East Side Mario's - Cambridge

Bada-Bing!. A very good friend of mine is an employee at this location, and I feel comfortable in saying that all the staff cares about is socializing. It isn't the new, untrained staff, either. It's the ones that have been there for years. They often forget the cheese/pepper salads, and drink slowly! They'll take a good 10-15 minutes to refill your drink.<br/ <br/ Food is always outstanding, I'm a sucker for their fettucine alfreido with shrimp, their caesar salad, and cheese capaletti. For a really sugarry and satisfying dessert, order the bada-bingers, they're to die for. Although the servers like to chit chat, you can be in and out of there in under 40 minutes (if you go between 11-12 or 2-4, or after 8), so it is a great place to grab a quick bite. Staff is great with kids, has a really warm and inviting feel.

Service was excellent. Food was good as usual. The person serving us split the pasta dish we ordered into two plates proactively which was great. The drinks we ordered were pretty good as well.

I was skeptical about coming to an east side’s again because I’ve been to so many east’s side before in the past and experienced horrible customer service almost every time. The only reason why I kept going back was for the all you can eat bread and salad. After quite some time, I decided to go back again last night and it was great! Food came out really fast, our server (Erica I believe was her name) was very friendly! She always came back to check on us to make sure we were okay and had everything we needed. Food was super hot, fresh, and delicious!!! Love the linguine chicken amatriciana (I get it every time) and my boyfriend had the scallop carbonara. We were both very pleased.

I hadn’t been to an East Side’s in quite some time, and it was a great experience! Our server was on point and quick with the bread, drinks and salad and she checked on us often to make sure everything was good. The drinks and food were hot, fresh and delicious! I had a sangria and the gluten friendly cauliflower pizza, and my fiancé had beer and pasta. They had great service. We were seated right away, everyone was friendly and the place was really clean. We will definitely be back!

Now that the Restaurant is under new ownership, I decided to give it another shot. Even though it had only been a week, I already saw a difference. Staff were very pleasant and were on time for our drinks and food! Our waiter always ensured we had drinks/salad/bread and checked on us frequently to ensure everything was how we wanted it! I would highly recommend going back for those who had a bad experience in the past!!