I don't usually write reviews unless something actually stands out, and this place did. Finally got a chance to try The Original Mona Lisa after being referred by Jamie, one of their employees. She stopped by WLVS Den Kava Bar in Mentone and dropped off coupons for us to hand out to our customers, which already told me they're actually putting in effort to connect with the community. I ordered through DoorDash, and the whole process was smooth. The order was prepared fast, delivery moved quick, and it actually showed up earlier than expected, which almost never happens. Got the spaghetti and garlic bread, and it was awesome. The sauce had real flavor with a nice level of spice, not bland, not watered down. No extra salt or pepper was even needed! You can tell it's made with intention and not just thrown together. They also hooked it up with extras. Extra piece of garlic bread and extra sauce on the side, no charge. That kind of move says a lot about how they run things. Garlic bread was on point too. Buttery, flavorful, not dry, not skimpy. Overall, this is one of those spots that doesn't try to be flashy but still outperforms a lot of places that do. Good people, solid portions, and food that actually hits. I ordered delivery this time, but I'm definitely going to pull up in person soon. & Thank you Jamie for the coupons! read more

Original Mona Lisa - Spaghetti with Meat Sauce, Buttery Garlic Bread and Extra Sauce. - Italian Near Me - Redlands, California

The place says it's open, it's 123p and it is NOT open...not a single car there but the sign says open. No menus on the drive thru, no one answered at the drive thru... Another business I will NOT come back to. Make sure you're open when business says open. read more

It is a family environment with service that is very welcoming, The food is incredible, and my favorites are the Caldi sandwiches. Preferably, the delicious meatball sub. I cannot wait to return! read more

Thank you Denise for great Italian restaurant amazing amazing chicken Parm l will be back no wander chosen best Italian restaurant best Italian ice cream lemon ice read more

I got fried zucchini and a turkey sandwich. The fried zucchini was burnt and the ranch dressing was just ok. I didn't eat the zucchini. The turkey sandwich was ok but I am not a fan of balsamic vinegar. It is probably not something I would try again. I was disappointed that they charged me $3 for a can of soda. My husband got the pizza sub and the lemon cake. He thought the pizza sub was good but the lemon cake was better. The establishment was clean and the worker seemed nice. read more

CAN'T WAIT TO GO BACK!! Staff was super kind & helpful. I got the chicken parm sandwich with a side Caesar. Sandwich was incredible & crazy delicious. Could tell the chicken was hand pounded & seasoned perfectly. The marinara was scrumptious & bread was warmed perfectly. read more

What a tasty lasagna deinise the chef she is excellent cook extremely clean beautiful ambiance love the experience l can't wait to go back thank you Denise. She gave us free Italian ice cream. read more

I walked in to store; placed my order. Only one person working. When my bagged order came out I specifically ask him if my dessert was in there, to which he replied "yes". Should have untied the knotted bag but I took his word for it. Got home opened bag. No dessert. Called him right away. Had to go all the way back there. No offer for an extra dessert or anything else. And it was frozen rock solid too. Don't think I will be back. Also very little meat in the meat sauce and very little sauce. read more

Best service! Our food was yummy too! We had the pesto mosstacoli and really liked it. The service was outstanding, friendly and helpful (which is rare these days). Feels like family. read more

Meat balls $8.00 each? $30.00 for 4 ? Ridiculous price.. Spaghetti, and all pastas . Come in on a truck frozen. They Don't have a cook . or need one. Because they put the prepared frozen pasta in the oven and serve the food in the aluminum container . $15.00 for the pasta , which isn't a bad price, and you get a piece of garlic bread. We went there for a late lunch, there was absolutely no one there. A man came out of the kitchen after us calling into the kitchen several times. He said he didn't work there. But was just helping out. No air conditioning, there was one overhead fan. But it was very hot and uncomfortable. I got the impression that the bussiness is about to go downhill. Just wanted to try it out, but Don't plan to go back. read more

Called in my order spaghetti with meat balls and meat sauce, with a side salad First off had better spaghetti sauce from a jar at staters , the meat balls had no taste 10.00 for two , I asked for ranch dressing got home plain salad , also 10.00 and they forgot my garlic bread The meal was 26.00 will not be returning I should have known it was bad no cars in parking lot and it was 6 pm dinner time. read more

Best Italian restaurant in town . If you haven't try it you are missing a lot ! The owner of the restaurant is also a very good person.

Awesomeness!!!! I don' Amazing food you just have got to try one of the sandwiches. I had an Italian yummy!!! Denise the owner is such a delight always aiming to please her customers. Cute place, nice staff, this is an actual restaurant that provides window service not a fast food expect to order a head or have a little wait time good food takes time to prepare and fast food is completely different. This is one of my go to spots and should be yours as well!!! read more

This pasta place is wonderful! We used to eat here a lot but then they closed down. BUT now they are open again!! If I had a gif of bottle rockets or something like that I'd post that here. I know the owner but can't remember her name. I know, that's terrible. But she is a sweetheart and she has good food. The place is quiet and clean. I'm very glad they're open again!! read more

Original Mona Lisa - Mostaccioli with meat sauce. - Italian Near Me - Redlands, California

Great portions for the price! I went through the drive through and got really nice service. Clearly homemade mozzarella sticks! Everything was very delicious! Will definitely be returning read more

Original Mona Lisa - Fettuccine Alfredo with bread, mozzarella sticks, garden salad - Italian Near Me - Redlands, California

First time trying this place and Im glad I did. I ordered a ham and turkey 6in sandwich. It was super yummy, just for next time i'd probably ask that they remove a brown sauce they put on it as the bottom got soggy. I also had the spaghetti and meatballs, big portion I couldn't finish it. I also ordered cheese and garlic bread which had to be my favorite. The woman taking my order even came out to the drive thru to take our order due to the glare from the sun on the menu. Super helpful. I enjoyed this place and would come back. read more

Original Mona Lisa - Ham & Turkey Sandwich - Italian Near Me - Redlands, California

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Best Italian food in inland empire authentic they make amazing lazanya. Extremely clean

First time trying this place after driving by it all the time, so I decided to go after work the other day. It's nice and quaint with wonderful customer service. The lady who took my order gave me a free garlic bread and some bubbles. I got the Mostaciolli Marinara, big portions. Will be a regular! read more

Original Mona Lisa - Mostaccioli marinara with garlic bread - Italian Near Me - Redlands, California

Went to this restaurant. They just getting it all together and Got new signs letting people know they are OPEN FOR BUSINESS. Its in a hidden path that you would just drive by it if you didnt see the signs... Ordered eggplant parmesian and was talked into adding spaghetti with it and came with garlic bread. It was abundant and tasty. Just wanted to let everyone know go find them.. they are Open.. read more

We started with tasty, crunchy Mozarella sticks with a chunky red marinara sauce and split lasagna with meat sauce that was really good. The service was fast and very friendly. They even came out to check to see if we needed anything more than once. Great service, tasty food, an overall awesome experience I would highly recommend. read more

Great food! Quick service and the very best bread. Great sauce, just like the Aunties made!

The food is amazing made from scratch Italian. So good for a drive through. I always get a warm welcome and prompt service. The ambiance with the Italian slide show in the background is super nice and relaxing. read more

This 100% hits the spot if you're looking for slightly greasy and very cheesy Italian food. There is not much affordable Italian food in Redlands so this place really hits the spot!! It also has a drive through which is awesome. Our food came with garlic bread which is gas. Will be back again!! read more

Original Mona Lisa - chicken parm sub, spag + meatballs, zucchini sticks, spag + marinara, cheese ravioli + Alfredo sauce, eggplant parm with mozzarella sticks - Italian Near Me - Redlands, California

Food was good. I got a Freddi Sandwich Italian style with a Dr.Pepper. The cook told me in the 70's there was a ad on the tv for Dr.Pepper. Did you know if you drink Dr.Pepper, you're a pepper? Very cute place and nice people. read more

I just can't figure out when/if these guys are open. When I have seen the open sign, I don't see ant cars in the parking lot. When I decided once to give a try, it seems the dining room is no longer open, just the drive through. Not sure how anyone else feels but sort of want to browse the menu and see how clean the area is the first time I'm going to a place. read more

First time here and I'm just so let down... I expected so much and was not satisfied with anything I ordered. First off took way too long but i get that quality food takes time but this was not quality... mozzarella sticks were literally bricks how do you over cook mozzarella sticks and they were ten bucks! I also ordered the mastaccioli and payed extra for meat sauce on it and they didn't put meat sauce on it. It was literally bland as hell just a bunch of noodles the sauce they did put on there was not enough. 27 bucks was not worth it. Maybe I'll try their sandwich next time, if there is a next time read more

Ed must be turning in his grave. Nobody knows what they're doing. Prices are unrealistic and unfortunately workers aren't trained

My wife and I swung by tonight for take out. We both agree we'll be back. For those near Redlands, Ca, So convenient, food was excellent, and the staff, two on were friendly, nice and competent. We'll become regulars. Art read more

My family and I ordered 2 fettuccine Alfredo's , a lasagna, and an order of (4) garlic bread. So very disappointed when I got home with our food and the fettuccine Alfredo's smelled and tasted spoiled. At $ 15.25 times 2 I kind of expect the food to not be spoiled. The lasagna tasted ok. The garlic bread looked like they took what would be a normal piece and cut it in half so $3.99 for four small pieces of garlic bread. Unfortunately I don't think my family nor I will be returning. Which saddens me because I love supporting small mom and pop businesses. read more

I've come here a handful of times over the past few years, and while I can truly see potential for this restaurant to be the neighborhood's favorite mom and pop / cornerstore / Italian comfort food place, I honestly think this restaurant needs a menu revamp. Upon closer look you will realize their pasta option just really has one option. They have one and only one sauce option, and yet on the menu, it is listed as 4 options based on the 4 types of pasta (different shapes) you can pick from that are all paired with the same red sauce. What kind of choice is that?! It seems like an option you would only ask a 4 year old: to pick Mostaccioli vs spaghetti (btw, Mostaccioli is just Penne without the ridges on the pasta tubes). What made it semi better was the when I asked for chicken parm on top, but in the end I was still fairly disappointed because it just looked sad. The cheese used on top of the chicken was a sliced piece of deli cheese (nevermind fresh mozzarella, why can't it just be shredded cheese?) that was half melted. I can do a better job melting cheese at home on some frozen Tyson's chicken tenders topped with Prego. Most recently, we also ordered a side order of pizza fries. While it sounds like a fun appetizer, I was sorely disappointed to receive barely warm fries topped with melted cheese and a few slices of pepperoni. The fries were very unfortunately not hot, and on the whole, did not taste good. read more

Original Mona Lisa - Pizza fries and baked mostaccioli with extra cheese and chicken - Italian Near Me - Redlands, California

I am not one to write reviews but I feel that I have to speak up. Our hope is that this review will help Mona Lisa's to make changes that will improve their restaurant. Pre pandemic we loved this place. Tonight I was craving Lasagna. We ordered 4 lasagnas for our family. I'm so sorry to say that the sauce was acidic and had no flavor. There was no meat and very little ricotta. My daughter who is not a big eater finished the portion and is still hungry. I'm very disappointed and hope that Mona Lisa makes changes to their food so that it tastes more like homemade with garlic and basil along with other spices. Please bring back the flavor. We want to love you again. read more

Went earlier this year after reopening. One employee was there alone doing her best to take and fill orders. The car in front of us waited an hour for their order and we waited an hour and a half. The orders came out only when the owner showed up. When they finally decided to get our order to us, the owner shouted at us through the window that we were under charged because now everything is charged separately. Get that? An order of spaghetti is charged for the noodles and then separately for the sauce. After sitting there for an hour and a half all she could do was yell at us for something we had no control over. In the end we were actually double charged. Owner blamed it on a new employee. First, I've been coming to this location for years, the employee is not new. Second, she was doing her best and for the owner to shift blame to an employee when it was the owner who failed is unacceptable. Never going back. Be kinder to your customers and employees. read more

Yikes! If you're looking for something to eat in the area just steer clear of this place. We wanted to try this out and we're excited to do it. It started out terrible and just got worse. The employee was working alone, we knew that was going to be a struggle, but ordered anyway, The Menu looks fantastic! I wanted to try the Parmigiana Chicken Sandwich and my husband would try a cold Italian sub so we'd be able to try both hot and cold, I asked to use the restroom and the woman explained I'd have to use the men's restroom because the ladies was being remodeled, she walked me to the men's room and unlocked the door for me. What a surprise, no toilet paper Paper towel dispenser didn't work either. Let's get back to the reason we came here. My parmigiana chicken sandwich was COMPLETE TRASH! Fired chicken nuggets with aN obviously canned tomato sauce and sliced provolone melted to the bread itself and not the top of the chicken as excepted. The Italian sub was nothing more than a sandwich I could have made WAY BETTER at a park for a picnic, we clearly ate that one and left this garbage for the birds Not somewhere we'd ever try a second time. read more

Original Mona Lisa - Parmigiana Chicken Sandwich - Italian Near Me - Redlands, California

What a cool spot! I've driven past here many times and today I decided to try it out. The drive through made it perfect for picking up dinner on my way home from work. I got the chicken Parmesan sandwich and it was so good. It filled me up and the customer service was very good. I topped it off with a lemon Italian ice and it's a perfect way to end the meal. Will be back soon with friends! read more

Original Mona Lisa - Italian Near Me - Redlands, California

The food here is so good I have never had better garlic bread. I also got a meatball sub and a chicken Parm. Both were delicious along with my ravioli. Will definitely be stopping by again. read more

Food is nothing special definitely subpar meatball sandwich. It's like frozen meatballs and smashed tomatoes. Lasagna should've went to Costco. read more

I had to cool down before I made this review. The food was average, the prices were high, and I needed translation for the menu. Apparently, I misunderstood what came with my meal and so did the new girl taking my order. The boss lady felt the need to come out to my table and explain my order, which unfortunately ruined my experience. The Alfredo was extremely greasy, and my eggplant was okay. Just lower your expectations if you decide to visit this business. read more

My cheese ravioli with meat sauce this evening was excellent. The pasta was Al dente and the sauce was meaty and delicious. The lemon cake was delicious too. I could taste the zest which is always a plus. read more

This place has cheap and decent italian food, good subs and decent pasta if you're looking for a cheap quick fix The chicken parm is delicious read more

I was looking forward to Mona Lisa. Usually I see positive feedback and I felt like some Spaghetti with meat sauce, and some garlic bread. Unfortunately Mona Lisa didn't live up to expectations. Pulled up in the drive thru right to speaker and put in my order quickly. With one car in front of me, I waited about ten minutes before approaching the window, ten minutes until being greeted at the window, and another ten minutes until receiving my order. Once i got home I opened up the meat sauce soaked bag and uncovered another disappointment. No flavor in the sauce and 90 percent noodles. Also sub par garlic bread. read more

Original Mona Lisa - Italian Near Me - Redlands, California

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