Garibaldi's Italiano - Carson City

This place is so strange. It has incredible food, but it's gatekept by incredibly rude service. The bartender woman is a really ornery woman who is curt and impatient. I don't understand why she has such an attitude. I really love the food here but you have to put up with an incredibly rude and nasty bartender woman.

I called at 6pm for a reservation at 7pm and got through to a voicemail that said to leave my contact info for a reservation and if there are no openings, we will call you...if you don 't hear from us you 're all good to come in. We didn 't get a call saying not to come so we headed on in. The server who greeted us took one look at our children, rolled his eyes and then informed us we didn 't have a reservation. I explained I left a voicemail and per their recording we were clear To come in because we didn 't get a call back. Dude literally scoffed at me and said oh we are wayyyyy to busy to check the phones. I have a 7 top and an 8 top. Only two of us are working. He acted as if I should have inherently known they were busy? Not sure why he had such a gross attitude towards us and our children but it was very clear we weren 't welcome, so we left. We won 't return either. I get being short staffed and I get having big tables...but the attitude we received for literally no reason was astounding to me. I could never treat a client like that at my work and still have a job. Very shameful.

Tonight a party of eight had dinner at Garibaldi's. Definitely, this restaurant is lower in food quality and service compared to 16 years ago. My suggestion is save your money expensive and the food is not worth it or the service. Note if you look at the menu available on the website it is outdated. Items are the menu are no longer offered and the prices are about double in cost. Employees have a nasty attitude with their customers. Shameful since the customers is who keeps the venue open. At this party of eight because of one person seven others got to see how rude the employees treated this one customer. Salmon dish with pasty lacked salt or favor. Spinach salad could use more spinach and less of the toppings (which were not tasty). Overall, my experience of this restaurant is not what I had from the prior years. Downgraded their quality of service and food quality. Oh, note you can not ask for separate checks. Come prepared with cash if you need to split bills.

We got there last Saturday night when they first opened. The place had a foul odor. Don't know if it was from the building being old, or the carpet? But that smell finally died-down after meals were being cooked. Our Waitress was nice and accommodating. Anyways, we ordered Calamari for the appetizer and it tasted good and was cooked well. I got the Spaghetti and the Wife got the Pork Tenderloin Special. Both meals were plated well, and were big portions. They were both cooked well, and tasted good. No complaints about the food, itself. The only downside was you had to order bread, separately. Most places include bread with a meal. We found that odd, and kind of off-putting. The meals were high-priced, though. So be wary of that. We will probably go back, but if you're a working Family like we are, you'll only be able to afford this place once a month, or once every other month. I'd give the food 4 Stars. Everything else was a three.

Because there is no ZERO. Must be a lot of FAKE reviews. Definitely not the place to go for a special occasion, which they would not dream of acknowledging. Sometimes a great server can sort of make-up for a terrible meal. Not here. Owner's daughter takes it as a personal insult just because you did not like your meal, nor did you eat it. She thinks it is all about her. Way over-priced. Much better choices for Italian food in Carson City. Better food, service, ambiance, prices, and hospitality is readily available. You have been warned.