Carmen’s Kitchen & Cocktails -Food CA (Near Marietta)

5 /5 Ronnie Ware: The service and vibes were excellent. You would be lucky to have Nia and Jasmine as your waitresses. The food was delicious and would recommend ordering the Jerk chicken skewers and the Ceviche as appetizers. For an entree I recommend the island blaze chicken. There working on some dessert cheesecakes and let me tell you. If they feature the key lime cheese you will be coming back for more.

4 /5 Courtney: First time here. Came early on a Friday and place was empty, great for us. Loved how its decorated on the inside. Modern decor. Sat at the bar. Drinks were made quickly. Bartender was attentive and knows how to actually make drinks. Great happy hour special! Lemon drops were made to perfection and strong!! The chicken bites and calamari were tasty. The salmon was ok, a bit dry. Broccali, rice and skewers were really good! Our server was great. They had an erotic poet event that night which we didnt know about and it was sooooo fun! Loved the energy. I will be back for happy hour at some point soon. I do recommend to give this place a try.

3 /5 Adria Meyer: Maybe this just isn’t the place to go for happy hour food. The pictures of meals online (like the whole fish) look good, but the food we got was not. The HH drinks are a great deal $5, and HH food was $7. There is no happy hour menu online, so hopefully this review helps someone else make better choices than we did. We got the calamari, fish bites, jerk chicken, and the ceviche later when the dinner menu was available. All of the happy hour food was plated on a ton of raw spinach, which didn’t add anything but bulk. When we were done, it looked like an entire bag of spinach was left on the table. The calamari and fish bites were cornmeal battered, which is not my favorite but worked a little better for the fish bites. The calamari was overcooked and a 2/10–by far the worst calamari on the square. Just take a look at the pics, I would not have ordered this if I had pics or a happy hour menu, or description somewhere to reference. The fish bites were ok, the salsa was just out of a jar and not very good. Maybe 4/10 for those. The jerk chicken and marinade were the best thing we had, my husband would get it again and gave it 7/10. I’m a ceviche lover, and this ceviche made me sad. It was bland, one-note, didn’t have much marinade at all, and the parsley clashed with it. Maybe some cilantro, red chilis or something would help. The tostones were good. I do not recommend spending $17 for this appetizer. We were the only table, but service was very slow. We were not in a hurry so it didn’t really matter, but we would have ordered more drinks during the happy hour window if the server came by more often. The table wasn’t bussed until it was too full for another dish, which was not pleasant. We were just sitting around for quite a while with 6 empty glasses and mounds and mounds of raw spinach. They do have oyster specials on Wednesdays, which is the only place on the square that ever does $1 oysters, so I’ll probably try again on a Wednesday and see how it goes.

1 /5 Apryl Thomas: We planned a date night, booked a baby sitter, and booked a reservation at this restaurant online for this evening. The reservation was confirmed via email by the restaurant, but once we arrived we saw that the restaurant was actually closed. There was no phone call, email, or anything to notify us of this. This is very disappointing as we had to find another restaurant at the last minute.

5 /5 Cynthia Floyd: ⸻ The food and drinks were absolutely top - full of flavor and crafted with care. The atmosphere is absolutely gorgeous, with elegant decor and a warm, inviting vibe that makes you want to stay for hours. The DJ was on point, setting the perfect tone and keeping the energy just right throughout the night. The service was attentive without being overbearing, and the overall experience felt effortlessly luxurious. A perfect spot for both special occasions and casual indulgence. Highly recommended!