Mambo's Cafe in Glendale - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Always great, never disappoints.

Service was great, very friendly and efficient. The place was nice and not crowded at all. However, the food wasn’t great. The rice was undercooked. It was a little hard and the pork was very dry and could have used more flavor. The flan also didn’t taste good. Overall it just wasn’t the Cuban food I was hoping for. For reference yo soy Latina so I have high expectations lol I’d give them another try though on the mere fact the service was really great.

A hidden gem in Burbank. Extremely friendly staff and the food was delicious. Try it, you won't be disappointed.

Delicious Cuban cuisine. Staff is wonderful, too

Moved from Miami a year ago to LA, since then have tired many “Cuban food” restaurants. Most don’t give you that same taste you would get back home. This play today definitely brought good Cuban food memorie.

Had a roast pork lunch. Very good.

Nice to have another Cuban option. Good food. Decent prices.

Came across this spot …. So glad we did. The food has the flavor, the dishes provided are big so get ready to share, and the coffee …. Brings me back to Cuba…. Worth the time and drive getting here from the OC. Definitely coming back with the friends….

I love the food here! Bistec Palomilla my fav. The service is very good as well. This is my second time here and the food is always on point.

Good atmosphere and food. The Ropa Veija was great, but their pork was a bit dry, though.

I have never had bad service here. The food is always top notch for a quick place to eat. I have been coming here since they opened and it is a required visit anytime I find myself in Burbank or Glendale. Don't miss their plantains.

The food is great, we love it. The fried plantains are wonderful on every dish I've tried.

Holy cow... The food. Amazing. Wonderful. Delightful. Simple, quality ingredients cooked with love. Best restaurant food I've had in years. Every bite was perfect. Service. Beyond par. Attentive but not too much. Friendly and polite. Perfect. Atmosphere is a cool-cat hang with Dizzy Gillespie at a recording session. Awesome.

My husband and I love coming here! The employees are so wonderful and treat you like family. The food and atmosphere is also fantastic. I love being a regular here. It’s always a hilight of our week❤️

The service was great! The food was wonderful & the decor reminds me of cuban coffee & chrome.

My first experience here was so welcoming. From the moment I walked in I was greeted by Raul and his team in a friendly manner and welcomed in. The hospitality was amazing throughout. I haven’t had a proper Cuban espresso like this since living in Miami. Probably the only place in LA that makes it the same!! The ambience and food was authentic Cuban! A must for anyone looking for authentic Cuban food, coffee, and atmosphere.

Delicious authentic Cuban food with wonderful service. Great place for kids! Some of the best salmon I have ever had!

Great food, friendly staff, and a charming dining area. Mambos is my first choice for excellently prepared, tasty Cuban food & drinks. Great coffee too.

Soft yummy bread with amazing house made salsa. Highly recommend

Amazing food, amazing espresso, amazing service. Just a standout spot for a good lunch. Everyone I take here loves it.

The food is Ok, NOT even close to CUBAN cuisine, the service can be better. Some dishes are over priced .

LOVE THIS PLACE. GREAT FAMILY OWNED RESTAURANT, GREAT STAFF AND VERY TASTY FOOD.

Great place for awesome Cuban cuisine. Nice and attentive service.

Great food and location close to the zoo and close the Glendale Gallaria.

Excellent restaurant, excellent food. Absolutely bizarre service. I have never felt so rushed to leave from a restaurant by a staff in my life. Every 5 minutes I was either asked if “everything is alright”, or asking while still eating “do you want this to go?” And had the check brought to me without even asking! That one was new! I was going to invite several of my friends thinking this would be a chill friendly environment for a group of people to enjoy, but if this is the kind of rushing were going to experience then were better off going somewhere else.

The food lacks the original Cuban taste, the cortaito was basically an espresso. Good service with seats outside.

This is a valley institution. You must go at least once in your life. Great Cuban food at a ridiculously reasonable price. The chicken, beans & rice, and plantains are my go-to and I've yet to be unsatisfied. The service is good and your food comes out hot and quickly. Lunch is always busy, so get there on the early side if you wanna get a parking spot and table.

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Best Cuban food in the neighborhood great service

Plenty of delicious food. Very nice server.

Great food. Quality Service. I reccomend it

Been eating for yrs there top ten service authentic Cuban food

Its really noticeable this is a family owned restaurant. We were warmly welcomed even though we arrived 45 mins before closure. Friendly people, good athmosphere and perfect service. The mambos chicken was delicious, so was the breaded steak. Complementary water, nice, no tapwater. Recommended!

The meat was extremely chewy but the service was good.

The food was so good and the service as well Fast and efficient

This place is a Glendale staple! Very tasty Cuban food, impeccable hospitality (thank you Ralph!) I hadn’t been here in many years; when I drove by it on my way to IKEA I busted a B without thinking twice and was so glad that I did! We ordered “el trio” appetizer, mambo chicken plate, and the avocado salad. The food was just as delicious as I remembered it! Our server Camila was also very warm and attentive. We’ll definitely be back very soon!

Love this place so much. Best Cuban food I’ve had in LA.

Delicious food, but it's definitely getting a little pricey...

Excellent place to eat Cuban food if you're into that

Food was good, the service AWESOME!!!

I highly recommend the salmon!!

Went for Sunday lunch with my family. Every bite of food was freshly made, veggies super crisp and ripe. I had the cuban slow roasted pork, was absolutley tender and bursting with flavor. The Sangria was made with fresh fruit and paired perfctly with the pork. My wife had a steak sandwhich with crispy flat plaintains instead of bread and loved every bite of it. Our waiter Gary was super friendly, patient and reccomended an incredible freshly grilled shrimp, avocado, lemon, tomato salad that was the best thing I've eaten this year. If you like Versailles, you will love this place. Parking is very easy and abundant, very safe and clean neighborhood. They have live music on Tueaday nights so thats a nice bonus. All in all just an amazing experience, great food,amazingly nice staff, the prices were shockingly affordable for such a nice and classy place. If your hungry its worth the drive no matter where you live, you'll be glad you did.

Good, overall. Ordered a Cuban sandwich and grilled chicken plate. Service was solid, but they brought out the wrong dish to begin with. Positive… our sever corrected it quickly. Close to authentic, but not 100 percent.

The food is always amazing here and the service is as great too. They have a wonderful menu selection and the atmosphere is pretty chill.

Great restaurant portions were great for the price

Amazing Cuban food! I had the Tostones Rellenos (curtesy of DDD ;) ). They give you complimentary Cuban bread with an awesome dipping sauce while you wait for your meal.

It’s says they close at 7 pm on Sundays but they actually closes at 5 pm

Online prices posted on restaurant website were significantly less that what was on our bill, and the food was mediocre. Overall not the experience we hoped for after a friend said the place was terrific.

Very delicious! Highly recommend…the tostón sandwich was fire and the empanada de picadillo was also really good. My bf is Cuban and he said this place gave him a home feeling 🥰.

The yuca used to much garlic was really nasty I don't recommend this place

Never a disappointment. Ropa Vieja was so on point, ate the everything. I never eat everything. Ozomatli by Ralph was fabulous. Always improves, never fails my expectations

The food is amazing here and and they have a great menu selection. Their service staff are amazing here and the service staff are one of a kind. I strongly recommend trying them out when you have a change.

Quiet peaceful place. I usually have lunch here when I'm in the area. Has always been good.

Rica comida cubana.... un ambiente exquisito

The food was delicious, and customer service was great.

It was my first time here and I will, definitely, return. The food taste like home food: to love! I tried the roast pork and I wanted to lick the plate. It was delicious. The beans were a totally new experience for me, because in Mexico our beans recipes are more flat. The Cuban style has lot of flavor. I am reading they have onions and garlic and olive oil and some other condiments. A real new experience for me. I want to go eat there again and try out all the menu.

Great spot for delicious Cuban food and great sangria

Me encanto este lugar tiene un ambience artistico.

True cuban Food. Fast service and amazing batidos!

Incredible food, and service. A warm, family atmosphere.

Home-cooked Cuban cuisine on the Burbank-Glendale border. ¡Provecho!

Good variety, friendly staff, and great atmosphere.

nice homey, hole in the wall restaurant. good food and ambiance. tried their ropa vieja it had very good flavor

Clean and Delicious food. Service, nice.

Nice, clean environment. Pleasant service, but wasn't honest about the yucca having Mojo on it. Good thing it didn't, because the mojo, which came with the sandwich, tasted like horseradish. We ordered the Pan con Lechon and the Cuban sandwich. Sadly, the pork was dry and bland. The beef empanada, filled wth picadillo, was good, though.

Pleasant atmosphere, the waitress was very friendly and quite efficient. The food was divine. We both had the Roast Pork, and it was perfect. Do try the flan for desert.

Great pork plate.. we go pretty regularly in our lunch rotation

I didn't like the rice it was hard, and I ordered a food with habanero, I didn't get any habanero flavor I know exactly when something has habanero because it's my favorite. We also didn't get the desert we ordered. So no I don't think I going back to this place.

This restaurant has very good food and drinks. They taste so fresh and the first time I went here I was blown away! They do custom orders very well, and the staff is very kind. If I could rate is restaurant better, I would.

Good food at a reasonable price. Plus, takeout orders, outside patio dining and inside dining

Big portions GREAT FLAVOR Just like home

Super duper delishious, great service.

Food it was so delicious, employees were very nice,excellent professionalism, the place it's great,we really enjoyed

Excellent food outstanding service !!!!

The food was awesome and delisious. The service left me wanting. The server must have been having a bad day because he was not very friendly or attentive. So, I will give him the benefit of a doubt. The place is really nice and I would go back for more of that great food.

Liked presentation of Mambo's Chicken, the boring breast chicken looked big meat feast. Staff was very nice and welcomed and appreciated our visit.

Great quantity.. great taste .. low prices .. great quality ..

Roast pork is on the dry side. Not bad but I would just go To Good old Portos the next time

First time eating here. Ordered the Mambo Chicken. It was horrible. Extremely dry and had no taste. I couldn't eat it. Definitely won't be going back. Don't recommend.

All entrees at this location are fantastic it's a must have. Pictured is a roasted pork

Excellent! Great food reasonably priced!

Primera Vez Que Fui .. Y mi experiencia no fue agradable desde con el inicio del mesero grosero y tajante. Pedi palomilla malisima carne seca sin sabor , frijoles malos, arroz malo lo unico bueno los platanos fritos Fui hoy 5 de febrero 1y30pm , Cambien el mesero Mi calcification es 0

Not as good as I remember. Definitely not Versailles worthy or Porto's. I enjoy Cuban cuisine and the roasted pork was dry and the Mambos chicken was dry. When you see pieces of meat that look like jerk along the edge you can realize this. The rice was salty. One plate if maduros was hard and sweet(caramelized) the other plate the maduros we're soft and not sweet. Sorry I love Cuban food and I use to go here a very long time ago but things change.

We were the 1st customers of the day. The chicken was very dry and overcooked almost as it was from the day before. I've been here before and it was good

The best beaded steak I've ever had!

Been coming here for 25 years. Their food is delicious! Mambo' never disappoints! Every dish is solid!

🇨🇺 super delicious 😋 for sure coming back again, excellent service 😋

Food, place and service was divine, love the environment. Cozy, family friendly. A perfect place for a date o family reunion, check pics you will love it

Bistec Empanizado con frijoles negros y platanos maduros. Very good. Small but comfortable dining. We were attended to quickly. Wish some Cuban restaurant would serve "raspa" or what we Puerto Ricans call "pegao". But i guess there aren't enough Cuban/PRs who would request it.

Came for lunch hoping to have a great experience and be wow’d by the food. I had the Cubano sandwich and the avocado salad. By all appearances the sandwich seemed yummy, however I found it lacking in flavor and very dry. The avocado salad as you can see is half an avocado on a bed of tomatoes and onions. Service was good and place was clean …just sad the food was lacking😞

Some good dishes others are ok.

Food is very good. I would have given 4 stars if wait staff weren't so rude. For Christ's-sake, get some manners.

I haven't been here in a number of years and not for dinner. Today we brought a friend and we all loved the food. We started with the Tostones rellenos with shrimp - very good. I had the Mambos chicken and it was very good. Our friend had the steak. It was good but she had to take half home as it was a large steak. My wife had the Toston steak sandwich. Also very tasty. I especially liked the flavor of the black beans. We finished it off by sharing a flan. We shuffled out with full stomachs and a smile on our faces.

Delicious food. The Mambo sauce is addicting. The staff is great. We had amazing service.

Hands down some of the best Cuban food I've ever had. Everytime we sit down to eat it's like going home again. Do yourself a favor and hit this spot up. Family owned & operated. You can taste the love that goes into every dish. I should've taken a couple of extra dishes to go, dang!

Best Cuban food I've had in forever. Roasted Pork is so great!! Service is wonderful and casual environment. Great place for dinner with friends!!!!!

Food was very good and so was the service

DELICIOUS Cuban food! Staff is great and the owners really seem to care about everyone's experience. It's refreshing to eat at a family owned restaurant instead of the sea on chain restaurants. Easily would recommend to anyone!

Great place to eats in Near the L.A. Zoo.... On Victory Blvd!

Empanada's were so good. Staff very welcoming and friendly.