Mammas And Papas

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   Madeleine

   Salt Lake City14 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on February 26, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   We thoroughly enjoyed our meal, food was delicious but it was noisy, due to it’s popularity
   

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   Michael

   Sydney2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on February 21, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   A lovely traditional Italian casual restaurant. Good food with a lively atmosphere and very personalised service and reasonable prices.
   

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   Josephine

   Sydney9 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on February 9, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   As usual the food is outstanding. The restaurant is always busy but the staff are great and there is no long wait for your food. Choice of wines are good and reasonable. Love this place.
   

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   Paula

   Hawaii1 review

   1.0

   Dined on February 8, 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 1

   As long-time customers of Mammas & Papas, we’ve always found the food and the experience top-notch. Not this time. I booked an outdoor table for ten people via OpenTable a month in advance. I also called the restaurant that afternoon to ensure we had a table at the back of the restaurant in the undercover outdoor seating area. The person I spoke to confirmed it. However, when we arrived on the day, the staff member who greeted us (I understand it was the manager) told us we were to be seated on the footpath at the front of the restaurant. He insisted that was what ‘outdoor’ meant. He was terse and had a take-it-or-leave-it attitude—the restaurant was busy, and he didn't seem to care. We then had to wait fifteen minutes for one of the tables to become available, yet had WE arrived fifteen minutes late, as per restaurant policy we would have lost our booking! The only reason we stayed was because the waiter assigned to us was most apologetic and tried to be accommodating. Unfortunately, the food was below par. While the pizzas were good, the other dishes were lacklustre. The vegetables in the vegetarian risotto were bland and appeared to have been microwaved. The ‘light homemade Napoletana sauce’ in the lamb ragu was anything but light (one who ordered it found hers drowning in sauce; the other had hardly any sauce). Had the manager been more hospitable, we might have considered giving Mammas & Papas another chance. But under the circumstances, we won't be back.
   

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   Joseph

   Sydney1 review

   5.0

   Dined on January 24, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Great tasting Italian food with good variety of choices. We always share our many dishes and it’s never a problem. Service is attentive even when room is busy. We keep going back and love it every time.
   

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   James

   Sydney1 review

   5.0

   Dined on January 23, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   The food was excellent. We got 3 pastas and a pizza to share between 4 of us. You wouldn't be disappointed if you got this in Italy. It really felt like an authentic homecooked Italian meal. The garlic bread and caprese salad was also great to have as an entree. Fairly priced and really lovely staff which made the whole night a 10/10. Will be coming back and recommend to any who're looking for an excellent Italian meal.
   

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   Sharon

   Sydney7 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on January 18, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Excellent neighbourhood restaurant Enjoy meal every time we eat there
   

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   Marianne

   Sydney5 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on January 16, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   We love this local Italian restaurant! It has a great lively feel, good service and the food is always fantastic!
   

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   Pam

   New York City9 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on December 21, 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 1

   Zucchini flowers and veal with figs good. So loud what with loud thumping music, screaming children and raucous adults it was hard to have a conversation. Had to ask again for vegetable order and the wrong one was brought
   

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    renae

    Sydney1 review

    3.0

    Dined on December 14, 2024

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 3

    Overpriced for the quality of food. Spaghetti was overcooked and sloppy.. would think that would be a no brainer for an Italian restaurant.
    

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