Ate at La Madonna last Friday night with my husband on a recent trip to Puerto Morelos. Had eaten there 7 years earlier and was so impressed with the food and atmosphere that we had to return. Upscale establishment, but everyone was dressed casually.

Our waiter was attentive, pleasant and made great suggestions about the specials that night. The drinks were excellent. The tuna tartar was exceptional. I ordered the Tagliolini with truffles and cream sauce. My husband had Linguine with Vodka sauce, Lobster and Shrimp. Unbelievably good!

We topped off dinner with the Fresas Flameadas (Flaming Strawberries). Tableside cooking and presentation was incredible. The strawberry creation was poured over vanilla ice cream. Imagine the sauce inside a cobbler without the crust. Incredible!

Make it a stop on your next visit to Cancun. It is located in the La Isla shopping center. You won't be dissappointed.

We ate at this restaurant at the shopping mall across the street from the New Westin, Lagunarmar Ocean Resort in early December ( Dec 5-12) and the service and food were very good. Service was very attentive and we had a cupon from the Westin for welcome drinks which were cosmo martini's. We went here twice during our stay and enjoyed both times very much. Husband had a veal chop and I had hog fish-it was delicious, just need to get by the name, it's a light fish like flounder. We split a spinich salad both times and it was delicious. The deserts were just enough for a couple of bites each, which was all we wanted. Prices were very reasonable. The staff was very friendly and appreciative for our business and the fact that we were from the Westin. It's a newly opened hotel and they like to know where you are comming from. The concierge at the hotel does give out cards with certain restaurants on it that are their preferred restaurants.

My boyfriend and I ate at La Madonna on December 3, 2008. After a week of all inclusive meals from the buffet, we were really looking forward to a nice dinner from a menu.

Our waiter Samuel walked through his favorites on the martini list. But there was no pressure to purchase one. Our service was top notch.

We sat outside at a low table, in funky red chairs that looked a lot cooler than were comfortable. But it was entertaining because we watched a silver painted man try and beatbox for change nearby.

I am a vegetarian and when ordering I asked if they used chicken stock for the risotto, thinking to myself I really shouldn't be asking such a question at a place like this. Samuel quickly and confidently said no and described every ingredient that is in the risotto. I was really impressed. But, I ordered the truffle pasta, my boyfriend ordered the lasagna, and we got a side of grilled veggies.

They brought us bread. Flatbread from a wood fired oven, a few think slices of white bread and some little toasts with some green olive tapanade. The white bread was amazing. Slightly sweet and savory with really good texture.

Just the right amount of time later, our meals came. Jeff really liked his lasagna, he said it was really rich but good.

My fresh pasta in a light cream sauce with white truffle oil and black truffle shavings was very good. Very rich though and I couldn't eat much. Maybe I should have gone with that risotto? And the veggies were good, except the eggplant wasn't salted to get the bitterness out.

The actual restaurant was beautiful.

If I had to compare this restaurant to my favorite Italian places in Oregon, it wouldn't be a favorite. But then again I have pretty high expectations when it comes to Italian food. Would we go back? Maybe.

Hope this is helpful.

We went to this restaurant over a year ago and loved it. when we returned 2 weeks ago, we definitely wanted to try this place again. However, we were somewhat dissapointed. First, the server was extremely pushy trying to get us to order one of their specialty martinis. All we wanted was to order a bottle of wine which after some insistence the server brought over the wine list. I ordered the lasagna and was really dissapointed. It was obvious the lasagna wasn't fresh and was simply reheated as a piece they had prepared from a larger batch. The overall service was ok except for the aggressive waiter with the martini list. We will most likely never return to this restaurant. We definitely enjoyed "Thai" right around the corner much better than this place.