Anyone ever eat at Maggiano's?

[jinduy]

i've heard good stuff about it and wanted to take my gf somewhere nice in the LA area... Lawry's was booked full this weekend so my friend was tellin me about Maggiano's. From what i hear, they serve dishes family style, so i dont know if going as a party of two would give me a good experience.

comments?

 

[masterxfob]

they have individual dishes and half portions, but i didn't think the food was all that great.

 

[Platypus]

They're pretty good for 'American' Italian food, you'll be fine with just two people.

You can do half orders but you should just both pick something you like and split it.

 

[Queasy]

Yeah, you can buy smaller portions. Very popular in Atlanta.

 

[MikeMike]

family style dishes rock there, but just 2 will be fine, just know b4hand that the portions are HUGE>

(they finally opened one up near my house in Ohio)

 

[vrbaba]

Awesome Italian place.
very classy... and tasty food
you can never go wrong with it. and NO, its not all party size...only if you order party sized

 

[drum]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
family style dishes rock there, but just 2 will be fine, just know b4hand that the portions are HUGE>

(they finally opened one up near my house in Ohio)

where?
i've never heard of it

 

[Pepsei]

it's expensive too.. they're like more upscale compare to carabba's

 

[PowerMacG5]

You'll be fine. As everyone said, you can get a lot of dishes as half portions. I personally think Maggiano's is great.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: drum

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
family style dishes rock there, but just 2 will be fine, just know b4hand that the portions are HUGE>

(they finally opened one up near my house in Ohio)

where?
i've never heard of it

up near Cleveland, Beachwood Mall.

 

[mpitts]

Maggiano's is one of my favorite restaurants.

Highly recommended.

:thumbsup:

 

[drum]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Originally posted by: drum

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
family style dishes rock there, but just 2 will be fine, just know b4hand that the portions are HUGE>

(they finally opened one up near my house in Ohio)

where?
i've never heard of it

up near Cleveland, Beachwood Mall.

figures, I never get up around that way until baseball season

 

[EvilYoda]

2 people is fine...just either A.) Don't eat for the 2 days leading to the dinner or B.) Drive an SUV in order to properly haul away your leftovers.

Might I suggest the fried zucchini (sp?) with a lemon aioli to start?

 

[dirtboy]

I've eaten there once. Other than the name, I don't recall anything spectacular about the meal. I did drink alot though.

 

[jinduy]

hehe, looks like i found a winner for this weekend

 

[MaxDepth]

girls like the gnocci

there is one in Durham, and they do half portions if you want. 1 portion = dinner and lunch the next day.

 

[OdiN]

The one in San Jose that I got to eat at was very good. Maybe it tasted better because it was free. Ate there at the uh...6800 launch I think it was....Nvidia bought dinner.

 

[Cuda1447]

The one in Tampa was very good. My girlfriend and I went there for our first anniversery. Pretty good food. Very popular.

 

[essasin]

The Maggiano's over in Santa Row (basically a rodeo dr in northern california) has been consistanly been packed. I went there a couple months ago on a saturday night and the wait for a table was 3 hours. The area is usually packed but 3 hours?!!

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Chicago's was very good

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: essasin
The Maggiano's over in Santa Row (basically a rodeo dr in northern california) has been consistanly been packed. I went there a couple months ago on a saturday night and the wait for a table was 3 hours. The area is usually packed but 3 hours?!!

Santana Row - that's the one in San Jose.

 

[ElFenix]

can't get into morton's?

 

[z0mb13]

maggianos is pretty good, but there are better italian restaurants out there

if you want to spend the $$$ go to valentinos in santa monica, one food critic once said its the best italian restaurant in the US

 

[jinduy]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
can't get into morton's?

i tried ruth's chris recently... wasn't impressed with the steak at all... i mean butter and steak is just too bland for me. i like prime rib tho, with the traditional horseradish and that weird brown sauce.

 

[112]

Lawry's is always "booked" because they only take reservations for half of their restaurant. Depending on what u really feel like and how much u wanna spend, the wait at Lawry's for 2 people shouldn't be that long. I guess it really depends on what time u go. The longest i've waited there is 1.5 hours for a party of 12.

there's a lot of other nice restaurants on la cienega. depending on what type of food you want to eat, im sure there's a lot of us LA people that would be willing to recommend a place. type of food, amount u wanna spend, and location would be ideal.

Maggiano's in my opinion is just one of the better "chain" italian restaurants. The one at the grove is a good location tho. after you eat you can either walk around the grove or the farmers market.