Mario's Italian Cafe — Restaurant in Palm Desert

The food was good. I ordered a small antipasta salad. The salad was good although the meat was very skimpy on the salad as compared to past orders. Also I ordered a LARGE speghetti and Meatballs which was about $20.00 and was surprised to find only 1 meatball . not sure if that was their norm because I looked up the website here and tried to get pricing for that dinner and the website gives you a complete menu but absolutely no prices at all at least that I was able to find. It was not user-friendly for me. You could not click on any of the dinners and get pricing. So all in all the food was pretty good. The staff was great when I went in. My disappointment was only one meatball and not being able to go through the website and get pricing for the food I got. I probably will return because there's not a lot of Italian restaurants in my...

We have frequented Mario’s for more than 29 years. Last Sunday evening October 19th we had a family birthday dinner there. The main course was absolutely horrible. The chicken piccata was made with processed chicken that was salty and inedible. The piccata sauce was nothing more than fresh squeeze lemon juice with capers on top. Surrounded by plain spaghetti noodles, and no real piccata sauce. Marcela was no better, the Only difference between the piccata and the Marcella was the Marcella had mushrooms added to it!!! The salads and desserts were the only saving grace for our dinners. After spending more than $200 on our meal and drinks, we left the restaurant knowing we could never enjoy...

Mario's has the best eggplant parmigiano, especially on the dinner with the spaghetti made to order with garlic and oil, try asking for the little red peppers that they usually have on the table for the pizza put in the garlic and oil sauce while it is cooking, makes a lovely addition to a really good dish! The large glasses of wine for the price can't be beat. The atmosphere at the Bermuda Dunes Mario's is charming, the patio is just the right size and very open. The service is fast and the Tiramisù is really good. I lived most of my life in Italy, I'm not a fan of Mario's "red sauce" because I enjoy the pasta without...