Mumbles Place

Great f’ing food. Panini’s are substantial, didn’t finish as a lunch. Could even split. Favorite is Cuban, $ 10, done. One of the better kept secrets in the area… typically pretty empty during the day.

Utter garbage and one of the worst places I have ever dined at. It is a hole-​in-​the-​wall restaurant/​bar that it pretty difficult to find. Arrived at 6:50PM and there was one waitress/​bartender and one cook.
I was not greeted upon entry and ended up just sitting down. The waitress was either playing with her phone all night or talking to the gentleman at the bar, After given a menu, waitress did not come back for another 10 minutes. Ordered. Appetizer arrived and was not served plates so ate off the board. A Chipotle Chicken panini took over 30 minutes to come out, with the wrong side order and a ton of onions and instead of correcting it — just took it because I was sick of waiting. The chocolate cake took 10 minutes to come out, it was pretty good — ended up having a hair in it. I was leaving and I was the one who said goodbye — the customer.
Do not come here. Period.

Prob the worst dining experience I’ve had. Overpriced. Empty (it’s obvious why — first RED FLAG). Sub-​par food, even worse service. Stopped in because I wasn’t in the mood for sushi or pizza, which are the only other options in the plaza. Ate half of my bland sandwich, the chipotle chicken (WHAT CHIPOTLE!?), and left.
I stopped at McDonald’s on the way home. And you know what? Even though I regretted that, it was still a huge step up from this dump. Try at your own risk…

Hungry for a good lunch at a good price, I found Mumbles in my Groupon Now options. I bought their $ 5 for $ 9 Worth of Hot Pressed Wraps or Panini Sandwiches deal and made my way over, excited to give them a second try since the last time I’d been here, they were still rather new.
The place was empty when I walked in. A waitress was standing there looking at me like I was a freaking alien, so I cheerily said «Hi there!» to HER. I said it to HER. She kept staring. I told her I’d gotten a Groupon Now deal as I went to sit at the bar. She nodded, but looked completely flustered and finally grabbed a menu for me and asked «This is To Go?» in a way that pushed me to say yes, even though I was expecting to eat there. She stood right in front of me while I was trying to figure out what to order while tapping her pen on the counter, making me feel rushed.
I had planned on getting a panini, so I looked at the paninis (the menu has changed significantly since we’d been there) and quickly saw that NO panini was $ 9. They’re either $ 10 or $ 11. uhhhhhh okay. So I looked through the wraps. They were all $ 6 – 8, so whatever. I’ll lose my extra $ 1 in savings. No big deal, so I order an $ 8 wrap called Popeye something or other, trying not to think about how it seemed a little sneaky to offer a deal for something that forces you to pay more or save less once you get there.
The waitress puts my order in their system and I give her my phone with the Groupon code pulled up. She writes down the information and she hands me my phone back and I hold onto it for a little while until she walks away and then I hit the «redeemed» button. She came back from the kitchen area looking even more confused and flustered than before. She needed to look at the code again because it wasn’t going in the system. I tell her that it can’t be pulled up after it’s been redeemed, but I can try? So I do and show her that the code is gone. She huffs and paces and taps her pen against the bar some more, making me feel really uncomfortable, until she finally goes to the back again and time passes. When she comes back, our conversation goes like this:
Waitress: «Oh my boss figured out why it wasn’t working.»
Natalie G: «Oh, okay that’s good!»
W: «It’s because the Groupon is for a PANINI, not a wrap. When they put up the Groupon, it’s not supposed to say wrap. So since you got a wrap, it’s $ 8, not $ 9 like the Groupon says and that’s for a panini»
NG: «…Come again?»
W: «You have to pay $ 8 for the wrap»
NG:“I have to pay $ 8 on top of the $ 5 from the Groupon? There aren’t even any paninis that cost $ 9. And the Groupon says wrap… I don’t think I understand why I would be paying extra.“
W: *huff huff pace pace tap tap pace huff*
I finally tell her I want to speak to her boss or manager or whoever is back there and so she disappears again. When she came back, she hands me my food and just offhandedly tells me that «It was taken care of.»
YEAH IT WAS TAKEN CARE OF. Where is my apology? Where was the manager? Why is this even an issue? Does the waitress know customer service at all? Good luck, Mumbles. I don’t know how you survived this long.

A surprise winner! I avoided going to Mumbles for almost two months, since every time I passed the place was empty. What a mistake! From the outside it seems to be just another bar that serves sandwiches. But these are not ordinary sandwiches. The fresh paninis are just different enough to wake up your taste buds. Try a Long Island Louie. Better yet, check out the hot-​pressed tortillas. Think of it as a roll-​up pressed into a panini oven and grilled, then sliced into quarters and served standing up like a sushi roll with a dipping sauce. I had the Mumbles Crumbles with shaved beef, tomatoes, onions, peppers, and a blue cheese sauce. Great!
And ask about dessert. Don’t be discouraged that there’s nothing on the menu except granita. The banana split was a delight. I don’t even like banana splits but was talked into it after being shown a picture. It was not your usual gooey mess, but had a single banana sliced, covered with sugar, then broiled to caramelize it, topped with three small scoops of ice cream, nuts, berries, brownie bites and pound cake bites.
The atmosphere was cozy on the inside with a cute patio in front. The service was very friendly, but a bit too slow to warrant five stars.

Dad and I came here for lunch. They had options of either a quesadilla-​type wrap or a panini.
I got the italian-​type panini «new jersey» or something. It was so good with the panini bread, it was fresh-​tasting. Dad got the special panini which was «Uncle Luigi» which was similar to mine, but with turkey. My dad loved every bite of his sandwich. They came with a small serving of potato chips.
We would definitely come back!

I bought a living social deal for this place and was NOT disappointed.
The food was delicious, as were the drinks. The bartenders were super nice. We actually chatted w/​them for a while since we were the only people in there for a while.
The chef tried out new menu items on us, so good!

Great place, its quiet, quick, and great bang for Yur buck, and all day happy hour enough said right, panini’s r awesome recommend the Cuban w/​chipole crema, omg the bomb, their version of sliders r really clever also. good place for taking a friend. fresh food.

Saw a deal on Living Social so decided to give this place a try. So glad we did!
My hubby started with a Mumble’s Margarita– it was delicious! This is coming from a gal who doesn’t like margaritas! It was so good in fact, I decided to order one for myself. We tried to squeeze the manager for his secrets. He wouldn’t divulge them all, but they do make their own sour mix which makes such a huge difference!
We ordered a caprese salad as a starter– and then each had an entrée. I had a wrap and my husband ordered one of their panini’s. All of the items we had were fresh and delicious! They did a very unique take on what would normally be very traditional menu items. Nothing over the top but simple– such as adding fresh dill & parsley to the caprese salad, which surprisingly turbo charged the flavors!
The service was very attentive and friendly. I enjoyed it so much I brought my friend here for lunch the next day. We both ordered different items and they were equally as delicious as the day before.
All in all– the place has alot of potential. Great food, friendly atmosphere at mid-​range prices. Only suggestion I would make is they need a big sign up top so people know where to go.

We stopped in for lunch a few Saturdays ago and were pleasantly surprised by the food and service that we received at what from the outside appears to be a fairly nondescript establishment. My husband ordered a veggie wrap and I had the chicken taco salad and asked them to go light on the cheese and to substitute salsa in place of the chipotle dressing. My salad arrived exactly as I had ordered it, the ingredients were fresh, and the salsa flavorful. My husband’s veggie wrap was also very tasty and had fresh ingredients and a soft, high quality tortilla. We sat on the patio and the waiter was quick in refilling our drinks and providing service.
The chef is an incredibly nice guy and brought us some complimentary «granita», which is an Italian shaved ice made with fruit juice and no additional sugars. He explained that this dessert is made by freezing the mixture in a pan and scraping the pan with a fork every 15 minutes to create the light, fluffy shaved ice texture. The granita was so delicious, we would go back just for that! I certainly hope that others will give Mumbles Place a try as this is a great little place that we really hope stays around.

The living social deal got us here & we liked it very much, cute little place! Excellent food, great service, & live music. It’s new, so no Friday night crowd yet which was nice! I’m sure things will pick up. We each ordered the bruchetta of which you chose 3 from the large selection. Then we ordered the mini paninni appetizer as our meal, you get your choice of 3 kinds per order, so it was a great sampling of their flavors for our 1^st time here. $ 3 bottles of beer too!

I agree with RJ — the 5 star review and the posted photos appears to be from the restaurants GM per their Facebook page.
That’s not good Unilocal etiquette.

Found on another site that Sean is the cook. Can’t find a real review for this place. It’s close to my house and I would buy the LivingSocial deal and try it if I could find an honest review.