Cucina Carini: Authentic Italian Catering in Mount Laurel, NJ

Nice reliable local place. Food is good and portions are very ample. The warm bread rolls are simply wonderful and raise the restaurant up a notch. The ambience is nice. service is prompt, and generally attentive. We had three different dishes in our party and all were good and presented. Everything is made to order so our requests to customize our dishes wetmet with genuine hospitality. Prices are decent given the level of service and food. It is BYOB in case you want wine or a cocktail.

Grabbed some to-go from here today. Never had the pizza before so I gave that a try. Also had a pasta dish and salad. Salad was crisp.cold and fresh! The Escorle soup was very good. Pasta dish was tasty as well, a bit garlic heavy but good. Pizza was good as well. Nice sauce and decent crust. My only complaint is crumbled sausage...I'm a sliced or lump kinda guy!

I ordered the Stuffed Flounder and the sauce was so buttery and sweet. The rolls are always fresh and warm, and the house dressing is precise in its oil and vinaigrette reduction. Please visit this family’s amazing restaurant!

When you live close....you forget the local gems. This is one. Main dining room nice spacious. Outdoor dining in better weather. BYOB Appetizers of Clams Casino and Fried Tomatoes were terrific. Entrees of Salmon, Seafood over Pasta and Chicken with Prosciutto were hot plentiful and great flavor. Hot bread basket addicting!

Me and my husband was looking for somewhere new to eat for our anniversary dinner and Cucuna Carini more than hit the spot. Melissa was our server and she was walking in the door with us as we arrived. She went right to work and got our warm bread and even gave good suggestions for our meals. I even got dessert and she put “Happy Anniversary “ on the dessert plate for us. We will be traveling to New Jersey again to enjoy other meals at this restaurant. The food was delicious and the serving sizes was more than we expected. I recommend you make your reservation and go enjoy the atmosphere, service, food and relaxing music.

The sauces (or gravy) on the pasta is great. The veal was so tender you didnt need a knife to cut it; was like it melted in your mouth. The staff is friendly and attentive. BYOB though I'm not a drinker I did notice most tables had brought wine for dinner.

This visit was long overdue. Last time we were there was a work Christmas luncheon in the bitter snowy cold several years back. Tonight was a laid back dinner in a private little room! Romantic. Next time we will definitely bring a bottle of wine. We shared mozzarella sticks that tasted a step up from the Restaurant Depot kind so many restaurants have. He ordered veal parm which neither of us have had in ages. I tasted his and it was so tender! I ordered potato gnocchi that had some bacon and spinach in it. Service was friendly and efficient. The restaurant is adorable and such a lovely change from the strip malls, etc. Family run. A very satisfying dinner, not expensive in the least, lots of leftovers for tomorrow, and we will return soon.

We hosted my daughter-in-law’s baby shower at this wonderful restaurant this past Saturday. First, Cucina Carini is beautiful and has lots of natural light. Anthony let us use the entire large dining area so all 36 of us had plenty of room for a game table, beverage table and for the mom-to-be to open gifts. They have a bar area (no liquor though) which was the perfect area for our cake/dessert trays and for the shower favors. There was no cake cutting fee. The food was great. We’ve eaten both lunch and dinner here before but I was surprised at how quickly we all were served. Our servers were very kind and efficient, asking several times if anyone needed anything. There was nothing they wouldn’t do for us. The evening before, they let us bring our boxes of decorations and even a large wicker peacock chair and the cake. They opened the doors to us that day at 9:30 AM for a noon shower so we had plenty of time to decorate. I wanted to hang a large 7’x5’ banner right where they had hung a large and beautifully framed art piece so I asked if it could be removed during the shower. The reply? “Sure! We’ll put it in the closet.” My deepest appreciation to Paula, Anthony, the cooks and the kind server who worked the shower that day who all were on their game and truly made our shower fantastic.