Nino's Cucina Italiana — Restaurant in Greenville

Nino's! I had heard a lot about it and it was high time to try it out. The lady and I did just that.

The Atmosphere It's a blend of what you might expect a mom and pop Italian joint to have (paintings on the walls, a celebration of Italy), but without the vinyl tablecloths and sticky chairs and that questionable yet trustworthy je ne se qois wafting through the air.

No, this is nice. It's got a touch of modern and looks very clean inviting, elegant yet accessible. You won't be out of place if you're somewhat dressed up or in jorts and t-shirt.

The Service What can I say? It was prompt, friendly and ours could read the room and not interject "is everything still ok?" five times in the meal. It was well done.

The Food I will call it like I see it on this one. I was blown away by the quality of the food and how good it was. Greenville isn't a food mecca (yet) and so I generally don't have high expectations. This was as good a place as any though!

For the appetizer, we got one of the specials, which was a mussels in white wine a butter sauce. The sauce was intensely tasty, mussels were slightly overcooked, but very good nonetheless. The crostini that came with it was cross your eyes good.

I got the spaghetti al limone. The homemade noodles were a perfect texture, bathed in a creamy lemon sauce - so rich and satisfying. The seafood was well-cooked and flavorful. I was happy to finish it.

The lady got the seafood cannelloni. It too was rich, more so than mine thanks to the crabmeat. The sauce was either a vodka sauce or something similar and the brightness of the tomato helped cut through this delight.

To end a wonderful meal, we shared a tiramisu. Theirs, if my tongue didn't deceive me, was heavier on the mascarpone and lighter on the coffee and Cognac. Overall, it was good, not stellar, but really...is there such a thing as...

When boutique becomes "back-woods" due to a COMPLETE LOSS of focus on customers...NOT an intimate dinner date. Nino's is too much about packing people in and not enough about the comfort and enjoyment of the dinner guests, especially on weekends. They've turned the inside into what is eminently an overstuffed cattle car. It made navigating to our table a near disaster. If you have a walker or must use wheelchair, be prepared to eat outside. Hearing the waiter and other guest immediately across the table was out of the question, so one must yell or point to the items you want to order. Wait staff must lean too closely into your personal space to hear you. Food is far overpriced for portions and taste is mediocre. There was a long blonde hair in mine which made the rest of the meal extremely unappealing. The brushetta was so hard that it would've broken my teeth to continue trying to eat it. There is an edible medium between crisp verses rock hard. So how old is the rest of their food, especially the breads? Additionally, they didn't give us an item we ordered to take home, but charged us for it. After that hair, we wouldn't have eaten it anyway. Ultimately, Nino's is ALL about REVENUE for a TERRIBLE ATMOSPHERIC return. Do not go here on weekends, unless you don't mind rubbing shoulders (unless outdoors) with the next table's guests and losing your hearing due to the ambient noise of everyone trying to converse. My plates sat on the table, crowding every inch of space until we left. Wait staff is over-worked so as to not allow enough attention for their tables. Nino's is not only a fire hazard, the high noise level made it almost unbearable. We're reporting them to ADA & the fire department. The best time we had was walking away from it. It was awful. Sadly, this place is a disaster...

My husband and I had dinner here for his birthday. I put in the reservation note that it was a special occasion and his birthday. That went without notice. The food wasn’t great, extremely disappointed especially since I read previous reviews and it sounded great. The seafood cannelloni was burnt, you get 3 and 2 out of the 3 had portions of the noodle that was black and hard. I mentioned it to the waiter and he just had a nervous laugh and said “oh yea” the honey roasted shrimp was hard breaded and had what tasted like McDonald’s sweet n sour sauce on it however adding some lemon made it better. My husband had the fettuccine chicken Alfredo the oil was bountiful in the dish, the Parmesan the waiter added was grated Parmesan, even Olive Garden has shaved Parmesan! The servers walked around face down in their phones one having a conversation on the phone that what looked like the manager joining in on the conversation, I thought this was a nicer restaurant but I guess I was mistaken, the hostess had a midriff shirt on showing her stomach. All the hype I had heard and was excited for just lacked today. It looked like we were the only customers in there as our reservation was at 4pm. I don’t know if they have dessert as we weren’t offered any dessert menu or given the option. Free parking but limited, by the way the our experience went we could have brought the kids because I didn’t see fine dining or upscale dining from our experience where kids would be frowned upon...