Mannino's Cucina Italiana Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Delicious food and great service!"
• "The Merryman was absolutely wonderful! Large shrimp and scallops with spinach and grape tomatoes in a superb sauce."
• "Pescatore Rosa- stellar again. Very tasty sauce, fresh seafood."
• "The sesame bread was warm and delicious and the butter spreadable."
• "Large clumps of crab meat were very good."
• "All of our food was well prepared and delicious- no complaints there."
• "Food = Olive tapenade served with endless bread, the best homemade meatballs, fresh-perfectly cooked crab."

Cons:

• "The food was bland."
• "Calamari came out cold."
• "The food was average at best with small portions that were very much overpriced."
• "The salad was pathetic. Clear prepared hours before opening and unappetizing."
• "Crab 'bisque'- not a bisque at all. It's vegetable soup with crab meat. Awful."
• "Chicken saltimbocca tastes like snot on dog food."
• "The food is highly salty, and the cappellini that's hidden under the entre is not aldente, but rather overcooked!"

Service

Pros:

• "Our server EXCELLENT & very nice."
• "The delightful server and caring owner/chef added to our great lunch experience!"
• "The service is excellent. Not one time did I see any wait staff or bussers standing around doing nothing; that's a plus in my book."
• "Service was excellent."
• "The service was very good, and it was an enjoyable treat."
• "Service is great."
• "Service and food were excellent! Very accommodating!"

Cons:

• "The manager needs some people skills, we over priced for the amount of food they gave you."
• "The waitress was less than attentive."
• "Asked our waiter several times for the manager. Couldn't get the manager to speak to us."
• "Our waitress Debbie sucked and never filled our waters and originally brought me the wrong dish."
• "Worst service of my life (and I’m very easy to please) the server seemed to have no idea what she was doing."
• "Horrible customer service. They were not attentive to us at all."
• "The service was horrible, staff was not accommodating."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Environment = clean, classy, beautifully decorated, Italian music, and very comfortable."
• "A great surprise, our first time in Pitman, and we were lucky to find this gem of a restaurant."
• "Atmosphere was so pleasant, with background music that was actually background music."
• "Great decor, and atmosphere."
• "Great atmosphere. Comfortable and warm."
• "Atmosphere is pleasant and calm with perfect lighting and a wide open dining floor."
• "The decorations were nice, appropriate, and the commissioned painting showing Pitman was well done."

Cons:

• "First we get seated just outside the mens and womens bathroom, leaving us in a high traffic area, which in an of itself is a huge health hazard."
• "The restaurant was at or beyond capacity to the point of elbow room only, especially upon entering the restaurant."
• "It is very very loud in there have to lean in to hear each other."
• "And when it's crowded it is very, very loud!"
• "We did get rushed out by turning the lights on and them staring at us."
• "The food is more than lacking and the table by the bathroom is a serious health hazard."
• "I hope that the dining room chairs that are stored in the men's bathroom stall are thoroughly disinfected before being put out for use."

Value

Pros:

• "Very good food! Large portions on a quiet day."
• "The portions sizes were generous; many of us had leftovers."
• "Food is tasty, prices reasonable."
• "They’re pricing is reasonable, highly recommend for dinner or a private party."
• "Good food comes at a price and that is no different here but well worth it to me."
• "Food was satisfying and plentiful."
• "The meals were delicious and it’s also BYOB!"

Cons:

• "Pricey for a single course and torpedo roll with butter."
• "Food was good but extremely overpriced."
• "The final insult though is when they charged us 20% on the food AND tax, because we had more than 6 at a table."
• "The food was hot, and the portions were large."
• "Overall, very expensive and overpriced as other reviewers have stated."
• "Everything is alacarte, For between 30-40$, you get, VERY small portions."
• "So overpriced $35 for gnocchi in vodka sauce. Wasn’t even good it had no flavor."

Management

Pros:

• "The delightful server and caring owner/chef added to our great lunch experience!"

Cons:

• "The manager needs some people skills, we over priced for the amount of food they gave you."
• "Asked our waiter several times for the manager. Couldn't get the manager to speak to us."
• "I was very disappointed that the manager was not helpful at all with this situation and would not allow us to order off the lunch menu."
• "When I called the next day to express my concerns with Vito he talked over me, didn’t let me finish speaking and hung up on me."
• "No positive comments regarding management."
• "The same owners for the pizza shop, this restaurant, and merrymans pub / brewery, All these are very OVER priced."
• "CC use incurs an extra charge; wish I was told in advance."