casanova restaurant

best spinach gnocchi on the planet!. on mon. we dined at casanova for lunch. the patio area is very cozy and pretty. grilled artichoke to start was very good, the spinach gnocchi was absolutely to die for! already want to go back for this dish again! :)

great wine collection. the pasta was tasty. good service. nice experience. beautiful ambience and a must go to place. we were satisfied and had a wonderful meal and wine.

great meal! very cute atmosphere and nice patio. extensive wine list. my friend and i both had the pasta and were satisfied. highly recommend!

this place was so adorably romantic! and the food was awesome too. you want to sit outside in the courtyard if you can but the whole restaurant is adorable. i highly recommend the spinach gnocchi and the heirloom tomato salad. the twist on black forest cake for dessert was also quite nice.

you feel like you're entering a hobbit house and then you are met by crowds in many little alcoves enjoying their meals. it is clearly a tourist mecca with rushed service and a huge wine list with huge prices. the food compensates for those serious shortcomings. to be fair there were 14 in our party including 6 kids, one of whom got sick from too many goldfish crackers. our single waiter did an amazing job. the oysters were ok but the mignonette was outstanding. the cannelloni were light with tasty filling and elegant sauce. the osso buco was nicely prepared but way overpriced as were all the non-pasta entrees. very good food in a frantic place.

trovare in america un posto così completo è difficilissimo.ottima location,eccellente cucina ricca di tantissime specialità molto gustose,atmosfera di rilassatezza e sobria eleganza,tutto garbato.abbiamo mangiato divinamente pagato poco in rapporto alla qualità,alla quantità ed al locale centrale e tranquillo,molto legante pur mantenendo un arredamento rustico è un locale di gran classe,e poi il direttore(non so se è anche proprietario)molto gentile e raffinato,camicia con polsini , una bella barba ben curata ed un sorriso sempre aperto pronto per tutti.veramente una bellissima giornata nella zona carmel-monterey culminata con il pranzo al"casanva".ringrazio mister peter l'autista di san francisco che ci ha portati in questo ottimo ristorante.mi piacerebbe avere notizie del direttore elegante con la barba ben curata,io mia moglie e mio figlio abbiamo mantenuto intatto nel tempo il senso di piacevolezza che infondeva il direttore.come vorrei ritornaci!ci sono stato nel 2000 ed ho pranzato nella saletta dove mangiava spesso clint eastwood.

wine list rip off. their "extensive" wine list is really an "expensive rip-off" a 2012 lucia gary's vineyard pinot noir is $125.00. the exact same bottle is $65.00 at nepenthe restaurant. they do offer a $52.00 pinot from new mexico though. no wonder they don't allow you to bring in your own bottle!

visited during their 11:00-3:00 serving. delicious food, great service, looking forward to a return visit.

not seduced by casanova. casanova has a great wine list at not so great prices but that's the biggest positive for this restaurant.
lots of waiters running around and not achieving much, whilst looking like they are important.
the food is ok but certainly not memorable apart form the artisanal bread (?) with churned butter and monterey sea salt which was just bland!

this restaurant calls themselves “most romantic” restaurant in carmel, and i’d say i agree. this french farmhouse style restaurant is full of intimate little nooks and crannies, both indoors and outdoors on one of a few porches and patios. this includes the van gogh room where you can dine at the actual table vincent van gogh ate at in the final months of his life. it would be a great place to eat for a special occasion. on the food tour, we got to try a dish we hadn’t ordered before: gnocchi casanova, a spinach gnocchi made from a dough blend (pate a choux) not potatoes, so it was surprisingly light and fluffy, and of course, delicious.

great food!!!

food was wonderful, service superb.
looking forward to a return visit.

vegetarian seeks interesting tasty dishes. as a vegetarian i sometimes feel like my choices are an afterthought on the menu. casa nova delivered with their tasty ravioli sand roasted winter vegetable dish. my husband enjoyed his duck as well. wines are way overpriced so we just ordered a glass each. loved the indoor outdoor feel.

looking for a romantic dinner venue ? look elsewhere !. if you are looking for a venue for a romantic dinner, look elsewhere..you could definitely do better than this place. the place is cramped, the waitstaff are rushed and robot-like, the music is too loud and inappropriate, the hallway traffic is relentless, the busboys and waitstaff are like busy bees and you feel as if they can't wait for you to get done so they can get the next customer shuffled in. we got waited on by someone who has a personality befitting of a night club bouncer. the food was not bad. the rack of lamb was actually decent and the catch of the day (salmon) was good too. they definitely have a good wine selection. but you probably would not have an enjoyable nor memorable dinner.

new chef makes old restaurant better than ever. after i heard there was a new chef, i tried out casanova. casanova started to go downhill about 6 years ago and after that started to happen i didn't care much for this once famous restaurant in carmel. after i heard there was a new chef i tried this place out again and was amazed how much of a difference there was. i am glad they finally got a change behind the doors and it is no longer full of employees like mcdonalds.