Carrabba's Italian Grill - Hunt Valley

130 Shawan Road
Cockeysville, MD 21030

Phone: 410-785-9400

Personal Review :
Carrabba's Italian Grill is a chain of Italian restaurants which looks enticing. I don't know what the food is like. The building looked nice, and the interior seemed nice, what we saw of it after having the door opened for us by one of the staff. The trouble is, there was so much cigarette smoke that we literally threw up our hands and said NO, we can't handle this and abruptly turned and walked out. How can anyone enjoy good food in such an unpleasant environment? For people who have health problems which are aggravated by smoke, don't even waste your time trying to eat at Carrabba's. Maybe it was better further in (the bar was right at the front door), but I have no intention of running the smoke gauntlet knowing I'd just have to do it again to get out (let alone have my clothes smelling of smoke all night and getting sick as a result). Nope. Carrabba's was worth a try, but they lose. What is amazing to me is that such restaurant's think they will lose business by eliminating smoking. I have yet to find a non-smoking restaurant hurting for business. On the other hand, those that do allow smoking are most certainly turning away business! We certainly won't go back.


Last updated 06 March 2003
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