Carmella's Plates & Pints

Food was high quality and would recommend. Loved the ambiance!!! Wish I took photos to post. Will need to go back soon!Service was solid!

This is a nice little neighborhood bar and restaurant on the south side of Pittsburgh. They have a bar in front with lots of whiskeys, scotch and other liquors.We started with the crispy Brussel sprouts. They were so good! Crispy, light, airy, with a little tangy hot sauce. Then we had a sausage pasta dish that was to die for. Wild mushrooms, a white sauce, home made pasta. Wow. It was delicious. Finally, we had a short rib dish with risotto. It was fine, nothing like the other two.Our server was very good, even making us an off menu mocktail.

Such a cute vibe at Carmella's!!!! The front area near the bar is giving dive bar in New York vibes. The atmosphere in here is super cute and vibey. Cocktails are great! They have a late night happy hour, which i definitely will be coming back for. For dinner, I started with the panzanella salad. It was super tasty, but it was 90% bread. I definitely wish there were more tomatoes in there. For dinner I got the halibut special with risotto and blister tomatoes. The risotto and the tomatoes were great, but unfortunately I felt like the halibut was a little over cooked and slightly under seasoned. It was a little dry to eat. My boyfriend got the scallops and shrimp pasta which was delicious! The scallops and shrimp in that were cooked perfectly and the flavors were great!

Subpar food, excellent drinks. The drinks prepared by the male server D**************((no names mentioned)) were superb! The food tho... not great. The pierogi for appetizer: filling was delish but the end of the pierogi was hard. Husband's Wagyu burger was amazing! It came with a side of potatoe wedges. The Amish chicken pot pie was bland & flavorless. Not worth the price.

We are a group of 7 people - we had a great dinner at Carmella's. The lady who served us was sooo sweet. Food was delicious. They are mostly small plates. The seating place is quite large.

I love the vibes in this restaurant! It's very beautiful and quaint inside from the lights to the decor to the beautiful bar. Love that they have live music on a Friday, really livens the place up. Service is pretty attentive and the server was nice albeit a little pushy on drinks and dessert. I think they have really great drinks here. They do fresh fruit infusions with liquor and the cocktails are great. I loved my strawberry vodka drink. They have a huge whiskey selection and seasonal drinks like pumpkin spice coffee you can add liquor to. I think the menu is a little limited but my friends all liked their food a lot. I got the bolognese and thought it was fine. It wasn't super flavorful but the pasta seemed to be made in house and the bread it came with was decent. It feels a little pricey for what you get on the dinner menu. Would love to come here for brunch since there might be more items I'd like on the menu. I'd also try dessert next time since they had options like tiramisu and creme brulee.

Carmella's was an unique experience. The interior of the restaurant was like eating in a ski lodge/cabin. It's a bar when walking in at first and I wasn't sure what to expect lol. The service was super friendly and nice. Food was served fast.Their food surprised me a lot. I didn't have high expectations for a fine dining experience because of a comfort/casual setting, but their food was actually exactly as written on their website: upscale comfort food. Each dish was delicious and the flavor palette was complex. We came for their restaurant week menu because it looked the most intriguing out of all the menus. However, I liked their regular menu items so much more. I felt the portions for restaurant week was a bit small. The dessert was too sweet for my taste as well. The appetizers were very good though. I didn't expect to like the popcorn with the scallops but it was delicious. The corn batter with the scallops really added to its flavor.[Wagyu Meatballs] [Caprese Salad] were both amazing. I was quite shocked by how good it was. The meatballs were juicy and the caprese salad was refreshing, just what we were craving.[Gnocchi Portofino] Same goes for the gnocchi. It was very big gnocchi and I loved it. The serving size was giant for $28, with plenty of seafood. I think it may be one of the best I've had in Pittsburgh. Drinks were ok, nothing out of the ball park. My rec would be to come by for their normal menu food. It's such a versatile menu with generous portions, made with expertise. Its food level matches fine dining, but with an affordable price and interesting environment. Can't think of another restaurant like this.

Ambiance was top notch. Beautiful place. The decor is so fun. The round fireplace inside is so cool. The food was phenomenal. The service was quick and polite. I felt like it was quality ingredients and worth the price tag for that. The banana old fashioned will absolutely be the drink I want the next time I go back!

We had such a great time. It's pricy so it's an event and not a weekly thing but it was worth it. I'm a sucker for a changing menu. The pictures don't do it justice. It's like walking into Gaston's tavern. It's great and immersive. Our server was super friendly and recommended some fantastic vegetarian options. And there was live music they you could hear but still talk in the back area.

Wow this food was BAD. We got the salmon pasta and the amish pot pie, but you wouldn't know it by looking at our plates. There were only five small salmon meatballs that came in the *34 dollar* salmon dish, and they were horrendous. A cat would've disliked this cat food. The pasta was stiff and underdone. The sauce tasted like nothing.The amish pot pie had little to no veggies, and was as lively as Amish p*rnography.The garlic bread was somehow also bad, which feels like a sin against God to achieve at a restaurant.Our sever was lovely. Ambience was nice. Horrible food.