Posters of Italian street scenes adorn this humble space dishing authentic fare & homemade desserts. Based on 434 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 3.8 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Curbside pickup ✔️ No delivery
Address:
2119 US-9, Lake George, NY 12845
Phone: (518) 668-2550
Website: https://www.mamariso.com/
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Hours
| Wednesday | 4–9 PM |
| Thursday | 4–9 PM |
| Friday | 4–9 PM |
| Saturday | 4–9 PM |
| Sunday | 4–9 PM |
| Monday | 4–9 PM |
| Tuesday | 4–9 PM |
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Reviews
Cindy B.
Food was delicious. We had a large party and they were very accommodating. Took a while to get our drink order in at first but still very good food and service !!
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John Parker
So the place is a few blocks from the main part of the town. Which is nice get a break from all the hustle and bustle, we walked in and were greeted with do u have a reservation. I was thinking. Do we need one only one other person in the restaurant. The waitress was excellent. But the food was terrible. I got a side of meatballs 2 is a side. These are frozen meatballs not homemade. I read the story on the back of the menu about the origin of the restaurant, I do not think when they started they used frozen food. My son got chicken franchise 3 very small chicken medallions they sauce was gross as was the other 2 entrees. Fettuccini Alfredo. I don’t like leaving anyone bad reviews but for the cost of the food it should be outstanding especially being in a tourist destination.
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Sadie Dirubbio
My family and I went to this restaurant for family dinner. Our waitress was very nice and that was the only good thing about this place. Our food was inedible, watery and flavorless. The chicken is clearly frozen from a bag and the sauce is canned at best. Even if the prices were reasonable, which they’re not, the food would still not be worth coming here. When we voiced concerns about the food the manager (also the owner), whose name is Anna, did not care to listen, instead she threw our check at us and started raising her voice and saying that her husband is the best chef and there was nothing wrong. As we were walking out she proceeded to scream at us that there are other places to eat. She continued her rampage as we made our way through the restaurant and into the parking lot, other customers seemed concerned at this point. I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone, the food nor the aggression and threatening demeanor from the owner is worth it.
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Corey Poirier
Absolutely fantastic! From walking in to walking out, the environment was cozy and homey, food was beyond delicious, and the portions were epicly sized.
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Jennifer McCullough
I absolutely love Mama Riso’s food and atmosphere. I look forward to a fantastic meal there weekly (San Reno is my favorite) and they never disappoint. The owners treat you like family and their passion for this business shows and everything they do.
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Debbie DiRubbio
Terrible experience! The penne al a vodka was pasta sitting in pink water with a few stewed tomatoes thrown in. We nicely expressed our disappointment to the waitress (very nice young lady). As we were leaving the owner’s wife told us “There’s a lot of other places in Lake George you can go to eat.” Believe me, we will be trying all of them, anything not to go back to this place. How rude! I guess she doesn’t feel she has to count on repeat business since she gets so many tourists there. Hopefully potential diners read reviews before they go!
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Linda Fama
Nice relaxing restaurant. Good service.
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Danielle DiRubbio
My family and I recently visited mama risos and had a terrible experience. When we first got there it took nearly forever to get service and when we finally placed our orders and our food came out, we were extremely dissatisfied. We ordered penne ala vodka and chicken parm and both were terrible. The chicken parm was dry and flavorless and the penne aka vodka was basically soup. The sauce was basically water and wouldn’t even stick to the pasta. When we complained the server wasn’t really sure what to say but took it off our bill. However when we got our bill, they still charged us $8 for the salad that came with the meal. When it was time to pay, the owner (Anna) came over to our table and slapped the bill down with an attitude. When we asked why we were still charged for the salad she responded with “well you ate it didn’t you?”. We proceeded to pay the bill and leave and as we were walking out she yelled over the counter that “there are plenty other places to eat in lake george”. She proceeded to raise her voice at us and tell us there was nothing wrong with her food. I have never seen the owner of a restaurant act this way towards customers and it was extremely unprofessional and embarrassing. Save yourself the trip and go literally anywhere else in lake george but here.
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Tova Fischtein
The salad had an old cucumber slice.
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jisela smith
This is the last place you should go to eat while visiting Lake George. Between our rude waitress who is the owners wife, to the actual owners attitude when I called to fix my issue, to the overpriced inedible food, this restaurant failed all of my expectations. Throughout our dinner with my party of 15 (it was empty when we arrived at 5:30pm), the waitress had an attitude when we asked questions regarding the menu, prices and recommendations. We saw her 3 times throughout our time there, our busboy was attentive and took care of her slack to serve us. She finally took our orders after sitting for an hour as well as forgetting to take my sisters order. The chicken parm was barely edible to eat. The cheese was hardened over the chicken, which was also too tough to even cut with flavorless watered pasta sauce. The fettuccine alfredo had chicken that tasted as if it was premade perdue chicken in a bag at the store. My check was split between 3 cards, the waitress put on our receipts a suggested tip of 20% for each and only became friendly when she handed us our checks to go. I took a picture of our receipts and sure enough as we looked at our banks today this restaurant adjusted their tips and took $15+ from all of our cards. When we called to have this corrected, she began yelling and said she would not give us our money back forcing us to report this as fraud as they took a total of almost $60+ from us without our permission. This place doesn’t make enough business so the business they do have, they try to charge every penny they can get. A fee for using card, a sharing plate fee of $9, etc. Besides the obvious outdated condition of the restaurant and it’s mold smell, do yourself a favor and stick to any other restaurant in Lake George. The reviews on this place should’ve been my warning but I tried to give it a chance.
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