Mamma licia in Kralingen-Crooswijk

Excellent service combined with delicious Italian food and drinks. Nice atmosphere, The (off the menu) Negroni is the best in Rotterdam! Reservation is recommended!

Outstanding food and a truly authentic Sicilian atmosphere. Everything was excellent. greetings from your guests from Germany, we will definitely come back!

Tonight, the whole family, including a 2-year-old grandchild, had a wonderful meal at Mamma Licia. It was small, atmospheric, and pleasantly busy. The little one was comfortable at the table, but was also able to wander around the restaurant at leisure. Just like an Italian restaurant should be. We enjoyed delicious appetizers and the main course together. The pizza and pasta were excellent! And dessert, of course, was Teramisu. The cocktails were also delicious. In short, highly recommended.

Small but lovely! The restaurant is small and cozy. It has a real homey atmosphere. I had a delicious meal there. The service was fantastic. I'll be back soon to try the rest of the menu. Ciao!

The food was delicious. Good service, friendly people. See you next time.

A truly lovely little restaurant to visit. Delicious food, truly classy. Lovely atmosphere. Small and cozy. Excellent service. Highly recommended!

I always feel so good when I come to this place! Amazing staff and delicious food!

Really delicious. Very friendly staff. Real Italians in the (open) kitchen. I discovered I'd never had an authentic carbonara before. It was therefore different than expected, but very tasty and rich in flavor. I also had the ribeye...delicious!! Pesto was also so good! The only downside was that the toilet is upstairs.

Love it, love everything, everything is absolutely fantastic. Food, people, and atmosphere. Love it everywhere.

Delicious food and have already returned several times

Delicious food with good service.

Especially the Affogato Pistachio was very delicious! The food and service was perfect. See you next time!

Tonight we discovered a really nice, new place for us. The service was incredibly friendly and fast. The pasta was incredibly fresh and well-prepared. My son had a pizza that was so big he struggled to finish it. I also really enjoyed this: when I mentioned that I was torn between two pasta dishes, the woman serving us didn't immediately recommend the most expensive, but the one she liked best (the cheaper option). We had a really good meal and will definitely be back!

The pastas and pizzas are unparalleled. You can tell everything is freshly made in-house. We absolutely love the Italian kitchen crew. The service is friendly, welcoming, and fast. In short, Mamma Licia is highly recommended!

Best Italian restaurant I've ever been to in the Netherlands!

Delicious food 🥂 We were completely full and it was a wonderful experience... great staff, nothing is too much trouble, and our grandchildren love it there too. Everyone had a great meal, thanks for the lovely evening, and see you next time 🍀 Anja and Frank

Delicious food and a cozy, relaxed atmosphere. Recommended!

Wow what a surprise. Had a wonderful meal with the family. Every dish so deliciously flavoured, everything fresh and also the pizzas exactly as they should be. Top service, very friendly ladies.

I was deeply impressed by both the exquisite cuisine and impeccable service. The menu featured a variety of innovative dishes, with bold flavors and beautiful presentation. Pasta, Pizza and Desserts 🔝 🇮🇹 I cannot recommend MammaLicia enough for a fantastic dining experience.

Really great service. The bread with balsamic and olive oil dip was divine. The portions were perfect. Mojito was delicious.

Nice little place in Kralingen, very atmospheric and nice crowd. Service is smooth and pleasant, Vera especially stands out as a hostess, a real catering professional with an eye for detail. Delicious food, the burrata is incredibly tasty, just like the many pastas and the ribeye is so soft in structure, we are fans!! Oh and the bread beforehand is also highly recommended!

Tasty fresh pasta, nice and quick service.

Amazing food, authentic Italian restaurant, by italian guys! Check them out it’s crazy good. They’re super friendly and make yourself a favor trying the Carbonara!!

I was in Rotterdam for work and I felt like going to an Italian restaurant and I found a pizza that I don't know, but it's a really delicious pizza, I really recommend it, you have to pay attention to a parking spot, but it's really worth it, it's also nice to relax there for a while.

Cozy restaurant. Food was very good. Service good and very friendly.

Great atmosphere, delicious fresh pasta prepared with care. Top service and personal attention.

Super tasty food. Very friendly and pleasant staff.

What a nice evening and especially hospitality. Called yesterday for a reservation, we have been coming there for years. Have been married for 43 years...oh that may not be so fun, only large groups. Okay then another time. Then called back today and had a cancellation. We enter, a cozy table with bubbles from the company because there is something to celebrate. We can't remember when we've ever experienced something like this in the Netherlands 🤔 what great stuff 👍👍

Great food, the pasta with pistachio is highly recommended!

Delicious food with a great atmosphere and fantastic hostess!

Great place! Staff are very friendly and hospitable and the food is delicious

Delicious authentic Italian food, cozy atmosphere. We are fans!

Delicious Italian food in a very attractive environment. The service is very friendly and personable. We will definitely come back! A la prossima.

Really delicious food, highly recommended! We ate Bruscetta alla Roma, Carpaccio al tartufo and tagliatelle tartufo e funghi, all freshly prepared! The café pistacchio is also a must have. (see photo) They also sell all kinds of products so you can cook with them at home, such as oil and pasta (see photo) Friendly staff. Would definitely visit again! Nice man.

Super tasty freshly made Italian food! Highly recommended

Super tasty food! Great service!

Absolutely loved this place! The food was amazing, especially the tartufo pasta. Lots of veggie options for our fellow vegetarians. The staff was also so kind and made us feel super welcome. I think I have found my go-to restaurant in rotterdam :)

Authentic cozy Italian restaurant on the Oude Dijk. Highly recommended for anyone who loves Italian food.

Best dining experience ever. Vera and Francesca made my friend’s birthday an unforgettable night. Thank you so much!

Very good authentic Italian restaurant Super recommended

Great little quaint Italian restaurant, in the beautiful neighbourhood of Kralingen. Have come here several times now and the quality is always high. Without a doubt one of the most authentic Italian restaurants in Rotterdam. The carbonara is excellent and traditional tasting very similar to the ones I had in Rome this year. The Amatriciana was also very tasty and the gnocchi with pistachio and gorgonzola was excellent even though, the portion was a bit small. Slight dissapointment for the Orecchiette con cime di rapa e salsiccia as it was pricier than the other dishes and was alright, but nothing special. Overall, it was a very nice experience! I would recommend.

This was our first time having dinner here, and it was a great experience. The staff were friendly and helpful throughout. The food was excellent. We had a salami pizza, a buffalo mozzarella pizza, and from the specials menu, the fresh spaghetti with prawns and bisque, which was absolutely delicious. For dessert, we tried the Cannoli Siciliani, which was really good. The restaurant is small, so I would recommend booking a table in advance.

Best bolognese pasta in Netherlands

Tasty food, service is friendly but a bit inattentive. (The kitchen paid more attention and a signal was given)

Amazing food, great staff, and a comfortable environment. Worth the stop!!!

Come for the food, stay for the music. Fantastic atmosphere and super friendly and talented staff. One of the nicest and most delicious restaurants in Rotterdam.

Friendly staff, delicious pastas, definetely coming back for more! edit - also excellent Tiramisu!!! 😍

The real Italian restaurant, the best Italian food! The pizza, pasta and desserts are phenomenal. Very nice and well-kept location, helpful staff. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED :)

I really enjoyed every single bite of the homemade pasta, tasted the big difference than others from the first bite. Tiramisu was tasty and light. The warm service was also impressive. I’ll be back shortly for sure!

Cozy place with very good food!

Kerstdiner op 2e kerst. Service is erg persoonlijk en warm en dat voelt erg fijn aan. De avond afgesloten met bingo ;-) Keep going team Mama Licia! You got a good thing going!

Very good pasta and pizza and we also got a free limoncello shot, very kind staff, definitely coming back :)

We had fantastic food, namely fresh pasta, pizzas were ale delicious; gracias💛❤️

Amazing food, and great vibes. Espresso were so yummy.

Food was fantastically delicious! And good service. Just a bit small inside.

Great food, cozy atmosphere, can definitely recommend it!

Delicious food, good atmosphere, great service.

Excellent food, very friendly staff. Reasonable prices.

Cozy cafe, intimate atmosphere, friendly staff and delicious food. Pasta carbonara, with truffle and tomatoes. And for dessert tiramisu and panna cottas... yummy

Great food. The Owner is really nice and makes you feel welcome. We tried the Anipasto Royal - best thing if you like to try different flavours during one evening. Grazie !!

Another Italian gem discovered in Rotterdam! Super friendly service, everything incredibly fresh and handmade (we suspected even the whipped cream in the dessert was hand-whipped). The tastiest scroppino ever drunk. Only 1 chef in the kitchen: he worked very quietly but with concentration and the tastiest dishes always arrived on time, very clever! And also surprised with a glass of limoncello because of the birthday boy or girl in our party. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a nonna folding handmade pasta somewhere, everything seemed so authentic! Top tent!

Super nice restaurant, delicious food with classics such as pasta vongole, very nice service with a great sense of humor, highly recommended!

Really lovely place. Great service and super gezellig!!!

cozy and good Italian food, but quite noisy

Delicious food, cozy atmosphere and very friendly owner and service! We will definitely come back here!

Great authentic Italian restaurant, feels like a living room and the dishes are always top notch. One of our favorite restaurants in the area, highly recommended!

Delicious food! Extremely sweet service. I had a fantastic birthday!!

Great restaurant with authentic food and a lovely atmosphere. Staff are super friendly. Its always lovely to come here!

Delicious food, friendly service. Absolutely great.

Leuk restaurantje in Kralingen. Prima eten met lekkere wijnen op de kaart. Helaas geen vis van de maand. Wel reserveren; het zit goed vol.

Diamond in the rough...we have had a wonderful experience. Friendly and fast service and amazing authentic pastas! Wow 👌

Wonderful Italian place.. food is great! , lovely people, great service.

Personal amable. Muy buena comida nos dieron pizzas y ensaladas y una carbonara y nos gustó. El servicio era bastante lento, pero nos metieron sin reserva, así que esa podría ser la razón. El interior es bastante pequeño.

No pizzas, cook was sick. Steak not so good, pasta was fine. Ham was sliced ​​well. Tiramisu was average. The girl in the service, 18 or 19 years old. As if she already has 19 years of experience. Head and shoulders above her much older colleagues.

Tagliata: 2 out of 5, too thin, dry and well done Rigatoni all`Amatriciana: 4 out of 5, okay, but definitely not al dente Red wine in glass: 2 out of 5 - served too warm

What a super Italian restaurant this is! Great service, very tasty fresh pasta that they make themselves (feel free to take a look at the machine on the 1st floor) and I really liked the primitivo and the scroppino.

The food was delicious especially the spaghetti vongole 😍😋 we will definitely come back!!!!

Top service and delicious food. You can sit outside, but take traffic into account. Recommended

Este lugar está en mi selecta lista de “mejores pizzas en Rotterdam”, y esta lista tiene solo unos 3 - 4 nombres. Su pasta también es muy buena, pero su pizza es especial. El lugar es bastante pequeño, por lo que es posible que desee hacer una reserva si va con una fiesta de 3 o más. También aceptan perros, siempre y cuando el cachorro se comporte bien, pero de nuevo es posible que desee asegurarse de que su mesa tendrá suficiente espacio para ello a través de una reserva.

Waited 1 hour between courses, it’s just pasta and pizza…3 frozen shrimps + plain pasta sold for 22 euros. Owner offered a free drink, thanks, appreciate it. But again, don’t think this is sustainable, customers can feel it. Hope the restaurant will improve for the popularity and people’s liking.

Made with love, served with love! Delicious food! Until next time

Very nice restaurant, delicious food and fantastic service.

All very good, top staff, top food. As an Italian I felt at home!!

We went to this restaurant before Christmas and had a great time, very good food, nice atmosphere and attentive and kind staff. We will definitely return.

Updating my previous review: Since the last year I’ve felt that the taste of the food is not the same anymore, before, the carbonara was really one of a kind, but now it’s more average, the portion (maybe) decreased and for sure way less “bacon”. Related to the staff: Everybody is very kind, I love them. Original review: Best Italian restaurant in town, it’s currently my favorite place.

This is an Italian pearl in Kralingen and definitely recommended!

A really great restaurant. The food is delicious, the service is great and the atmosphere is relaxing and cozy.

Personal and delicious food. Extremely efficient and attentive to the guests!

Delicious food in a casual atmosphere

Amazing food, super lovely stuff ♥️ cannot wait to be there again!!

Italy outside of Italy. Great restaurant with great people. Gnocchi with Gorgonzola and pistachio is my favorite dish when I visit Mamma Licia. If you also like Italian dessert I would say go for the tiramisu or cannoli. The cannoli is in my opinion from the highest standards. Enjoy!

One of the better Italian restaurants in Rotterdam. Here they serve real Carbonara with guanciale, pecorino and WITHOUT cream. All pastas made in-house. People who say the carbonara is too salty have never eaten the traditional Roman carbonara and do not understand Italian cuisine. Service good and wine prices are OK by Dutch standards. Worth repeating.

The 6 of us had dinner here last night (April 27, 2024). All dishes were delicious! Authentic cuisine with freshly prepared dishes. Starter, main course, dessert, everything was delicious. Cosy, friendly service. Recommended!

Delicious Italian food, friendly environment! We ordered Saccottino al prosciutto crudo and Pasta van de chef! Both super tasty!

Good food with a nice small-scale atmosphere and great service.

The food was very good! The place was very busy and as a result, the service was rather poor. Hot pasta was served without having cutleries on the table. We waited 10 mins for the cutleries despite notifying the waitress. Thankfully, the chefs made us a new hot dish as a replacement. Also, we ordered bread as a starter, which never arrived despite notifying the waitress. Mistakes just kept rolling and we received the bill with bread on it, which was eventually removed upon request. We would expect a much better service - the least being offering some of the items on house. That did not happen.

Food was great. Service was quick. The dessert were quite expensive, however. We ordered cannoli for dessert, but it wasn’t clear that we would get only one for the price of 7.5 €. I find it too expensive for only one cannolo.

Nice place with very tasty Italian food. Nice and nice service!

Very good pizzas and pastas!! Recommended

Super nice and child-friendly restaurant. Friendly and good staff and the owner gives you personal, much appreciated attention. Our 14-year-old son and 8-year-old son had a great evening and we will definitely come back more often! The food is delicious and authentic and there is a real Sicilian pizza baker in the kitchen! Food good, atmosphere good, what more could you want during a night out for dinner.