Malara's Italian Restaurant

Food was great, though you will be spending a fair amount for the lack of food that they provide. Standard dinner is around $15-$18 for a small bowl of noodles, a piece of chicken and some bread. You'll also get a small bowl of salad. Staff were great! Just wish they would provide a bit more for the price.

I will start with the fact that the complimentary bread and mozzarella sticks were at best decent. Plus the staff was friendly and understanding to our concerns. We are staying at the Double Tree here in town and was recommended to this restaurant. We ordered the chicken alfredo and to our disappointment we couldn’t eat more than a few bites. The recipe needs some TLC. They said the chicken is grilled but to our experience it was boiled and the sauce didn’t have any flavor. We apologize for the review visiting the town however we were extremely dissatisfied with the food.

I really appreciate places that make food from scratch but for the price of what we paid, this really missed the mark. We ordered chicken parm with green beans and a full order of fettuccine alfredo with grilled chicken. The fettuccine alfredo was the better of the two dishes we ordered. We liked the pasta, the sauce, and the serving size. The only issue with that meal was that the chicken was not seasoned and was very bland. The chicken parm was the big disappointment for us. The breading was seasoned well but the chicken was over cooked. This was the first chicken parm I've gotten that didn't come served on spaghetti so that was surprising. The green beans were good. Comparing the portions of the chicken parm and the chicken alfredo, because they were both the same price, it was disappointing how little pasta you get with the chicken parm. There is an option to get an additional side cup of pasta in place of the green beans but I don't think that would have made the two dishes equal portions.

Sad I can only give this restaurant 5 starts because it definitely deserves 10. My boyfriend and I went for date night. We started off the cheese fried ravioli. It was fantastic! I got the spinach chicken tortellini with red sauce and a side of white sauce (I love mixing both sauces together). My boyfriend had their Saturday special, sausage tortellini with red sauce. Both entrées were absolutely phenomenal. The food was hot, had so much flavor and you can tell everything is homemade. On top of having a wonderful dinner, we also had excellent service. I don’t remember our waitresses name but she was one of the best waitresses we’ve ever had. She was so sweet, attentive, checked on us serval times and even boxed our leftovers. We ended the night with a piece of their homemade cheesecake. This was also amazing and a must have. 10/10. No other Italian places compare to Malaras. Malaras will always be one of my favorites. ❤️

First time here and had an enjoyable time. The fried eggplant was spectacular, mozzarella sticks made in house are great, as was the housemade pasta. The red sauce, as other reviews stated was not great - very reminiscent of chef boyardee. The salad was way too saturated in dressing - which was way too peppered. The torte was spectacular, but the cannoli was fairly bland and unimpressive. Also, if you are hoping for gluten free options - even though the menu advertises them, we were informed by the waitress that the only things they had that were GF were "plain GF noodles, or a steak potato". Overall a good experience, but not "the best Italian " I've had in town.

We had a fun, family birthday celebration at Malara's. We enjoyed the food and atmosphere and running into friends there.

Very quaint place, old world charm. Excellent food n service. Definitely worth the trip, and a go to place, Omaha Italian history at its best..

Home made pasta... gigantic meatballs and a nice Italian ambiance. Great service. No frills just good food with generous servings.

Our friend strongly recommended this place when we had our day trip to Omaha. You would think its a tiny place by looking from the outside. Its actually very pacious!! First comes into view is the bar. Also an area that display the history and story of the owner's family (i think). As you walk inside, there are 2 areas for dining. It's very nicely decorated. I got a fetteuccine afredo w shrimp! Its very delicious!!

First things first, food is top notch. I had lasagna and my wife had spaghetti with the brascioli. Both dishes were amazing. We had the house salad as well as the mozzarella sticks and a bottle of Pinot. All food was hot, fresh and most of all delicious. I think a total of four different servers stopped to check in on us during our meal. That was top notch service. I'm a little saddened to see some of these reviews with low marks, I don't think the can come close to the reality of the exceptional service and treatment we received this evening. Pictured is the lasagna prior to it being devoured. Thank you for an awesome date night and amazing meal. We can't wait to come back!