About - Mama Lieu"s
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Offerings
- Alcohol
- Coffee
- Comfort food
- Healthy options
- Quick bite
- Vegetarian options
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
Atmosphere
- Casual
- Cozy
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Definitely one of the best places in Ithaca. The food is delicious, the service is great
Big fan of having another Vietnamese restaurant in town. Although their menu is more limited compared to traditional viet restaurants, they have more unique items like banh xeo and banh mi. They also gave us free thai tea, edamame, and ice cream at the end! The food was excellent and flavorful.
I always want to cut a brand-new restaurant some slack while they work out the start-up kinks, but the best I can say about MaMa Lieu is meh. The one person covering the front of the house was overwhelmed, and the kitchen is likely understaffed as well, as service was very slow from the moment we walked in the door. Veggie dumplings were decent but not impressive. The surprise bits of chicken found in my tofu dish were presumably accidental (but still completely unacceptable-- vegetarians be forewarned). My friend said his meat dish was okay but not great. Sadly, even the space that was cute and cozy under the previous restaurant now looks pretty shabby (also, it was freezing). We both sadly agreed that we aren't likely to return in any hurry.