Mama Louisa's Italian Restaurant

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CLOSED NOW - Opens at 11:00am

This place USE to be like the best place to go to for Italian food, but that was in the late 1970's and mid 1980's.
Now it is 2013 and this place sucks! I just can't believe the reviews. We got Joe's special and they say the pasta is fresh but it was watery and tasted like the wider style top ramen soup noodles in a cup. The sauce was way over garliced. It was just a big pile of glop and cheesy mess! Maybe my pallet is more refined because I have been a cook for 22 years. I think Chief Ramsey needs to yank a knot in their butts! This place looks straight out of the 70-80's as far as decor. It has dim lighting and I'm sure it is to hide the fact there is tons of dust on the fake plants and other crap that is surrounding you. It is just gross and ran down. The soup and salad bar is not good either. They told me that the soup came out of a can! For a place that SAYS everything is fresh...I think they got lazy and started using cheap non-fresh foods. The help doesn't seem very happy to work there as well. They seem to have lost their passion for food and life and have just given up.

I was very excited to to fianally come in to eat. I have heard only great things. I ordered Linguini with meat sauce and meatballs and Italian sausage. My pasta was very hard--undercooked?? The sauce didnt adhere to the pasta. The sauce tasty very tangy like pure tomato sauce and there was no meat in it. The meatballs were so hard that I couldnt cut them with my fork, I had to use a knife and they were horrible. My Sausage was very overcooked and also tasted horrible. We ordered garlic bread but recieved bread sticks like Olive Garden instead- Another dissapointment. In all, My food was terrible and I never ever complain about food. My girlfrends Chicken Parm was pretty good, and her sauce was better than mine. That was the only good point. The service was fine and the price was also fine. Im just very sad because I had high expectations.

We went here w/a group of 8 & the service was good at first then it got really slow, and the food had alot to be desired. The helpings are large, but the taste was very average & didn't stand out. I had the $11.50 lasagna and my wife could have made better at home for a $3.00 If your in the mood for Italian i would recommend Ramanos Macaroni Grille on Broadway, the helpings aren't as large (but large enough) and the 3 times i have eaten there it has been AWESOME, & the service ambiance and food are a 100 times better.

Wife and I stopped here last evening. Found by a simple GPS search for 'Italian' from where we were, at Million Air, Tucson Intl Airport. Was about 5 miles to the restaurant. Atmosphere was original 60's approx and well worn. We liked this immediately. No flashy new look here. Tables were busy so we sat at bar and ordered. Bartender was wonderful and very helpful with our needs and requests promptly attended. The food arrived shortly and was wonderful. i suggest anyone in the area to try this. We were very impressed with food quality and service. Thanks folks. Well done.

The best kept secret in Tucson. Their wedding soup, "is to die for." The homemade pastas are fresh along with their sauces and they seem to just melt in your mouth. When family and friends come from out of town this is one of our favorite places to take them. We celebrated my nephews graduation there. There are so many choices on the menu its hard to pick. The prices are extremely reasonable.