Word on the street
What locals are saying
A James Island anchor since 1998, Mondo's earns its lines — which form outside this Folly Road strip-mall before the door unlocks — on the strength of housemade pasta, eggplant parm that converts skeptics, and portions priced like it's still the late '90s. The spicy sausage risotto balls and sausage rigatoni are the recurring orders locals won't stray from; the bread with lemony olive oil and parm arrives fast and disappears faster. The one persistent friction: a cramped room with a no-reservations policy and a hostess whose warmth varies enough that a few diners remember her more than the food.
lines form before the doors opensausage rigatoni draws repeat localseggplant parm as the crowd-pleasergenerous portions, honest price pointhostess hit-or-missJames Island institution since '98
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