Mandola's Italian Kitchen

we thoroughly enjoyed our meal. the Italian dipping oil was amazing! The special of braised beef with mashed potatoes was delicious 😋 Jeffery was very accommodating with explaining the menu and all this restaurant had to offer.

Mandolas is a wonderful restaurant. I love going in on Thursday. That's the day they have Cannelloni Florentina. It is delicious. Thin sheets of pasta stuffed with braised chicken, spinach, Romano & Fontina cheeses, baked in a became sauce with a touch of marinara. I pair it with a Mista salad. Nice mix of greens, olives, a bit of celery and a wonderful house dressing oils, herbs and cheese. Yum! The wait staff are friendly and attentive. They are the only restaurant in the area that the staff clears away plates and bowls to give you room to rest your arms, or make room for desert plates. It's always satisfying to eat at Mandolas. I take friends or meet friends at the restaurant often. It's nice to see the same staff at the restaurant. Managers and staff come to your table to check on you and ask if you need anything. If you do need something they bring it right away! I will be going back soon.

Met friends from NY there. The manager Jeffrey Dexter was outstanding. He made us feel like family. The food was delicious and came out very quickly. For me the most exciting part was they had gluten free pasta and it is the first restaurant I ever went to That had gluten free bread for dipping in seasoned olive oil. Our friends and I had not seen each other in quite a while and we wound up sitting at the table for almost 3 hours. The manager even gave us the most delicious homemade Italian cookies from their bakery. They tasted like my Italian grandmothers cookies. I highly recommend this establishment for their sincere hospitality, and delicious food and drink. I was disappointed to see that they don’t have any locations in the St. Petersburg or fort myers area but hoping that they will soon so we can come to one much close to us.

Our first visit was amazing!! The staff was super friendly, the food was even better!! As we were leaving, I could walk past the huge strawberries in the sorbetto. And on top of that, The owner/manager gave us our desert for free. First time visitors!!’ Definitely not the last!!

Went to the Cedar Park location and had a great experience! The food was brought out quickly & was delicious. The manager even came to check on us after receiving our food and brought us a dessert too since it was our first visit here. Hospitality was superb and we’ll definitely be back!

My wife and I enjoy going to Mandola's about once a quarter. The food is good and consistent. But, we always leave there thinking for the price we should have had table service. The prices are a little high for what you get. We come more offten if the pricing was better.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Chicken Parmesan Fettuccine, Salad, Grilled Chicken, Gnocchi with Meat Sauce

You’ll never get bread again. Constantly having this issue when coming to this location. Tonight we asked not one BUT TWO staff members for more bread and oil and NEITHER ever came back. Never sit in the side room, you will see staff once in a blue moon.

The food was good but the service could have been better!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 2

Great food. Only complaint is they are very stingy on thier red sauces for some reason. So expect to need to order extra sides for $2 of sauce.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Parmesan Fettuccine, Grilled Chicken, Chicken Alfredo, Carnivore Pizza, Spaghetti and Meatballs

Great for family's with the park right outside for kids to play. Food was goodand it's pretty much order at the counter, grab your drink and food is brought out to you. Do not forget to stop at the dessert counter. Fantastic choices. Don't look if you're not interested if you do you'll get something.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Usually good, today the bread was hard on top, the eggplant parm had too much cheese which was glue-like. Honestly I have no idea why, but it was not good today! Disappointing.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 3

Go during the week btw 1-3.

Kid-friendliness: Crowded with families on Friday. Hard to get seats, long line to order so the kids were impatient. But, large playground

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Maybe I'm being too critical about this place, I wasn't impressed on several things, I'm not saying that the food was bad or the place was dirty, we had 5 people in our party, you walk up to the counter to order then find your own seat/table, 3 chicken fettuccine, 2 spaghetti orders, 1 garlic bread and 5 fountain drinks, over $130.00, looking at the screen I was kind of surprised, seemed bit much, and then the "tip" options shows up and, lowest option 18% is $25.00 !, I did not tip anywhere close to that, when he simply took my order as similar to a McDonald's cashier, you seat yourself, fill your own drinks, and they bring the food to your table as similar to a McDonald's order, once the food is dropped off, no follow up service, refill your own drinks. The food was "ok" , spaghetti sauce was watery, and portions seemed small. Again nothing was terrible, just sharing my visit.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 3

Good food. Good service. Good atmosphere.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

The food is okay. All the gelato flavors are bad and/or bland.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4