Mellow Mushroom

Tried to make a reservation for 10 people, but they wouldn’t take my reservation, said they only take reservations of 12 of more. Must be nice to be able to turn away that much business.

Awesome food and great service! I had a half Red Potato and half Holy Shittake pizza as recommended by my server, Erika. She was wonderfully pleasant, responsive, and eager to help. My mother has a gluten sensitivity, and all our questions were answered completely. I will definitely be returning.

The veggies pizza is absolutely delicous… it has a ton of veggies, would recommend you have it cooked well done bc it could get soggy.

UPDATED REVIEW (original is posted below)
April 2016:
So after my original review (below) I was contacted by management in an effort to improve in my not-​so-​good experience and offered to send a gift card as an apology. I gladly accepted and re-​visited Mellow Mushroom last month with some friends. The experience was much, much better. The restaurant was packed, so it did take a little while to get our pizza, but appetizers and drinks were speedy and the staff was friendly and attentive. The pizza itself was delicious as always.
I do appreciate Mellow Mushroom reaching out in an effort to regain my/​our business. Thanks!
Updated review earns ya 4 shiny stars.
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Original review from February 2016
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Oh Mellow Mushroom, how you disappointed me in our last visit…
I have been to this location four or five times and the food is always on point. I love every pizza I have tried, I thoroughly enjoy the beer list, and the appetizers are tasty as well.
You guys lost a couple of stars due to service. On our last visit there were four of us trying to get a table. We arrived at about 6:50 PM and said it would be a 20 minute wait for a table. Looking around outside there were four empty tables, but apparently they were being reserved for a larger group coming later on that evening — which is fine… However… Fast forward to about 8 PM we FINALLY get a table (yes, 70min later). This entire time the group that they were reserving these tables for did not arrive… And if we were given one of those tables we would’ve actually been done with your meal before that group even arrived.
Next service issue — we were able to order our beers and pizza as quickly, mostly because we have memorized the entire menu while waiting in hunger… Although the appetizer came out pretty quickly, our pizzas took forever and we didn’t see our service until the pizzas came out — so we were unable to get more beer. Beer would have made me happy. Lack of beer while hungry = sad.
All that being said… Service usually isn’t this bad, but since this review is based off of this specific experience — this is what you get.
I do plan on going back because it’s a fun place and the pizza really is that good… I will update my review accordingly and hope to give you all of the stars you deserve.

Great customer service Victor, and i love the option of outdoor or indoor. Great for lunch breaks or casualty with friends or coworkers.

The Holy Shiitake Pie was delicious!!! We added pepperoni and wow is all I have to say. Im a crust girl and Mellow Mushroom has best crust. I could eat the crust by it self. Picking up take out wasn’t too bad considering the location. We enjoyed every bite and can’t wait to try more soups and apps.

Absolutely awesome experience! Came in Sunday afternoon around 5 & had the pleasure of getting Tim as our server. He was a perfect example of an awesome server! Got us drinks as soon as we sat down, kept refills coming, clean plates, etc. ordered wings & salad for apps — delicious!!! Wings were hot & crispy — not greasy at all! I had holy shitake pie & it’s a must have here!!! Great experience all around — perfect service & food!
For parking, use the garage behind the restaurant. It’s free & convenient.

Pizzas are gourmet very delicious… crust has a lot of parmesian cheese. they make there own sauce and the wings very tasty. .I orders a small Cesar salad which w as more on a larger size. .great place

Had lunch at the Mellow Mushroom today for the first time. Very good & very interesting menu.
Our server Brian recommended the Wake & Bake pizza for my son & me (scrambled eggs, smoked applewood bacon, crumbled sausage, red onions, mozzarella & cheddar cheese with syrup on crust) very good & syrup made crust slightly sweet & not overpowering. Good call Brian. Wife had Caesar salad with meatballs. Very good salad (fresh made not laying around in a cooler somewhere) & meatballs were outstanding.
Enjoyed it & will definitely be back. Check out menu online, they have some very unique & appetizing selections. Didn’t get a hoagie but some were being delivered to other tables & they looked very tempting.

First timer. Had to order the Mufuletta (having withdrawls from NOLA). The house made olive salad is awesome & is very similar to the authentic version. Loved this dish! If you LOVE mushrooms & LOVE garlic the Holy Shitake Pie is a must order… I nearly creamed my pants with the first bite that was packed with garlic aoli sauce! Our server Alamo was very polite and funny learning to pronounce Mufuletta correctly lol.

This review boils down to my pizza. I enjoyed the place, the menu options and my pizza crust but my pineapple and cheese pizza had loads of tomato sauce and barely any pineapple and I am definitely not happy about that.
My entire pizza probably had 2 – 3 pineapples on it which means I had slices that were just cheese but of course I’m being charged for a topping– not cool Mellow Mushroom, not cool.

Disappointed as I used to love mellow mushroom in Jacksonville.
Parking is horrible… Bring $ 5 for valet as you won’t find parking spot. Had the Kosmic lizza and «Greek salad». There was nothing Greek about the salad, more like a garden salad calling it Greek to charge more.
I hyped up the place to my girlfriend who I took there on this occasion. She prefers jets pizza delivery then here. Truly disappointed.
Our server was the only highlight of the visit.

Parking was horrible. If you don’t find a spot in the tiny parking garage or on the street — expect to pay valet parking (which was $ 5 this past Saturday).
Service was good. We (15 of us) celebrated a friends birthday and everything went smooth. Our 1 server made sure to get all of the orders right, so there’s were no complaints there.
Food was great. I made sure to sign up on their email list just so that I could receive a free coupon for a free appetizer — either the bruschetta or spinach dip. My fiancé and I opted for the bruschetta and really enjoyed it. I was actually really impressed by the bruschetta. We shared a large speciality pizza — ½ Mellowterranean and ½ Red Skinned Potato Pie. I personally thought the Red Skinned Potato Pie was better than the Mellowterranean. It’s probably because the Red Skinned Potato Pie was piled with crispy bacon, what’s better than that?!
Prices were expensive, period.
(Hence the reason for 4 stars).

We really enjoyed the mellow mushroom pizza we got by delivery. I’m a big fan of thin crust pizza, and I’m not keen on thick crust. Having said that, the thick Mellow Mushroom crust was some of the tastiest in recent memory. The pizza sauce was nice and flavorful. We got extra cheddar cheese and the za was beautifully cheesy and gooey. For a large za (8 pieces) with 2 toppings we paid only $ 20, which is a pretty decent price.
I do have a few small complaints. First, they do not offer an ‘extra large’ size. Second, one of the extra toppings we asked for was tomatoes, and what we got was a single lonely slice of tomato per slice. Third, MM outsource their delivery, which I don’t mind, except that when you put in the order, they cannot provide with basic information, like prices (and it’s not always readily available on the website.) Still, we enjoyed their pizza indeed.

I really, really love Mellow Mushroom so I was excited to see new locations opening up around me. Unfortunately, this place is definitely not up to par.
I came here for the first time a few months ago, had an okay-​ish experience, then went to the location in South Miami where I definitely did not have a good experience. It was all downhill since then. I came back to this location in Ft Lauderdale time and time again, hoping to rectify things, but I’ve continued to be disappointed.
There is only one thing I can think of that makes this location better than the South Miami location. Each time I’ve been to the Sunset Place Mellow Mushroom, they’ve been out of most of their wine list or the first two or three beers I try to order. I’ve never had that happen here.
Where the South Miami location is better, however, is with the quality of the food. The last few times I’ve been to the Ft Lauderdale location, I’ve been extremely disappointed. The pizzas I know and love taste… bland. I could have spent half as much, traveled less (I live about 30 minutes from this location), ordered delivery and still had a much better pizza.
I’ve found both locations to take extremely long for the food, even when they aren’t busy. My friend and I once waited an hour for our small to-​go pizza. Worst of all, nobody acknowledged the fact that our food was taking forever. I don’t mind waiting, I know things happen, but I’d like some reassurance that I haven’t been forgotten!
I’ve continued to give Mellow Mushroom a lot of chances. I don’t know if this is some sort of regional problem because I’ve never had these issues at other locations (like the Tallahassee location I used to frequent). Unfortunately, I think I’m going to have to wait to visit Mellow Mushroom until the next time I’m out of town.

Mellow mushroom has added a few new item to their menu including a brunch menu on Sunday’s along with bottomless drinks.
Their brunch menu is a bit on the weak side, with three pizza offerings and I think 2 other items. My fiancé and I shared a medium Wake and Bake pizza that has egg, bacon, sausage and onion on a syrup brushed crust. The pizza was okay with nothing really standing out to me. We did get half the pizza with the syrup which added a new complexity to the flavors. But as I’m more of a savory breakfast person, I prefer it without.
For bottomless drinks they offer the typical mimosas and bloody Mary’s along with manmosas and sangria for $ 15. My fiancé started with a bloody mary that had a good amount of spice to it, then he switched to the manmosas which is tequila, beer and orange juice. Of the two, he preferred the manmosas. I stuck with the mimosas which were quite boozy. A friend of ours tried the sangria, which was surprisingly white and on the sweet side.
On a separate occasion I had the Carnie burger with their home fries. The burger had great flavors and just the right amount of juice. I enjoyed the subtle but delicious garlic and herb flavor. It was just as delicious the next day cold.
All in all, I really think if they’re going to compete with other brunch options here, they’re going to need to offer more food items. I think the Delray location off r s breakfast burritos which would be a nice addition here. Skip this place for brunch but come and try out their new burger options.

Fun atmosphere with whimsical décor and a trendy vibe, this Mellow Mushroom location has a large outdoor seating area and bar as well as a large dining area and indoor bar with lots of TV’s through out. There are some free parking spots through out the location, a parking garage with a few designated free spots or you can valet for $ 7.
The hostesses were friendly but not the most professional, we were shown to a booth right next to the beer cooler and it was freezing, we asked if we could be sat outside but they were full so they moved us to a different booth inside. It took our server a while to get to our table but once she arrived she was cheerful and friendly.
I opted for a salad and cheese pizza, the salad arrived first and it was good, then my pizza arrived, but my sister who had ordered the veggie burger sat with out food for a while waiting for hers to finally arrived, then a food runner came by asking all the tables around us if the burger was theirs, we finally got her attention so my sister could get her burger and rosemary potatoes, we were surprised that the food runner didn’t know which table it belong to, and also the fact that all my food arrived first before hers, her burger should have arrived with my pizza so we could eat together.
She enjoyed her burger and my pizza was very good. I think MM needs to better train their staff so they can execute better service, but other than that it is a great place offering a fun ambiance, good food, 2 bars and plenty of TVs for those who want to watch the game.

My expectations were too high. Going to Mellow Mushroom out in Delray used to be a treat for my husband and I. When the Fort Lauderdale location opened, I was thrilled that I would have my own Mellow Mushroom so close. I went here on an afternoon and it wasn’t busy at all. Although the service was really slow. The interior is gorgeous and so unique. The under-​the-​sea theme is really great.
I got my usual favorites, the pretzels and a small mushroom pizza with caramelized onions. The pretzels tasted as I remembered them but the sizes were all off. One pretzel was huge and the other two were tiny (as you can see in the picture). When the pizza came out, my husband and I could both tell that it was a little different. The pizza seemed smaller since there wasn’t enough toppings and cheese. So it was all crust and dough and tasted less satisfying. I don’t know if I over-​hyped Mellow in Delray because it was always special to go to, or if this Fort Lauderdale location doesn’t have the same pizzazz as Delray.

I love the name, mostly because I love mushrooms.
After a long weekend of work, my honey surprised me on my last shift of the weekend and we decided to grab a bite here. The place is VERY colorful, and I think it is more enjoyable at night with the letters and lights glowing. It’s pretty trippy. There’s a mechanical shark hanging in the ceiling. You see monkeys with scuba gear scattered around. Einstein’s head with a robotic body. Two medieval chairs. Truly is whimsical! It seriously looked like there is an arcade tucked away in the corner somewhere as if I was in Chuck-​E-​Cheese…
No, there’s not an arcade in sight.
We ordered the Holy Shiitake Pie in small (10 inches, 4 big slices) because the mushrooms, cheese, garlic aioli, and black truffle ingredients were calling our names. When it came out, it smelled amazing — freshly baked with our favorite ingredients swooning our noses! But as we’re eating it, we both gave each other a look — yes, we could agree that they had put too much garlic aioli. The menu says a drizzle, but it was definitely more than that. I think I would’ve enjoyed it more if they did put just a drizzle or kept it on the side as a dipping sauce. Though, crust was pretty good, not too doughy but not bland either.
Would probably come again if we crave mushrooms and pizza again, but I’m not totally a pizza fanatic. Plus, their pies are pretty pricey. A small pie was already more than $ 10 for more pizzas on the menu, if not all. At least our server was really nice and liked us a lot for being such an easy table. Also nice to note, they have complimentary parking inside the garage.

I am happy to update my review to 4 stars, after having much better food my on my second visit here!
Let me reiterate this important fact in case you’re too lazy to read my previous review —
****PARKING!!! (I keep reading reviews complaining about parking and the restaurants along this strip. There’s a garage people!!!)****
Thankfully I read the reviews ahead of time and parked in the garage for free in the retail marked sections. Paying $ 5 to valet for this type of restaurant seems absurd to me!
**Also, if you’re too lazy to read my preview review, I’d skip the stuff mushroom app if I were you!
Ok, so now, the reason for updating my review —
A large group of us came to celebrate fellow Unilocaler Zach D’s birthday (party was pre-​arranged and a large table outside next to the bar was reserved for the party). Despite only having one server all evening (and a group of 12 – 15 of us) he did a good job appearing when need be, and apologized for some dishes that took longer than others due to some other large parties also ordering at the same time — checks were also separately quite easily at the end of the evening :)
Side note — they did let the cake for the birthday celebration come from elsewhere and was dropped off before the party started!
I had signed up on the Mellow Mushroom website earlier that day and was given a coupon for a free bruschetta or spinach dip with purchase of a pizza (server confirmed that even a small size pizza was fine), so I ordered the spinach dip and a large Holy Shiitake pizza (to share!).
The spinach dip was pretty tasty and actually came out with the right amount of bread, but wasn’t as hot as I would have liked (again the kitchen issues were probably to blame), but boy o’ boy! The pizza was divine! I’ve literally been dreaming about it ever since, and I’m thinking all pizza should have aioli sauces on them!
My total bill wasn’t too bad, and I was pleased to find my drinks were only about $ 8 each (pity happy hour end at 6pm here!). The pizza is expensive, but again this isn’t Dominos or Pizza Hut, the pizzas are inventive and have quality toppings, so be prepared for a little sticker shock there.
As Mellow Mushroom is a new hot spot, with a great location, you can be sure this is a great «been seen» restaurant.