Ma's Italian Kitchen

What a find!! Really enjoyed our meal! We ate on the patio, which is not much to look at, but ended up being quite pleasant. Closed enough to keep dirt and noise out but cool enough for comfort. We were greeted by (we assume) the owner, who was very friendly. He shared that he and his staff were all excitedly looking forward to an annual reward weekend trip to Palm Springs for the weekend! It is so lovely to hear of an owner sharing good fortune and showing appreciation for its staff. The service could not have been better. Upon seating us, several wait staff began serving YUMMY garlic knots and water. While waiting for our son and grandson to join us, we each enjoyed a glass of wine. Our entrees came out in very reasonable time (even brought out our 3 yr old grandson´s pizza a little earlier than ours which kept him happy and occupied! Hubby and I enjoyed the butternut squash vegan ravioli which were heavenly! Our waiter was very kind and attentive (but not intrusive!) Our son ordered a chicken parm which he thoroughly enjoyed. In the past he had enjoyed takeout from Ma´s but had never ¨dined-in.¨ We all agreed we would be back, SOON!!

Everything about our dinner at Ma's was fantastic, from the garlic knots to the Riesling to the arugula pecorino salad. I spent much of the meal in a daze, savoring the food and wine. The mushroom ravioli was so delicious that I asked for a spoon so I could taste the sauce all by itself. The service could not have been better. Our waiter was excellent, personable and attentive. We don't know how he knew? guessed? that we were celebrating a birthday, but he brought a fabulous butterscotch caramel dessert accompanied by a trumpet solo jazzy rendition of Happy Birthday to You. It was the perfect ending to a perfect meal. We can't wait to go back.

We did not have the best experience here. I will start off by saying, the hostess was super kind and amazing. And I do appreciate that they do have three vegan options, and they are full entrees as well. We had two people come to our table and get our drink order and asked if we needed anything. And then we had our server which was a very tall bald man come last to take our order. We placed our order and it took over 40 minutes to receive our food. Whenever we asked for anything like straws or napkins we had to ask 4+ times. Our server didn't really acknowledge us. We were surrounded by two other tables and he would come and check on those tables constantly and get them everything they needed not once did he turn around and ask if we needed anything or if we were okay. Not once. And we weren't okay and we did need things. Whenever we would call out to him when he was leaving those tables he would just keep walking. We had to ask another server and the food runner for assistance multiple times. I completely understand that it was busy and it looked like they were understaffed, however we were not informed of any of this by our server. Had he let us know it was busy but he would do his best to get to us. We would have completely understood. He didn't check on us it's almost like he completely avoided us. Because of this we will never return. We drastically cut the amount we are going to leave for a tip. And because of the tipping culture that America insist on establishing we still left a tip. Otherwise we wouldn't have left anything. I gave an extra star for the vegan options, The sweet hostess and the food runner and other server whose section we weren't even in who assisted us.

Our entire experience was excellent here. Our server was friendly, attentive, and he gave us excellent recommendations on the menu. The entire staff was on the ball always working and making sure the customer was taken care of even on a slower day like a Monday. I highly recommend the mushroom ravioli! We wish we did not live on the other side of the country or this would be our new date night spot!

This is a cute little Italian restaurant. The food was oh so yummy and the service was fantastic! I had the mushroom ravioli and we ordered a margarita pizza for the table. The mushroom ravioli was so creamy and savory and so good. We ordered the kids ravioli for my 3 y.o. and even that simple red sauce and ravioli pasta was good. The ravioli was filled with ricotta cheese. My daught loved it. The pizza was cheesy and full of flavor. Everyone really enjoyed their dinner. We arrived without a reservation on a Friday evening and they still got us in really fast. The manager did say if we can be out by 7:30 when the table was reserved by another party they'd be able to seat us. We said yes and we had a great time. We didn't even feel rushed to finish and we were done by 7:30 with time for them to clean up (the party) hadn't arrived yet. We will definitely be returning soon with a reservation!