What I respect the most about UA as a reviewer is that he is HONEST. I subscribe to tons of food reviewers (on other platforms) and after a while I unsubscribe as most always say the same thing: EVERYTHING IS SOOOO DELICIOUS, OMMMGGGG… Honesty is the difference between a real reviewer and an “influencer” posing as one.
@@yukonstriker1703hilarious lack of understanding. You think he’s so popular because he praises all the food? Watch more of him instead of just blindly commenting. He doesn’t like everything but more than that his shows are all over the world and heavily curated. He’s not going to be going to random junk places for food.
Carbone is very overrated. Was lucky to get a 9 PM seating. Service was terrible as they did not seem interested in selling cocktails. They pushed some overprice wine. After being seated they finally brought our coccktails just as the food hit the table. Veal Parm was ok. When they figured out that we were not ordering expensive wine they rushed us out. 4 short poured cocktails, 2 over priced appetizers and 2 Veal Parm came to $400 with tax and tip. Not a thank you Not a goodnight. Never again
Not surprised. A lot of Italian restaurants are way overpriced. You can buy bronze dye cut pasta, fresh meat, a quality San marzano sauce and a chunk of Parmigiano Reggiano for less than 30 bucks for two people if you know how.
I’ve been thoroughly unimpressed with a lot of the hyped up Italian restaurants in NYC. Idk why Italian food gets so many overhyped restaurants that are just not worth the price. I’ve eaten better cart food in Manhattan then some of these restaurants. And let’s not talk about the prices. Must be some old mob stuff where very wealthy people would eat there because theres no way it’s just because of the food.
@@JsBlazIN maybe it’s just a personal preference. I mean you could always buy a jar of ragu and eat at home for 5$ but it’s just not the same thing! I did hit up carmines in manhattan and have to say it wasn’t worth it. Having said that I hit up a lot of recommended restaurants in nyc and found all of them over priced and over hyped. Cart food? Hell no
I love your reviews. RUclips nowadays is so saturated with food reviewers orgasm at everything they put in their mouths, finding an honest food reviewer is a rarity nowadays.
I just discovered your channel, love it!!! Great reviews and down to earth! I was born and raised in Europe and am of multiethnic background. My mother was Croatian-German-Hungarian and her cooking reflected her ethnic background, mostly Austrian-Hungarian Dishes. We lived in the Italian part of Switzerland, thus her cooking was influenced by that style as well. She was a home-cook and baker, but very good at it and a real food fanatic. We were what you Americans call "foodies", but we were lacking money and could rarely afford choicer cuts of meat and fish, just for Sundays and the Holidays she would try to procure a chicken or some roast. We ate mostly starches and veggies and locally grown fruit. I didn't know what kivis or mangos were, until I first encountered them later in life, after I had come to Chicago. Many of the foods, I grew up eating, were not available in the USA or difficult to come by and only could be found in Metropolitan areas and ethnic neighborhoods. I lived in a small town about 2 hours away from Chicago-land were the local markets only carried American foods. Just a couple times a year I'd drive to Chicago to ethnic markets, Polish, Hungarian, German, Italian etc. to get European type groceries. That was back in the seventies, now even in smaller towns imported international foods have become more widely available. At home, I try to prepare the dishes that I grew up with, and that my mother taught me to cook, from the ingredients available here. I still bake bread, once or twice a week and always have some nice home made pastries in the fridge or freezer, ready in case someone stops by for a visit. I cannot afford this type of high class specialty restaurants that you are reviewing with my very limited financial resources, but, thanks to youtube and people like you, I am able to visit these places and get an idea how they are. And, most of the time, I get the impression that I am not missing anything, and that my home cooked food probably is way better than what they have to offer.
@@Oobaglunk Yeah their prices are insane. The caesar salad I had there was one of the best ever, but $32 for a caesar salad is steep. The prices at the Dallas and Miami location are slightly better, but it's still expensive.
Just did Lucali's this weekend. Was worth the hype. Got there an hour early at 3:15 and could pick any time we wanted to eat. It's hard to live up to expectations when they are that high but they did. Would love to hear what you think
thanks for keeping it real. Whenever I go to a restaurant with very high expectations it seems like I get defrauded. so many people overrate that it really sucks having to pay a lot of money for very mediocre meals.
I almost never eat Italian food out of the house. The value proposition for what you get is almost always a big disappointment. I usually just stick to pizza. Tastes good and very affordable.
I can’t see how they even got a Michelin star. Those dishes have nothing to do with great recipes. In Italy you probably would pay no more than 8 dollar for any of those pasta plates. Americanized recipes have nothing to do with the Italian tradition. God.. I can cook much better than that and I’m certainly no chef.
At Woodbury Commons, there's a restaurant "Parm" that I think is related to Carbone, although I'm not 100% sure. They have Carbone Rigatoni on the menu, and if it's the same as Carbone, I totally agree with your comment. It was a big disappointment. I also had the meatball parm, and I also noticed that it seems like the meatballs have sausage in them. But I didn't care for the sausage texture in the meatballs at all.
The food looks so so good and the lighting of this video is really top notch. I’m not really allowed to eat pasta due to some sensitivities so this is pure torture through the screen haha
I love your honesty. Most you tubers always only have great things to say and couple times I got burned going to places they reviewed which were not as good as they made it out to be😩. Thanks for keeping it real!
Nice video. This type of restaurants are usually not so good, specially if you asked for dishes or foods randomly from the menu. You found that the mozzarella cheese and the meat balls are the best because they are fresh and they sell too many of them on regular basis, so those are not left over. The other dishes (pasta with sauces) ...you could do them better at home or get them in a cheaper restaurant. 👍
Hey UA! Hope you've been doing well my lad! It's nice seeing your channel continue to grow! I have never been there myself, but a few old coworkers of mine said they like the food at "Pasta Lovers" In Manhattan. Perhaps you could give that one a try! I'd be very curious as well.
Before Carbone, it was Il Mulino churning out decent enough Italian-American food but at preposterous prices. Carbone is basically Il Mulino for a younger crowd. Torrisi, one of their other places in the restaurant group, is a much better restaurant. Outside of the group, there are old school spots like Michael's in Brooklyn, Rubirosa in Little Italy, or something more recent like Don Angie, which is a more modern take on Italian-American cuisine.
In NYC there are tons of spaghetti joints that serve a good sauce, good meatballs, sausages, and eggplant, and don’t cost an arm and a leg. Michael’s is always a good choice
In a city like New York, there’s NEVER reason to wait for anything! Lol there’s always going to be another place just as good, if not better somewhere else in the city. Forma Pasta Factory is one of my favorite pasta places, you could’ve gotten an amazing Fettuccini Fungi for just 13 bucks!
A place I would like for you to review is Sevilla. IMO, it's the best Spanish restaurant in the city. Get the chicken riojana, clams a la ajillo, and the seafood paella a la marinera. The prices went up in the past few years, but I think it's still worth it.
Nice review UA, those portions looked awfully small for the price also. I kind of feel a little sorry for Tina though. It seems like whenever she is with you, she has to wait for you to try and poke around in her food before she can eat.
Nice work, UA. You do it so the rest of us don't have to. Why they pack these restaurants is beyond me. This place is really lazy and easy to see why their reputation is taking a hit
Thanks for an honest review. I definitely will not be going to Carbone next time I'm in the city. There are so many good restaurants, I don't need to eat mediocre food at prices where you need to take a second mortgage on your home to pay for! Love your channel, UA, keep up the good work!
We Love Your reviews UA!!!. The menu is sparce as to other "Little Italy" restaurants I have dinned at and not using "Fresh Pasta" to a formal Michelin Star is also disappointing to what I see. All review comments are always welcomed as Honesty is being lost now of day's but, Never Back Down.
The coolest part of your channel is that. You might be helping Carbone get their Star back if they listen to your input. I’m right now imagining if UA Rating will be a thing in the future.🤔🤔🤔 I would say do a UA Star rating from 1 to 5. Your credibility is pretty solid at this point. KEEP GROWING!!
3:43 Did you lose some RUclips subscribers after saying that? You probably should have just cut that out of the video. People are very sensitive. Especially online.
I was going to make it my mission to get a res at Carbone for November, but after this video I'm not going to worry about it. Does anyone have a suggestion of where else to go for the best Italian food in NYC?? Or any other highly rated delicious restaurant??
Well, the porterhouse for 2 at Carne y Mare is $225. And the Times regularly reviews Japanese tasting menus which swamp the $89. There’s one on the Bowery for $600+…
A lot of pasta dishes are supposed to be made with dry pasta, though. Fresh pasta doesn't always mean better. The rigatoni dish that he expressed "box pasta" is inherently always made with dry pasta, so it feels like this guy is just reaching for criticisms that don't even make sense
@@Edmontonoilers4life1 good to be reminded of. I just went back to his l’artusi review, a ny Italian place, the “box pasta” comment was the number one comment in that video and ua acknowledged it, so I am curious if it is just a preference of ua’s.
For sure. Think of it this way. Would you rather have a nice al dente spaghetti for a dish made with spaghetti, or a chewy fresh version? Most would take the al dente version. Box pasta criticism are made by people that are just fishing and likely have never even had fresh pasta versions of the dishes they are criticizing.@@brandoncarpenter9681
I am always very worried when the food comes out too fast. It’s been reheated 😮 also the meatball looked completely raw - i.e. probably microwaved. I rather am disappointed that the mushroom fettuccine was not made with porcini mushrooms. At least the garlic bread was decent 😂
Final thoughts sounds like it is actually far below average considering the prices paid for each dish and the quality subpar at best aside from the mozz. Meatball is good, but should be good from an "Italian" restaurant in NYC. I would skip it all together by the sound of it. Any place in little Italy probably puts it to shame.
1) box pasta can be amazing quality pasta. Its not lesser. to fresh, its different. 2) canned tomatoes can be amazing if you're using a good quality tomato that's canned at the peek of freshness.
Agree- too many people (like commenters here) think "fresh pasta" > "dried pasta". They are 2 different things and typically used w/ different sauces. Although I heard that Carbone uses "fresh" pasta for their rigatoni, for a vodka sauce (which is relatively rich) they probably shouldn't. BTW that mushroom pasta looks like its fresh (not dried).
UA, I enjoy learning about the restaurants that you feature on your channel. It would be great if you could learn some table manners however. It's difficult to take someone's opinion on fine dining food when they eat like they're in a McDonald's.
I've only been to the one in Las Vegas, but I enjoyed it. Definitely not the best Italian I've had but not nearly as bad as many here make it out to be (the menu is pretty much the same as NYC). I do find it a little frustrating when people respond to a meal or dish with "well I've had better X at Y, therefore this food isn't very good". I dont go into every meal expecting it to be the best I've ever had. I'd rather judge a place on its own merits rather than whether other places are better, or assuming a restaurant is amazing because of hype. Diaclaimer: I don't live in NYC and this don't have access to world-class Italian on every block. :) Love the vids, though; just subscribed yesterday.
You said the sauce was runny and not thick, but in your video the sauce consistency of the rigatoni looks perfect. Not runny at all and clinging perfectly to the pasta. I'm sure the place is overrated for the price, but most of your feedback seems manufactured and forced. Saying they used boxed dry pasta for a rigatoni and taking points off, when that dish, and a lot of pasta dishes, are supposed to be made with dry pasta, is also dumb and forced.
Agreed. Everyone is jumping on that "Finally someone who is completely honest" bandwagon WAY too quick imo. Being critical =/= being right and it shows in this video.
I'm sorry but even before you finished/ rated it ....these places are getting out of their minds with prices on pasta dishes. Same with the price for two meatballs. Fyi sugar is adding to balance out the acidity and is often added to freshly made sauce,not just canned sauce.
I have eaten at Carbone twice. The first time was a lucky walk-in. They had just received a cancellation. At that time they still had their 1 Star. We both thought it was OK but just so. The menu was uninspired. The second time we ate there we were given a friend’s reservation. By this time Carbone had lost their single Star. At this dining experience the food and service were worse. This is a highly overrated pompous place. Even the decor appears worn and frayed. It reminds me of the current iteration of the Russian Tea Room. Once great and now a low quality tourist attraction.
I respect UA's honest food reviews and this one was brutal. Everything looked delicious but, I guess you can't judge a book by its Michelin Star cover.
I've been to Carbone a couple times. I agree with your overall assessment that it's way overhyped and the food is mostly pretty average. However, there is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY they are using boxed pasta. I 100% guarantee you that it is all made in-house, including the dried/extruded stuff like the rigatoni. The one dish there that I think is awesome is the rigatoni vodka, so I'll disagree with you on that one. I actually don't think the meatballs are anything special.
You have to up your culinary knowledge: How the heck could it be fresh mozzarella imported from ITALY!? Also, anyone with ANY culinary cooking interest at all can make pasta at home as good or better than ANY Italian restaurant…in addition to MEATBALLS! You don’t go to a restaurant to OVERPAY for this stuff! Veal, fish, eggplant, certain steak dishes…dishes harder to make at home…maybe. But still wouldn’t overpay. To order those simple pasta dishes that you did, to pay those ridiculous prices, well, it’s a free country.
its not that expensive. i thought when i heard it was overpriced it was like a dish for 150usd +. but 25-100usd for a dish and 25 usd for 2 drinks at a fancy resturant is very respectable. in norway if you go to some mediocre elegant resturant its more expensive than this
Carbone isn't overrated, because New Yorkers don't eat there. Tourists only.
Lmao...😂
Yeah, in a NYer, no one is pressed to get in.
truth
I love his honesty, please don’t change, like other food RUclipsrs everything they taste they love. Honesty is very important
What I respect the most about UA as a reviewer is that he is HONEST. I subscribe to tons of food reviewers (on other platforms) and after a while I unsubscribe as most always say the same thing: EVERYTHING IS SOOOO DELICIOUS, OMMMGGGG…
Honesty is the difference between a real reviewer and an “influencer” posing as one.
I agree,....at least for right now we know UA is not being ''comped''.
Unfortunately, being honest will not get you far on social media, you have to cater to the fake audience.
@@yukonstriker1703hilarious lack of understanding. You think he’s so popular because he praises all the food? Watch more of him instead of just blindly commenting. He doesn’t like everything but more than that his shows are all over the world and heavily curated. He’s not going to be going to random junk places for food.
When UA takes a second bite without any facial drama,....you know he thinks it sucks. The first bite always tells the story.
One bite everybody knows the rules...😅
Omg that's so true! 😂😂😂😂😂 If you don't get the first bite reaction: "Mmmmmm!" Chew, chew, chew, chew "Mmmmmmm very nice!" 😂😂😂😂😂
Carbone is very overrated. Was lucky to get a 9 PM seating. Service was terrible as they did not seem interested in selling cocktails. They pushed some overprice wine. After being seated they finally brought our coccktails just as the food hit the table. Veal Parm was ok. When they figured out that we were not ordering expensive wine they rushed us out. 4 short poured cocktails, 2 over priced appetizers and 2 Veal Parm came to $400 with tax and tip. Not a thank you Not a goodnight. Never again
a nightmare!
Well they want 89.0o for 'veal parmigiana" even a Vegas Casino can't justify that price.
$89 for veal? Fcuk out my face with that
*overpriced
just go to places you can afford like Halal guys. People go to places not within their league then complain about prices
Not surprised. A lot of Italian restaurants are way overpriced. You can buy bronze dye cut pasta, fresh meat, a quality San marzano sauce and a chunk of Parmigiano Reggiano for less than 30 bucks for two people if you know how.
a lot of restaurants are over priced nowadays period
I’ve been thoroughly unimpressed with a lot of the hyped up Italian restaurants in NYC. Idk why Italian food gets so many overhyped restaurants that are just not worth the price. I’ve eaten better cart food in Manhattan then some of these restaurants. And let’s not talk about the prices. Must be some old mob stuff where very wealthy people would eat there because theres no way it’s just because of the food.
@@JsBlazIN maybe it’s just a personal preference. I mean you could always buy a jar of ragu and eat at home for 5$ but it’s just not the same thing! I did hit up carmines in manhattan and have to say it wasn’t worth it. Having said that I hit up a lot of recommended restaurants in nyc and found all of them over priced and over hyped. Cart food? Hell no
easily less than 20 dollars actually and have 4 portions of pasta
@@khalidcarrillo1132 quality over quantity! It’s always much cheaper to eat at home lol
I love your reviews. RUclips nowadays is so saturated with food reviewers orgasm at everything they put in their mouths, finding an honest food reviewer is a rarity nowadays.
I just discovered your channel, love it!!! Great reviews and down to earth!
I was born and raised in Europe and am of multiethnic background. My mother was Croatian-German-Hungarian and her cooking reflected her ethnic background, mostly Austrian-Hungarian Dishes.
We lived in the Italian part of Switzerland, thus her cooking was influenced by that style as well.
She was a home-cook and baker, but very good at it and a real food fanatic. We were what you Americans call "foodies",
but we were lacking money and could rarely afford choicer cuts of meat and fish,
just for Sundays and the Holidays
she would try to procure a chicken or some roast.
We ate mostly starches and veggies and locally grown fruit.
I didn't know what kivis or mangos were, until I first encountered them later in life, after I had come to Chicago.
Many of the foods, I grew up eating, were not available in the USA or difficult to come by and only could be found in Metropolitan areas and ethnic neighborhoods.
I lived in a small town about 2 hours away from Chicago-land were the local markets only carried American foods.
Just a couple times a year I'd drive to Chicago to ethnic markets, Polish, Hungarian, German, Italian etc. to get European type groceries.
That was back in the seventies, now even in smaller towns imported international foods have become more widely available.
At home, I try to prepare the dishes that I grew up with, and that my mother taught me to cook, from the ingredients available here.
I still bake bread, once or twice a week
and always have some nice home made pastries in the fridge or freezer, ready in case someone stops by for a visit.
I cannot afford this type of high class specialty restaurants that you are reviewing with my very limited financial resources,
but, thanks to youtube and people like you,
I am able to visit these places and get an idea how they are.
And, most of the time, I get the impression that I am not missing anything,
and that my home cooked food probably is way better than what they have to offer.
When they found Carbone in the meat truck, he was frozen so stiff it took them three days to thaw him out for the autopsy.
Great movie!
Very best!!!!
@@henryhill6637what's right is right!
It liquefied in the pan, it was a very good system.
@@rnoldh medium rare, an aristocrat
Thank you for your unbiased review. It's kind of funny that the highlight of the experience was the cheese and meatball (dry).
You can see why they lost their Michelin Star 🌟
Box pasta, then they deserve to lost the Michelin star
More hype than substance. I ate there 3 months ago and the food was good, not great. The minestrone soup at $26 is a joke..
never knew they had one to begin with... wow
@@Oobaglunk Yeah their prices are insane. The caesar salad I had there was one of the best ever, but $32 for a caesar salad is steep. The prices at the Dallas and Miami location are slightly better, but it's still expensive.
The meatballs looked undercooked for pork based
Just did Lucali's this weekend. Was worth the hype. Got there an hour early at 3:15 and could pick any time we wanted to eat. It's hard to live up to expectations when they are that high but they did. Would love to hear what you think
Was just in new York but didn't get to lucalis hopefully next time
Is Lucali’s a pizza place?
@@mikentosh yep
His brothers restaurant is better. Better pizza too. Guissipinas.
Lucali has good pizza. Di Fara is better though and without the douchey attitude.
thanks for keeping it real. Whenever I go to a restaurant with very high expectations it seems like I get defrauded. so many people overrate that it really sucks having to pay a lot of money for very mediocre meals.
I almost never eat Italian food out of the house. The value proposition for what you get is almost always a big disappointment. I usually just stick to pizza. Tastes good and very affordable.
I agree with you. I have the same strategy (as a dutchman with Italian grandparents).
same here. even at expensive Italian restauants im usually like, i make better pasta at home.
The law of diminishing returns
highly anticipated. UA doesn’t disappoint. Carbone on the other hand, meh.
I can’t see how they even got a Michelin star. Those dishes have nothing to do with great recipes. In Italy you probably would pay no more than 8 dollar for any of those pasta plates. Americanized recipes have nothing to do with the Italian tradition. God.. I can cook much better than that and I’m certainly no chef.
Doubtful as i always overcooked my pasta
What I like about this channel is that he is totally honest with the food that is being served. And now I can say over priced food.
At Woodbury Commons, there's a restaurant "Parm" that I think is related to Carbone, although I'm not 100% sure. They have Carbone Rigatoni on the menu, and if it's the same as Carbone, I totally agree with your comment. It was a big disappointment. I also had the meatball parm, and I also noticed that it seems like the meatballs have sausage in them. But I didn't care for the sausage texture in the meatballs at all.
They make their own pasta. No restaurant makes sauce with fresh tomatoes. Canned are the only way to get consistent ripe tomatoes.
To summarize what to get at Carbone:
- Mozarella
- Bread
Thanks UA!
The food looks so so good and the lighting of this video is really top notch. I’m not really allowed to eat pasta due to some sensitivities so this is pure torture through the screen haha
until u get the bill lol
I need more videos please lol keep the great work buddy 🎉
I'll keep em coming!
I appreciate UA's honest reviews. Keep it up UA.
I love your honesty. Most you tubers always only have great things to say and couple times I got burned going to places they reviewed which were not as good as they made it out to be😩. Thanks for keeping it real!
What was the total cost of the meal?
Nice video. This type of restaurants are usually not so good, specially if you asked for dishes or foods randomly from the menu. You found that the mozzarella cheese and the meat balls are the best because they are fresh and they sell too many of them on regular basis, so those are not left over. The other dishes (pasta with sauces) ...you could do them better at home or get them in a cheaper restaurant. 👍
He's right too, anything trash, just remove it from the menu.
Hey UA!
Hope you've been doing well my lad! It's nice seeing your channel continue to grow! I have never been there myself, but a few old coworkers of mine said they like the food at "Pasta Lovers" In Manhattan. Perhaps you could give that one a try! I'd be very curious as well.
Before Carbone, it was Il Mulino churning out decent enough Italian-American food but at preposterous prices. Carbone is basically Il Mulino for a younger crowd. Torrisi, one of their other places in the restaurant group, is a much better restaurant. Outside of the group, there are old school spots like Michael's in Brooklyn, Rubirosa in Little Italy, or something more recent like Don Angie, which is a more modern take on Italian-American cuisine.
In NYC there are tons of spaghetti joints that serve a good sauce, good meatballs, sausages, and eggplant, and don’t cost an arm and a leg. Michael’s is always a good choice
I like that you give honest reviews and don't say that every place is AMAZING as do so many RUclipsrs and Tik Tokers
UA...
I very much enjoy your reviews and honest demeanor.
One thing... can you pleeeeeeease change out hat background ragtime music!!??
Thanks
TheBay
I actually enjoy the bgm. Lmao
In a city like New York, there’s NEVER reason to wait for anything! Lol there’s always going to be another place just as good, if not better somewhere else in the city. Forma Pasta Factory is one of my favorite pasta places, you could’ve gotten an amazing Fettuccini Fungi for just 13 bucks!
A place I would like for you to review is Sevilla. IMO, it's the best Spanish restaurant in the city. Get the chicken riojana, clams a la ajillo, and the seafood paella a la marinera. The prices went up in the past few years, but I think it's still worth it.
Sevilla was my go to in the West Village when going to NYU!
I think UA is allergic to shellfish.
Clams A la no way …. And seafood paella. ??
You don’t watch his reviews do you?
Rough review UA 😂 I'd be careful Carbone's might know some guys 😂😂 great video 👍
Nice review UA, those portions looked awfully small for the price also. I kind of feel a little sorry for Tina though. It seems like whenever she is with you, she has to wait for you to try and poke around in her food before she can eat.
If she's not paying I don't want to hear it. lol
A high quality canned tomato can be better than available fresh tomatoes. It doesn't taste like tin either lol.
Please review Carmine's Italian Restaurant. Thanks.
I like how the dishes here are meant to be shared as characterized by the big spoon on the plate, kinda like asian dishes.
yep, family style!
At time mark 1:56, isn't that Andrew Alfred Scott from the Property Brothers?
Nice work, UA. You do it so the rest of us don't have to. Why they pack these restaurants is beyond me. This place is really lazy and easy to see why their reputation is taking a hit
People just go to take pictures, post on instagram and brag about eating there.
I'm sorry it was not great your videos are always spot on thank you for your thoughts and for sharing ❤
Why did the food come so fast? Is it all pre-made?
Thanks for an honest review. I definitely will not be going to Carbone next time I'm in the city. There are so many good restaurants, I don't need to eat mediocre food at prices where you need to take a second mortgage on your home to pay for! Love your channel, UA, keep up the good work!
What I don't understand about all these food reviewers are the utter lack of table manners! Ridiculous. And disgusting.
Obviously not worth the wait! I'm so glad you reviewed it. Now we kind of know why they lost their Michelin star don't we.
We Love Your reviews UA!!!. The menu is sparce as to other "Little Italy" restaurants I have dinned at and not using "Fresh Pasta" to a formal Michelin Star is also disappointing to what I see. All review comments are always welcomed as Honesty is being lost now of day's but, Never Back Down.
Yesss I’ve been waiting for the Carbone review!
Hope you enjoyed it!
@@uaeats you nailed it. Carbone has been overrated for years.
If you ever get to Phoenix AZ go to Durant's downtown. Great food and service. If you have been there, how would you rate it?
I've been waiting so long for you to review this restaurant 😭😭😭 thank you
The coolest part of your channel is that. You might be helping Carbone get their Star back if they listen to your input. I’m right now imagining if UA Rating will be a thing in the future.🤔🤔🤔 I would say do a UA Star rating from 1 to 5. Your credibility is pretty solid at this point. KEEP GROWING!!
When ordering you should ask if an item is made fresh..like the pasta..or packaged/ canned etc to adjust what you order.
Great video and review. Agree with you. Excellent critique. Love your facial expressions!
Wow, what an honest, observant review! You are good.
I love this episode.... this is the best RUclips channel. Enjoy
3:43 Did you lose some RUclips subscribers after saying that? You probably should have just cut that out of the video. People are very sensitive. Especially online.
Why did you take the pasta vodka from the bowl to a plate?
Need to try Michael's Of Brooklyn or Brooklyn Rootsin Brooklyn amazing food
Appreciate your honest review!
I was going to make it my mission to get a res at Carbone for November, but after this video I'm not going to worry about it. Does anyone have a suggestion of where else to go for the best Italian food in NYC?? Or any other highly rated delicious restaurant??
L'Artusi.
@@darkknight32920 It's on my list! Thank you!
a place that wants over 30 bucks for a pasta dish, and then i can probably make it better at home. Yeah thats disappointing😂
$89 for veal parm… The very definition of customer price gouging.
There's a sucker born every day
@@RFSpartan 🤣
Well, the porterhouse for 2 at Carne y Mare is $225. And the Times regularly reviews Japanese tasting menus which swamp the $89. There’s one on the Bowery for $600+…
Saying the pasta is from the box is all I need to know. Good unbiased review as usual!
A lot of pasta dishes are supposed to be made with dry pasta, though. Fresh pasta doesn't always mean better. The rigatoni dish that he expressed "box pasta" is inherently always made with dry pasta, so it feels like this guy is just reaching for criticisms that don't even make sense
@@Edmontonoilers4life1 good to be reminded of. I just went back to his l’artusi review, a ny Italian place, the “box pasta” comment was the number one comment in that video and ua acknowledged it, so I am curious if it is just a preference of ua’s.
For sure. Think of it this way. Would you rather have a nice al dente spaghetti for a dish made with spaghetti, or a chewy fresh version? Most would take the al dente version. Box pasta criticism are made by people that are just fishing and likely have never even had fresh pasta versions of the dishes they are criticizing.@@brandoncarpenter9681
But he did say that if was a boxed pasta it was a lower quality and they should have used a better quality.
love the honesty
first time subscribed any channel. very refreshing and unpretentious food perspectives.
UA, can you review Jungsik?
UA, were you at Newport Mall in jersey city? Thought I saw you haha
Great review
Agreed - I felt that the pasta appears to be store-bought/ off the shelves. Service is excellent!
Good review!
Thanks for the honest review!
Why did you move the meatball to a plate?
UA EATS NEEDS A SCORE RATING SYSTEM. Great video!!!!
Please review Patsys in New York . Sinatra was a regular
I am always very worried when the food comes out too fast. It’s been reheated 😮 also the meatball looked completely raw - i.e. probably microwaved. I rather am disappointed that the mushroom fettuccine was not made with porcini mushrooms. At least the garlic bread was decent 😂
Appreciate your review! No wonder they lost their Michelin star.
Why is that place not filled when you are there? Says a lot about their walk in and rsvp process
3.1k+ 👍! Hi UA! Ooh Wee! Mmm! I enjoy you and your true reviews. It feels like I've almost been to the places you show!
The Lobster Ravioli is definitely a hit! I had it last month and it was delicious!
I love your videos UA, but can I ask you why do you call appetizers "apps"? No offense, but it sounds a bit ridiculous.
Always honest… and that counts in my book!! Thanks for being honest!!!
I bought the Carbone pasta sauces to try at home and was so disappointed! It was so sweet. Sweeter than any other jar pasta sauces I’ve ever tried.
Try "Michael's of Brooklyn" pasta sauce. I couldn't believe it was from a jar.
The reason why it is so difficult to get a reservation is because resy allows bots. The bots sell the reservation for a charge
Great review 👏
Final thoughts sounds like it is actually far below average considering the prices paid for each dish and the quality subpar at best aside from the mozz. Meatball is good, but should be good from an "Italian" restaurant in NYC. I would skip it all together by the sound of it. Any place in little Italy probably puts it to shame.
where do you go for Italian then?
He goes to Olive Garden...his favorite place
1) box pasta can be amazing quality pasta. Its not lesser. to fresh, its different. 2) canned tomatoes can be amazing if you're using a good quality tomato that's canned at the peek of freshness.
Agree- too many people (like commenters here) think "fresh pasta" > "dried pasta". They are 2 different things and typically used w/ different sauces. Although I heard that Carbone uses "fresh" pasta for their rigatoni, for a vodka sauce (which is relatively rich) they probably shouldn't. BTW that mushroom pasta looks like its fresh (not dried).
UA, I enjoy learning about the restaurants that you feature on your channel. It would be great if you could learn some table manners however. It's difficult to take someone's opinion on fine dining food when they eat like they're in a McDonald's.
LMAO that sign in the front... When will it break off and maim someone?
I've only been to the one in Las Vegas, but I enjoyed it. Definitely not the best Italian I've had but not nearly as bad as many here make it out to be (the menu is pretty much the same as NYC). I do find it a little frustrating when people respond to a meal or dish with "well I've had better X at Y, therefore this food isn't very good". I dont go into every meal expecting it to be the best I've ever had. I'd rather judge a place on its own merits rather than whether other places are better, or assuming a restaurant is amazing because of hype.
Diaclaimer: I don't live in NYC and this don't have access to world-class Italian on every block. :)
Love the vids, though; just subscribed yesterday.
You said the sauce was runny and not thick, but in your video the sauce consistency of the rigatoni looks perfect. Not runny at all and clinging perfectly to the pasta. I'm sure the place is overrated for the price, but most of your feedback seems manufactured and forced. Saying they used boxed dry pasta for a rigatoni and taking points off, when that dish, and a lot of pasta dishes, are supposed to be made with dry pasta, is also dumb and forced.
Agreed. Everyone is jumping on that "Finally someone who is completely honest" bandwagon WAY too quick imo. Being critical =/= being right and it shows in this video.
agreed, i thought the alla vodka looked fine, ofc not in the american style of being over-sauced; ditto the tagliatte with fungi
I'm sorry but even before you finished/ rated it ....these places are getting out of their minds with prices on pasta dishes. Same with the price for two meatballs.
Fyi sugar is adding to balance out the acidity and is often added to freshly made sauce,not just canned sauce.
I have eaten at Carbone twice. The first time was a lucky walk-in. They had just received a cancellation. At that time they still had their 1 Star. We both thought it was OK but just so. The menu was uninspired.
The second time we ate there we were given a friend’s reservation. By this time Carbone had lost their single Star. At this dining experience the food and service were worse.
This is a highly overrated pompous place. Even the decor appears worn and frayed.
It reminds me of the current iteration of the Russian Tea Room. Once great and now a low quality tourist attraction.
can you please do a video in Rao's??
how is he going to get into Raos 😂
what do you mean??? he gone to higher quality restaurants.. lol
Another winner of a video let's help UA reach 25k come on guys let's make it happen he is oh so close
I respect UA's honest food reviews and this one was brutal. Everything looked delicious but, I guess you can't judge a book by its Michelin Star cover.
Try Pietro's. Shells ala Nat very good. Bone marrow sauce.
Way overpriced for the ingredients involved. You can’t even say you're paying for ambiance as you got kicked to the overflow section.
I've been to Carbone a couple times. I agree with your overall assessment that it's way overhyped and the food is mostly pretty average. However, there is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY they are using boxed pasta. I 100% guarantee you that it is all made in-house, including the dried/extruded stuff like the rigatoni. The one dish there that I think is awesome is the rigatoni vodka, so I'll disagree with you on that one. I actually don't think the meatballs are anything special.
You have to up your culinary knowledge:
How the heck could it be fresh mozzarella imported from ITALY!?
Also, anyone with ANY culinary cooking interest at all can make pasta at home as good or better than ANY Italian restaurant…in addition to MEATBALLS! You don’t go to a restaurant to OVERPAY for this stuff!
Veal, fish, eggplant, certain steak dishes…dishes harder to make at home…maybe. But still wouldn’t overpay.
To order those simple pasta dishes that you did, to pay those ridiculous prices, well, it’s a free country.
Bruh. I think YOU need to up ur knowledge a bit. Fresh mozzarellas aint literally mean its made to order. Lmao
@@dailylifeofanything399 I know THAT. But fresh mozz/Buffalo mozz, isn’t flown in. It’s still made locally.
You got Car-boned!.................lol! Nice review as usual
its not that expensive. i thought when i heard it was overpriced it was like a dish for 150usd +. but 25-100usd for a dish and 25 usd for 2 drinks at a fancy resturant is very respectable. in norway if you go to some mediocre elegant resturant its more expensive than this
$95 for veal masala with store bought pasta is a literal spit in the face