View Full Version : Mom & Dad's Italian Restaurant
Skip2MySue
04-16-2011, 12:58 PM
We've got the opportunity to get a free gift certificate from restaurant.com for this restaurant. Looking to you guys for info on how you enjoyed the dining experience there. We kind of rate our eating places on "Do It Again, yes or no". Of course all info on good experiences such as favorites are appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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784caroline
04-16-2011, 01:12 PM
Reasonable prices..good food....simple presenatation and setting.
Do it again - YES
golfnut
04-16-2011, 01:14 PM
Been there before, do it again - absolutely
Indydealmaker
04-16-2011, 02:31 PM
Been there twice and will keep going back. Baked spaghetti really good dish.
Bogie Shooter
04-16-2011, 04:13 PM
How can you go wrong, if its free?
Bill-n-Brillo
04-16-2011, 05:16 PM
How can you go wrong, if its free?
Exactly! Ain't no such thing as "a bad free meal"! :thumbup:
Bill
l2ridehd
04-16-2011, 05:20 PM
And just where is Mon and Dad's Italian restaurant?
Hawkwind
04-16-2011, 07:14 PM
On 441/27 just south of 466.
http://www.restaurant.com/rdc/mom-dads-italian-restaurant-lady-lake-italian-rid=416342
schotzyb
04-16-2011, 07:25 PM
Exactly! Ain't no such thing as "a bad free meal"! :thumbup:
Bill
Is if you get food poisoning!
Bill-n-Brillo
04-16-2011, 09:46 PM
Is if you get food poisoning!
True. But I think most people would take their chances......... :thumbup: Wouldn't you? :)
Bill
2BNTV
04-17-2011, 08:40 AM
"I never met a dish of pasta I didn't like". :icon_hungry:
kipp818
04-17-2011, 09:00 AM
Have enjoyed meals at Mom & Dads for 15 years. It is simple, straight forward and good. We have never been sorry, or sick, having eaten there. Give it a try.
Skip2MySue
04-17-2011, 09:33 AM
A special thanks to all your "feedback" regarding this restaurant. Even the part about the food poison:D. We will definitely put it on our too do list based on all the good comments.
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bigalibaba
04-18-2011, 05:52 AM
We've got the opportunity to get a free gift certificate from restaurant.com for this restaurant. Looking to you guys for info on how you enjoyed the dining experience there. We kind of rate our eating places on "Do It Again, yes or no". Of course all info on good experiences such as favorites are appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Went there in 1993 and thought it was awful. Tried again about 4 years ago for a 2nd chance visit. It is the WORST Italian eatery I have ever been to. Would not go back with a free coupon, which by the way isn't free as you have to pay Restaurant .com up to $10 to get the $25 and you must spend $35 or you can't use it.
diskman
04-18-2011, 12:21 PM
Went there in 1993 and thought it was awful. Tried again about 4 years ago for a 2nd chance visit. It is the WORST Italian eatery I have ever been to. Would not go back with a free coupon, which by the way isn't free as you have to pay Restaurant .com up to $10 to get the $25 and you must spend $35 or you can't use it.
We get all of our restaurant.com coupons on the 80% sales so the $25.00 coupon costs us $2.00 when they have that sale which is very often i pick 2 or 3 diff and by them at one time. My wife and I have found some great restaurants through these coupons. :BigApplause::spoken:
Tbugs
04-24-2011, 06:01 PM
Yeah, that is a great recommendation for a restaurant: I didn't get sick from their food.
maurgino
04-24-2011, 06:32 PM
We just returned from dinner at Tierra del sol. We went with 2 other couples. The food was TERRIBLE!!! They advertised a baked stuffed pork chop for $18.99. It was 1 porkchop about 5 oz and was slit open with 1/2 teaspoon of tasteless stuffing. It was accompanied by 1/4 cup of mashed potato and burnt, dried up tough carrots. My husband had "surf and turf". His steak was so thinly cut and full of grizzle. The turf was 5 shrimp that was adequate. The baked potato was alright.
It also came with burned carrots. The other couples dinners were the same. The bill was $50 a couple with only soft drinks and no second glass of anything. It was not crowded and this should have been our tipoff on Easter. I guesss the word had gone around but unfortunately, we didn't get it. One couple went to Mcdonalds after leaving as they were starving!
DON'T MAKE THE MISTAKE THAT WE DID!
rdhdleo
04-25-2011, 12:01 PM
Went there once and never again, Prego makes a better sauce than they do, very disappointed.
Skip2MySue
04-25-2011, 01:49 PM
Went there once and never again, Prego makes a better sauce than they do, very disappointed.
Were you talking about Mom & Dad's or Tierra Del Sol????
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katezbox
04-25-2011, 02:05 PM
True. But I think most people would take their chances......... :thumbup: Wouldn't you? :)
Bill
Bill,
Honestly - I am not so sure. Like the original poster, I would get input from others. Maybe it is because at this point I still work full time and how we spend our limited leisure time is important to us. Getting a free meal in a restaurant where the food isn't very good or where the atmosphere isn't conducive to relaxation is just not worth it. I also don't like to eat a restaurants where the wine is all cheap. I am not a wine snob, but it has to be drinkable. Some restaurants have only very cheap wine because so many Villagers want something at less than $5 a glass (and hopefully 2 for 1).
However, it sounds as if most posters think this restaurant is definitely worth the trip.
Freeda
04-25-2011, 02:22 PM
Just wanted to point out that as I read the posts in this thread, the poster didn't actually say that they GOT food poisoning at the restaurant that was mentioned; it was just (unless I misinterpreted the post) a general comment replying to a previous comment which had said that a 'free meal' couldn't be 'bad'.
I haven't been to Mom and Dad's restaurant, but just wanted to be fair to them and clear this up if my impression is correct; and I will try Mom and Dad's; I somehow hadn't heard about it, which is another good reason for TOTV. Sometimes a 'buzz phrase' (like 'food poisoning') sticks in our minds and leaves an unintended (I think ?) impression.
schotzyb
04-25-2011, 03:12 PM
Just wanted to point out that as I read the posts in this thread, the poster didn't actually say that they GOT food poisoning at the restaurant that was mentioned; it was just (unless I misinterpreted the post) a general comment replying to a previous comment which had said that a 'free meal' couldn't be 'bad'.
I haven't been to Mom and Dad's restaurant, but just wanted to be fair to them and clear this up if my impressions is correct; and I will try it; I somehow hadn't heard about it, which is another good reason for TOTV. Sometimes a 'buzz phrase' (like 'food poisoning') sticks in our minds and leaves an unintended (I think ?) impression.
You are correct Freeda, I did not say that I got food poisoning from eating there and I have never eaten there. My response was to the statement that there is no such thing as a bad meal when it is free to which I have to disagree. If one did get food poisoning, it would most likely cost a lot more in medical bills than the meal would have cost.
Freeda
04-25-2011, 03:42 PM
If one did get food poisoning, it would most likely cost a lot more in medical bills than the meal would have cost.
You are so right about that! I ended up in the hospital with it once while I was in my 20s, the sickest I've ever been.
Bill-n-Brillo
04-25-2011, 03:46 PM
I stand corrected.
Bill :wave:
l2ridehd
04-25-2011, 03:55 PM
katezbox, I agree. One of the big disappointments of the local eating places is a lack of a decent wine selection. Palmer has a few good ones, and I can always find good wine at Garvino's. Even good beer is hard to find. Maybe a good thing as I drink less. But I would prefer no wine to poor wine. Most of the places have a very poor selection. I usually just have a glass at home before or after dinner because I know there is very few places I find wine I like.
alicehelen
04-25-2011, 06:43 PM
Are you kidding me?? We have been to Palmer several times - the wine list is HORRIBLE!!!!!
Here is what I want to know - is there a decent steakhouse around here?? And how about good Italian?? I am a retired Italian chef, who owned a restaurant & worked with some of the finest Italian chefs - and lived in Chicago my whole life (except for 2 years on Maui - THE WORST!!!) The steakhouses there were incredible( In Chicago) (well, not all - the best is Gene & Georgetti!). When people tell me Palmer or Longhorn, I just cannot believe it ( or REDSAUCE for Italian??) The best Italian I can find is in my house - but if I want a night off,I have to go to Orlando - Portabellos & The one in Epcot - Please let me know!
alicehelen
04-25-2011, 06:54 PM
I agree - I understand you want to save some money - then buy decent wine & eat at home or get carryout - the wine selection in most places around here is horrible! I am not a wine snob, either, BUT... when we go to Italy, you can get great wines at tiny places for 25 for a whole bottle. Here you get the BAD California, overpriced reds & terrible artificial OAKY whites, which are UNDRINKABLE. But, I guess, if you can get 2 for 1 or pay 4 bucks a glass, it's okay??? I would rather not drink it! I still order cases of wine from a guy I know who owns a wine shop (small, but INCREDIBLE!!!) in Chicago - he can get pretty much anything you want!
katezbox
04-25-2011, 07:31 PM
I agree - I understand you want to save some money - then buy decent wine & eat at home or get carryout - the wine selection in most places around here is horrible! I am not a wine snob, either, BUT... when we go to Italy, you can get great wines at tiny places for 25 for a whole bottle. Here you get the BAD California, overpriced reds & terrible artificial OAKY whites, which are UNDRINKABLE. But, I guess, if you can get 2 for 1 or pay 4 bucks a glass, it's okay??? I would rather not drink it! I still order cases of wine from a guy I know who owns a wine shop (small, but INCREDIBLE!!!) in Chicago - he can get pretty much anything you want!
AliceHelen,
If you post a reply, it helps if you click the quote button at the bottom right of each post, then others know what post you are responding to. I had a feeling that LV2RDHD would agree with me, but glad to find someone else who thinks that most wines here are better unopened!
k
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