Reviews of Mama Melrose’s Lunch/Dinner
Reviewed by BermudaJen Review Date: 09/01/2013
Rating: (7) Recommended
We ate at Mamma Melrose for the first time in August 2013 as part of the Fantasmic Dinner Package. The food was ok - not the best but certainly not the worst. The restaurant was super busy and this was evident in the service. Our main courses were delivered before they had cleared away the appetizer plates creating some juggling for us and the server. However, looking around the restaurant, we saw several tables with dirty dishes. To my surprise, the servers were also bussing their own tables. So, not only were they required to attend to occupied tables, they were clearing and setting vacant tables. I don't think it takes a rocket scientist to figure that you could hire some bus people to clear dirty dishes and set tables to keep them turning over quicker and perhaps alleviating some of the wait time.
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ServiceReviewed by Mich97 Review Date: 08/30/2013
Rating: (8) Recommended
We ate here for the first time this past July and were pleasantly surprised that the food was good. Normally I stay away from Italian food when in WDW since I find it usually isn't that good. But we were all happy with it. DD & I got the spaghetti with chicken and DN got the Pollo di Forno. Our server was also very friendly and attentive.
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—Reviewed by jdnwebster Review Date: 08/21/2013
Rating: (9) Recommended
Went in to use Fantasmic package. Sooooo glad that we did. For $37 pp, you get an appetizer, entrée and a shared dessert. I had the tomato, mozzarella and basil with balsamic reduction for appetizer. Chicken parm for dinner. The chicken was fork-tender and delicious. The pasta with the chicken was not a smooth shape. Hard to explain but if you are a texture eater then this might be weird for you too (or not). For dessert, a preselected sampler was offered but, unfortunately, had some form of raspberries on everything. Of course, I'm allergic. 🙁 Waitress did not miss a beat and brought out something raspberry free for me (cheesecake) and it was awesome. We got our Fantasmic passes as we left. The seats were great. Middle area, halfway up...perfect view. Great experience that I would consider doing again.
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Excellent meal, thoughtful staff, Fantasmic PackageCons:
pasta was "weird"Reviewed by JJPrice Review Date: 08/17/2013
Rating: (5) Recommended
We decided to eat here because of the Fantasmic seating, which was excellent and we didn't have to wait too long for Fantasmic to begin.
The service was painfully slow. The food was pretty bad too. It looked like it should taste good, but it was pretty disappointing. I don't know if we'd go back, even though the Fantasmic seating was very convenient, which is the only reason I didn't give Mama Melrose a failing grade. Without the Fantasmic package, it would have been more like a 2/10.
My daughters spaghetti was plain, no sauce at all. The chicken was dry and inedible. The pizza was poor and lacked flavour. The penne a la vodka didn't taste very good either. Really disappointing dinner.
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Fantasmic seatingCons:
Slow service, FoodReviewed by Fitzboyzmom Review Date: 07/28/2013
Rating: (8) Recommended
The food and service was really good...service slightly better. We will be back!
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—Reviewed by brittos Review Date: 07/05/2013
Rating: (6) Recommended
Food was okay, but nothing to write home about. Service was great as our waiter kept the drinks filled. Not sure it was worth us doing the Fantasmic package as it was rainy, and there were plenty of seats to chose from at the show that night.
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—Reviewed by ajrob Review Date: 06/17/2013
Rating: (6) Recommended
Been here on several occasions, food is just ok. Wanted to attend Fantasmic, so my party of 10 did ADR dinner package for the show. Service was great, but the food took a bit long to get to our table considering the restaurant was not full. Going to try SCI-Fi in the fall. Again, not terrible but not great.
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—Reviewed by forufromu Review Date: 05/17/2013
Rating: (5) Not Recommended
First the good (its short). Really good pizza and it is part of the fantasmic package, which gave us awesome seats! Service was slow and shoty. Restaurant not even half way full. Marinara tasted like someone put a flavor extractor in it. (rather of them put pizza sauce on the chicken parm than that.) Gelato tasted like regular ice cream. Other than that it was just Peachy! Would not recommend to any one.
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fantasmic package, pizzaCons:
so so italianReviewed by Ldk72 Review Date: 05/12/2013
Rating: (6) Recommended
I ordered the Fresh Mozzarella and Chicken Parmigiana while my daughter ordered the Spaghetti. Instead of marinara on my Parmigiana I ordered the four cheese sauce. Very good. For dessert I ordered the Cheesecake and my daughter had Vanilla Gelato. No complaints about this restaurant except we never saw our waiter. Service was very very slow and it seemed we were there forever.
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poor serviceReviewed by disneywolverine Review Date: 04/29/2013
Rating: (3) Not Recommended
We recently dined here with the Fantasmic Dining Package. The service took forever! I ordered the charred strip steak and it was very fatty with lots of cartilage. My young son ordered from the kids menu, cheese pizza. It was no bigger than the palm of my hand. Since we were dining under the Fantasmic Package we weren't allowed to order individual desserts. We were brought a plate with four small samples and they were the worst desserts we have ever eaten at Disney. If you want VIP seating for fantasmic they now offer fast passes during the day, signs are posted all over the park where to obtain these. I would definitely skip dining here.
