Reviews of Malara's Italian Restaurant (Restaurant)

MaryAnn Eurek

Love it. We both enjoyed the wonderful food and of course the owner and the whole family. Got to meet the mother. She is so sweet and caring. We will try and make it there again and we are passing the good word to everyone. Thank you. .

Stephanie Asselin

We had our prenuptial here 27 years ago and we continue to visit it yearly. The food is still amazing!! This is a family owned business. Very polite and they always make you feel welcomed.

Dirk Cummings

Very good Italian food. Kind of out of the way and back in a quiet neighborhood, but worth the travel. We had the fettuccine and lasagna, both of them were very good. The meat sauce in the lasagna was a little sweet, but had a ton of meaty flavor.

Jason Es

Bad non tasting of chicken Alfredo in my life and too warm inside for a hot summer evening

Lyd Hellerich

This is an absolute Gem. I love the food and the atmosphere. Prices are reasonable the homemade spaghetti is delicious. Tiramisu is amazing, but next time I'm in I'm definitely going to try the lemon raspberry cheesecake. I'm so glad my mom gave me a gift card for this place or I never would have found it. Beat Italian in Omaha.

Richard Hahler

Very good food and atmosphere!

Andrew Lee

Excellent food. Relaxing atmosphere. Quality service

Bill DeLano

Always great. Been going there for 30 years. Love it.

Timothy Hokanson

Food was ok. It wasn't bad, but it could use more flavor. Maybe more seasoning. I had the manicotti and the texture was great! Just didn't have much flavor. The staff is very hospitable and attentive. My glass was never empty more than a few seconds. That quality of staff is rare, so great job with the work ethic!

bob roose

Excellent food. Good service. Reasonable prices

J Malcom

Always wonderful.......I get the French Fried Cheese Ravioli and it's sooooooo yummy!

Shawn Bartlett

What a perfect place for date night or any kind of night.

David Benegas

My wife and I feel very mixed about this restaurant. The sauce is too sweet and lacked oregano and basil, and salt. The meatball was good, but it was obviously pre-prepared in a factory. The noodles were perfectly prepared, but the sauce was hard to get past. The baby green beans were great but had bizarre smokey flavor. After the first bite I immediately regretted not going to fazolis.

Michael Jensen

Went with my father, the food was good with great portions. Menu was a little misleading on what you were ordering. Only restauraunt I know of that includes a speciality drink in their soda selections. Definitely on the more expensive side but well worth it.

Evan Saenz

The mozzarella sticks and the lasagna are the bomb! They make their own marinara sauce and it's amazing!

Brett James

This place has the best lasagna I have ever had!!! The meatballs melt in your mouth and the service is top notch!!! Highly recommend this place to everyone. Kid friendly also.

Andrea Barahona

This is the place you come to carb load. The portions are generous, and the flavor is there. I love their fried ravioli and their bread! Also, I love their entrees, but I don't know how to spell or describe them correctly, so I'll tell you that the food is good.

Havilah Anderson

Great service. Very clean. Lots of options!

Marcus Martinez

The best in omaha

Donna Teague

Okay food but for an authentic Italian restaurant, the food has little flavor and the waitress was rude

Abdulrahman Alshankiti

Exceptional service, delicious food

Jason Conaway

What a great place food and service out standing

Mick H.

Awesome still great prices

Kurt Johnston

Holy cow do you get a ton of food! Cozy atmosphere; friendly staff; reasonable prices - both for the quality and the portions. I tried the chicken alfredo. Dinner comes with fresh baked bread and the alfredo sauce was very thick and creamy. One of the best I've had. Will definitely be back on future visits to Omaha.

Kira Bielawski

Awesome place and excellent customer service. This place never disappointed me.Food was always hot and fresh and delicious too. One of my favourite place.!!

Bear Teddy

This place is unique being situated right in the middle of an old neighborhood! The food was good, but not great. The prices seemed a little high for the meals we ordered, although not unreasonable. They do have some unusual dishes that sound good. We did try the French Fried Ravioli & it was good too. I'm not sure that I'll return, when there are so many other great Italian places to eat.

Jonathan Thorndyke

The service was unacceptably slow and the food was overpriced. No one bothered to ask about our experience. Only one server for too large of a section.

Michael Borchik

Real Italian... think homemade.

Arnie R

It has such reasonable prices for such great traditional Italian dishes!

Jeanne Roussell

Extremely hot my husband had to leave to get air. Alfredo and lasagna was underseasoned and tough. My meal was ok but wait staff was unprepared or untrained to handle a party professionally. Best comment heard "Olive garden has better food"

Cindy Zuniga

I was pretty disappointed, I got the lasagna since I had been craving for awhile but it lacked flavor. It almost tasted a bit sweet. Customer service was great though.

Jack Taff

Awesome quiet place, good food.

Greg S

Malara's is easily my favorite Italian Restaurant in Omaha. It's very far from where I live but it's worth the drive to go to Malaras Omaha's Little Italy area. My advice is to order the spaghetti and meatballs. They make fresh spaghetti pasta right in the restaurant the other noodles are good also but they're not made fresh there. The meatballs are simply amazing. They're homemade meaty and delicious. I'm going to post photos later. If you like my review please click that thumbs-up button. Thank you

Rob Schultz

Great Italian food and I love the old school atmosphere. The fried egg plant and home made cheese cake were especially delicious. Their spaghetti sauce was out of this world good!

Thomas Dinaro

yummy food great raviolis a+ service

Sara Born

The pasta was really good. I did not eat the salad, looked ..not so good.

Zena Raitt

It was good and good service. We stayed a white visiting family and no one said anything they just waited for us to leave

Barry Anderberg

Unimpressed. Group of seven. Three orders were wrong, and the chicken in the chicken parm was stringy. Fried ravioli was good but nothing special. Wait staff was not very friendly and no apology offered for the mistakes. They did bring more fresh bread to compensate. Overall it's maybe worth a visit. Maybe we caught them on a bad day.

Mark Townsend

Great service and awesome food. A must try if you like Italian food.

Corrina Gash

The employees are just great! And so is the food

Kathy Stebbins

It was a very enjoyable evening! Wonderful food and the waitresses took fabulous care to make sure we had everything we needed!

Michael Selman

Love this place from start to finish.

Erin Davern

Very good place. First time there and will be back very soon

Mike Cavalieri

A very familiar place and reliable for quality and portions. The tortellini is great, and if I had one suggestion it would be to offer it like they did a few years ago...instead of red or white gravy, allow for both, it is very good, would compliment the already great menu and most importantly it would give the customers what they want without adding a penny to the cost. Otherwise this is as good as it gets for Italian food in Omaha

Tim Snyder

Homemade pasta is amazing, priced fair and the service is great.

Matt Willard

Have always loved the food, and service is always great! Can't talk up the homemade tortellini enough.

Nick James

Best Italian food in town for years! Really good service. Parking limited

Jazzy Fizzle

Step back into time by walking into Malara's. The decor is beautiful & romantic. Great food & family run. The menu asks you to allow 30 minutes for preparation of your food, it's worth it! The owner still cooks & she came out to say hi to our party. We were there for a bday party so they seated us all at two large tables in a section just off the dining room. I tried the hubs lasagna & it melted in my mouth. I know what I'm ordering the next time we go to Malara's.

Will K.

When it comes to authentic Italian this is it! You can literally taste the love that is put into the food. I’d highly suggest the Chicken Parmesan and the spinach tortellini with white sauce. Trust me you will not be disappointed.

Rachel Swartz

Hands down the best Italian food we've ever had! Very laid-back atmosphere and friendly service. Bread was fabulous and both the red and white sauces were spectacular. And all for such a reasonable price. Can't wait to go back again!

Frank Bracken

Excellent food attentive staff

Judy Wagner

The meatball sandwich was delicious. Also got a salad, just lettuce with Italian dressing. Staff was friendly and service was prompt.

Lisa Buckley

This used to be the best Italian restaurant, but has since gone downhill. I was hoping it was just the time of day I chose to go, but went back a month later and it was still very disappointing.

Jerry Tyrrell

Malaras has consistently great food and the staff is very very friendly. We go there often.

Andy R

Great place to eat.

Tom Negley

Haven't been for a few years. Still a good place to go.

Leonard Drew

Excellent Italian food.

kim p

Dont waste your time or money

Jocelynn Schmolt

Great food great service highly recommend this establishment 4 itaian food

Scott Miller

Very good. Our server Jill was very attentive and courteous. I would certainly recommend this for something more relaxed and different than the chain restaurants

Matt Ferro

Great food. Tastes like home.

Chris G

Best Italian food in the city. Family run, friendly staff, great prices, excellent food!

Tommy Fleming

Great food and service

Vanessa Piper

The food was great, the entrance has a bottle neck effect by the register and hostess stand.

Sean Miller

This place was really good and very accommodating and the service was great.

Tom Lenihan

Slow service, you wait for everything, no one smiles or asks how the food was. Everything tasted like it came out of a can, including sauce & green beans. Sauce was sweet with no flavor

Justin Milner

I love Malara's...anytime I pass through Omaha I always make sure to stop and get their fantastic Mozzarella sticks and pasta. This is authentic, real-deal Italian and it shows, from the warm hospitality to the amazing food.

Nik Scriver

Don't let the looks of the outside fool you. It is a large beautiful restaurant with amazing staff and food. I had the veal parm and it was out if this worl. Decent pricing also

Clint Brunow

Food was good, server was incredibly rude to our entire table. Made for an awkward business lunch, won't take a guest back in a professional capacity again. It'll be a while before I go back as well.

Christopher Didamo (DCSO)

Great food, family run, great service

tbertino402

Great service, great food.

Melissa Mona

Pasta, homemade pasta. Nothing else needs to be said. But I shall go on regardless. The homemade spaghetti noodles with meatballs are just like nana used to make, but I can't. Salad with homemade Italian is delicious, and very generous. The rolls are always hot when they are brought to the table. Servers are attentive and competent. Cozy place that is great for family dinners. Don't get down there as much now, but always a treat when I am.

Gwen Berkley

Fantastic and authentic Italian cuisine.

Mike Gall Sr.

Great food in a very nice little quaint part of town. Highly recommended.

Taylor

Excellent food n Service

Jacob Talbott

Old school style and decor. The service was very good and attentive. The food was okay, but not great partly due to personal preference. The red sauce is a sweet sauce and I prefer savory sauce. The noodles were bland and slightly overcooked. The salad was fairly basic (iceberg lettuce with a few carrots and maybe some red onion) and may have been a little brown but we couldn't tell because it had a lot of dressing. I think it was a red wine vinegar that gave the lettuce a red tint. The best part of the meal was the warm roll. I would not recommend this restaurant to family and friends visiting Omaha.

Ryra z

Love eating here! Service is always friendly and nice. It's a tad expensive but, hey! Gotta stay in business. Food is delicious!

lisa moyer

used to work there food is still always as good as it always was wouldn't if anybody is looking for a good Italian food that's where to go

belinda black

One of the best Italian restaurants in Omaha. I’ve gotten the veggie pasta both times, and the portions are large enough for me to get 2-3 servings out of, and somehow it tastes even better the next day. The true star of the show was their mozzarella sticks; I‘m certain that they are the best I’ve had in my entire career of eating fried cheese sticks. Magnifico!

Jesse Sinyster

Very bland. Rushed out the door. Not going again.

Lloyd Guy

One of our favorite places. Almost immediate seating. Good food and decent service.

Joe Anania

One of the last Italian frontier left on Omaha. Don't waste your money at a boring chain. Eat authentic Italian homemade fresh food. Ciao Piasano!!

Uriah Yates

Best spaghetti in Omaha. Homemade noodles make all the difference.

Patricia Stewart

The food is wonderful.

Ken Pieretti

Best Italian food for the price!

Tiffany Hunt

Excellent authentic Italian food with one of a kind service! Sweet Miss Malara herself can be found in the kitchen! Stop in with an appetite, you won't be disappointed!

The True King Of Trolls

This was quite possibly one of the best Italian Restaurants I've ever been to. The staff were extremely friendly. I ordered the Pasta and Brascioli and was not disappointed.

Tammy Moravec

Great food wonderful staff very reasonable

Gina Vipond

Great food at a nice price.

Val Johnson

So original, spaghetti is over the top. Service excellent. Food cooked to perfection. Price's are great.

Hair by Amy Tanner

It’s like eating dinner at Grandma’s house! Food is delicious, fresh and always good! You can’t go wrong with the deep fried raviolis!! You won’t regret going!

Kathleen Penkert

Love the pasta here...the only place I know with whole wheat pasta

Blaine Baker

Excellent food and service.

Ryan Wallace

Great, homestyle Italian cooking, absolutely delicious. Dealt very well with being understaffed!

Spencer Chaplin

Bland red sauce restaurant was almost empty besides a large wedding table was seated right next the loud party would not go back

Martin DiGiacomo

Very authentic Italian food cozy atmosphere

Avery Franzen

Tl;dr: The service is great, but the food leaves much to be desired. Went here with my fiance on our anniversary weekend. The hostess and waitresses were very friendly and prompt with everything. The service was absolutely phenomenal. They served us warm rolls after we ordered and those were delicious, but that is where the good things stopped. We got some homemade mozzarella sticks as our appetizer. They were rather bland and the sauce they served them with was like nothing I've ever had. It was sickly sweet and devoid of most flavor due to that. My meal was lasagna with a meatball on the side. The lasagna was bad mainly due to my disagreement with the sauce and the chopped egg on there did not help either. The meatball tasted like the meat was squeezed out of Chef Boyardee raviolis and smashed into a ball shaped. My fiance got the carbonara and while they taste was good, it was served with chunks of "sauce" instead of the typical way. This made it difficult to eat and she was dissatisfied. We got a cannoli and a piece of tiramisu in hopes of finding something tasty on the menu. The cannoli was devoid of flavor and tasted how I imagine Play-Doh must. The tiramisu was clearly frozen as we had a bunch of ice crystals in the middle of it which was disappointing.

Jena Anderberg

Order was incorrect on 3 different things. Food was just ok. I had the chicken parmigiana and it was almost inedible because it was so full of tendons. Nobody loved their dish. Service was spotty, our waitress was good - but had a lot of young kids helping not sure of what they were doing.