East Side Mario's

This place hits right every single time. I've come here quite frequently and holy, they never miss a beat. I had Leah as a server today and she's been fantastic. Very engaging in the conversation and professional. Girls been working hard all night but still doing her best. I'll always bring people with me for the experience here.

We visited East Side Mario’s in St. Albert yesterday for lunch and everything was just great! The food came out fresh and tasty, and the atmosphere was really nice and relaxing. Our server was super friendly and attentive — really made the whole experience even better. I was actually celebrating my birthday, and when our server asked if we wanted dessert, we found out there’s a birthday cake option, which we didn’t even know about! I ended up getting the salted caramel brownie and it was sooo good! Overall, we had a wonderful time and left full and happy. Definitely recommend this place for a nice meal and great service!

I went for lunch with my sister because this is one of her favorite restaurants, and I felt compelled to write about our experience — especially the service.nnThese days, it often feels like tipping a certain percentage is just expected, even when the service doesn’t always reflect it. But that was absolutely not the case here.nnManal made us feel like we truly mattered. She was attentive, caring, and genuinely kind throughout our entire meal. It never felt forced — her service was warm and sincere.nnShe is honestly one of the best servers I’ve encountered in a very long time. Thank you, Manal, for making our lunch so enjoyable.

Very devastated to post this review because it is the 1st time in many many years we have been disappointed with the food and service. We asked friends to join us that have not been to Eastside for over 10 years even though they live in St. Albert. Liam was our server, he was great with letting us visit and taking our time in ordering. However, we ordered Sizzling Calamari to start and it arrived with no bread. We asked Liam for bread and he said it was just coming out of the oven. On the good side, Liam did bring 2 loaves of bread when it was ready. Water and pop was never offered to be refilled unless we specifically asked for them. But the big concern was the food this time. The tomato sauce is usually very good, this night it tasted like they opened a tin of diced tomatoes and put it in our pasta, no spice or flavour to it at all, in both our seafood pasta and baked pasta. Husband asked for penne rather than linguine in his seafood pasta, we all received our meals except for my husband. He did not receive his meal until at least 8 minutes after all of us received our meals. Then I had to ask Liam for the scratch cards that I had received an email about and for the take home pasta. We only took one Alfredo pasta home, when we ate it today, it seemed to lack the flavour it usually has. We are always willing to overlook service when the food is good, and the food has always been amazing until last night. It is the 1st time we have been disappointed with the food, with the exception of the sizzling calamari. Sad because the couple we asked to join us after not being there for years, had a bad 1st experience and likely will not return.

Went for some soup and bread to warm myself and my significant other up and our waitress, Meggan was an absolute delight. Very friendly, EXTREMELY prompt with service. My drink was refilled before I even knew I needed it! Will definitely be going back! Looking forward to seeing Meggan again