I have eaten at Lamanna's 4 times in the past. I live in the neighbourhood and they opened a few years ago. They are so popular there is usually a line up. The serving staff at the hot food counter have seemed either stressed, or awkward handling food. Maybe I was here when new staff were working or just at busy times. They close at 6pm daily I think. That could cause some rushing because they close so early. There is a.big nice peasant table in the middle of the room with 12 chairs.
Ordering food was awkward with the system I used for the first time. You can't see the food you're paying for because you pay BEFORE you get your food. There are 3 cash registers in this one room! 1 for pizza, and 2 for baked goods. So yu have to butt in front of people getting served to see what the food looks like before you decide what to order. When you pay they give you a number.
The lasagne was cheesy with ample meat and sauce but there seemed to be no salt or garlic. The sauce was a little sweet (and thin). I looked all over for salt but there wasn't any. A man talso tried to help me find salt but no luck.
My meatball sandwich (3 ample meatballs ) was imposible to eat because the server sliced the bun thin on top and thick on bottom. I paid extra for mushrooms. They had no taste at all. Were from a can I'm pretty sure. So everything fell out of the sandwich which I ate 1/2 of it worth a knife and fork. The meatballs had a little basil but no garlic or salt again and lacked flavour. The consistency eas good though. One unforgiveable thing was the meat was very pink and undercooked in one of the meatballs! I posted a photo.
I don't think I'll eat here again... but maybe for pizza slice ..... they looked good but a little dried out from sitting.
All this place needs is a few tweaks mostly to.improve their product.
Today I had 2 items.