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February 2024 by Alex Knuth
The food was very good, but not particularly exceptional for Italian fare. The service was exemplary, both friendly and attentive. The atmosphere is comfortable and cozy without feeling crowded. It is the type of place to linger. So why the 4 star rating? They are charging an extra fee for using a credit card. I find this irritatingly petty. There are too many other good restaurants that are NOT nickel-and-diming us to death. We won't be back anytime soon.
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February 2024 by Kelly Bitz
I ordered a to go appetizer and one meal on Thursday.The prices that they advertise are not correct.I was expecting $38. We paid $58.Big difference.They should change pricing on their website.Very misleading. Love the food!
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February 2024 by Victoria Voight
I love this place. They have some of the best mussels I have ever eaten. Sit at the bar and have a drink, or a meal. Chat with the bartenders who make a killer old fashioned. Check out the wine list. Watch a Canes game. Quiet enough that you can actually have a conversation. Eat in the dining room. Great atmosphere and a nice menu. This is not a pizza joint. It is a quiet little gem.
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February 2024 by Tommy Z
Food was average. Service was terrible. Prices were crazy. $18 for 4 mushrooms! There are so many better places to in Raleigh.
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January 2024 by Tamara Clary (Art Teach On The Go)
I have not been to Nina's in years. My friend and I met there for dinner and sat at the bar. Alison was a wonderful bartender and server. The service was excellent and the drinks wonderful. The food was fine. I had the shrimp, scallops over angle hair pasta. Cooked perfectly but not a lot of flavor to the sauce.We got our separate bills. There were 2 prices on the check. A lower price if you paid cash and a higher total if you used a debit card / credit card. Nina's was charging their customers 4% extra if you used a debt or credit card. We couldn't believe in 2024 Nina's was pawning off their credit card service fee to their customers to pay.I have been a business owner in Raleigh for 30 years and I would never do this to my clients. I understand offering credit cards/debit cards is a service offered by a business and paying the fees is part of the deal of my overhead that I can write off on my taxes. There are so many wonderful restaurants in our area. I won't be returning to Ninas.
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December 2023 by Dan Swart
I really hate a bate and switch business. We went here because we seek out restaurants that have half priced wine on specific evenings. Nina's has half priced wine on Tuesdays,,, well, sorta. They told us they do have it up to a $60 bottle. For higher priced bottles its just $30 off. That was OK with us. Then we looked at the wine list and realized all the wine was around 25% more expensive than their list on their web site. They had put a significant increase on their in store menus, but not updated the web. We looked at the food menu and saw that bait and switch continued on the food as well with everything looking to be about 25% more than on the web. So we order a bottle of wine listed on the web for $34 but was actually $48 and started to enjoy our evening. The bottle we ordered was fine for the half off $24 but was in no way worth $48. The waitress brought a really small plate of bread with a bowl of some kind of dip along with it and dropped it on our table. I tried a little of the dip and found it was ONION. I use capitals because the onion was all I could taste for a while after trying just a touch of it on the small piece of bread. The little bit of bread provided seemed fresh and warm, but the waitress was nowhere to offer butter or oil and balsamic to go with it. We got our dinner and the flavor was good. I did notice that the plates were cold, but when served, the food was warm. The cold plates made the food cool down really fast. The pasta that came with my dish was very tasty, but was sitting in about 1/4" of water with a little sauce on top. As I ate it, the sauce got into the water and made a pasta soup that was not very appetizing.The main meal itself was pretty good. But due to the bait and switch pricing we will not be back for a while.
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December 2023 by Luisana Trejo
Where to start? The prices on the website are not the actual prices, we went there thinking about the affordable prices, that’s not the case. The waitress couldn’t advice us on what’s good, since she is more a “Chicken Nuggets person” ? when we got the bill, the charged us 4% because we paid with a debit card. The food is nothing awesome, not a $30 worth plate of pasta. The place and atmosphere seems nice but it was a disappointing experience. Anyways go somewhere else.
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December 2023 by Alicia Marie
Our waitress was nearly the only one on the floor and there was nearly a full house! She could've used some help. We waited 30 mins from menu to placing our order and then another 30 mins between finishing our dinners completely and waiting for a dessert menu. The tiramisu was worth it though!
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October 2023 by Timothy Saunooke
Always a very pleasant experience. Great atmosphere, great food, wine, knowledgeable staff. Maureen is exceptional.
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October 2023 by Gerry C
We went early. Get reservations. Worked out great. Atmosphere was great. Waitress was great. Food was great. A little grizzle in my steak, but was cooked perfectly, and had good texture. The bruschetta was the best ever. Pineapple martini was perfect. We will go again!
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September 2023 by Joseph A
The menu prices on their website are no longer accurate. They are quite a bit higher. Also, if you want extra bread, be prepared to spend an extra $2.00. That was a first for us!. Also, want to pay by credit card? That will cost you an extra 4%.
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August 2023 by Cary Young
Ravioli with salmon, vodka chicken, cannelloni, eggplant rollatini, and calamari are delicious at Nina's.
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August 2023 by John Warren
Great meal - like a true Italian meal! Fresh food, great staff, attentive but not too much. It's like your at home and can sit and chat and not get rushed out.
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June 2023 by V8029GRrond
First time to Nina's. Had a veal dish and the veal was excellent. Disappointed in the potatoes and Brussel sprouts that came with the meal. A nice side of Pasta would have been much better. Also, not a single meatball or a sausage on the menu. Have to say I have never been to an Italian restaurant that did not serve meatballs or sausage. Finally, asked for a bit more bread and they charged $2.00 for it. This was on a $250.00 total bill. A bit TACKY! Afraid I won't be back to Nina's!!
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June 2023 by Charle L.
I'm reluctant to write negative reviews but would have appreciated this recent type info before going in. I will check before going to a place in the future but my previous experience didn't seem to warrant it. I didn't realize it had changed ownership.My brother and his wife were in town for a rare visit. We decided to go here, admittedly w/o a reservation and a bit late (8:15 or so?).It took a good while for someone to acknowledge us...they were apparently short staffed. Asked us a couple times IF we had made a reservation. I'd been here years ago and had an amazing dining experience so was unfortunately repeatedly disappointed with various things.It took a good 20 minutes to get a table set up for us. It also took a good while to get drinks, menus, bread and watery bruschetta (no oil or butter).My brother ordered spaghetti & meatballs, his wife the shrimp, pasta, spinach entree (sorry don't recall dish names) and I just ordered calamari. There dishes were ok nothing spectacular; my calamari was not hot or even especially warm...disappointing.It was VERY, very loud...hard to have decent conversation unfortunately.The waiter was EXTREMELY apologetic but it's not his fault they were short staffed...he was embarrassed.He did offer and insist on comping us dessert...they ordered the gelato to split and said it was delicious.So all that said to say, unless the star rating improves I seriously doubt I will ever come back to dine here unfortunately. Apparently the new ownership has had a poor impact?! I can walk to this restaurant so it's very disappointing as I was really hoping to take my brother and his wife out to a really nice meal. Pretty pricey considering all things. It also only had a 97.5 sanitation rating?!