Mellow Mushroom Athens

Parking: Free parking on Sunday's at the nearby garage.

Enjoyed the tasty pizza here at Mello Mushrooms. A lot of menu choices, even gluten free and plant based pizzas which is a plus for me. The service was great, attentive & accommodating. We came here on a Monday for lunch so it wasn't very crowded. The restaurant is quite large, however, the bathroom was closed off due to construction. Ordered the House Special, Holy Shiitake and 1 topping pizza with cheese and pepperoni. Pizzas were flavorful and delicious. I would definitely come back again. Vegetarian options: Gluten free and plant based options are offered. Dietary restrictions: Gluten free and plant based options are offered. Parking: Meter parking available.

I ordered the chicken sandwich as a quick and early dinner and I was a bit disappointed. They were out of the wheat bread so I subbed it for white bread which was big deal. But I was saddened to see that the presentation was not very dynamic. My meal was cold and the tots were a bit overcooked. I was a bit surprised because at 5pm on a Monday the place wasn’t very busy. But despite the few people that were present, it took a bit to get seated. My server was sweet and kind, but her kindness didn’t make up for the length of time between making my meal and getting it to me. If I come back, I’ll stick to pizza here! Parking: In the downtown area so parking is limited.

Too many teens

Our service was amazing. Shout out to Katie, Trey, & Rachel. Unfortunately, as a family of 5, we ate at the bar. There were plenty of vacant tables but several large parties ahead of us (when we arrived we were #5 waiting on tables. There was a party of 20 and another party of 8 ahead of us). When asking the hostess if we could have an empty table for 5, we were told no. She explained due to the large parties they were trying to not over work the kitchen. I understand that, but we were still ordering while sitting at the bar so we was confused why we were denied a table. Still good food and service - just not allowed to sit at a table..

My party of 6-7 came in for a later lunch/early dinner today and experienced the absolute worst service. I understand that sometimes things get stressful in the restaurant business, but it does not excuse not checking on our table for 45 minutes, not updating us that our food would be taking longer than expected (ended up taking us about an hour to get our single appetizer when the table next to us was waited upon hand and foot by our server), all of our water glasses were left empty and we had to flag down another server to even find ours to ask for refills, not getting our food to us until 1 hr and 45 minutes after we initially placed the order, and so much more. When we asked to speak to the manager to ask them about why our food was taking so long (which we wouldn’t have even done if our server had just stopped by and said “hey, the kitchen is a little backed up and I’m sorry about the wait!”), our server came instead and interrogated us about why we were asking for the manager and wouldn’t get the manager until we gave him the reason we wanted to talk to whoever was managing the restaurant at the time. Usually we have an okay experience at this restaurant, but this past trip was extremely frustrating and unprofessional. In the 2+ hours we were stuck there, our server only came to us 3 or 4 times. Even just stopping by and giving a quick update or asking us if everything was okay would have been nice.