First time at this Italian restaurant in North Lake. Their menu is very similar in items and taste as the classic Mama Mia's from Milwaukee.
We ate at the bar. The place was busy, but we were still checked on regularly. The atmosphere reminds me of up north bars/restaurants.
I ordered the Lasagna special, which includes soup, salad, garlic bread, lasagna and ice cream. The soup was delicious; the salad was simple, lettuce with meat, cheese, pepperoncini, but the dressing made it special; the garlic bread made this trip worth it, thick crisp buttery, will go back just for this; I was initially disappointed in the lasagna, so much cheese made it hard to eat. Suggestion, start in the middle where the noodles and meat are and work your way out to avoid only cheese. Once I figured that out it was very good.
I will go back here again and could easily see raising this rating to a 5.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$20–30
Food: 4
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 4
It was our first time there but our friends done here often.
Our table had lasagna ... pizza... Mastacolli/meat sauce... Garlic bread... Italian salads... Chicken Alfredo and Italian sausage sandwich... And everyone was happy with their orders and service.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$10–20
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Peppers
Just picked up 2 small pizzas and a small Italian salad. Each pizza was $25. I ordered the veggie pizza with no black olives, and of course it had black olives. Crust was totally stale. The worst part was the small Italian salad. It is tiny but cost $8.50. Save your money and get good food anywhere else. Picture of $8.50 salad included.
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$20–30
The pizza is fantastic (go on Wednesday for the Family Night Special), but the service is the real star. Busy night, so everyone was hustling, but they all still took time to be attentive and really nice.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$20–30
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
We moved out of state 2 years ago and have recently moved back. My wife, kids and I used to come here for dinner on a Friday or Saturday every week. We'd order a breaded mushrooms, pizza and chicken Alfredo to split. First, the waitress seemed flustered from the start. Our entree arrived before our appetizer because she forgot , but blames the cook staff. She also forgot one of our garlic breads. Pizza was good as usual, but the chicken Alfredo was absolutely atrocious. The portion size was less than half of what it was when we moved 2 years ago and double the price. For an Al a carte portion, we even questioned the server if it was correct because it used to come in a large bowl, not a small plate. You can tell from the picture the chicken is CANNED when it used to be grilled pieces and the Alfredo sauce now tastes like a cheap bag sauce. We aren't looking for a freebie or anything but she didn't offer anything, no apology, just kept going. Prices were outrageous for the service and quality we recieved tonight. After CRAVING NLI for over 2 years, we were completely and uterly disappointed. Pictures will be posted below. What a disappointment. And from the look of it, the only time the owner or manager respond to reviews is when they are positive reviews. So let's see if they even try to rectify the situation.
Donna was our server & could not have been more attentive, our group of 4 ordered all different dishes & fantastic, each year we select a new place to go for our high school friends Christmas get together, we all agreed we don’t need to select another place next year
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$30–50
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Lasagna
Excellent food. The best garlic bread you will ever taste and classic lasagna. You could split the lasagna between 2 people. Be prepared to wait a little bit for the lasagna but worth it!
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$10–20
Waitress was great! Food is not what it used to be. Pizza crust had no flavor. Garlic bread was not as buttery as in the past.
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$20–30
Food: 2
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 3
We had the 1/2 Chicken, meatball appetizer was the winner being meal sized! Mama Mia like garlic bread thick and naughty. Lasagna always a safe delight dish
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$10–20
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Lasagna
