Mr. Guido Says: *****
Calamari was excellent- tender,nicely floured, along with tasty marinara sauce. The chicken francese was one of the best I've had. The chicken was super tender and the sauce was extremely lemony, not bland like some places. Atmosphere was very old fashioned Italian, with a lot of brick work inside and tuxedoed waiters. Service was attentive and polite. Definitely among the top Italian restaurants we've been to on Long Island.
Mrs. Guido Says: *****
Food: Fried Calamari appetizer, chicken francese with house salad, canolli, glass white zinfandel. As my 21st birthday finally approached, it was decided that we would splurge and go out to a decently fancy restaurant of my choice. Naturally, I chose Mama Lombardi’s, as I remembered it being one of the best restaurants I’ve been to in my youth. We started off the evening with my first (legal) drink, which was of the standard Sutter Home restaurant variety. The inner feminist in me had to look past the fact that women are not allowed to work in the dining room, and are relegated to bar maids or hostesses. This just added to the old school guido charm of the place. We started off the dinner with a fried calamari appetizer, which was probably the best I’ve ever tasted, knocking Piccola Bussola and La Famiglia down a few notches on the totem pole. It was lightly floured and tender; not too crispy, but not too chewy either. The marinara was also very good, but I must admit that Piccola still reigns supreme on that front. Next our salads came out, which came with our entree This establishment only gives the choice of salad or pasta with the meal, which I never really am a fan of. The salad was good, with only two minor complaints: the dressing, and the amount of pepper. There is no choice of dressing, just your standard Italian vinaigrette, which was tasty, but I always like to have an option. There was way too much pepper on the salad though, and me and Mr. Guido kept inhaling flakes and choking throughout the meal. Then…the platter-o-chicken came out. I don’t even remember how many pieces of chicken there was, but it was enough to make me not mind about not getting pasta. The sauce was lemony to the extreme, just as it should be. I also didn’t need to use a knife to cut my chicken, it was that tender. I topped off the meal with a canolli, which unfortunately I wasn’t entirely thrilled with. The shell was a little too hard, and the cream was rather bland, not spiced with mint or chocolate chips like I like. Overall though, I wouldn’t let this minor detail ruin what was otherwise the best birthday dinner I could ask for.
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