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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 entree? 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!
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