious. And even my children who are a little on the finicky side or very impressed and agreed with me that it was really really good. We ordered traditional spaghetti with meat sauce and I swapped out Italian sausage instead of the meatballs, the sausage filled cannellini with Italian sausage and the meat sauce and antipasto salad. I also ordered a variety of desserts and cookies. The spaghetti was the best spaghetti that I've had in probably 30 years since I ate at the portofino restaurant in Torrance California. The sausage was wonderful the sauce everything... I spent about a half hour reading all the reviews before I decided to call in the order because it's not cheap. There were a couple of people that had complaints but they're always are. And I'm telling you as someone who usually cooks and feels like they're an accomplished chef I absolutely love this restaurant. This is it for me the spaghetti is going to be my Friday night treat for quite some time. I'm extremely happy that I decided to phone in the order tonight and I can't wait to try the rest of the stuff on the menu. And the desserts were great the cookies absolutely...

Someone tell me what happened.. I have come back a few times now over this last year and everything is horrible. The food is horrible and the customer service is bad. The floor is disgusting, dust on everything. Something happened. I no longer recommend this restaurant. Run

We ordered food to go on Mother's Day 2022 and it was a 10 out of 10 no joke. The freshness, the quality, I have to say probably the best food I have ever eaten in my 43 years on this planet. My husband and son ordered everything so I'm not sure of the names of everything but the salad with blue cheese crumble fresh slices of tomatoes and Mozzarella cheese was out of this world. It should be illegal its so good. The bread so fresh and good, they got a cheese and pepperoni pizza and let me tell you, for someone who doesn't really like pizza, I will order this again without hesitation, the cheese was real and fresh the crust was not oily and soggy. It was the most perfect pizza I have ever eaten. Now we live 20 min away and it all held up and was still perfect. That says something. Now, the cream puffs wow real cream it was outstanding. The Canolis tasted Phenomenal. I can't get over this perfection. I am extremely picky when it comes to food and like I said 10/10. Oh and I usually have to throw left overs away, no leftovers in the trash, it was that good. I now have a place I can eat at that I don't mind spending the money on. I will tell everyone I come across about this place....