I went here for lunch one day and left the restaurant slightly amused, yet still hungry. This venue is understandably devoted in being an evening location with a dinner and night cap type of focus.
The location itself is excellent, being that you can look to your left while on the main road and locate it. Parking is sufficient within the area as well. While the menu looks to be good, I was a bit underwhelmed with my lunch entree choice. The chef seemed to be the only employee within the building and had to act as a server for my table and another couple's. Although I wanted to dine in for lunch, he mistakenly thought that I wanted the entree to go and served it in a to-go box. No big deal. He made up for this by giving me a free side order. The chef even admitted that Mama Lena's was more of an evening place, and that if I was looking for something more for the $$$, I might have to check out a couple of other places. He mentioned this in a joking way, hence my amusement. And plus, the entire building was as cold as ice. Seriously, it was as 50-60 degrees inside at the time.
Nonetheless, I'm willing to give Mama Lena's another opportunity during the evening hours.