Trattoria Mangia — Restaurant in East Naples

The service was dismissive, unfair, and completely unacceptable I made a reservation at Mangia last Friday for my mother’s birthday dinner on Tuesday at 7 PM. We arrived at 6:45 PM and were told to wait until 7, which was understandable. However, as we waited, multiple other parties—who arrived after us—were seated before us. By 7:10, our two young children were getting restless and hungry, so I asked a waiter how much longer it would take. We were still ignored while at least four different tables were seated ahead of us. When I finally spoke to the manager, I was told that because we arrived earlier, we had to wait—yet guests who arrived after us were given immediate seating. This reasoning makes no sense; common sense would suggest that arriving early should not result in being pushed back behind later arrivals. In total, we waited 40 minutes past our reservation time while others, who appeared to be wealthier and white, were given priority seating. This experience felt discriminatory, and I will be filing a formal complaint with the appropriate department in Collier County. I do not recommend Mangia to anyone expecting fair treatment and...

We visited Trattoria Mangia this evening and were very disappointed in the dishes we received. The Fraglia appetizer was sparse, there was one shrimp in this plate with a "few" literal baby strips of zucchini and some not so good calamari. The dinners were unfortunately not that much better, the penne was undercooked and the cavatelli with shrimp literally resembled a dish of maggots with undercooked shrimp and was inedible. We did inform the busser that we we didn't like the meals but it ended there. Also, we never saw our waitress after our initial order. I understand they are busy but would have loved the opportunity for her to see what went back to the kitchen or garbage, Needless to say, there was "room" for dessert but wasn't willing to continue spending money in this establishment. The table next to us was loud and obnoxious but we did over hear them saying 2 of their meals were horrible and regardless of their "condition" i am sad to say I believe them based on our experience. The atmosphere was cute and cozy, This restaurant came highly recommended and I am sad it did not meet the minimalist of...

Just passing through on our way back home to Tampa from Key West. I called while driving through Alligator Alley to make sure they were open (there was a photo that said they were closed till September 3). Last Saturday they're open till then, we made it! Dressed for a road trip, we made reservations anyway. This place is perfectly IT-kitchy, reminding me of all the best Italian family restaurants in NYC. Almost everything is made to-order, in-house, and OMG so good! I got the gnocchi gorgonzola and added grilled chicken. The Manimal got chicken Parm. The portions are HUGE, three meals for me, two for him. I'm fine with that! The service is awesome (Sylvana), the music is fitting for the restaurant and at the PERFECT volume where you can hear it AND talk to people without yelling (well, if you're Italian, you might be doing that anyway). I think this might be the stopping point for every drive to or through Naples from now on. Also, it's not far from I-75. And it was my birthday week so I had three tiramisu! In house...