Reviews for Mama 'n Papa's Pizza Grotto in Vista, CA
Great food but the restaurant needs to be updated. Not much on atmosphere. The dining room is really dated. Service was... exceptional. I wish I would've gotten our servers name. She was really friendly and helpful. Other than that we LOVE MAMA nPAPAS!! Read more
My boyfriend and I ordered take out, so can't comment on service necessarily but order took 30-40 minutes. Have to say we were... impressed with the food. (We even drove back to Fallbrook.) We shared the mama and papa special. Very filling. Ranch and breadwas yummy! Will try again! Read more
Great comfortable place to dine in, staff is friendly and quick to take our order. I loved the food and the bread was delicious.... Their Lasagna was my favorite , price is affordable but we’ll worth it. Read more
Wonderful ambience, great music like Elvis and Frank Sinatra playing. My dad was super excited to hear their meatballs are the... size of baseballs. My chicken parmesab was out of this world. It definitely reminded my family and I of the Italian food wewould have back home in NJ. It's been so hard to find quality like that out here, in my opinion. They also had the old stylebills l, nothing electronic but hand written. It's the little things honestly. I will be returning to try more food on the menu. Read more
We tried this place yesterday. It was good but not great. We heard great things about it, and we were hoping that it would be... better than it was. We ordered a medium Special without bell peppers. The crust had a good texture but not a lot of flavor. The sauce and toppings were all decent but not outstanding. The pizza would have been just a bit better left in the oven for aminute or two more to get a little brown on top. Overall it was okay. We just didn’t love it. Our server was really kindand attentive. Read more
This place is phenomenal. I grew up in an Italian family and this place always reminds me of when I would go to my... grandparents’ house. I highly recommend the Mamas and Papas chicken special. It is very good. My server, Hailee, did anoutstanding job. She was very attentive and had a very pleasant disposition. 10/10 Read more
Great mom and pop Italian restaurant. Reminds me of Fillippi's pizza grotto. Sauce is amazing and that is all you need to know... to determine if an Italian restaurant is good. I loved loved loved their antipasto salad that can feed a large family. Iespecially liked their interesting dressing mix of Italian and ranch or maybe it was blue cheese. I forget. You wouldn't thinkmixing the two would be good but it is!! I highly recommend it. I also appreciate their generous portion of bread! I also hadtheir veal parmesan which is also a good indicator of a good Italian restaurant and it did not disappoint either. It's alsoreasonably priced. Their pizza is readily good as well, again it reminds me of Fillippi's without the ridiculous prices. Checkthis place out if you're in the area! Read more
Great traditional Italian dishes and nice portions for good price! We order lasagna and ravioli.