The Cabin at Mario's International

BEWARE of this restaurant! 2 thumbs down. We have been to Mario’s International Cabin Restaurant several times in the past 4 months and, unfortunately, there’s no consistency with the food. First time there in November 2023, we ordered the Caesar salad with hot grilled marinated chicken and it was amazing. My wife and daughter decided to go there for a party of 12 ladies and my wife said the salmon she had was mediocre at best. For Valentines Day we decided to go for the third time for the excellent Caesar salad, but they must have decided that it was too good so they changed it completely. Now it’s served on a dinner plate rather than a bowl, no dressing so it’s basically a plate of romaine lettuce with cold generic chicken on top. Had to request additional dressing that I think came out of a bottle of store bought rather than freshly prepared. Caesar dressing does not contain vinegar! Ordered an appetizer of calamari, which was supposed to be crispy but it was a soggy mess served with mushy grape tomatoes. Sent that mess back and ordered chicken Alfredo, which was much like a Chicken Helper meal from a box. The only thing that was good was the dinner rolls and wine. Oh and did I mention that the server was not friendly and didn’t have time for us. Sad way to spend Valentine’s Day with my wife of 33 years. Asked for the check and waitress never came back to collect payment so I had to find someone else who would take payment from me… I don’t believe in chew and screw! I went to the reception desk and explained my disappointment with everything and they said they would relay my complaint with the owner. If they offer a remedy, will come back with an update to this review. Follow up: No resolution to my complaint and they refused to take anything off the tab. I spent $103 for a bottle of red wine and 3 diner rolls. Turns out they replaced their entire kitchen staff since my initial visit in Nover 2023. What a shame. I should also mention again that our server said she didn’t have time for us and needed to handle another table order. It was a nice place for a relaxing meal with ambience, but now it’s a failure. We won’t ever go back!

Make sure you ask for pricing on the specials. We've been going to The Cabin for years, especially around the holidays as we love the décor. We walked out for the second time in a month and won't be coming back. Service has been slow and generally not acceptable. I understand places are hurting for help, but there needs to be some standards for speed of service, especially when taking reservations. We had 7:00 PM reservation on a Saturday evening. Our table wasn't ready so we had to wait. They were out of the soup of the day and several other menu items. Price increases are ridiculous. Again, I understand the economy sucks and inflation is hitting everyone but this just seems egregious. Filet on the menu for $74. This is high end steakhouse pricing... and The Cabin isn't that. The specials... Chilean Seabass was $78 and a 14oz ribeye was $98! For comparison a 16oz ribeye at RED is $57. 16oz ribeye at HYDE PARK is $66. 15oz ribeye at JOJO is $59. Keep in mind... pricing on specials is not on the menu and waitress didn't tell us pricing until we asked. Imagine ordering two ribeye and THEN getting your bill? Sadly, we've spent our last evening at The Cabin. Thanks for the memories.

Absolutely gorgeous atmosphere! There is a new head chef, Gary and he is wonderful at what he does and he visited my table to see how everything was. Amazing new chef and amazing service!!

the new chef is great! everyone come

I was visiting from out of town to see family and we came to eat at The Cabin. It was still decorated from Christmas (until Valentine’s Day). We sat in the bar area near the fireplace. It was beautiful. Roxanne was our waitress and very friendly and helpful. We got chicken pasta alfredo with spinach and it was delicious. The wedge salad was our appetizer. The head cook, Gary, came to our table to see how everything was. That was a nice touch. Crème Brûlée for dessert. YUM. Will definitely go back!!

Old and a horrible experience I'm soo disappointed... never again this is a unpleasant place

A year ago we came here for our annual family Christmas lunch and if I could have left 10 stars I would have. I have been back several times since bringing different people with me and each time it was a 5 star experience. Unfortunately that was not the case today. While the ambiance is still amazing, and our food was good, the service and overall experience was a one star at best. First of all apparently their menu is changing tomorrow, so the online menu is not valid. Second of all, we only had 5 entrees to choose from, none of which were on the menu online and several of the other very limited items were not available. (It would have been nice to have been told that in advance when we made our reservations). My sister and niece ordered the wedge salad and the steak entree. What they received was the wedge salad with steak sliced on top of it, rather than the salad and entree. Our server filled my nieces water glass and a long with water, the was a live bug, which the manager said was "just a fruit fly". It was quite a bit bigger than a fruit fly. The straw that broke camels back was when we ordered the "signature chocolate Angel cake" for dessert and rather than getting a dessert that had candied walnuts and pecans, luxardo cherries, vanilla as well as cinnamon Carmel ice cream, we were given a piece of angel food cake that was fried in butter with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce drizzled over it. A far cry, from the dessert we ordered. When we questioned it, we were told they didn't have everything for the "signature" dessert. While the the manager finally took the desserts (which we did not eat) and the wedge salads, ( but not the additional $24 piece of steak) off the bill it was only after multiple excuses, being told she did us a favor by putting us by the fireplace, (mind you there were only 5 other occupied tables in the entire restaurant and there are 2 rooms with fireplaces. There was never an apology, not even for the added live bug. We were so disappointed that after several good experiences this one was bad enough that we won't be back. For the price point, the service left much to be desired and the food though good, lacked all of the beauty and class that we have experienced in the past.

Wonderful winter wonderland decorating & good food & service.