Mama Roberto’s

The calzones are amazing. Many different combinations to choose from when ordering one. The salad is just ok. The rolls are great. We don’t go there often but when we do it’s for the calzones. Regarding the décor, it’s what you would expect. It’s also clean. The Rock Hall/​Cleveland music artwork on the walls is neat and I have never seen it anywhere else.

It smells so delicious as you enter. The marinara sauce with bread was a great start with a salad. The food is big portions and delicious! (Even the men left with a doggie bag.) The chicken Marsala was delicious! The best. With big mushrooms. The staff is great. I’m very impressed and would go every time I’m in the area. Thanks Rick!

We went on New Year’s Eve night. I just got off work where I’m also a server and this place wasn’t busy at all. After a week at s busy restaurant it was nice to have a meal with some friends and we had a great time. The food was amazing, only thing I can say is maybe a kids meal option? Service was excellent!

We ate here in September 2014 for a late lunch on a Sunday. We were greeted and seated in a timely manner. I ordered the Lasagna and it was huge. The meal came with salad and garlic bread. The Lasagna was delicious. My guy had the Chicken Marsala and he said it was very good. We took half our meal home and the price is good for the portions.

Great people and great food. I called on a Sunday afternoon for take out and they were closed but offered to make it for me anyways. So awesome.

Gross Italian food, I would avoid it at all costs. Way better options for Italian in mentor.

This restaurant is absolutely amazing. The staff is very friendly. Their pizza and ravoli is delicious. It’s a very nice restaurant for the family and gives very good big portions. I would recommend taking leftovers home.

My favorite local «go to» for dining or carry out Italian food. Portions are very generous… usually providing for lunch the next day. I try to stay away from carbs, but the eggplant appetizer and a side salad are a «comfort food» dinner favorite. Their sauce is delicious-​slightly sweet and chunky.
The staff always makes you feel welcome and like family.

Decent American Italian food with a sh#t ton of cheese on everything. 3 dollar sharing charge, kind of pissed me off. I mean who does that.
Garlic rolls were amazing. Salad had so much cheese was average. Chicken parmesan was so big we split it and still took some home. Sauce was a bit sweet but decent, the pasta was uninspiring. Service was efficient.

Pizza is pretty good but disappointingly small and pricey for the size. Forget dining there on Friday night. Place is small and you’ll wait a long time to be seated.

We all loved this place. Everything was very good! The portions are huge too. As in other reviews the garlic knots were amazing. The stuffed pepper appetizer was the best he ever had, according to my husband. My youngest loved the pizza. Their sauce has an excellent flavor. I highly recommend this place!

I just love this place. And have I told you how much I love their eggplant parmesan?! I truly appreciate that they leave it unbreaded, so you can truly enjoy the flavor without all the over abundance of breading. Monday is half price pizza night, yum! And this is what keeps me coming back time after time after time.

Wow, I was very impressed. I’ve passed this place many times while shopping nearby. I purchased a gift certificate thru Amazon Local and decided to give this place a try. This rating is probably closer to 4.5 stars. I was greeted immediately, and seated on a Saturday evening. I proceeded to review the menu and decided to try the Fried Cheese as an appetizer and the Shrimp Aglio for my entrée. I was immediately presented with a basket of warm clustered garlic rolls (they were delicous!). The house salad (included with the entrée), arrived within a few minutes and it was GOOD, fresh iceberg lettuce, topped with cherry tomato and loads of fresh mozarrella with a side of their delicious house dressing. I ate every bit. The fried cheese arrived, 5 large planks of fresh mozzarella, nicely battered and fried with a side of homemade marinara. The marinara was filled with chunky tomatoes and had a very nice flavor, just a little bit sweet, just like I like it! The entrée… where do I begin!!! The server brought out a huge bowl of linguine, topped with fresh basil, loads of freshly topped tomato and an ample portion of perfectly cooked shrimp. I also received a side of freshly grated parmesan without having to request it. The pasta was piping hot, flavorful and the portion was HUGE. Everything about this meal was great, the food, service and atmosphere. I would definitely return!

I seriously will not eat fish, (walleye) anywhere except at this restaurant. The breading is a fine breading, not the greasy beer battered fish you get at other restaurants.
The portions are very good quality for the price. I elected to go with a cup of Italian wedding soup, ($ 1.00 more) instead of the salad, along with the coleslaw and really great French fries, bread and/​or their famous Garlic Ball bread, really sticks to your ribs.
No one in my family likes the same thing, that is why it’s such a treat that they all find their own favorite and we can sit down and enjoy our meal!
I cherish the concept of an honest to goodness restaurant, not a «Chain restaurant».

This is not the first time I’ve been here, but will most likely be my last.
First off, the service was nothing short of expected. Our waitress was very attentive and knowledgeable about the menu. That’s about where the success story ends…
We ordered an appetizer to start things off. I figured an «Italian Restaurant» would most likely have decent Calamari. WRONG. Although I’m aware most places use frozen Calamari, this was possibly the worst I’ve ever had. Soft, Chewy and served with a side of the worst marinara known to man. It’s was almost like they deep fried it half way and plated it. Even sprucing it up with lemon juice, salt and pepper couldn’t help this 8 legged sea creature.
Next I enjoyed a salad. Well not really. 2 olives, 1 pepperoncini, 1 grape tomato, a heaping handful of mozzarella, covering a small amount of classic iceberg lettuce. I’m no dietitian, but this was a salad even Rosie O’donnell would have pushed aside.
Time for the main entrée. Chicken Parm! How could anyone possibly mess this up? This greasy monstrosity was very upsetting. As limp as a dork on prom night, the chicken was under cooked and slimy. Covered with mozzarella cheese in a terrible attempt to give it some flavor. The side of pasta tasted like it was drained in a colander filled with Dawn soap.
Although I support local independent bussinness, I will not be returning. After reading all of the reviews, I was very upset with the product. Good Luck.

I really don’t understand what the other reviews are complaining about. My wife and I go there frequently it’s one of our favorite Italian restaurants in mentor.
Yes the portions are huge and yes there are chunks of tomato in the sauce but I love chunky homemade sauce. If you want a smooth pureed sauce go buy a bottle of Prego! The sauce is the real deal made with genuine San Marzano tomatoes. On several occasions I have even purchased a quart of sauce to go. For those that think there’s not enough sauce you can always ask for extra.
The pizzas and especially the calzones are to die for.
Yes the décor is typical cheesy Italian restaurant with checkered tablecloths and miscellaneous artwork on the walls but what else would you expect, fine dining?
Try it for yourself before you believe all the naysayers.
If you want a real deal be sure to check out their half price offering on Groupon com

I used to come here many times in past years, but we hadn’t been back for some time. The food used to be really generous and more than enough for the prices. Also, the quality was very good. My wife and I just went there this past weekend, and were were shocked at how small the portions were and how the quality of food had gone down hill.
I remember a dinner salad that was really generous, and now it is just a small thing that really disappoints. The Wedding Soup was to die for previously and came in this monstrous bowl. My wife and I used to be able to split it and still have some left over. Now, the «bowl» of soup comes in a large coffee cup with three really small meatballs and hardly any noodles… and where is the taste? It tasted like warm water.
Lastly, we ordered a side of clams… these had to be the smallest clams I have seen in my life. They were less than 1″ and they were not steamed, more like boiled (with no taste left).
The garlic knots… this used to be awesome… well, the bread we received was burnt on the bottom. Don’t serve bread that is burnt on the bottom. Throw it out and make some that is done properly.
The coffee… seriously, this was really watered down. Absolutely no taste. Come on gang, how can you mess up coffee?
We were really disappointed as this used to be the place to go after church on a Saturday evening. In fact, we were worried that there would be a long wait. Not anymore… we were seated right away… that should tell you something right there. I hope the owners read this and pull the place out of the gutter as I would hate to see this place disappear as it used to have really good food at one time.

I’d trade a huge portion for higher quality food any day.
I was dragged against my will to Mama Roberto’s for Sunday dinner with my family. If you’re looking for good Italian food in Mentor, you’d be better off going to the Olive Garden, honestly. And that ain’t saying much.
Yes, my side salad was good. Yes, the greasy garlic balls that are complimentary were good. But my entrée? It was huge… but it was almost inedible. I got pasta with spinach, the biggest mushrooms I’ve ever seen, a red sauce, covered with a half pound of cheese. Individually, any one of those ingredients might have been ok. But together? Not good. I feel like at most restaurants, if something is bland, if you throw cheese on top of it, it’ll taste ok. Not here! I don’t know what kind of cheese they used, but it couldn’t save the dish. I didn’t want to insult the person in my family who «loves» going there, so I pushed around the food on my plate and picked out the mushrooms and ate them. If it hadn’t been for the salad and bread I would have been pretty hungry, though.
I don’t venture out east all that often, but I’m sure you can find better pasta just about anywhere else. Skip this place!

I heard Mama Roberto’s use to be really really good back in the day, but now it’s more mediocre-​ish. The inside looked like your average joe pizza joint with checkeredd table cloths and random stuff all over the walls.
My food came out pretty greasy, a little too greasy actually. I’m not too much of a complainer so i sucked it up and ate it anyway. Don’t be too concerned about the prices because the portions are HUGEEE. Their sauce here? no jaw dropper really. The pizza on the other hand though is actually pretty damn good lol.
All in all. Mediocre service, mediocre food, and great pizza. Nothing’s really super fresh, made from scratch type of ordeal. Its kind of a prepared pre hand, deep fry, and serve type place.

When I say, «bring your appetite» what I really mean is bring the appetite of 4 – 5 people if you come here.
Oh yes, you get that much food. I’m not even sure who could possibly eat 3lbs of pasta in one sitting, but these portions will feed you for days (or a small army.)
This little, hidden gem in Mentor is not a restaurant you’d think was anything special from the looks of the outside. Located in a strip mall, you walk in and this small, family owned restaurant is always (and I mean always) packed. People come for the homemade, family-​style, delicious food and, of course, the portions. On a typical night, you’ll see just as many people grabbing take out and you will packed into the dinning room.
The kitchen is open and you can see the owners and their children running around, helping their guests. Their walls are covered in caricature drawings of them and at least 20 different «best of» awards for their food. The ambiance itself is very casual, and very «mom ‘n pop». You know, plastic menus, cheesy Italian décor, etc.
Back to the food! This is NOT your gourmet, expensive Italian restaurant. My guess is you’d be better off going somewhere in Little Italy if that’s what you’re seeking. What Mama Roberto’s offers is that handmade, home style Italian food that you’d expect someone’s Grandma to make. The side salads are nothing to write home about (read: iceburg mix, tons of cheese, store bought dressing), but everything else is awesome. They’re known for their garlic knots, and let me tell you, they’re addictive. My favorite is the homemade sauce and their meatballs. The marinara is a little sweeter and chunkier than I normally like, but there’s just something about it that makes is divine. The meatballs are made fresh, as well, with tons of parmesan cheese. *Drool* I’d also give their wedding soup a try, just know that you’ll most likely need the extra room in your stomach to eat the rest of the feast coming your way.
One pet peeve I have with Mama’s is their inability to properly turn tables on busy nights. They get swamped with people and let the tables linger for hours, instead of politely giving them subtle hints to scram. I was so hungry that I seriously considered asking a table to leave, lol. And they don’t take reservations. (sadface)
Either way, if you’re looking for home-​cooked, casual, Italian eats without the high price-​tag, this is the place. Just make sure you fast for 4 days ahead of time… or just clear a huge space in your fridge for your leftovers.