Mac-O-Licious

so yummy, need to go back very soon! the owner was a sweetheart, and i love the décor, it was a lot of fun!

Really great to see this place has closed, when you cut quality, jack prices up, and mistreat employees, that’s what happens. This owner was a very fake woman, I hope this lesson humbled her

Absolutely amazing veggie Mac& Cheese.
I order off Eat24 and a large container lasts me two-​three meals (depending on how gluttonous I’m feeling)
The salads are fantastic with a variety of ingredients that are always fresh and make all the different parts of my palate happy.
I also recommend the Gluten Free chocolate cake.

The owner is a sweetheart and the food is delicious. The first time we came we waited quite some time for our food but have since been back twice and had a wonderful experience.
If you love mac and cheese you can’t go wrong and OMG the pot roast is to die for!

OMGosh! This Southern Mac n’ Cheese is AMAZING. I not only recommend this adorable restaurant to every Mac n’ Cheese lover, but I whole-​heartedly INSIST you stop in and fulfill your mac n’ cheese dream! Owner Kelly Chapman is a DELITE and perfect Hostess!

Giving this place 2 stars simply for the décor and service, both which were really great. My first time here the owner Kelly greeted me personally and went over the menu with me. The people who work here have a lot of enthusiasm and are super friendly. I always appreciate a place where the workers are passionate and charismatic. I’m sad, therefore, to say that the two times I have been here wound up being disappointing.
My first time here I paid close to $ 40 for an order of the vegetable mac, a piece of chicken, cornbread muffin and a soda. Ridiculous! The macs here definitely have a homemade taste, but nothing about it blew me away. I had to add salt to get through it. The BBQ chicken tasted burnt under the sauce. Not what I expected, but I really wanted to like this place so I came here a second time to give it another shot. Second time I got the lunch special (which comes with mac, protein and a cornbread muffin). I ordered the 5 cheese mac and the sausage… Still bland, still too expensive, still not very good food.
I really want to like this place since I think it’s such a cute idea and the people working there are so nice. However, the price for the food quality just does not make sense. I understand bills need to be paid, but either up your food quality or lower your prices to make this place worth it.

Would give 0 stars if I could. $ 25 for a «large» Mac-​and cheese with toppings and it comes in a tiny 16oz to-​go cup. This is more than enough to share? BAHAHA
OVERLY salty, odd fish taste (it’s lobster Mac, but not of any quality).
I really can’t tell if they’re being serious or if someone is trolling me right now. This is utterly ridiculous.
Oh and they sell Orange Jarittos… What we got is Orange crush which is not the same at all. And the SanPelagrino… Is just arrowhead still water.
The food ended up being so salty that after 3 bites we threw it out. I couldn’t be more displeased.

I LOVE Mac-​o-​licious! My boyfriend & I have been big fans of Kelly’s since we discovered her food truck in Venice, many years ago. Her mac & cheese is incomparable to any other! It’s home cooking you can taste in every bite & she’s in the Mac-​o-​licious kitchen making the dishes daily. I had the pleasure of meeting her last Sunday & she’s such a lovely lady! I also met the manager & she’s just as lovely. They are dedicated to customer service & offer such a high level of hospitality that is rare in the restaurant industry nowadays. She has an extensive variety of different mac & cheeses as well as toppings & even sides to please every palette! I have tried the Dreamy Creamy, Maine Mac, and the Five Cheese [: my personal favorite ] I cannot wait to try the grilled mac & cheese & the mac pops! Her sides are also delicious. I had the corn on the cob on my last visit & it was the sweetest corn I have ever tasted! Not to mention she goes the extra mile & adds shredded cheese! Her corn bread is light & fluffy & all around perfect just like everything else I’ve enjoyed from the menu! I also love that she takes pride in the presentation of her dishes & drinks. I had the mixed berry lemonade per recommendation & it was super refreshing & even had real blueberries, strawberries & blackberries! I love the décor — with their cute tables decked out in checkered & mac fabrics — very cozy & definitely a picnic feel. Which they also keep extremely tidy & clean! I love Mac-​o-​licious & cannot wait for my next visit! If you’re on the verge of trying this place, definitely do! You will not regret it!
P. S. I brought some home to my mom & she loved it! Her exact words were «Mmm that has SUCH good flavor» & that’s because every dish is made with love that you can taste [:
P. S.S. If you add bacon to your mac, there’s ACTUAL strips of bacon + crumbles — bacon lovers rejoice!

Got the original delivered. Not good at all. Dry cheese on cooked noodles… super bummed. No spice bland. Having to add salt. Two stars because it’s, yes, macaroni noodles and cheese but — it’s not good.

$ 33 for the flight and 2 waters. What?
Original: very bland; needed salt
5 cheese: bland and greasy
Dreamy Creamy: was good, but didn’t knock my socks off at these prices
Owner is very sweet and friendly. The place is adorable. However, it too expensive for what it is.

Had the flight:
Five cheese: i would never order it again. It was so bland. Don’t waste your money.
Maine Mac: it was good. Very cheesy. But I would probably make this at home.
Original: where is the cheese? It taste like noodles. It was so bland.
Pretty much box Mac n cheese is better. I wont be coming back ever. Unless every other restaurant in the world burnt down… Then I would come here.
Service was great though!

Honestly… we really wanted to like this place.
A place dedicated to macNcheese: check
In the San Fernando valley: check
Best macNcheese Ever!: Meh
Food is all preference… and my boyfriend and I aren’t interested in what they’re serving here. If you like your mac & cheese baked covered in a nice layer of bread crumbs. Then this ain’t your place.
It wasn’t particuliarly bad… but it didn’t stand out either.

Decided to give this place a second chance tonight, took over an hour and 15 minutes for delivery and once i opened my Mac and cheese it was cold and appeared to be a bowl of oil! Disappointed. Pics included

I’ve been in the Valley for about 4 months now and I’ve walked past this place hundreds of times. I always wanted to check it out and finally did so this past Saturday! BTW, it’s Tuesday and I’m writing this review from Mac-​o-​licious. Yupp, I decided to come back.
Ambience– the first thing you notice is Mac and Cheese tables, pillows, lamps, and faux grass. Very awesome feel!
Service– Alicia the cashier is super welcoming and friendly. I just had the pleasure of meeting Kelly (the owner) and she is super sweet. Greeted me with a warm smile and engaged in conversation.
Food– Last time I was here I had the bacon mac, a side of pot roast, and cornbread. It exceeded my expectations! Seasoned well and a generous portion. My total came out to about $ 15 which is pretty reasonable.
I won’t hesitate to visit this place frequently. I love when the service matches the quality of the food. Wish I could give more than 5 stars.
Don’t waste another moment not giving this place a try!

Mac-​o-​licious is very homemade, warm, and comforting. As soon as I walked in, the door was jammed and somewhat damaged. The menu is pretty simple to understand, but I would have liked to see some pictures. Thank you fellow Unilocalers for the assistance. The design is lovely. The owner or lady was just lounging in the corner with her laptop. She kind of greeted me, but did not really offer much assistance, which was a bit strange. Either you work here or you don’t, because at one point I waited by the counter for a good 2 minutes for the server/​order taker/​kitchen help for a to-​go box and she just had her headphones on, toning me out.
Any ways, the girl who took my order suggested Dreamy Creamy with a corn bread topper. I took her recommendation. The macaroni was tender and chewy with good texture, the cheese was very creamy as named. The corn bread topper was an interesting choice. Although it added no additional flavoring that I could preceive, except for a dry, rather spongy consistency with each varying bite.
I checked in and got a free Mac Pop, which apparently, you don’t get to choose or for their convenience, whatever they have an abundance of. The girl who took my order did not seem to even know much about this Unilocal deal. So … be warned. If you have food allergies, you may not get to use your Mac Pop. Oh. The Mac Pop is awesome, by the way. It’s a ball of macaroni battered and fried.
They also had these two hot sauces that were literally divine, but you do kind of suffer the residual damages later on the day if you know what I mean.
If you don’t, I meant, flamin’ A-​hole diarrhea. Definitely had to be from the ghost pepper sauce. Only a spoon worth too. Hahaha …

I recently ordered lunch for my staff. I orderred the day before and The food arrived hot and on time. We got a tray of the 5 cheese mac and a large salad and cornbread. It was fantastic my staff loved it. Definitely better than ordering boring pizza. Fed 15 hungry people. Everyone complimented me on the lunch will definitely do this again. I looked like a hero. Thank u Macolicious!
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I also wanted to post how I do Macolicious. Because I saw reviews about portions. I always go for the lunch special I think it’s the best value. It’s around $ 8.95 and u get a HUGE serving of macncheese (you will have some left over) then u pick a protein I got the bbq chicken then corn bread. It’s a real homey confort food hot type of meal. The staff is friendly the place is cute.

TL: DR: The service was frustrating, and the food was insultingly over priced. I’m personally not coming back. $ 40 for a tiny amount of pretty alright food isn’t my idea of good business.
Wildly disappointed with this place. I wanted to love it real bad. I’m a big Mac and Cheese fan and brought a few friends to try it out. We ordered a few things to go. One of my friends ordered the gluten free option and the original southern Mac, while we tried to get «the flight» which is three different mini options for a few bucks each, but was told we weren’t allowed to get that to go thanks to management rules the cashier didn’t even seem to understand, and to get the three small orders of what we wanted, which ended up being well over twice the cost. For three small orders (the southern, the 5 cheese, and the Dreamy Creamy) it ended up costing a ridiculous $ 22.07 for the smallest cups In existence.
In addition we got the grilled cheese Mac plus the Tomato Bisque which was $ 13.74. With that we used the Unilocal check-​in coupon for their lemonade which took $ 2 off the original $ 4.75. (By the way, the cup for the lemonade, was approximately the size of a water cup from a typical fast food joint, and about as satisfying.) Total with tax, everything was an absurd $ 40.06.
Okay now when we went to open the food, it was all cold, and the grilled cheese was burnt, as you can see in the picture. That aside, I liked the southern style alright, the creamy dreamy was pretty good, but the 5 cheese was kind of sweet which was off putting. The bisque was a little watery but i liked it, and the grilled cheese would have been nice if it wasn’t so burnt. I would love this place if it was reasonably priced. Where’s Gordon Ramsay when you need him?

The staff are very, very nice.
I cannot, in good conscience, recommend this as a gluten-​free venue (despite them having options on the menu), as the kitchen and counter staff really don’t understand what that means.
My non-​glutard friends enjoyed their meals for the most part, however. The bacon option went over like gangbusters and was the real winner.
I’ll probably just stick with getting my Mac n cheese from Story Tavern.

The one inescapable hurdle that mac & cheese boutiques must overcome is to convince the customer that the markup is worth it. After all, macaroni is dirt-​cheap, and most cheese sauces are relatively inexpensive to make. So, when you’re going to charge north of $ 10 for a single serving of mac & cheese, it had better impress.
While Mac-​O-​Licious doesn’t completely shake this problem, they’ve come closer than any mac & cheese place I’ve ever visited.
Mac-​O-​Licious is located in a strip mall at the corner of Magnolia and Laurel Canyon. All of the storefronts have these incredibly dark tinted windows that make it difficult to tell from the street if a business is even open. But, once you step inside, the space is bright and inviting, made all the more inviting by the incredibly friendly staff.
There are about a dozen simple tables set out around the dining area, some with a Connect Four rack to keep you occupied while you wait.
We’ve tried several of the offerings, and they range from excellent to very good. My favorite is the Maine Mac, which includes a few small pieces of lobster. But, it’s not the lobster that makes this one a standout, it’s the creamy cheese sauce which is very rich and perfectly tangy. I wish they offered this blend without the lobster, because the lobster does add a premium.
The traditional mac is also very good, and it appears that this also serves as the base for the bacon mac, since the only bacon I tasted in that one is the small chunk of bacon on top.
The five cheese is terrific, but very heavy, which makes it perfect for my palate.
The only one so far I haven’t cared for is the dreamy creamy, which they bill as their most basic mac (despite being one of the most expensive). Not sure why this one carries a premium price, since it tastes like process cheese which should be less expensive. However, what I did not care for is that the most powerful flavor in the dish was the flour used in the roux. It’s the only one I’ve had so far that tastes floury.
There are some add-​ins, but the only one I’ve tried is the ghost pepper, which is more like a spicy salt. Very good, and adds a nice texture without putting on too much heat.
The mac pops are also really good, and you actually get a lot of mac stuffed into these gooey globes of goodness. I may even like them better than anything else because of the crunch of the golden crust that surrounds it. Definitely a step up from those pre-​fab fried mac bites they serve at some restaurants.
We’ve also tried some of their cakes, and these are decent, though it would have been nice to know that the butter rum included walnuts, because my ladyfriend is allergic to them. But, this addition to the cake, while common, is not clearly advertised. That meant that it was up to me to eat it, and I’m not a dessert guy, so I really couldn’t tell you one way or another.
All in all, Mac-​O-​Licious is worth a look. It still feels a bit overpriced for the type of ingredients included, but then again, good mac & cheese is hard to do well. I’ll be back.

Seeing a play in the area and stumbled across this gem! An eatery devoted to mac ‘n cheese?! Could it really be?! Yes mac lovers, your dreams have come true in the form of Mac-​o-​Licious.
My friend and I were reading their menu they’ve got posted out front when we noticed a woman gesturing for us to come on in. So we did! And we were not disappointed! I ordered the 5 cheese mac with some roasted garlic to top it off and got a free drink with my Unilocal check in (woot!) so I tried the very berry lemonade.
This place has a nice homey feel, which goes great with the comfort food theme that is mac and cheese. Mac and cheese is everywhere, on the lampshades, the pillows on the booths, the tables, the sink in the bathroom! It’s great! Some areas sprout some fake grass giving it a fun outdoors feel. They’ve got a huge jug of ice water and cups available to serve yourself as you wait for your grub, along with some Connect-​4 games to play with.
My friend and I had just got our first game set up when they brought out our food to us, but we ended up playing through our dinner anyway. We both loved our macs, but both came to the conclusion that it was very rich, especially my 5 cheese. It was so good, but I just couldn’t finish it all, I got so full! The bowls they brought out didn’t look that big, but I guess it was big enough for my tummy. If you are one to think it might not be big enough for your’s though they offer a larger size. My berry lemonade was delicious and came out in a cute little mason jar.
The staff here was super friendly and readily gave us their own recommendations when we were having a tough time deciding which mac to pick. The prices were a bit on the high side (~$ 10 for the small size), when in your head it’s just for mac and cheese, but it’s not the mac I make at home! I’d come here again for some more macs!

(Dined 09÷23÷14 TU @ 2:00pm): I just might start throwing elbows (pasta, that is!) around here to get my mac & cheese on!
I couldn’t wait for the grand opening of Mac-​O-​licious and the day finally arrived! I loved all-​things mac & cheese, and I tried their food truck (no longer around) on a couple occasions, so I was sort of familiar with this business. But to finally have a storefront, hell yeah! Here was how my first of definitely many meals went:
Just Baking Bacon Mac & Cheese with extra Bacon toppings ($ 8.50 + $ 1.50) — Mac & cheese AND hickory smoked bacon together… PLUS, even more bacon added for good measures?! If this were prepared in a vat, I would throw myself in and eat my way out! My goodness, I need a hand-​check here, if you knew what I meant! Definitely, some pigs were harmed in the making of this dish! And with the amount of gooey cheddar cheese, I swore some cows and their udders were also harmed! Lactose-​intolerant I was in my older age, so this wrecked havoc on my system… but it was totally worth it!

Cornbread Muffin ($ 1.50) — Apparently, these were selling like hotcakes! Kelly sadly came up to me and said they were currently out and it would be another 15 minutes until the next batch was ready. No worries because I needed my cornbread. A petite thing, it arrived all hot and quite possibly bothered, and I pounced on it like a fat kid on cake! Soft, a bit grainy, I thought I needed some gravy over here with some fried okra! Yes, I liked it and eventually crumpled the rest into the mac & cheese. It was worth the weight… urr.wait.

Jarritos Mandarin ($ 2.50) — What can I say, I’m not much of a soda drinker, but when I do I liked to grab for a Jarritos (usually any flavor would do), It’s sugary goodness, came in a variey of fruity flavors, and this happened to be my favorite.
Service — This was their grand opening day, so all the stops were pulled out. The place was half-​full when I arrived, and I was graciously greeted by Kelly herself who eventually took my order (the young female cashier also handled customers). Once I paid, I found a cozy seat in the corner with a couple of fun throw pillows. As previously mentioned, there was a delay with the cornbread, so my food was equally delayed. In about 15-minute’s time, my entire meal came to me by a young gentleman with again apologies from Kelly. Throughout my meal I was periodically checked on by various employees, who soon took away my empty dishes, etc. Overall, great Southern-​esque hospitality.
Parking (free) — There were plenty of free parking spaces in the outdoor shopping center they were located in. Street parking was also an option on all surrounding streets (just be mindful of any posted signs for restrictions).
Atmosphere, décor, ambience — A relatively small storefront, a ton of natural lighting cascaded through the front glass doors and walls onto neatly-​arranged faux tableclothed tables decorated with happy yellow pails which held napkins and utensils. If you sat on the benches along each far wall you had some cute mac & cheese throw pillows to cushion yourself. Electric lighting hung from the exposed industrial-​style ceiling covered with fanciful lampshades. You simply had an order counter with a chalk-​written menu on the wall behind the counter. Some framed pictures hung on the walls for added décor. There were no TVs nor noticed any background music.
Attire — Totally casual, so I would normally be in a t-​shirt, boardshorts, and flip-​flops.
Overall, I wished Mac-​O-​licious all the best with their new storefront and I would certainly be back. The food was very good, the portion sizes were right (of course, I wouldn’t mind if I had leftovers), and the service was great. I felt the prices were a tad high (a buck or two tops), but the other wonderful things I mentioned more than made up for this. Although the menu was limited to mainly mac & cheese, they had other lighter fare such as salads and chicken, but no alcohol. I found very good value based on the prices, service, and experience noted above (total paid experience was around $ 15.00 before tip). And, they accepted my credit card of choice… AMEX! 4.0 STARS