Mario's Italian Cafe - Palm Springs

I really enjoy the food and service, but I was there yesterday and was disappointed because it was too warm in the dining room to enjoy dinner. When we ordered, I told the server it was hot, but it remained uncomfortably warm throughout the meal. I ordered a glass of Chianti, and when it was served, the stem of the glass was cold but the wine was so hot that the bowl of the glass was warm. There are lots of places to eat in our area, and even though the food and service are good, there’s no reason to sit in such an uncomfortably hot environment.

Went in and everyone was nice and was seated right away. We sat there for about 7 minutes after we looked at the menu for 5 minutes. The person that sat us had to tell the waiter that was just standing there that we were ready to order. We ordered a torpedo sandwich, which by the way shows on the menu it comes cold and when the waiter brought it he said you didn 't tell me if you wanted it hot or cold so I toasted it. It was soggy and I wasn 't going to complain and send it back. My dad ordered the soup and salad and spaghetti, the spaghetti was very bland and the waiter originally forgot to bring it out. When it was time to pay the waiter just gave us a price and didn 't give us a itemized receipt. I thought it was a little high so I calculated it and we were being charged $6 too much. He finally brought me the itemized recipe and they were charging $15.99 instead of $9.99. I told him they overcharged us and he said the prices went up, and then he shrugged his shoulders. He then said he would text the manager. We paid it but didn 't leave him a tip. Will definitely not be coming back.

The restaurant is clean and the staff is friendly and knows their menu. But…we ordered mussels, eggplant parm and chicken tenders. The mussels were cooked perfectly but some of the shells shattered and the pieces were served in the pasta. The eggplant parm was mush and the angel hair overcooked. Lastly, the chicken tenders were absolutely rubber. You can tell that this is a popular place and important to the community so I’m sad to give such a low rating but the food was not worth the price.

Sorry for the 2-star rating. Everytime we come in town this is our first stop. I had the lunch meatloaf special and it was not good. Meatloaf was cold and hard/leathery. Garlic bread was dry. I hope this was a one time thing and will give them another chance. Service was great!

I’m giving this Italian restaurant a 2 star .. based on the fact that they are so proud to display a flag associated with a political agenda I do not want my dollars going to! I wish they had posted those pics in there web site .. the food was good .. the portions are really small .. but filling .. just can’t get over the fact that the pics on line they are so proud of but are embarrassed by the actual store .. I can’t support hate in any form .. we tried it , they are will not get my bussiness ever again