Mazzotti's Italian - Arcata

It said on the internet goigle search it was permanently closed

Staff is rude to employees and mocks them for wanting to be paid for the work and amount of hours they had already put in. Shady individual who thinks on the misfortunes of others

Used to be great. Then red did itself to become more of a bar that served bad

A shame. Another Humboldt county staple that just isn't what it used to be. I was told to stay away but it a WAS my wife's favorite restaurant. We've been eating here for as long as we can remember.The Italian sodas were made very poorly. Little syrup and less soda. It was like drinking a glass of milk. When we pointed out how poorly they were made, and that there wasn't any whip cream on top, we were there told they were out of whip cream and were currently making more but they could add more re syrup. They did not offer to remake them properly.The food took a long time. Felt like about 40 minutes. I don't know exactly because I don't start my stopwatch when I place a food order.My calzone was fine but at $25 I was expecting better. The wife's eggplant sandwich was super disappointing. Eggplant was way over cooked and there wasn't enough. When your sandwich is on a thick Italian roll, it needs more then two thin pieces of eggplant.Other dinners on the menu, some of which cost less then the calzone, can come with a salad or soup for a $2/3 upcharge. Pretty sure that used to be free. When I asked for a dinner salad to go with my calzone I was told it would be $7. Not sure why they need to charge me 3.5 times the because I ordered bread and not pasta.So all in all, a very middling experience from a restaurant that used to offer more. We probably won't be back.

Awesome place. Joe has always done dinner right. Christy and I had a fabulous meal. Excellent service and definitely returning!