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!
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.
Home made pasta... gigantic meatballs and a nice Italian ambiance. Great service. No frills just good food with generous servings.
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..
Great restraint here in Omaha. I have been going here for years and have had never had a bad experience. The food it's amazing, I've tried so many different things there and have never been dissapointed. My favorites are the fried raviolis, spaghetti with meat balls, and chicken parmesan. The staff is really friendly and they're always playing good music as well.
We had a fun, family birthday celebration at Malara's. We enjoyed the food and atmosphere and running into friends there.
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. ❤️
Great authentic Italian 👌🏼 Everything pretty much made from scratch and you won't leave hungry! Still figuring out how 🤔 😳 bacon inside a beef meatball is not popular.
Great Italian food and I love the old school atmosphere. The fried egg plant and home made cheese cake were especially delicious. Their spaghetti sauce was out of this world good!
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