Panino's Restaurant

Been here a handful of times years ago. Just as good as I remembered! Friendly greeter, water delivery right away. Smiley server! Had the vegetarian panino which was hot, cheesy, ranchy, veggie goodness!!! Man I could eat this daily...(p.s. my favorite food is pizza sooooo, no surprise.) The chips that came with were buffalo flavored? Not sure, but I ate a ton and brought the rest home. I appreciated the container was paper instead of plastic. Noticed they had a stage now for live music. That looked like fun!

We hadn't been here in years but my mom wanted a nice hot bowl of soup so we decided to check it out. They've done a lot of renovations and changing of things and I'm not sure it's for the better. The place wear they have for their food items does not make sense for the items they are brought in. They are trying to be fancier than they actually are. 99% of the items on their menu are made out of simple pizza dough that they make for Pennie's but then are charging an arm and a leg for things, our bill was over $50. We got the panino fries to split which were fine but not wonderful. I got a panino and my mom got a bowl of chicken tortilla soup and a chef salad. Now to me that doesn't seem like $50 worth of food. My panino was fine but the second half was so soggy I could hardly eat it. My mom said something was different about the chicken tortilla soup and not for the better. She said the chef salad was good but the bowl was a horrible choice for them to put it in. When I tried to go to the restroom I went into the first of the two stalls and all the toilet paper was gone. The next had hardly enough for me to go and then when I went to wash my bands the soap and paper towels were both empty. They had just opened maybe a half hour before we got there which tells me someone was majorly slacking or because it was all men working they didn't want to do the women's restroom. Overall, it's not what it used to be and not worth the prices they are charging so we won't be back.

I was excited to see Panino's in North Oaks after my family used to visit the location on Rice Street when I was growing up. The soup was larger than anticipated and was both chunky and flavorful. The paninos were cheesy and the dough was soft on the inside with a toasted crunch on the outside. Two people could definitely split a panino and be satisfied. Half of each panino was brought home for lunch the next day. The chips were overly salty and it was a bit of a challenge to catch the waiter's attention.

I'm pretty surprised that Panino's only has a 3-star average as I was quite pleased with both the quality and quantity of food that we got here! My husband and I split a nola muffaletta panino (sub chicken tortilla soup on the side for $2.75 extra) and a large house combo pizza (subbed out mushrooms for onions for $1.50 extra but still cheaper than building from scratch). We knew we would have leftovers when our waiter thought we were done ordering after the panino lol. The portions were huge and we had enough for both of our lunches the next day. The panino was very true to a muffaletta and the pizza was gooey (nice cheese pull!) and satisfying. The chicken tortilla soup was more like a chicken chili but still delicious. It's not fancy cuisine obviously but just good comfort food. The restaurant is nice and spacious and our waiter was excellent. Will be back to try some of the weekly specials!

Been coming here for 20 years, was my wife's favorite spot. Stopped in last week for dinner with 4 of us and was shocked how far downhill this place has gone. Service was amazing, should out to Davie our server for being excellent. Panino fries have been a family favorite for us and our kids forever, but unfortunately they were inedible, dough was as usual but were so salty it was ridiculous. And my kids love salt. Salad was a salad. Meatball sliders were a bit of ground beef in a panini shell with a ton of cheese. No ball to be found, and my panino was avg at best. I'm not writing this review to be mean, we love this place. I'm hoping they get their act together and we can start going on a regular basis again! PLEASE

Been going here for years. Lots of panino choices and food is always good. Nice atmosphere after they remodeled.

Nice ambiance. Sausage vegetable soup was fantastic. Our server, Jessica, did a great job She was very efficient and friendly. I've enjoyed eating here for over 20 years.

Food is always excellent. I've never had an entree I would not recommend! Great beer and wine selections. A very generous pour at reasonable prices.The staff is exceptionally friendly, attentive, timely and courteous. They always make you glad you came!This smaller, charming, well-appointed neighborhood restaurant is quickly becoming one of my top choices in the entire Twin Cities!

Chet and his wife knew how to do it! Sorry to likely not go back here. Forgot our order. The end

After going to this restaurant, I was bragging about this restaurant since 1995. Paninos in North Oaks, MN, has been removed from my gotta go restaurant. Tonight, I had my standard chicken cheddar on white, normally house chips, but I wanted to try the pasta. The noodles were undercooked and gummy, not what I expected from an Italian restaurant. The chicken, which is always white chicken, was dark and chucked up. To top it off, the wrap that was my only reason for ever going was this thin over cardboard thing. Don't hurry here. Please bring the Chet standards back.