Mama Santa Restaurant Pizzeria
(216) 421-2159
12305 Mayfield Rd
Cleveland,
OH
44106
41.5088
-81.5973
Neighborhood: University
What People Are Saying About Mama Santa Restaurant Pizzeria
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The Scene
A handful of tables sit in the cozily appointed dining room, and soft music plays overhead. Chianti bottles and Italian travel posters surround regulars sipping soft drinks in plastic cups. Just a walk from the Case Western University campus, Mama Santa's draws college students, courting couples and culture vultures up from the museums. Mama's is a date mecca; married couples come back to celebrate anniversaries, boring their kids with romantic family history.
The Food
Home-style spaghetti and meatballs by the platter, sizzling sausage and peppers, and the best pizza in this solar system. Soft and chewy yet thin and crisp in the same bite, the crust supports a host of topping options. Skip dessert (you won't have room) and concentrate on which toppings to add.
User Reviews
whirledepicurean501
March 08, 2009
On faithful insistence of friends who are Mama Santa?s fans, I gave Mama Santa?s pizza three separate tries. Unfortunately, three strikes. As an enthusiast who has tried thin crust pizza at over 100 purveyors (NO chains, please) in numerous states, I found Mama Santa?s pizza experience lacking in several key elements. First, their crust, sauce and cheese just lay limp and sloppy without integration to blend flavors. Second, the sauce is deficient of pleasing subtle spices, failing to entice my palate to the next bite. Third, the decor is badly dated, but no so as to be delightfully kitschy, just bad. Lastly, the service is, at best, adequate, absent of personality or charm that would draw me back. All this in an otherwise wonderful Italian area of Cleveland! On a personal note to reviewer DeathDealer9: For a restaurant review site to develop and sustain credibility, it must include all critiques, even those that disagree with our own tastes and experiences. To do otherwise would be disingenuous. Similarly, to maintain integrity, the review site must reject obviously biased puff praise from insiders and false damnation from competitors. May Mama Santa?s fans continue to enjoy what they have come to prize. As for me, I will continue to seek a better Cleveland pizza.
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annaduchene
February 21, 2009
where else can you go and get a great pizza, a bottle of wine and 2 salads for $22 bucks! Always great food!
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lauka1500
December 11, 2008
it is a nice place to spend time as a couple. nothing in particular, but we enjoyed it. if you livein the area, you do not need to search further
read full reviewThe Details on Mama Santa Restaurant Pizzeria
Know Before You Go:
The beer selection isn't too adventurous but does include Peroni. Toppings don't get more exotic than bacon and anchovie.
Save Time:
Place your take-out pizza order 20 minutes in advance.
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Restaurant Special Features:
Family-Friendly Dining, People Watching, Lunch Spot, Group Dining, Carry Out, Cheap Eats
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Smoking Permitted:
Yes
