mama melrose?

wanted to book this for fantasmic but have read different opinions on it from terrible to great! Has anyone been recently? how was it?

:wave: This place often gets mixed reviews, it's sort of like Olive Garden, we've never had a terrible meal but we have had terrible service twice.

We've been several times. Had good food and good service every time. Of course, I do tend to order the same thing. The tomatos and mozzarella app and the chicken ala vodka for the entree. We like it.

Never had the chicken ala vodka, whats it like?

it's probably penne ala vodka and has chicken in it. Vodka sauce is more of an orange color than red like marinara. I like it a lot though I can't seem to describe it lol

I have eaten at Mama Melrose 4 times. The 1st time was a few years back,the food and service was horrible and swore I would never go back again. After a few years and having read a few good reviews we gave it another try and the food was good but the service wasnt good at all. The next time we went the food and service were both great. Last year the food was good but the service was lacking. It was raining outside and the place was packed and understaffed and we waited forever for our table and again for our drinks and food. With that being said I have ADR this August.

Service seems to be wildly inconsistent, IMHO. Food is generally okay; we normally go at lunch when we do go there. I think the atmosphere is really cute, but I can't say it's an absolute favorite of mine. It's a nice change from burgers and fries and we love Italian food, so that's a plus too.

I looooove Italian food so I am sure I am biased.

We did this as a walkup in (I think) 2007 - and the service was great!

No complaints here. :thumbsup:

Another restaurant that I would love to try!

We've done this one twice.

The first time was many years ago and it was wonderful! At that time, they had a grilled prime rib that was to die for! :mental:

So, on the basis of our first visit, we booked a second a couple of years later. Sadly, the second time around wasn't nearly as good. They no longer had the grilled prime rib and the service was less than stellar. :thumbsdown:

All that said, I'd still like to go back and give it another shot since I know they're capable of a wonderful experience.

Tom (:macwave:... who likes Italian food also!)