Cafe Trattoria Mamma Maria
| Address: | 108 Wheat Rd, Buena, NJ 08310, USA |
| Phone: | +1 856-697-1002 |
| Site: | cafetrattoriamammamaria.com |
| Rating: | 4.3 |
| Working: | 11AM–11PM 11AM–11PM 11AM–11PM 11AM–11PM 11AM–11PM 11AM–11PM 11AM–11PM |
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Alan Huff
I really want to give this place five stars! The fact is that when they are on their game, its the best Italian I have found in South Jersey, but honestly, they are wildly inconsistent. Ive had the best homemade pastas, sauces, pizza, garlic knots, and chicken parmesan of almost any restaurant Ive been to. But Ive also had the same dishes prepared awfully on other visits, from woody chicken to over breaded greasy chicken parm, hard rolls, lackluster pasta, and even tried to pass linguine off as pappardelle, while charging the $2 upcharge anyway. I suspect this is why some people have given them bad reviews, because they were legitimately bad. My plan is to be more aggressive in calling them out when its bad, and that would be my recommendation for anyone interested in this place - if its not fantastic, send it back, call them out, they are great but need much better quality control or they probably wont last.
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TIMOTHYT WAGONER
JUST HAD DINNER @ RESTURANT AFTER HEARING GOOD THINGS FROM LOTS OF FRIENDS,,BUT WE WERE VERY DISAPPOINTED IN ARE DINING EXPERIANCE...RESTURANT NOT BUSY,,MAYBE 5 TABLES WITH US,,WERE SEATED IN BACK CORNER OF RESTURANT BY WHAT WE THOUGHT MAY BE THE OWNER,,& FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE REST OF THE EVENING BY THIS GENTELMAN,,BUT OBSERVERD HIM VISITING EVERY OTHER TABLE THAT CAME IN ASKING THEM FOR A FREE GLAAS OF WINE,,& SEEING ANOTHER TABLE GETTING COMP,,GRILLED VEGETABLE PLATTER,,PRICES WERE OKAY,,BUT THAN OUR MEAL CAME,,,VERY SMALL PORITION FOR PRICE,,NO SALAD WITH MEAL,,ROLLS OR SHOULD I SAY FORCATTA,WANT TO BE,,DRY,,,PASTA SIDE WAS LUKE WARM,,SEEM COOKED AHEAD,,VEGIES SIDE OVER COOKED,,ONLY THING WAS THE DINNER CAME OUT FAST,,,WAITER NOT SO GOOD WITH PERSONALTY,,WILL NOT GO BACK
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Sean Lippincott
I walked in late, as they were closing but the owner insisted that "if the door is unlocked, were open; please come in and order". I ordered food with my fiance and they made everything fresh to order. The food was great but the price was a little steep but they are in a shopping complex and I would imagine rent is high. So theres that.
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Marieta Wilks
Great place to have a nice dinner with family. Food was delicious, will be coming back again. My hubby and I love everything about the restaurant. We had to come because of all the great things that was said by my FB friends.
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lisa acilio
There food is amazing. Great atmosphere. When I eat there I feel like Im right in Italy. Also the people who own the place are very very very nice people as well as the people who work there!
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Vince Ciro
Went to dinner for my fathers 82 nd birthday and the food and service was excellent. Pasta dishes, seafood dishes andnpozza was great. We were 9 people and the price was good too.
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Luisa Lopez Arbelo
Nice place good adviance, good food, very friedly and courteous staff, I got to practice my Italian and Spanish. We will come again!
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ANNA GOMEZ
Excellent food. Wonderful service! Very quant little restaurant with character & a good selection of food (and desserts)!
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Richard Whitehead
Food was good but for the price the portions were tiny I live right next door and will not be returning
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Nino Lombardo
Food was delicious and the service was excellent! Made us feel like we were home! Franco is the best!
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Daniel Gonzalez
Great Food,Great serve and pino is awesome. Give it a try,you will love it.
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Tom Landi
Excellent food. Excellent service. Well worth the wait.
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Rtg G
Nice place great fresh homemade pasta poor location
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Charles G
The worst chicken and broccoli rabe sandwich ever.
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Timothy Grussenmeyer
Great food and prices, and outstanding service!
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Rocky Moore
Frankie was the best...food was excellent.
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Andrew Gross
Best italian food youve ever had...!!
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Bradley Anthony
Great food and great service.
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Mike Greico
Great Food & Plenty of it
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Mary Jane Kinkade
A pleasant surprise...
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larry baruffi
Excellent
