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fightinfire21
Mouseketeer
Registered: April 2005
Location: Cassville, PA
Posts: 300Review Date: Mon April 27, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Cons:
We have ate here on several occasions. We really enjoy this resturant. The food here is good italian food. I really enjoy the flat breads. The atsmophre is nice as well. It is dark, cool, and a nice place to be on a hot day. We have always had decent service here too. I also enjoy watching the open kitchen where they prepare your meal. It is somewhere we will return to again on our future trips. 
*NikkiBell*
Careful with the Cool Whip!
LOX IS MY NEMESIS!!!
I'm coming off of the plane decked out with a Snooki poof
Registered: June 2005
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 10929Review Date: Mon April 27, 2009 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 3
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Conviently located, comfortable atmosphere Cons: Food quality and service have severly declined over the past few years
Mama Melrose's used to be our favorite table service in the Studios. The food was always great and the service wonderful. However, it has gone downhill over the past few years. Our last visit there was in 2006 and we will probably not return again. The food was mediocre, at best, and the service very slow. It is a shame that such a nice restaurant has lost its touch.
dpuck1998
I'm innocent I tell you...innocent! I've been framed!
Worlds second largest Miami Dolphin fan
Registered: April 2003
Location: Vicksburg, MI
Posts: 10286Review Date: Thu April 30, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Cons:
This is our go to meal for Fantasmic package. The food has always been great and our experience solid. There isn't much for atmosphere but I've yet to be disappointed.
Splat25
DVC Owner AKV & BLT
Registered: February 2008
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
Posts: 255Review Date: Thu April 30, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 7
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Great appetizers Cons: dark and a little loud
The Artisan bread appetizer was pretty fun for all of us. It features several types of breads and plenty of different types of dips to experiment with. The pesto was only average to me while the fire roasted pepper dip was very good. It has a pleasant sweetness and rich roasted pepper flavor to it. I also really enjoyed the oven roasted garlic bulb, the garlic easily spread on the bread. It was creamy and mild, wonderful!
The mozzarella and fresh tomatoes with olive oil and balsamic vinegar was also a very nice appetizer. The texture or the semi firm cheese and the freshness of the ripe beefsteak tomatoes were an excellent combination. The flavors of the tomatoes were heightened by the balsamic vinegar and the olive oil. All items were excellent quality, I would certainly get this appetizer again.
DD ordered a side garden salad with her penne pasta with cheese sauce. It was perfect for her with tasty ranch dressing and large carrot and cumber slices. The pasta was good also and there was plenty to split between the two kids. It was basically a fancy mac and cheese. DD was a bit put off in that it didn’t look like mac and cheese, but after one taste she ate it up. And DS just loves to eat so no worries there!
When our meals came out, a basket or warm rolls came out with it. These rolls were also served with a small bowl pepper-seasoned olive oil. The olive oil was good, but a bit strong for some. The rolls themselves were tasty, fluffy and warm.
My wife ordered the Oven Baked Chicken alla Parmesan over spaghetti noodles. It was wonderful. The chicken was tender and moist with a crispy, crunchy crust. It had plenty of melted, gooey mozzarella cheese on top. The pasta was perfectly cooked. And the tasty tomato sauce was wonderful, slightly sweet and tangy – the perfect way to bring the dish together.
My entrée was called “Charred Butcher Tender Steak gorgonzola butter on roasted red pepper polenta, grilled asparagus and red wine reduction”. It is a long and fancy name for a Blue cheese accented steak with wine sauce served with polenta and asparagus. The steak was cooked perfectly for medium as can be seen below in the picture I took. The presentation was very nice, although I wondered why the wine reduction sauce was on the other side of the plate. My guess is that it was to create an artistic contrast when served. The steak also had nice grilled texture on the outside while still remaining tender on the inside. The steak and wine sauce had excellent flavor and I really liked the red pepper polenta as it gave it some flavor. The asparagus was just ok, but then it’s not one of my favorite veggies, green beans or broccoli would have been better to my taste.
Desserts! We were getting full by this part of the meal, but couldn’t pass up an effort to see what new dessert we would find. I ordered just chocolate. Oh happy day! It was perfectly suited for the hot and exhausting day we had experienced so far. Very smooth and creamy and exquisitely chocolate!
Wanting to try something a little different, we also opted to try out the Warm Chocolate Truffle Cake. The cake was a chocolate cake with a liquid chocolate filling. Another winner for dessert, but then it’s nearly impossible to go wrong with chocolate! We ended up eating the cake with our chocolate gelato. Wow! The two together were wonderful. While the cake was good, it was much better with the side of gelato – chocolate or vanilla would both work great with this cake.
My daughter’s ice cream sundae was pretty much the average table service kid’s sundae that we encountered. It had vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauces and sprinkles. It must have been satisfying since it was devoured between the 2 kids pretty quickly.
Sylvain "Sly" Leroux
Mickey knows me !
Registered: April 2007
Location: Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec, CANADA
Posts: 13Review Date: Thu April 30, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Great food, excellent service Cons: Noisy
I ate the best steak ever, and you should not miss the lemon frozen desert....delicious ! Bon Appetit !
Kimberle
WL Vet
Registered: July 2003
Posts: 10324Review Date: Fri May 1, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 7
Positive aspects of the product (pros): good food, nice atmosphere Cons: far(back of park), small portions
We ate here one night during TS Fay. The restaurant was near empty, yet they were turning people away due to ARD's. I think most people didn't want to come out in the rain.
The food was good. I had Chick parm. The chicken portion was about 6 oz, fine. But they gave me maybe 2 oz of spagatti. Spagatti is so cheap, they could at least give you a decent amount. My dd had the kids pizza. It was very small.
I had the choc cake dessert. It was very good.
I<3EvilQueen
Is That the Fashion 2nd Amendment-The Right to Bare Arms?
Registered: April 2007
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 1242Review Date: Mon May 4, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 7
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Standard Italian Fare Cons: Standard Italian Fare
I enjoyed my dinner here back in Aug of 2008. The food was good, the service was a tad slow but I think it was our waitress, and not an overall review of all the waitstaff.
Gaskorvan
Earning My Ears
Registered: April 2009
Location: Hamilton, ON
Posts: 71Review Date: Mon May 4, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 7
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Cons:
Decent Italian food nice atmosphere.
MTW
Mouseketeer
Registered: May 2005
Posts: 267Review Date: Thu May 7, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Good Food, Good Service Cons:
We had a good meal here and I think it's a safe bet in Disney Hollywood Studios. I had the Wood-grilled chicken with pipette pasta and they were able to put the cream sauce on the side, which I thought was great because I could "monitor" the amount of sauce my pasta was swimming in. My DH ordered the chicken parm (his staple at Italian restaurants) and declated it was "pretty good" which is about as excited as he gets. He did finish it. DS ordered the pasta with red sauce on the side, chicken soup and ice cream for dessert. We shared the tiramisu.
The only real problem we had was with our ADR. We were meeting characters and were late (about 15 min.) We sent others in our party ahead and the cast member told them that we had 5 minutes to make it across the park or we wouldn't be seated. We had trouble finding the restaurant and the hostess made a big deal about how she was going out of her way to seat us... it was 6:15. Then we watched at least 4 parties come in after us and get seated. It was strange. But our server was great!
LuccaDrake
Mouseketeer
Registered: March 2008
Location: Southern Maine
Posts: 498Review Date: Sun May 10, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): nice atmosphere, fantastic service Cons: close tables
I gave this an 8 mostly because of my DBF. He loves this place. I, on the other hand, think it's okay. One good thing about Mama Melrose is that if you book the fantasmic package on the DDP you still get an appetizer, entree, and dessert. We have been here multiple times and have had some of the best servers in Disney. They are very attentive and have even taken time out to sit with us and inquire about how our vacation is going. As for the food, some of the flavors and ingredients are closer to real italian food rather than chain restaurant italian food. However, sometimes the flavors and seasonings are used too much. This is my main issue. After a few initial bites the seasoning in the food can become too much. But like I said, DBF LOVES this place. He usually sticks with the pizza though. So head on over and check it out for yourself!
timandlesley
The tag fairy may not but the Tag Genie does!!!
Registered: April 2004
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Posts: 5488Review Date: Mon May 18, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Cons:
We have eaten here as a family many times and just love it here. We always have excellent food, and great service. The kids meals are great, appetizers yummy and adult pasta dishes wonderful too. We have always had an excellent experience with the servers here as well, very helpful and pleasant. I highly recommend Mama Melrose!
WDWannabe
Mouseketeer
Registered: July 2004
Location: North Georgia
Posts: 140Review Date: Sun May 24, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Relaxed Cons: Dark inside
We ate here in 2006 and it was our first meal at a Disney resturant. We had a wonderful server, she was friendly and helpful. The appys were very good, don't remember what they were though. I just remember us enjoying it. We would go again. We did find it hard to locate in the park.
PucTiger
Earning My Ears
Registered: March 2007
Posts: 14Review Date: Fri June 5, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 5
Positive aspects of the product (pros): ample seating, nice decor Cons: mediocre food, a little on the dark side, waitstaff seemed rushed
My friend and I visited this place in 09/08 using the free dining plan. We hadn't made reservations ahead of time, but called wdw-dine to make them over the phone. We got in a little early for what I'm accustomed to for dinner (~5:00 I think), but we were seated quickly. The biggest complaint I had, really, was our particular location. Since there was only two of us, we were stuck on a small table that looked haphazardly put in a busy aisle. Besides the dark atmosphere, we sat and watched the waitstaff hurry around. The server was friendly but, again, seemed to rush through things.
The server adamantly suggested the pork tenderloin with wild mushroom risotto and marsala wine sauce. I ordered this. My friend ordered the Spaghetti Fra Diavolo. The pork was cooked right, and was moist. The sauce was definitely lacking and the risotto definitely needed salt to perk it up. I think that, perhaps, they just need to add more marsala and that would have probably brought up the salt level in the dish and made it more palatable. As it was, I was somewhat disappointed. The spaghetti, however, was pretty spot on. The seafood was ample and tasty. The marinara definitely had some heat to it -- delicate palates may want to avoid this dish. We both ordered the cheesecake and thought it was pretty spot on, though obviously premade a while ago.
If it wasn't for the bustle of the place and the darkness, I would have probably rated the place a little higher. The Italian here is, undoubtedly, better than what you'll find at the Magic Kingdom, but it probably still needs a few tweaks or better management.
missminniemouse
DIS Veteran
Registered: September 2004
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 890Review Date: Wed June 10, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Cons:
We like this restaurant, especially for its grilled pizzas. We've never had a bad experience here.
PIRATEGIRL007
DIS Cast Member
OMG! I am about to jump up and down!
real technical words, aren't they!
Registered: August 2005
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 13541Review Date: Wed June 24, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Excellent Food Cons: service at times
Mama Melrose is a must for us every time we visit DS. We go at least once a trip, sometimes twice on longer trips. We have tried many items but especially love their eggplant parmesan rigatoni (didn't have it last time though) and their pizzas. Try the chocolate lava cake with raspberries, it is divine.
The service has been iffy at times but overall I don't have a bad perception of their service.
We also have had good luck at walking up to reservations at odd times at Mama Melrose, have gotten tables twice (during fall free dining time) between hours of 2-4pm.
We would recommend Mama Melrose to anyone with a love of Italian food. It has a great menu with classic dishes at reasonable prices.
Madi100
DIS Veteran
Registered: April 2000
Posts: 7207Review Date: Thu June 25, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Great food, wonderful atmosphere Cons: Not a great place for kids
This was always our favorite sit-down until we took our children. They only give the kids one red crayon. For my tired 6 year old this was enough to send her over the edge. In most Disney restaurants, I feel comfortable with my children being children. Not here. The area we were in was one long booth with several tables and chairs. So, while you aren't sitting with them, you are very close. We sat next to a couple. When we have been without children, we absolutely love this restaurant.
The food is great. Unlike Tony's, this has excellent Italian food.
disney brit
Earning My Ears
Registered: April 2009
Posts: 11Review Date: Mon June 29, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Cons:
We found this restaurant to be suprisingly good. We had excelent service and decent quality food for a theme park.
Dobbee69
Earning My Ears
Registered: October 2009
Location: Wappingers Falls, NY
Posts: 26Review Date: Tue November 3, 2009 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 3
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Non Cons: food, noise
Visited September 2009- I had been looking for an Italian meal while I stayed at Disney. I made reservations here. This was not the place for an Italian meal. I agree with other comments, it is noisy. My husband had the chicken parm dinner it was dry and the tomato sauce was not so good. I had the mushroom ravioli and it had no flavor and the sauce/broth it was in was very watery.
To many other places to try to have to go back there.
bakermom
Earning My Ears
Registered: November 2009
Posts: 10Review Date: Mon November 16, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 5
Positive aspects of the product (pros): nice atmosphere, nice people Cons: Smaller portions
Had the chicken parm, I liked it enough, just not the biggest portion for the prices. Husband thought it was just blah! Not enough Italian places to eat at wdw! Same old food everywhere you go!
FigmentGal96
One Little Spark
Registered: October 2009
Location: Athens, GA
Posts: 70Review Date: Fri December 11, 2009 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 4
Positive aspects of the product (pros): We had adequate seating space. Cons: Took FOREVER, food not up to standard, somewhat rude server, lack of theming.
We had a 5pm ADR on the Sunday of the weekend after Thanksgiving. The park was busy, but not excessively crowded. We checked in on time and were seated within 10 minutes. Unfortunately, we sat at our table for at least 20 minutes before our server showed up. When he did show up he was much less than apologetic and somewhat rude. When he brought our drinks back a member of our party asked if we could have some bread, and the response that we got was "Yeah, but it's a little bit busy you know. Give me a minute." We had been seated in the restaurant 45 minutes by that time. An hour and fifteen minutes after our ADR time our food arrived. Two of us had the penne, and mine definitely wasn't warm enough. I had to wonder if it had been sitting in the kitchen waiting for our server to pick it up. We had plenty of time to observe inconsistent service all over the restaurant. Some parties came in, ordered right away, and got their food before other parties even saw their server for the first time. We saw our server accidentally dump a beverage in the lap of the woman at the table next to us. They made quite a public show of the clean up process; I felt very badly for her, and she was very gracious about it. It took us about two hours to get through our seating. Our server was downright annoyed that we were on the Dining Plan, and he couldn't divide our bill correctly (part of 2 and party of 3). We had to call a manager over to the table to ask how to handle it, and she was also much less than friendly. We asked if they were running a bit behind that night (trying to figure out if we were just having a bad server experience or if it was the restaurant), and her response was, "Well, it's just taking some time to get food out of the kitchen." The theming here was much less than I expected. We sat there long enough to go through the entire music loop- I'm not sure what was going on with that. Are the Dire Straits particularly Italian or Italian American? It didn't really come off as a Mom & Pop Italian joint; it was more like a restaurant in seach of an identity. I would not recommend this place, and it will probably be quite a while before I'll be willing to try it again.
oldtink
Earning My Ears
Registered: July 2009
Posts: 51Review Date: Sat January 30, 2010 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10
Positive aspects of the product (pros): th efood was incredible Cons: even with ADR, we waited a loooong time to seat
Once we were seated, and there were many people there who were beyond rude because of the wait, the service was fast and pleasant. The food was DELICIOUS! We all agreed that we would make a point of going back next time we go.
bryon
I want to work at Disney...But do my own thing.
Registered: January 2005
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 125Review Date: Tue March 9, 2010 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 7
Positive aspects of the product (pros): food Cons:
Food was beyond excellent. I don't think we ate a single thing that wasn't delish.
Staff was very kind and answered all our questions easily.
As far as "themes" go I wouldn't say this place was special. But the entire experience was enjoyable from beginning to end.
littlemom25
Party of Seven
Registered: May 2010
Location: wyoming
Posts: 29Review Date: Sun May 16, 2010 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: $120.00 | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): fantasmic package Cons: wait time
This isn't the best restaurant, but we really love the package for fantasmic. You have to eat at 5 and the meal takes awhile, but you don't have to wait in the heat for 90 minutes for a good seat to the show. After dinner you can walk over to reserved seats right in front. If you don't plan on going on any more rides this is a really nice way to end the night. I would recommend the pizza and making your reservation 4 months in advance.
mlangille
Earning My Ears
Registered: May 2010
Posts: 16Review Date: Mon May 17, 2010 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): food was better then expected Cons: had 20 minute wait after out reservation time
I had read the reviews before going and booked anyway because we wanted the fantasmic package - well worth it! (The reserved seating - you still should be there 45 minutes prior to the show though for a great seat. The service was good. I wasn't expecting much based on the reviews on the site so it was better then expected - quantity oand quality of food was solid- not great but solid. The restaurant has a great aroma throughout.
Linda67
Has a Masters in Margaritas
Registered: August 2009
Location: England
Posts: 4212Review Date: Wed June 2, 2010 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Good service and better than expected food Cons: The gelato was nasty !!
We did this as part of a Fantasmic! Package and were surprised at the quality of our meal. The staff were great and the decor of the restaurant is lovely : Posted via eTicket
ashleighbass06
DIS Veteran
Registered: January 2010
Location: Spartan Town
Posts: 572Review Date: Wed June 9, 2010 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 5
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Great Atmosphere Cons: Boring food, service not great
I was excited to try Mama Melrose's but honestly, it was nothing special. I did enjoy the atmosphere, it was similar to Buca di Beppo (if you have those in your area) with the celebrity photos and memorabilia. We got there right after they opened and for some reason they placed us far in the back where we were completely alone (there were only 2 of us) making the restaurant seem empty and giving no explanation to why our waitress was so absent. I ordered the Chicken alla Parmigiana and it was very boring, much like something you would get at Olive Garden. My mom had the wood-grilled tuna and enjoyed it. If you're looking for a table service restaurant in the studios, I check out the Sci-Fi Dine in before this restaurant.
disneygirlmass
Mouseketeer
Registered: December 2005
Posts: 252Review Date: Wed September 1, 2010 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Cons:
great italian food, if you like bread and oil this has some of the best!
ncc1701
Scotty I need Warp 10 to WDW
Registered: September 2009
Location: NJ
Posts: 709Review Date: Mon November 29, 2010 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): flatbreads Cons: none
Had lunch here on 11/17/10.
We shared a salad and ordered 2 flatbread which we split.The 4 cheese one was very good but the one we ordered with pepperoni was excellent
Nothing fancy but very tasty.
Service was good
StarRiDust
Earning My Ears
Registered: June 2011
Posts: 5Review Date: Sat June 11, 2011 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 1
Positive aspects of the product (pros): quick seating Cons: food, service
Don't go to this restaurant!!! It was awful! The service was terrible, the waitress was slow and the food was just bland, it didn't have any flavors. Definitely don't waste your money nor the dining plan in this place.
Dawgfan5
Earning My Ears
Registered: June 2011
Posts: 6Review Date: Thu June 23, 2011 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Food Cons: Wait
Food was very good, although it took about 40 minutes for food to arrive. We had to wait about 30 minutes to get seated even though we arrived a few minutes before our ADR.
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