The food is authentic Italian and is amazingly delicious! We enjoy the desert bar too. Service is quick and food portions are good. It does get noisy when they are busy and they are often busy. read more

Mandola's has the best lunch deals! This time I went with a salad and speciality pizza combo for $9. Casear Salad and Fiorentina Pizza. I liked the pizza, but I love a lot of sauce. Next time I will probably request extra marinara sauce on the pizza. My favorite part of eating at Mandola's is the bread and dipping oil that comes with all meals. THE BEST! Also discovered the desserts area this visit. They all looked so delicious, but I was way too full to try. Next time I'm gonna leave some room for tasty desserts! read more

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Had to repeat our order twice to the cashier. Think he was new. Not very familiar with the menu. We asked for our salad to be served prior to the meal. Salad arrived and less than 3 minutes main dish was served. Blackboard at front of restaurant, right before ordering, happy hour sign. Wine 9 oz $3.50. We were charged $7.00 per glass. Spoke with manager he stated it should be $3.50 off the original price. Well if the original price is $10.00 per glass then we should have been charged $6.50 not $7.00. Manager apologized stated I read the sign correctly $3.50 per glass and the sign should have indicated $3.50 off regular price. He stated would correct it to prevent it from happening again. End of story. read more

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Mandola's has been open a long time - 20 years.. the food is good, but it used to be better. I was there for a birthday celebration and I love their chicken parmesan. This time it was not so good. It was thinner and dry and it didnt have the same love it used to have. I paired it with Alfredo, which was overcooked and really did not have much flavor. I still love this place, great bread and dessert. I love the atmosphere and it's a great place to get together. I just wish they put the same effort in as they used to. read more

Food is Delicioussss the place is super cute and service is so friendly and kind wow loved it so much can wait to go back ! read more

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The salted caramel chocolate cake alone gives it 5 stars. But all in all the food was AMAZING! Simple, yet flavorful. I like the whole set up how it's like a market and restaurant. It was very clean, not noisy and again, food was superb. I seriously considered buying a whole salted caramel chocolate cake. Still am actually. That was one of the best meals I have ever had. 10/10 recommend and I will surely be back read more

Great food and service everyone. Very consistent. One of the families go to spots any night of the week.

Not, only Mandolas, but many of my Austin favorite restaurants, have lost their passion for creating delicious meals. I would rather pay more for something that was created with love. Went to Mandolas today, my favorite gelato was melting in the bin. Employees were sitting around like the parents had left the kids alone. Damian, the owner worked so hard, sad to see the kids have become lackadaisical. read more

There are multiple locations in Austin, TX. It doesn't matter which one you go to; the food, service, and atmosphere is excellent. You can go there with your kids, sit outside if you choose and have a glass of wine or beer with your meal while spending quality time with family. Very affordable and a great place for meet up groups to congregate because it's very spacious inside. read more

Stopped to grab lunch here in the way back from the Austin zoo on a hot summer day. The concept is great where you order at the register and they will bring the food out to you...sort of fast casual would be the best way to explain it. We had 6 people in our party but most of the tables were for 4 in the main area. The staff helped arrange a bigger table so we could all fit. I got the grilled chicken panini. It was a bit dry but the pasta we had for the table was fine. I will say that the kids meals were great. Entree + drink + gelato. Kids loved it. Also for those with little ones, both the men and womens bathrooms had great changing station setups. Like not the plastic folding table but a full on changing table that you'd probably have at home. Makes those diaper changes easier! We didn't try it but the restaurant also has a coffee bar, a meat bar, and pastry bar if you want to order something to take home. Maybe next time! read more

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Love this place! Management, staff, food atmosphere everything is 10/10. Would highly recommend if you enjoy great Italian :) Also vegan & GF friendly read more

Was great! Went with my friends for a very causal dinner. The bread is just out of this world. The past was perfectly Al dente. We just seasoned it up w salt, pepper, and parmesan. Great family vibes! read more

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We usually stop here in Saturdays. The special is beef brasotto ( braised beef on mashed potatoes), which is great. We like Mandolas because it reminds us of an Italian American restaurant back home, and the food is good. The gelato is great, but I'd recommend f the coconut cake, which is just like my g grandmother from Sicily used to make. read more

I haven't said anything the last couple visits, but I'm finally speaking up. I came at dinner. I ordered a dinner portion Fedelini Pachino and a Mista salad. It's become a recurring pattern only at this location that I don't receive any bread with my meal, but everyone else does. I often times come alone. I'm tired of being discriminated against. Every other table gets bread. Goodbye forever. read more

My mom has found this place and it was the best decision we've made for 2023! Wonderful Bruschetta, so fresh, perfectly baked with fresh tomato and well balanced olive oiled blend. The oven baked lasagna was perfect, just pure perfection. Cheeses used for lasagna were so fresh, nothing was overly salty, just so well-made dish. I am so happy to find this Italian jewel. The interior design is interesting, enthusiastic, and exciting. Will be back with my mom for upcoming mother's day. Molto bene! Quests e la migliore cucina italiana finora! Buono! Squisito! Gustoso! And that'a almost all Italian I know lol.. read more

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We came and tried Mandola's for lunch and found it to be a great value, but their pasta is definitely better than their pizza. For just $11, you get your choice of several pasta dishes (1/2 portions) plus a soup or salad and focaccia. It was more than enough food! The minestrone soup was fresh and tasty, with the broth slightly thickened, which I like. It was slightly under salted, but I just added a little table salt and was happy. The pasta, while not like the best ever, is still quite satisfying especially for the price. I had the Fedelini Pachino and added grilled shrimp. It was light and tasty, though maybe a little overpowered by the amount of shrimp. We'll be back for sure, at least for lunch! read more

We go there so often we know the menu. My wife and I , Lasagna is our favorite (which is my dog's favorite too. My daughter loves all the Italian desserts,. read more

Food was outstanding, staff were nice and efficient, Ambiance was lovely with authentic pictures and murals, food service was top tier, on the pricy side but worth it best Italian food I've ever had read more

I had the chopped antipasto salad. Hardy no Italian meats or cheeses, had to look very hard for the salami. It was the worse antipasto salad I ever had. read more

(Note: I write Facebook reviews for residents of Turner's Crossing, a new development in Buda, as we all learn about good places to dine in Austin.) ------------- Hi, neighbors. Here's another casual restaurant that I can heartily recommend to residents of Turner's Crossing. It's about a 25-minute drive from us and well worth whatever the cost of gasoline is these days. My wife and I met for dinner tonight with a cousin and his wife. She had mentioned that Mandola's Italian Kitchen in southwest Austin was one of his favorite places, so we thought we should try it. Now we see why he likes it so much. The place is south of William Cannon Drive on the west side frontage road of the Mopac Expressway. It's one of four family-owned Mandola's eateries in Austin. It was busy as expected at 6 p.m. on a Saturday, but not crowded. It does a bustling takeout business too. There are two spacious dining rooms. As you walk into the first big room, there is a deli/bakery counter and gelato bar on the right and a long counter for ordering food on the left. The tables are in the middle. The second dining room is in the back. Normally, I am not fond of restaurants where you have to order your food and pay at a counter, then go to a table where the meal is brought out to you. For soft drinks or water, you get a glass to fill at a water/soda station at the back of the dining room. I am inherently lazy, and I like to be waited on when I'm dining out. However, this place was very efficiently run, and we were quickly seated. The quality of the food immediately made me forget any effort I had to put in to get it. We ordered four dishes and shared them, family style. Our quartet had a meat lovers' pizza, a Caprese salad, gnocchi with meat sauce, and a plate of enormous meatballs. The basket of fresh bread that was brought to our tables before the food arrived was extraordinary, along with the usual oil and herbs for dipping. The pizza was absolutely delicious, with thick slices of sausage and pepperoni on it. The Caprese salad with fresh mozzarella, tomatoes and basil was left to the women, who made short work of it. My wife said the gnocchi dish was the absolute best she ever ate. The tasty meatballs went down easy. We still needed a box for some leftovers, which were way too good to leave behind. The meal concluded with some refreshing and creamy gelato, a big chunk of tiramisu, a slice of cake and a cookie. We made sure to tell my cousin, a long-time Austin resident, that he had good taste in restaurants. We will certainly ask him to name another favorite place the next time we get together. And if we try it, I will pass along the results to y'all. read more

We went here on the 7/24/24. For me and my wife anniversary, it was our first time there.The food was excellent. The environment was really nice. Felt.Like we're in italy, and the Service was excellent and nice. We are definitely going back and do recommend to everyone to try it out read more

Mandola's has great food. I'm eating whole food, plant based and I really wanted a GOOD pizza. I ordered the Primavera pizza without the goat cheese. There were so many delicious vegetables, I didn't miss the cheese at all: pesto sauce, grilled eggplant, zucchini, onions, Portobello mushrooms, roasted tomatoes. A couple of minor complaints: the pizza was a bit too oily for my taste. I'll have to modify my order next time, maybe no or light pesto. It was absolutely delicious! The Mista salad says: salad greens, tomato, cucumber, celery, red onions, green & black olives, Romano with your choice of house vinaigrette or creamy Romano dressing. The "salad greens" were all romaine ends; it was a bit disappointing. The dressing and the Foccacia that came with it was delicious. Overall, their food is always very delicious. read more

They treat their customers terribly. The last two times I have been there, after ordering at the counter they brought everyone else's dish to the table but mine and then took off with the table number - leaving it unclear whether my dish might show up soon. Well both times it didn't show up. Since there is no server, I've had to get up and walk over to the kitchen to explain I didn't get my food. Both times this has been met with suspicion, most recently the manager literally telling me that if my food didn't arrive then I never ordered it. She made me stand there while she went through all the orders for the past hour to identify my family's order and....lo and behold there was my meal, just Like I said. No apology, nothing. My family had finished eating in the 10 minutes this took to clear up. I told her it was terrible customer service, especially for a $100 plus meal for 4, and she accused me of yelling at her and not to come back. Well...it turns out customers don't like it when you baselessly accuse them of trying to hock food. Never going back again!!!! read more

Such a charming place! Family friendly and fresh pasta! Always bring my boy here for family dinner time

I have driven by Mandola's plenty of times, but finally went in last weekend and I am SO glad I did! It is a casual spot where you order at the front and then find an open table to wait for your food. I was pleasantly surprised to see that everyone gets foccacia and an herby olive oil dip! It was AMAZING, I would go back just for the bread! I ordered the Sunday special (baked ziti) and my husband got the chicken parmesan with fettuccine alfredo. Both of our dishes were really good, classic meals. It wasn't mind-blowing, but it was worth the value! Besides their meals, there is also a deli counter and dessert area. The gelato and baked goods looked so yummy and I will need to give them a try! I will definitely be back and think it is a great place to grab a quick bite! read more

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Environment - fast and casual. You order at the counter and they give you a number to bring to your table. I enjoy the decorations of hung up flags, it reminds me of an Italian marketplace. Mandola's has very good quality and affordable pasta, cheapest at around $11 up to $20. We've dined in just once, but whenever we want pasta, we always get Mandola's pick up. We've gotten it at least once a month for the past year. Our go-tos are: Fettuccine alfredo - super creamy and I like to add mushrooms and peas for a $1 extra, to break up the flavors. Spaghettini ortolano - a healthier option with lots of veggie toppings and light flavor. Bruschetta - comes with four toasted bread slices, a housemade tomato, garlic, olive oil, and basil sauce, and is incredible. Overall great place to get weeknight pasta for dinner. read more

This is an order-at-the-counter place and the wait in line was short. The staff assign a table number so you go to your table after ordering. I ordered fettuccini with grilled chicken and my husband ordered the eggplant. We both ordered wine which was served in a tumbler instead of a wine glass- very similar to our experiences in Italy! The bread that arrived on the table with oil and herbs for dipping was good but we could have used more oil. My dish was tasty and the eggplant was truly delicious. The atmosphere is loud as everyone seemed to be having a good time. I chuckled over the staff's T-shirts- "this is how I cut carbs" and " what the focaccia?" I was too full to find the gelato selections or cookies necessary but might try them on a future visit. This restaurant seemed like a well oiled machine and is worth a visit. read more

Since we moved to Austin 2.5 years ago, we've been putting in an online order almost every Sunday for 1-3 people. And every time we go to pick up our order, we say, 'I wonder if there will be a carry-out order parking space.' It's apparent that people park there who are NOT picking up a to go order because 95% of the cars are empty. Today I pulled up and all spaces were taken. I parked in a handicap spot next to space 6. When I called to say I was there to pick up my order, I asked that a manager bring my order and since there was no parking available so I was next to space 6. A man came out to the car with my order. I told him there is a problem with parking for carry-out orders. He told me they started working with Uber Eats or Doordash-I can't remember - and maybe their drivers park there. I told him maybe customers picking up food should get priority! The problem is they have too few spaces. I also suggested they put on the sign that cars will be towed if the person is not in the car. He clearly went to restaurant management 101 because he was taught to agree with an irate customer! Clearly my $ doesn't mean much if they can't designate parking for carry-out only. Not for drivers, not for people who don't want to walk. If someone has a medical condition and cannot walk, they could be dropped off. So until the parking problem is straightened out and their attitude changes, I'll take my $ somewhere else. No complaint about the food - it's consistently good. But not worth the aggravation of no dedicated parking for carry-out even though they say they have it! read more

I have always loved Mandolas, but as a mom I now love it even more. Not only is the food delicious but the whole experience is wonderful for kids. Reasonably priced kids menu that includes gelato, friendly workers that greeted my toddler and made her feel welcome, and the playground out back is so fun. I really appreciated the baby wipes in the bathroom, I forgot mine in the car and this was a life saver. Moms, take your littles to Mandolas and enjoy! We'll be back! read more

We love this place! My husband and I enjoy several things on the menu, but the mista salad and lasagna are our absolute favorites!

Mandola's is great! Always consistent and good food... Casual atmosphere and affordable prices. Great place to bring the family, always plenty of seating and the best dessert selections. Highly recommend!! read more

Very authentic Italian. Line was out the door and about a 40 minute wait, so try to avoid the rush. We were finally given a seat and able to get started. We were given wine at the beginning and able to take that to the table. We started with some bread, which was heavenly. You can also get more if you eat all of that. We moved on from there to the entrees. They came out fast. I ordered a very nicely cooked Chicken Parmesan, and had more than enough to take home after. Definitely was happy to have stopped in here. read more

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3.5 stars but I decided to round to 4 given the overall experience. This is a casual sit down restaurant where you go to the register to order, they give you a placard with a number to go back to your table. Similar to a corner bakery, or Panera. Food: 3.4/5 - imagine you made Italian food at home and you put in a decent effort. That's what you're getting here. Nothing amazing but suitable. The flavors will be familiar because you've probably made it yourself before. I got the spaghetti and meatballs and girlfriend got the grilled chicken. Not much to say on the spaghetti and meatballs. It was perfectly fine. Chicken was good. Again, nothing special but the chicken seemed fresh and the flavors were good to fine. Ambiance: this is really the reason I round to 4 stars. It's got a very casual feel, is colorfully decorated, and lots of overall energy. There's also a bakery and ice cream section you can get sweets from after your dinner. This is a great spot to grab dinner when you want to get out of the house without the pressure of having to dress up and make it a big thing. read more

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Some of the most delicious Italian food in Austin, and this location is very conveniently located in the southwest area. I highly recommending ordering lunch here. I usually get a panini and soup, and I absolutely love that they include their homemade bread, oil, and spices for dipping at home. One time they did forget something in my takeout order, but I called them and they offered a free cake which was very nice! read more

One of the few places in Austin you can get great food w/o a super long wait. This business is so well run I honestly didn't know it was local. I assumed it was a chain, because their operation is pretty impressive, but sure enough they got started in Huntsville, Tx. Pizza is always on point. Salads are fresh and crisp. Pasta is creamy and flavorful. I honestly don't know how people mess up pasta, but they do manage to, so yes Mandola's does have great pasta. Bread OMG the BREAD. You will have to stop yourself from filling up on bread. Minestrone soup is one of my favorites, and their ala cart Meatballs are stellar, but I rarely have room for either because... The portions are HUGE. They also have a lot of great daily specials, including the beef short rib on Saturday. My one note, and I'm not going to dock them for it, because I think everyone's having to grow and make adjustments during the pandemic... The To-Go orders aren't quite as good. The portions are smaller, and it doesn't always taste as fresh. I would say it's still worth ordering To-Go, but don't judge them based on that. And of course, you want to round out the meal with one of their many great gelato flavors or other desserts. The cannolis, truth be told, are a little disappointing, but all the other cakes and cookies are super good. read more

What a fun little Italian spot! After living in South Austin for 8 years I somehow slept on Mandola's completely. I had family in town last month and we decided to give it a try and we were very glad we did. The counter service was awesome, very fast and easy! Drinks are self-serve which is nice. The décor was fun and the staff was very kind and attentive. It was a Saturday evening when we went and it was not at all busy, which surprised me. The food came out quickly and was fresh. They bring out ciabatta bread and oil while you wait for your food and it was delicious. I had the chicken parmesan and it was not heavily breaded or greasy. It was a very good portion, though I might have liked a little more marinara. The fettuccine alfredo was light and just the right amount of alfredo for such dainty pasta. Others in my party ordered spaghetti and meatballs and lasagna, both were fantastic. My niece had chicken fingers and fries from the kids menu. The portion was huge. She didn't love the fries, but she devoured the chicken fingers. We took dessert to go because we could not walk out without ordering some! We ordered a slice of the Chocolate cake, the Salted Caramel cake, the Italian Cream cake, one scoop of strawberry cheesecake gelato, one scoop of dark chocolate gelato. I took a lot of sharing but every item was absolutely wonderful. Overall, a great dining experience that I will definitely be repeating. So glad we chose Mandola's over Olive Garden. read more

This place is such a gem!! I absolutely enjoyed my experience from beginning to end. My sister and I came in for lunch, and she had the chicken Parmesan and I had the Margherita pizza. Both delicious! They served us fresh bread, that was too die for! Then to top it off we stopped by the gelato bar and had yummy, creamy flavor gelato. Let's not forget - the service was wonderful, everyone was great. Thanks for an amazing experience, see you soon Mandola's! read more

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This place nailed the vibe - yet also has that food chain feel. The entire staff is always on the job. We love ordering out from here. The portions are solid. The small Italian market is a let down. They sell wine, gelato, pasta, pasta sauce but no meat and no cheese. Kinda an Italian market fail in my book. But I'm not going here for any of those items anyway - just avoiding cooking dinner and want something other than tacos that will hit the spot! read more

Came here last night with my partner and had an amazing time. Everyone was super friendly and the food was great. To note, had such a great time that I walked out and accidentally left my purse behind. Their staff found it and kept it in a secure place for me to obtain. 10/10 for their food and service. 10/10 for having an amazing and honest team. Thank you again read more

The service has been great on my trips here (pre-pandemic), and I'd been waiting for their bruschetta to come back to the covid menu. It finally did & I was so elated I got 2! To-go, they give you a little tub full of flavorful, garlicky marinated diced cherry tomatoes & 4 slices of seasoned toasted bread... and a few pieces of their tasty foccaccia with herbed oil & grated parmesan for dipping! 5/5 noms for the bruschetta! My kiddo loves the spaghetti & meatballs here. I'm pretty fair weather so far with the few other menu items I've tried, but their Gelato & desserts are beautiful & delicious! I will forever praise this bruschetta tho read more

Mandola's Italian - Bruschetta - Italian Near Me - Austin, Texas