MAMA Oakland - Oakland (CA)

5 /5 Massimo Costetti: Every dish managed to be both surprising and deeply comforting. The apple–leek–pork belly soup was layered and elegant, and the truffle tagliolini with egg yolk was just amazing: rich, creamy, and intensely flavorful without ever feeling heavy. Sitting at the chef’s counter was fun and impressive to watch the precision and care behind each plate. Service was attentive throughout. Looking forward to coming back and seeing where the next menu goes.

5 /5 Damon Tighe: Excellent set meals with an extensive and very tempting wine list. Service was spectacular. We sat outside which we enjoyed due to the cool fall air and low noise. Inside has a nice atmosphere but be ready to compete with everyone else’s conversations. Highly recommend reservations

3 /5 jules kragen: There was a lot about mama that should merit four star or five star experience. Reasonably priced with a great Wine list. So what went wrong? We arrived at 6 o’clock and we’re seated outside. throughout of the meal we were rushed through every course. The worst was the main where they attempted to clear our plates three or four times by different people before we had finished. Wine glasses were routinely filled while still half full. And the general sense was they wanted you out of there which they did to us by 715. I understand the need to have many seatings but if you’re gonna have a 6 o’clock reservation an hour and 15 minutes is not enough to enjoy dinner. I would also add that the main course ravioli Sugo was very tomato driven after the waiter explained to me that it was primarily meat and not very acidic. It was. Other courses were delicious especially the appetizers. Thid could’ve been averted if they had warned us, and we would not have made the reservation.

5 /5 Renuka S: We opted this restaurant to celebrate my birthday and I am so glad we did. They have a 3 course fixed menu with few add on options. Even though they have such limited options, they ensure that every dietary restriction can be met with the available options. We started with the add on herbed focaccia bread which was served with mascarpone cheese and a house made jam. The bread was just perfectly baked and flavoured. We loved it. For the appetizer course we had chicken soup with butternut squash pieces. This was also a very well balanced dish and we loved it. For the main course we had a mushroom risotto and pesto pasta with ragu sauce. The risotto was delicious with a drizzle of truffle oil. The ragu sauce in pesto pasta added a very good flavor and my husband enjoyed it. He also ordered their famous meatballs and loved them. The portion sizes for the three course meal are enough to fill you up. We had to take the meatballs leftovers togo. For the dessert we had almond cake and espresso budino. Both the deserts were not overly sweet and had perfect balance. Overall we had a great experience and we will be looking forward to their new menu to go back and try it again.

4 /5 Preetham Eranki: We were a party of 2 and had dinner as part of Resy Reservations. The menu is extremely limited given that is fixed. And being pure vegetarians, the options are essentially just 1 entree and 1 pasta. So, food is small portions but overall good value for $43. With taxes and everything $60 per person is slightly high, but okay. Wish there was minimum a pizza or more.