Mondo - New Orleans

Delicious food. I love that they are always changing the menu. This is one of the better restaurants in Lakeview. We usually get to go but have dined in a few times.

Lakeview girl here and have been going to Mondo for years. Love that Lakeview has upscale and classy. My visit last week was as good as ever. Pisco cocktail was great the first time I've seen Pisco outside of trips to NYC which is nice. My table had the special pasta, peppers, pate, burger, pear and teleme pizza among other things. All were delicious. The special pasta was an appetizer size but I had it as my main and the richness of the dish allowed for that. The pizza was perfect and something I could eat again and again with no complaints. Will absolutely return.

Adequate but not Stellar. This was a decent quality burger, and the flavor of the cheese and onions were very good. This is one of those cheffy burgers that leaves you feeling overwhelmed with fat; the meat might have been fine on its own, but there was a greasy feeling (butter? on the top of the bun that it was too rich of an experience. The fries were fantastic though.

Great Casual Spot in Lakeview. If you feel like getting out of the city center for a fine meal in a casual atmosphere, I recommend this spot, which was recommended to me by a restaurateur friend. We arrived toward the end of their seating for a Monday night, but no one was anything less than hospitable. We began with devilled eggs (don't bother , ceviche (superb! and gumbo (so-so , but we were very pleased when the stars of the evenings were our entrees: a hake fish-of-the-day with asparagus for my friend Pierre and a pork shoulder with black beans pour moi. Both were excellent. I loved the simplicity of the black beans with the rich, well-cooked, properly seasoned pork shoulder. The wines were acceptable. The waitress was perfect: very hospitable and handled all my pesky questions and requests with aplomb. We decided we had to try the house-made espresso and zinfandel ice cream (good but mostly just an experiment for us and the limoncello and a California port that was very tasty (I found the limoncello slightly too sweet . We had a very nice evening when we didn't feel like dressing up for the downtown spots. I highly recommend this restaurant.

Ate a late lunch so restaurant was not crowded and mood was very relaxed. There was not a single thing on the menu that didn't look like a yummy adventure but I finally settled on a Cuban sandwich with a watermelon soup. It was as good as I hoped it would be. My wife had fish tacos which were served with an apple/carrot/onion/cilantro salad which were spectacular. My son had a pizza fired in their brick oven which definitely hit the spot. Overall it was a great experience.