Família Madalosso - Curitiba

Good old Madalosso... A must visit if you are in Curitiba. Large and noisy salon, fast and attentive service, “ok ish” price for an average quality food (in large quantities). It’s not really the best place in town but I keep visiting them after +30 years because I’m nostalgic and love their fried polenta good stuff!

I went there with my gf and mom. We had a good time. Staff was very friendly, the food was good. It is a bit pricy for what they serve. I'd definitely go back there, but not soon.

(For the record: this is a review strictly about the restaurant and not the owners, who are by the way incredible and honest people from a good family. Madalosso has become a tourist attraction in recent years, which is, at the very best, questionable. This place does not offer classic Italian Cuisine, instead, it's some sort of colonial food from the immigrants who arguably came from Italy a century ago and populated the adjacent area. The all-inclusive menu is composed mostly by simple pastas, fried corn porridge and poultry cuts, lacking personality, greasy and prepared in industrial scale (the restaurant proudly claims to be the second biggest one in the World or whatever . The atmosphere is somewhat festive, but all the halls are very noisy and generally crowded, specially on weekends. It is, for sure, one of the noisiest places in town. The waiters probably try to do their best, however, they seem to be under a high level of stress because the dynamics of the restaurant demand a frenetic service. Sometimes, the waiting list for a table goes above two hours and it lacks infrastructure to comfortably accomodate the waiting crowds. The price of 80 Brazilian Reais (USD 15 as of the end of 2021 is high to the city standards and it is on par with much better options around, not to mention that the meal must be tipped at 10% and it's virtually impossible to eat such food without ordering a good quantity of beverages (which are well overpriced and the waiters' attitude suggests they have instructions to insist on it . The basic ticket per person at Madalosso is around 110 R$. For a matter of comparison, one of the best barbecue restaurants in Curitiba, a world-class locale (not mentioning the name for the sake of fairness , offers a complete menu for between R$ 125 and R$ 130 and doesn't require the 10% tipping. In a nutshell, Madalosso is a well-managed case of marketing, taking legitimate elements from the past immigrant culture and rebranding them as tourist attraction, but as mentioned above, in my opinion, the restaurant does not deliver a satisfactory overall experience and it's not worth a visit.

Amazing experience, delicious. We met the founder, a beautiful nonna, she ordered dozens of chefs and still came to say hello. Ask the kitchen to know, maybe you have the same luck.

Must go to Italian restaurant. Very good pasta. It is all you can eat food.