Mamaia Resto Lounge Bar — Restaurant in Montreal

If it were not for the food, this place would get NO stars. The place looks like an old Romanian restaurant from the 90's, might as well be built in the 90's and not updated ever, by the way it looks... it's quite dirty and not well kept at all, they could use a deep cleaning now and then and a fresh coat or paint, also it's very dark, everything black or dark brown....doesn't help either that there no side windows as it's in a basement....cutlery is not properly washed, seats, cushions are old and dirty, with visible dirt, "jegoase" in Romanian, if you know what it means....

Service? Well, the guy that attended us was from my home town, we chatted a bit, but he didn't seem to be too bothered or excited to meet another guy from his home town....maybe he meets a lot, every day... don't know....also, we could smell alcohol, since he was drinking with another patron when we arrived, then he forgot to use deodorant for the day and it was not pleasant to be around him....I am not sure when he moved to Canada, but I was working with guys having his level of service in the 90's....when we were recently out of comunism....we were not very good at communicating, empathizing with the customer, making sure they have the best time....it was more of a take it or leave it attitude....kinda like this guy had....he was alone, doing everything by himself, taking the order, cooking, serving....asked for a lemonade with still water, he repeated 3 times, they only do it with Perrier sparkling water, like I should appreciate the fact they are using expensive water for my lemonade....

I must appreciate the taste of the food though, very good, some over cooked or dry, like the sausage, but all in all, the food was good

I am not sure if the guy that attended us is the manager, the owner or just an employee, but he was saying they don't care much about social media presence, so I am not sure they will even read this....but if they do, then a word of advice...invest a bit into refurbishing the place, hire a decorator to give you a few hints to make the place more welcoming, train your staff to be more serviceable, clean your place more often and I am sure you will be a lot more successful....or maybe you already are popular enough and it was just a bad time when we arrived because it was empty.....I loved the food, but because of the experience, I would not go back...

I just ordered yesterday the romanian sausages, bulgarian salad and beef soup. They were on vacation I think for a month. I had been waiting all that time for those sausages, definitely the best I have ever had delivered (as always from them): juicy, tasty, easy to digest. (Les pyrenees also has great sausages, but more fatty) I have been delivering from them for all of covid, one of my best places (and near my place, so it arrives hot!) This is a family-owned restaurant with dad, mom, their daugther and grandma. Dad makes his own organic sausage and it shows! The price is reasonable as well. Other dishes I like: pizza, sausage lovers M5, white bean stew with...

Amazing food! We ate to our hearts desire. Price was good for all the food. Very kind staff, always observant about the quality of service they were providing. The fresh food came with everything a traditionally Romanian dish would come with and surprisingly even more than we anticipated. The "Tuica" was fantastic. And same goes for the overall experience.

Very recommended Romanian restaurant, and will definitely come back! Check it out, and don't listen to the bad reviews, they are just angry Mamaia makes better food than they could ever make...