Sardo's Mangia Bene Italian Kitchen & Catering — Restaurant in Town of Van Buren

My husband and I went to Mangia Bene for dinner this evening. This was our second time dining there. The first visit was very good. This time, not very good. My husband wanted pasta with a meat sauce. They have no meat sauce on their menu. An Italian restaurant with no meat sauce?? Their only sauce is marinara. My husband ordered Spaghetti and clams ($20). He was served his entree in a to go carton with a large soup spoon. This pasta dish looked more like soup as the watery liquid ENTIRELY covered over the pasta!! This is not the correct way to prepare and serve spaghetti and clams. He asked if they could remake the dish and the girl stated, “Everyone has different preferences. That’s the way we do it!” She took the dish away and very shortly thereafter returned with the entree. I am surmising it was the same entree with the liquid drained out as she was only gone a minute or minute and a half at most. My chicken Parmesan sandwich was extremely dry, like it had been reheated and reheated. We will not be returning as there are much better Italian restaurants to choose from. We will return to our favorite… Sapori by Antonio where everything is made from scratch and delicious! We have dined there at least 15 times and always have an excellent dining experience. It is run by a family...

Have heard good things about this restaurant so we decided to give it a try. Ordered the tortellini Alfredo with chicken and my wife ordered the linguine with clam sauce and a Caprice salad. Also got a house salad with Italian dressing a crumbly blue and rolls. For desert she grabbed a carrot cake. When we got home we started to eat. The food was warm at least but that was the only good thing about this order. The Alfredo sauce was extremely salty to the point that I couldn’t eat more than three bites. The clam sauce was very soupy, watery and also extremely salty. The caprice salad had wilted greens and the mozzarella cheese was gritty. Then the carrot cake was dry. Spent $78 on this meal and every part of it ended up in the trash bin after only a few bites and my blood pressure from the salt was through the roof. Will not ever return for another meal and will let any one who asks about this place our terrible experience. Live and...

We called ahead to order take put before last night's concert. if we hadn't been in a hurry, I would have asked for a complete refund for two of the dishes we ordered; cavitelli with broccoli & Utica greens. The pasta container had at least a cup of oil in it with scant amount of pasta, and traces of broccoli. My friend actually thought there was a mistake, that we were given soup. it was oil and pasta soup. The "greens" was a container of a few cups Italian bread crumbs, soaked in oil, just enough green so that the dish was recognized, and some rancid sausage pieces. There was no bread. The counter help was eating behind the counter. The chicken riggies sauce was good, presume that was stock...