Reviews for Mambo Italiano - Illinois in Mundelein, IL
Great authentic Italian food and deserts. Amazing wine and drinks. Great servers and wonderful atmosphere. The music playing on... the sound system set the right mood to enjoy a great dinner. They have a entertainer that sings and plays a guitar on fridays. Read more
I should have listened to what I had read in the reviews. Service was horrible. The wait staff was running around, forgetting... drinks and what people had ordered. The well drinks took forever because the bartender was "over whelmed". The cook served thebirthday boy his dinner on a cracked plate. Which was immediately returned to the kitchen. Remade, but came back with the wrongprotein. The ladies room was absolutely disgusting. The smell, tacky floor, over flowing paper bins with all manner of paperstrewn everywhere. I immediately turned and walked out. The food wasn't good either. The charcuterie board looked like it wasleftover scraps. The chicken parmesan was bland. The house salad tasted like I was eating grass. Although, the complimentarybread was delicious. In short, think twice before you spend your hard earned money at this establishment. Walk down to the pizzaplace in the same strip mall. Read more
First thing I will say is that the food was delicious despite the wait. Portions were large and all 3 of us had food to take... home. We ordered the Shrimp Gambi, Spinach Lasagna with meatballs, and Spaghetti with meatballs. Plus we got a dessert for abirthday! Just unfortunate that we came at a bad time. Walked in to put our name in for a table of 3, but stood waiting behindthe door dash guy for 5 minutes as no one greeted people as they walked in. People were all clustered at the door eventhoughthere was ample seating to the side. Finally put my name down and we sat for another 10 minutes until a guy that looked like themanager asked us what we were waiting for. He said he'd get us seated right away. Another 10 minuets goes by and we ask if wecan sit at the bar instead but couldn't having a minor in our group. Checked with the hostess and from her look I could tellthat they had forgotten about us. She sat us right after but another wait from the server be acknowledged. He had 2 other tablesand a small party besides us. At least he was very apologetic for his delay and informed us that several servers didn't show upfor their shift that night. We arrived at 6:30 on a Sunday and didn't leave until almost 9pm. Read more
Fantastic food. Understated ambience. Good wine. Awesome service. What cN you asked for especially when expectations were low on... a week night! Read more
When we first walked in we were greeted kindly by the owner Sal. Our server Antonio was incredibly personable, had vast... knowledge and recommendations from the menu, as well as being incredibly diligent. Our food; appetizers fresh and delicious.Salads are very generous. Their chicken Marsala was delicious. Fresh ravioli divine. And the kings plate was the zuppa DePesche. Drinks; old fashion to perfection, lemonchello martini, lemonchello were divine. For desert we had classic spumoni,delicious cannoli puffs, classic cannoli were everything that we expected! While we were dining we even sent the menu link toour family and friends! Needless to say we highly recommend Mombo Italiano. We will be back soon! Read more
Outstanding service and food! The atmosphere has a somewhat upscale without being stuffy vibe but is very comfortable and... inviting. I really enjoyed the many types of raviolis and especially enjoyed the vodka sauce rigatoni. I almost made a meal outof that amazing warm crusty Italian bread they start you out with! The soup was delicious and the servings were all very largelyportioned as well, good bang for your buck. Read more
Very nice staff and pretty decor, but food was just mediocre. I'd ordered stuffed mushrooms, soup and eggplant salad. However... there was no eggplant but fried bread crumbs. My husband ribs were just ok nothing spectacular, he left half of it and he is ameat eater. Not sure if we ever go back there again. Read more
We went for lunch where the prices are much lower than the dinner menu but the portions are just as huge! Our server was super... friendly and attentive the food came out fast and most importantly it tasted amazing. I highly recommend going for lunch! Read more