Carmelo’s - Wausau

I have known this family for forty years and been eating here all of that. An Italian Family treating customers like Family and serving food only Italians serve, with service and pricing to enjoy. Nice open building, varied seating, always active, never too loud, wonderful views, friends meeting friends, what more might one ask for. We have never, not a single time, left this place less than glad that we came. If you have a particular preference as to how the food is done tell them, otherwise the menu is fairly accurate to the serving. Decades ago anon stop salad that was unique, miss that and the garlic bread years ago was a slightly different style and had more butter/garlic overtone, nothing lasts forever. Some say the Lasagna is overly meaty, will try that again soon; should that prove true I will ask for more marinara and I will bet anything it comes and that all ends well. These are Italians, all is well that ends well. Paul Deborah came here, live here and stay here because of these fine local, family treasures.

We will not know how bad this restaurant is. The incompetent management was not intelligent enough to look at their own website reservations. We made a reservation for feb 14 well in advance and they did not honor this reservation so we ate elsewhere.

Have been enjoying Carmelo's for a long time. Service and the food have been above average for a Wausau restaurant. It is understood that many restaurants are hiring servers to fill slots and service may not always be up to par these days. Saw it first hand tonight which was very disappointing having invited first time guests. Our server was pretty rough and lack that hospitality warmth. We were only a 4 top and the server had us passing the entrees to each other. The entrees that were placed hit the table hard and was not even directly in front of the guest. I was attempting to chuckle it off but my first time guests saw that the server was not as good as they have had at other restaurants. Refills on the bread was not offered. Had to ask several times for drink refills. At one point the bartender was blamed even though it was not an alcohol beverage. I feel that my guests will not be back and when return I will ask for a different server so we can have a much nicer evening. The food was as good as ever. It is just to bad the evening was not up to Carmelo's standards.

Had a very pleasant dinner with friends. Very good spaghetti served with excellent lightly toasted garlic bread. Didn't do wine or drinks but enjoyed the environment and friendly staff folks. Prices very reasonable.

We were pretty pleased with this meal, though it definitely could have been better. We picked up two chicken and artichoke soups, a lasagna and chicken Alfredo, with some garlic bread. The soup was undoubtedly our favorite, the bread was good but basic. The lasagna was more like a beef meatloaf with one lasagna noodle betwixt a mound of ricotta cheese and sauce. It tasted okay. The Alfredo was in the same okay boat- bland sauce (ordered extra sauce to avoid any Saharan mouth feels) but I understand why they 'd make it as such. A little Parmesan on top would have helped. Chicken didn 't have much flavor, seemed like one of those pre-made breasts with the dyed grill marks on it. It did satisfy a craving, though I feel like the prices are a bit high for what it is.