Strings

Melanie Leon

Excellent service and great food. I had not been to Strings in 20 years. It was great that they still had the house salad! We will be back❤️ Our sever was very attentive and really nice.

Rafael

My wife and I stopped by String Italian café in Carmichael for breakfast. I ordered the green chilaquiles - honestly some of the best chilaquiles I’ve had anywhere, very homemade, tortillas were crispy, just like mom’s. Perfect balance of spice, crunch, and flavor. My wife had the stuffed French toast with strawberries on top, super delicious without being too heavy. Service was fast, friendly, and the place has that cozy neighborhood vibe that makes you want to come back. Definitely a new favorite place for us. Highly recommend!

Jeffrey Buck

My wife has been coming here for years and I finally took the time to come to breakfast. Breakfast was amazing. I had the breakfast sandwich and it appeared and tasted like something my grandma would make me on a Sunday. Which is lost the current restaurant world of processed foods. I am excited to try other breakfast items. The server let us know that on Tuesdays they have a date night special. So my wife and I came back for date night and it did not disappoint. The salad, dinner, wine, and dessert was amazing. I told my wife we should come back for weekly date nights and brought dessert to my mother. I have known about this restaurant in Carmichael for some time and for years and years I have never been. I have been missing out and will be making it a point to come back and enjoy regularly. #supportcarmichael

gino0009

Very good food! Italian American approved lol. Staff was nice and the menu has great selection of dishes for everyone

Tom Hamilton

Used to eat at Strings long ago and then they were gone (I thought). Imagine my surprise a few weeks ago when I found a lone 'Strings' just off of Manzanita @Cypress. I had to drop in and see how it was. I am very happy to report a very positive experience. The food and service were very good. The classic Italian recipes that are well prepared and very tasty. This place should be busier - very good food and it's even open for breakfast.

C L

Great value great food. I cannot believe how delicious and tasty the bruschetta chicken was. Big portion chicken breast and good serving of pasta. Delicious house salad and soft crispy garlic bread all included with the entree. Family friendly and highly recommended for the cost. Leftovers too! Too full for desert but the menu looked great. Please support this small business. We’ll be back.

For the positives the waiter was really nice she let us take our time cuz we couldn't decide what we wanted. The fresh bread was delicious and it was still warm when she brought it to us. The Caesar salad were great, my boyfriend had the apricot Peach pork dish and the pork and apricots were really good he didn't like the asparagus or mashed potatoes too much. For the Negatives, I was just expecting a little bit more flavor out of my lasagna and pasta and also the lobster mac and cheese but it was pretty decent. I also had the apple pie bread pudding and that was amazingly delicious. I must say I've never had Apple pie bread pudding before but what they had was great!

Over all for the end we paid $48 with tip $55 . It's good for a little lunch soup and salad and the angel hair pasta and a couple of soda's It was good 1 - 10..10 being the best 7 no appetizer menu and the whole reason I when in there was for the appetizer menu of the artichoke that was on the menu before

Quite great atmosphere having dinner Having dinner here with family only a little pity was sometimes may too busy and forgot your water.

Breannah Rice

For the positives the waiter was really nice she let us take our time cuz we couldn't decide what we wanted. The fresh bread was delicious and it was still warm when she brought it to us. The Caesar salad were great, my boyfriend had the apricot Peach pork dish and the pork and apricots were really good he didn't like the asparagus or mashed potatoes too much. For the Negatives, I was just expecting a little bit more flavor out of my lasagna and pasta and also the lobster mac and cheese but it was pretty decent. I also had the apple pie bread pudding and that was amazingly delicious. I must say I've never had Apple pie bread pudding before but what they had was great!

Rey Navarro (Sweetbabyrey)

Over all for the end we paid $48 with tip $55 . It's good for a little lunch soup and salad and the angel hair pasta and a couple of soda's It was good 1 - 10..10 being the best 7 no appetizer menu and the whole reason I when in there was for the appetizer menu of the artichoke that was on the menu before

楊志偉

Quite great atmosphere having dinner Having dinner here with family only a little pity was sometimes may too busy and forgot your water.

We love the food but they have changed the recipe for the Pasta Siena and it’s not good anymore. They should change it back. There is a spice in it now that’s too strong. Please change it back.

Kelley Blackwell

We love the food but they have changed the recipe for the Pasta Siena and it’s not good anymore. They should change it back. There is a spice in it now that’s too strong. Please change it back.

The service itself was great! Our waitress was incredibly kind and attentive, and she never let my Diet Coke become empty. When I asked for a third loaf of bread, she didn’t look at me like I’m insane. (All the things I appreciate with my server!) However… The Alfredo sauce didn’t taste homemade or fresh and left something to be desired, and the lasagna just didn’t taste right. It was bitter and confusing. It could have been an off night, but it turned us off a little bit. It isn’t cheap to eat here, for two entrees and one Diet Coke, we spent $63, so it just didn’t feel like we ate $63 Alfredo or lasagna. But again, it could have been an off night. The waitress was amazing, so if you do go, you’ll be treated so dang well. And I want to emphasize that because the quality of the food isn’t on the server, but the server does account for most of your dining experience. And she was wonderful.

Kelsey Timmons

The service itself was great! Our waitress was incredibly kind and attentive, and she never let my Diet Coke become empty. When I asked for a third loaf of bread, she didn’t look at me like I’m insane. (All the things I appreciate with my server!) However… The Alfredo sauce didn’t taste homemade or fresh and left something to be desired, and the lasagna just didn’t taste right. It was bitter and confusing. It could have been an off night, but it turned us off a little bit. It isn’t cheap to eat here, for two entrees and one Diet Coke, we spent $63, so it just didn’t feel like we ate $63 Alfredo or lasagna. But again, it could have been an off night. The waitress was amazing, so if you do go, you’ll be treated so dang well. And I want to emphasize that because the quality of the food isn’t on the server, but the server does account for most of your dining experience. And she was wonderful.

Server and atmosphere was really good but the food is terrible. The bread was the best thing I had. Severely disappointed given I was really excited for some Italian food.

Frankie The Fish

Server and atmosphere was really good but the food is terrible. The bread was the best thing I had. Severely disappointed given I was really excited for some Italian food.

Avoid. I ordered two dishes — in one case (chicken) the portion was so small it was gone in a couple bites. Advertised asparagus was from a jar & in tiny bits. In the other case (salmon), I was eating around processed or raw parts. They are quick to defend against bad reviews and swear that the customer is who's always wrong. What they can't argue is the fact that their vegetables (served atop store-bought powdered mashed potatoes) were uncooked and starting to turn. Focaccia is OK but cold comfort after spending $40 on distasteful food. Something stinks in Carmichael.

I ordered pizza a salad meatballs and a sprite When I say the only thing that I enjoyed was the bread I mean it so maybe it's the food I ordered or maybe all these reviews are from an AI bot idk but what I do know is this pizza I got had no marinara sauce in it it was cheese on bread with pepperoni the meatball was edible but it seemed like that's where the marinara sauce was for the pizza and it kinda tainted the meatball at the end to much also when I opened my salad I found a plastic container with thousand Island sauce inside so I tried to call the owner to see if I can maybe get a different order and she yelled at me telling me to contact door dash when a customer is willing to let you fix a mistake it should be in your best interest to want the best quality for my customer what I would have did (hello would you mind bringing the food I prepared so I know which order it was then examined the flaws and learned from mistake) how owner handled situation (owner:hello Customer:hello I received pizza with no marinara sauce in it Owner :can't be I made that pizza myself Customer:I DONT KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU THERES NO SAUCE ITS JUST BREAD CHEESE MORE CHEESE AND PEPPERONI Owner:call door dash it's not my problem Customer:I will never eat here again

Puff Nmuffin

I ordered pizza a salad meatballs and a sprite When I say the only thing that I enjoyed was the bread I mean it so maybe it's the food I ordered or maybe all these reviews are from an AI bot idk but what I do know is this pizza I got had no marinara sauce in it it was cheese on bread with pepperoni the meatball was edible but it seemed like that's where the marinara sauce was for the pizza and it kinda tainted the meatball at the end to much also when I opened my salad I found a plastic container with thousand Island sauce inside so I tried to call the owner to see if I can maybe get a different order and she yelled at me telling me to contact door dash when a customer is willing to let you fix a mistake it should be in your best interest to want the best quality for my customer what I would have did (hello would you mind bringing the food I prepared so I know which order it was then examined the flaws and learned from mistake) how owner handled situation (owner:hello Customer:hello I received pizza with no marinara sauce in it Owner :can't be I made that pizza myself Customer:I DONT KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU THERES NO SAUCE ITS JUST BREAD CHEESE MORE CHEESE AND PEPPERONI Owner:call door dash it's not my problem Customer:I will never eat here again

Elliott Gabriel

Avoid. I ordered two dishes — in one case (chicken) the portion was so small it was gone in a couple bites. Advertised asparagus was from a jar & in tiny bits. In the other case (salmon), I was eating around processed or raw parts. They are quick to defend against bad reviews and swear that the customer is who's always wrong. What they can't argue is the fact that their vegetables (served atop store-bought powdered mashed potatoes) were uncooked and starting to turn. Focaccia is OK but cold comfort after spending $40 on distasteful food. Something stinks in Carmichael.

We wanted this place to be good so badly. The service was decent, spend like 70$ for three people. One of the chicken cutlets was inedible (chewy and old). Pork was WAY overcooked, good glaze but barley any. Veggies badly cooked. Tiny portions. One of the soups tasted as if it had gone bad (completely inedible). It's not even worth complaining at this point. These restaurants know their food is low quality and small portions with the same pricing as any other restaurant. We still tried it because some of the reviews were decent but it's was a complete waste of money. Not even half as good as olive garden and that's saying a lot. How can a small, Italian restaurant have such low concern for quality of their food? Absolutely now way they stay in business much longer without drastic changes. Unhealthy panda express would be better than this low quality, uninspired, fake Italian scrap. We thought about calling and complaining but I'd rather save whoever is reading this the time, money, and diarrhea. No joke!

I ordered a chicken parm. OMG it was the most taste less pasta dish I have ever had...the chicken was fried to dark almost burnt it was dry and barely any marinara sauce on it with a little cheese melted on it..it look like a reheat i could be wrong..the pasta was surely boil without salt because it had absolutely no taste :( i was disturbed and disappointed i excepted better from them I ate there already and it was good..Hmmm I bought it to go only open it when I got home..Strings please tell your chef to do better for people money...Totally disgusted with your food :( someone who cannot cook, can't spoil a pasta dish...OMG...

I ordered the chicken parmesan, noodles were overcooked and the chicken was Gray. 🤦🏾‍♀️ I also ordered fried ravioli minestrone soup that was odd. And a pepperoni pizza I was not aware it was a small or personal size for the price that I paid. I am mostly disappointed in the chicken parmesan.

Our waitress was good but the food it's self was not, mashed potatoes are not mashed potatoes they are just boiled potatoes that are under cooked no flavor,the entree was just as bad, for the price of the food and the portions they give I wouldn't waste my time.

Carmen Nester

Our waitress was good but the food it's self was not, mashed potatoes are not mashed potatoes they are just boiled potatoes that are under cooked no flavor,the entree was just as bad, for the price of the food and the portions they give I wouldn't waste my time.

Crystal Wright

I ordered a chicken parm. OMG it was the most taste less pasta dish I have ever had...the chicken was fried to dark almost burnt it was dry and barely any marinara sauce on it with a little cheese melted on it..it look like a reheat i could be wrong..the pasta was surely boil without salt because it had absolutely no taste :( i was disturbed and disappointed i excepted better from them I ate there already and it was good..Hmmm I bought it to go only open it when I got home..Strings please tell your chef to do better for people money...Totally disgusted with your food :( someone who cannot cook, can't spoil a pasta dish...OMG...

Austin G

We wanted this place to be good so badly. The service was decent, spend like 70$ for three people. One of the chicken cutlets was inedible (chewy and old). Pork was WAY overcooked, good glaze but barley any. Veggies badly cooked. Tiny portions. One of the soups tasted as if it had gone bad (completely inedible). It's not even worth complaining at this point. These restaurants know their food is low quality and small portions with the same pricing as any other restaurant. We still tried it because some of the reviews were decent but it's was a complete waste of money. Not even half as good as olive garden and that's saying a lot. How can a small, Italian restaurant have such low concern for quality of their food? Absolutely now way they stay in business much longer without drastic changes. Unhealthy panda express would be better than this low quality, uninspired, fake Italian scrap. We thought about calling and complaining but I'd rather save whoever is reading this the time, money, and diarrhea. No joke!

Shelly Ferraiuolo

The Strings in my area had closed permanently. I knew there were other Strings in the Sacramento area. Me and my family were in the area and decided to go to the Carmichael one. I ordered the pizza. It wasn’t as big as it was at the other location. The price was $18.99. It was stale tasting. Definitely not worth the price. My sister got the lasagna combo with penne Alfredo sauce. The sauce on the lasagna tasted like it was days old and had been on a heat source for hours. It had a dark red color that only happens when it has been warmed up then refrigerated and then warmed again. It was gagging my sister. The Alfredo sauce was yellow and thick and lumpy. Something that happens when it has been on a heat source for a long time. My mom had fettuccine Alfredo. The sauce was yellow and thick and lumpy. It wouldn’t even coat the noodles when stirring it. She asked for more sauce and it still wasn’t enough to coat all the noodles. We ended up sending it all back and decided not to get anything else. The sever was nice. I gave her a 30% tip. After we left and thought about it. I thought they were being shitty about it. We were charged for the salad. We did eat most of the salad even though it tasted more like vinegar than anything else. We we charged for the bread. We didn’t actually ask for bread. I know it comes with the meals. The bread was dry and flavorless. Even if you order a salad only you still get the bread for free. So that’s why I think they were being shitty about it and trying to get the most money out of us. I ended up paying $28 tip included for a vinegar salad and dry bread. I wish I would of thought to take a picture of it all. It was very disappointing . I am pretty sure they don’t care, but we won’t be coming back. That location should be closed down and bring back the one in my area. It was amazing. We ended up going to Jimboy’s tacos in Yuba city on the way home.