Reviews for Mangia Bene Restaurant in Martinez, CA
It is a pleasure to visit this restaurant. Cozy and quite with personal service. We were only 3 and enjoyed meal and friendly... discussion. The Afugatto desert was amazing, will come again just for that. Read more
Thoroughly enjoyed our dinner here. They offer generous portions of delicious Italian food and service is excellent. We had the... lasagna, butternut squash ravioli and a kids version of Mac and cheese. The prices are also very reasonable. Definitelyrecommend. Read more
The staff is always pleasant accommodating and a joy to see whenever we are there. Always look forward to going and coming back... the next time. Food is always ALWAYS spot on and so delicious!! Highly recommend!! Read more
I am not a huge fan of Italian restaurants normally, it is too easy to throw low quality sauce together with store bought... noodles and charge $20 a plate. However, Mangia Bene is such a welcome exception. Their food is flavorful and well prepared andit made for such a delightful date night. This is now the place I plan on sating my future Italian cravings :) Read more
We were going to Kaiser in Martinez but got there too early than the appointment time. So we looked on Google see any... restaurants near by. We saw IHOP close by and pulled in parking lot saw this Italian restaurant. Google says 4.4 stars so wedecided to give a try. I ordered presto pasta, my husband ordered lasagna. The bread is so fresh, dipping sauce is very good.Both of our dishes are very tasty and you can taste homemade not frozen ingredients. Believe or not they serve sparkling water.It is very refreshing. We are very impressed by this hidden gem and the daughter of the owner told us they have been there 26years. The price is super reasonable. I will definitely go back again and highly recommend! Read more
Usually I give this restaurant a 4 to 5 star rating but last night the food was mediocre and the service was slow. We ordered... the mozzarella caprese appetizer and it consisted of three semi ripen tomato slices a chunk of cheese and some balsamic drizzledover it with what look like might have been a Basil Leaf not sure but it was pretty, it just wasn't flavorful. I ordered thecarpaccio appitizer. It was covered in arigula. Yes some with it is good but this was more of a salad. We also ordered thecalamari appetizer, and I picked up a piece , to just put it on my plate...it was cool to touch... fried calamari is notsupposed to be cold! The shell pasta with shrimp was okay the sauce was a little thin the temperature was lukewarm Myfather-in-law and my husband ordered the lasagna. My father-in-law got a huge piece of lasagna that was almost cold and myhusband got a small piece that was barely warm. I ordered the veal saltimbocca. The veal itself was tender but very gameytasting, there was no other flavor to it except the game taste. Veal is never supposed to be gamey so that tells me the veal wasold. I substituted Polenta for mashed potatoes qith my saltimbocca, and the polenta was lukewarm and chunky-epic fail . I'veloved this hidden gem of a restaurant for a few years but the last few visits has provided this negative review. Read more
I would give it a five star if I hadn't ordered the tiramisu. It is not flavored with coffee but cinnamon. Like ?????? However,... this is a little gem for more than decent pasta and family gathering vibe. They also have an interesting beverage collection. Read more
Our favorite Italian restaurant in the East Bay! Great food, great service and great atmosphere! You can taste the difference... and they carry a great selection of wine. Read more