Mario's Osteria - Boca Raton

Great Food Service (Richie). atmosphere, eh, waaaay to Loud. We had steak, pasta w clams white sauce, pasta w beans greens. Delicious. Garlic bread is additive!

An upscale Italian restaurant with many old Italian favorites, pastas and pizzas. The restaurant is bright, modern, beautifully furnished, with many outdoor seats complete with indoor and outdoor full bar. Fresh varieties of Italian bread with oil and pesto were served on the seat. Our waitress was friendly and very knowledgeable about the menu. We ordered Crispy Calamari for starters (you can also have them served Fro Diavolo or Grilled style). For Entrees we went with Fedelini Clams and Rigatoni Vodka. The Calamari was excellent, Rigatoni was good, but Fedelini was not on the standard with what you would expect from this kind of restaurant. It was very bland, it lacked any taste of garlic and definitely lacks parsley. For dessert we had the Tiramisu. It was delicious, with perfect balance of creamy mascara cheese on just the right amount of espresso. We expected the food here to be excellent, unfortunately they did not deliver on this visit. However, the desert was really good and we really like the feeling and atmosphere of the restaurant, so we would be back to try out other articles on their extensive menu.

Hostess is not friendly. The waiter seemed tired, not helpful when he asked about the food. ordered Calamari and not as crispy as I expected. The waiter must be asked to stun it. Salad is not as good as expected. The dark chocolate cake is delicious. Waiting staff are not so attentive to the needs of customers.

Nice food and great selection on the menu. I chose the seafood pasta but was quite jealous when I saw the amazing lasagna my colleagues had! Great service and comfortable environment.

The food was good. We really enjoyed the antipasto plate it was loaded with our favorite charcuterie. The grilled calamari was very tender and cooked perfectly.The sunday sauce was very thin and everything else was just ok. The atmosphere was nice the wait staff was a bit slow.