Mama Leone's Italian Restaurant

Gaylord, MI · Italian restaurant

Rating
4.0/5
★★★★☆ 4.0
Reviews
20
Rank in Gaylord
#31
of 78 restaurants
City Percentile
29%
rating percentile
Address
Mama Leone's Italian Restaurant, 2583 S Otsego Ave, Gaylord, MI 49735
Phone
(989) 732-4431
Website
m.facebook.com/100063556904802
Status
Closed · Opens 8 AM

Mama Leone's Italian Restaurant is a restaurant located in Gaylord, MI. It is one of 78 restaurants listed in Gaylord. Its 4.0-star rating is slightly below the Gaylord city average of 4.3 stars. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

About Mama Leone's Italian Restaurant

Mama Leone's is an Italian Restaurant located in Gaylord, MI. We are open for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. We have many carryout specials and some of the best pizza in Gaylord. Here at Mama Leone's we specialize in Italian food the way it is meant... More

Hours

Friday8 AM–9 PM

Customer Reviews

★★★★★ 5.0 Andrea Hamilton · Feb 2026

Excellent food!! We were in the area on a family trip. Our kids wanted pizza, so we chose Mama Leone's. We irdered 3 pizzas, cheese ravioli with marinara sauce, and 2 salads. The salads were HUGE and nice leafy greens - no half brown iceberg lettuce like so many other restaurants serve. The homemade italian dressing is great.... oh and the bread basket was amazing! The homemade bread and seasoned olive oil for dipping is top notch. My husband, who really isn't a fan of italian food commented on how good the pizza - the crust specifically - was! We will definitely come back if we are in the area again.

★★★☆☆ 3.0 Kal Nic · Feb 2026

I didn’t want to leave a bad review because the service was good and the staff was friendly but the price of the food for what we were served was not very good. The restaurant is very dark and it was hard to read the menus. I had to put my flashlight on my phone to read it. The pasta was not good at all. It tasted like they threw raw garlic in it. It left an awful after taste in my mouth and my husband’s mouth after we ate it. I got the chicken piccata and it was super oily and strong with lemon. I like lemon but not that much. There were also lemon seeds in the pasta. The chicken wasn’t bad however. My husband got spaghetti and meatballs which were about 2.50 a meatball. He said it was the worst spaghetti he has ever had. Overall, it just wasn’t good. The place definitely needs to be upda

★★★★★ 5.0 Lisa Cymbalist · Jul 2025

We had the most fabulous meal!!! The meatballs were perfect and our meals were fantastic!! We will be back!! This was a perfect anniversary dinner! I had the baked sampler platter and I kept trying to decide which one I liked the best and I couldn’t figure that out because they were all delicious! You can tell the chefs make it all from scratch! We finished off with the BEST dessert I have ever had!!! The limoncello

★★☆☆☆ 2.0 BcOneSeven · Jun 2025

Service was astonishingly slow, and the server was completely unapologetic about it… Almost obstinate. Took maybe 15 minutes to get a cup of coffee, and another 15 minutes after that to place an order and then ballpark of an hour to get my food. Yes, it was Father’s Day… But there was no line to get in, no wait to be seated and there were several empty tables throughout. By the time I got my food, the place was mostly empty. At any rate, not even a word of apology for the long wait. Food was average.

★★☆☆☆ 2.0 M. N. · Nov 2025

Should’ve read the reviews before visiting. Had the fried ravioli-nearly flavorless. Spouse wouldn’t even finish his half so I forced them down. Stuffed shells had the same flavorless ricotta filling. Alfredo cheese sauce overtop was similarly flavorless, even on the replacement fettucini alfredo noodles (where the alfredo sauce comes at extra cost, and the chicken, and basically everything other than just noodles). I had the combo with lasagna, which was…fine. Seemed microwaved, to be honest. Service was poor. Stood at the desk for a while before anyone even noticed us there, then she seemed surprised to see us. Passed us off to another server who forgot within moments of asking whether we wanted a booth or table. Only three tables had people, and the server was already apologiz

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Restroom ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Seating

Services

Italian restaurantBarBreakfast restaurantLunch restaurantPizza deliveryPizza restaurantPizza TakeoutRestaurant supply storeSeafood restaurant

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