Mama Cucina

Stop by Mama Cucina’s in Niagara on the lake and was a great choice for us. It has that little Italian feel once you step inside. We sat just inside by the opening to the street and it was a great atmosphere to a wonderful day. We both had a cocktail and and salad with garlic bread and was a great lunch all away round Will visit this lovely place again and will try there sandwiches next time cause they just looked amazing Thanks for a great lunch and the great service Mama Cucina’s and staff👍

A group of us had enjoyed lunch at "Mama Cucina" at Niagara on the Lake, 10 Queen Street - Mama Mia! Yesterday was simply a perfect day, sunny and beautiful, which only enhanced my experience at Niagara on the Lake. I was with a healthy group of people from Toronto and of course eating needs to be a positive experience. I fell in love with Mama Cucina has soon as I saw it. Lanterns hanging, red and white table coverings and romantic seatings for two or more. There is outdoor dining at its best but no matter where you sit, the outdoors comes to you. I don't eat meat and if I want to annoy anyone, I usually say I don't eat little animals (I don't eat big ones either) and that just get some people's back up, but at Mama's Cucina after ordering a vegetarian wrap, I received some attention. Even though the server was amazing, another came to me and made some recommendations for my wrap which of course I accepted. She indicated that it was what she normally eats. Works for me. There was mega fries and one man at my table ate most of mine and another person's as well as his own. I have no idea where he puts it all, but watching him eat reminded me of my dad. He too used to clear everyone's plate. I wish I had taken a photo of the brushetta because that in its own was amazing and the Tiramisu, well. One Italian woman who made a Tiramisu the day before and is extremely critical gave it a pass. Our table had a great time there and the service was one of the best I have had. It felt like home. Even if you go just for the desert it is well worth a visit.

Wife had the Mushroom Burger & I went with the Meatball Parmageana paired with a red wine. Gorgeous day for a patio bite. Server was quick, kind and anticipatory. Wonderful food in the cutest area I've ever visited!

Mixed bag here. And so much opportunity not taken. Ordered a hard cider, white wine sangria and bruschetta. Sangria was good to taste. I do like a bit more fruit which wasn’t the case here but still good. Cider was crisp. And now to the bruschetta. As you can see from the picture the toppings were amazing feta was flavorful onions tomatoes and the spices outstanding. But the bread was tepid and soft from apparently staying in the warmer not being served when it should have been. We pointed this out to the server who was apologetic and the manager also showed concern. They did comp the bruschetta by 50% but the memory was lost for us.

The best thing about this place was our waitress. The food was obviously frozen. We ordered an appetizer, a salad and a main to split. All of the food came out at once which is disappointing, but apparently not unusual. The table next to us got their main dishes before their soup. We did wait a pretty long time for the food. The manicotti was like warm. It was obviously mass produced frozen with a meh pink sauce and what was supposed to be melted cheese on top but because it sat so long the cheese congealed. The calamari- where to begin. It is served with a huge portion of undressed greens sitting on the side. I’m not sure there was any actual squid in the calamari. They plopped the dipping sauce on the bottom of the plate and threw the calamari rings right on top. So the rings on the bottom were soggy and fairly tasteless. The waitress was sweet. She obviously could see that we were yet another unsatisfied customer. I don’t predict this place will be open for very long. It’s essentially frozen fast food at high prices. Also note that I had two glasses of wine. Two different ones - both were not good.