Mamma Angela — Restaurant in Mount Airy

My friend and I stopped by your store this afternoon from gelato. We had been there before and the price has been $3. First off, when we walked in, it was quite a while until we were even noticed, and then a waiter told us to "wait just a minute" when we were standing by the gelato case. This same waiter not only took an order from a table but also went into the back for a while before he finally came out to wait on us. He gave us small cups of gelato (flattened, not even full scoops) then told us to go to the cash register. Here we waited again while he did something in the back. He charged my friend first, charging her $5. He AGAIN went into the back while I waited to be rung up still. When he returned we both asked about the price, noting we had been there recently and the price had always been $3. So he said he had to call the manager. We waited AGAIN while he called. Then he said he had to charge us $5 if we were going to sit in the almost empty dining area and eat but that if we got it "to go", it would be $3. That was so ridiculous--$5 for a small cup of gelato? So we got it "to go" and had to go outside in the heat to eat while there was only 1 table of people in that whole restaurant. Would it really have been a problem for us to sit at a table for 5 minutes? It was ridiculous how long we ended up waiting for that little bit of gelato, and how we were treated. We won't be back to eat gelato, or anything else, unless something changes...

Based upon the decent reviews we decided to try this place. I will preface this review and say that the staff is outstanding, which is why I gave it 2 stars instead of 1. My wife ordered the lasagna and I ordered the chicken marsala, which I try everywhere. We both ordered extra sauce and were never told it was $4 extra for each plate. My wife actually never got it and the server noticed it and removed it from the bill before we even said anything. Her lasagna was not traditional, and looked like a huge piece of bread with 3lbs of cheese on top. As she started eating, the pasta at the bottom was hard to chew and stuck together. My chicken marsala was an absolute joke. The sauce had absolutely no marsala in it and the chicken had no flavor and was barely seared in the pan. I cook my own and know how it should be and this was bad. As my wife stated to me, our dishes were as if they were fast food. With this being said, the pizza looked decent and it might be worth going back for a slice, but we will never go back for actual...

Medium seating area that can get busy. My waitor was very kind, attentive and upbeat, which is very much appreciated. This place is a spot that the locals visit frequently, which means it must be good.

This is the best cream of crab soup I have had in my entire life. The flavors were absolutely delicious, it wasn't too thick and not too thin. It had real crab meat in it. It's a must try.

I had the tro fiesta it was a hefty amount of food and packed with crab meat, shrimp and chicken pieces. The rose sauce let more to be desired, it didn't have enough flavor for me, it wasn't sweet, tangy or salty, it was a bit disappointing, I do hope they can work on this recipe a bit more.

The spaghetti and meatballs was good, the sauce was perfectly cooked and thicker, so it wasn't watery. It was served with 4...