Reviews of Mama Melrose’s Lunch/Dinner
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Reviewed by nlg0517 Review Date: 09/21/2024
Rating: (5) Recommended
This would not have been my first choice for Italian food, having a less the great experience several years ago. However, I was traveling with friends with a food allergy and this is one of their favorites. The restaurant hasn’t changed since my last time (in 2017). The menu may have changed but the food tastes the same. It’s fine. My daughter & I split the cheese dip appetizer. I was pretty good with goat cheese and sun dried tomatoes. We followed up with a shrimp Alfredo & spaghetti with meatballs. The Alfredo was pretty good though it could have been creamier with more of it on the pasta. The tomato sauce with the meatballs was not very flavorful but I do believe the meatballs were house made and pretty good. The best part of the meal was our server, Jesus. He was excellent! He started a little slow but more than made up for it with his attentive and friendly manner. He is what makes a great cast member
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Jesus the server Easy to get intoCons:
Not great Italian foodReviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 08/11/2024
Rating: (5) Recommended
I booked a last-minute lunch here in early August to have a break from the heat. I'd always wanted to try this place since the theming and area seemed cute and certainly the dining room is exactly what you'd expect - very nicely themed and comfortable. Like Chefs de France, they will not bring you bread or tell you they have it until after you've ordered something, so I ordered garlic bread not knowing there was ciabatta incoming. It was just as well, the garlic bread was delicious and the ciabatta was not. Note that the menu says parmesan for the garlic bread, but it's a thick layer of mozzarella. Delicious, but not what I was expecting. I also got one of the fancy lemonades, which tasted great but did not have free refills which the waitress did not warn me about. For my meal, I got the alfredo with chicken. The pasta and sauce tasted great and was cooked well, but the chicken was bland and dry and they clearly keep it in a bucket to sprinkle over whatever meal needs it. There were only a few pieces - I'm not sure it would have made it to 4oz of protein. The pasta itself was pretty small, too - maybe 1/2-2/3 the size of an Olive Garden alfredo. I might come here again since it was nice and cool and dark and easy to get a reservation, but it wouldn't be for the food. The total for garlic bread, alfredo with chicken, two fancy lemonades, tax, and tip was $66.36.
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Dark and air conditioned Alfredo tasted good Easy to get a last-minute reservation or walk-inCons:
Portion size Free bread service not great Bland and dry chickenReviewed by Krissy0131 Review Date: 07/18/2024
Rating: (8) Recommended
We loved this table service restaurant. We intentionally went during the off hours, so it wasn't packed and it was a great break from the heat of the day. My son's steak was cooked perfectly and our pasta dishes were great.
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Friendly service kinda off the beaten pathCons:
I would like a wider bread variety.Reviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 05/31/2024
Rating: (1) Not Recommended
Could not eat the food. Was just awful. Would not even feed this to my dog.
Pros:
Got seats at fantasmic. Servers friendlyCons:
Overpriced Italian chain restaurant type food done very badly.Reviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 01/01/2024
Rating: (3) Not Recommended
I had a reservation but was ignored because I was alone, rushed thru dinner, I ordered and it was there a minute later didn’t even get bread service yet,
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NoneCons:
Food was less than stellar for the priceReviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 10/17/2023
Rating: (8) Recommended
Freindly and quick service. Cold A/C. Food was much better than expected. Had a wonderful pork chop with polenta and was still able to enjoy the rest of the day in the park. Nice seafood pasta dish as well.
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Quick. Well priced. Quality was better than some of the other sit-down restaurants in the parks. Prefer it over Be Our Guest.Cons:
Location. All the way down an alley.Reviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 10/04/2023
Rating: (4) Not Recommended
Only chose the restaurant because we could make a same day reservation and wanted to sit in air condition for a while. Food was not horrible but not great. Seemed very much like a low level Italian chain restaurant. Nothing that we ate made us want to return to the restaurant in the future.
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Easy to get a reservation Air conditionedCons:
Food is nothing specialReviewed by Orion Review Date: 09/14/2023
Rating: (7) Recommended
Standard Italian, but with a nice atmosphere.
Pros:
Staff was great as always. Approachable options. I got the sustainable fish on the recommendation of our server and it was very good, the house made noodles were stolen off my plate by several family members.Cons:
Nothing too adventurousReviewed by aled Review Date: 08/29/2023
Rating: (10) Recommended
Went here with a party of four. Some of the best food that i had at disney world and i would recommend the meatballs. They were pretty quick with the food and even called us to our table 5 minutes early which was a bonus. The staff were all lovely and overall a very enjoyable meal.
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Food and the staffCons:
noneReviewed by Anonymous Review Date: 02/19/2023
Rating: (3) Not Recommended
Ran 15-20 min late to seat , waiter (Bryan) was very efficient unfortunately the kitchen let him down taking 40 min to prepare our meal . We had an 8:25 pm reservation so less people here at that time. No excuse for such poor execution of the meal for a party of 2 with one child
