Mangialardo's Restaurant

This place used to be great. If you’re not a “regular”, you don’t get good service. Don’t go there anymore as it sucks now !!
8 years ago (27-11-2017)

A bit overpriced. My wife is an outstanding cooked so I'm a bit spoiled, however the food seems to lack authentic Italian taste. The garlic and cheese pizza is ok and their sauteed greens are good.
8 years ago (26-11-2017)

The dining area was so dark that my mother had to use my phone's flashlight to read her menu. The prices are quite high for this area, the most expensive Italian place in the valley easily. Our table was crowded right next to a large party and a few times one of them bumped the back of my chair with his elbows when he leaned back. The waitress never stopped at our table after we ordered, just did a quick walk-by asking if we needed anything, without stopping to even hear when we said "yes". The tomato sauce served on their pasta tastes fresh out of a glass jar and has little to no seasoning or real flavor. We haven't been there in years, and it's sad that after the renovation they really seem to be cutting corners or just not caring anymore. Won't be going back ever again with so many other more delicious AND affordable places to choose from.
8 years ago (14-06-2017)

Some food is really delicious, like the pizza and their pasta with red clam sauce, some dishes have high prices for not so fresh ingredients (like canned mushrooms), very dark inside
8 years ago (13-09-2017)

Being an Italian from NYC I'm pretty snobby about Italian food, but even if I wasn't, this place was pretty subpar. First off, the service was slow and the waitresses did more gossiping in earshot of our table, then they did actually waitressing. The place was very dark and there is actually carpet on the walls. I felt like I was back in the 70s, and not in a good way. The food wasn’t anything to write home about either. The garlic sticks were actually flat pizza (with american cheese?) cut into strips. The gnocchi was homemade but I’ve had frozen gnocchi that had tasted better than what I was served. The sauce was bland, they don’t even serve pesto sauce, the fried calamari was rubbery and from what I can tell was prepackaged. There are a few places in the Valley that has better Italian food. Do a quick google search and you should be able to find them including my reviews.
8 years ago (07-09-2017)