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| - Maggiano's
- Its Happy Hour is NO LONGER AS GOOD AS BEFORE (now 3Stars on my book), although still a great
4-Star restaurant for dinner.
YELPY DETAILS:
- This nice mid-scale restaurant is
conveniently located on the strip nearby the lively fashion mall district. It used to be my favorite spot for HH on the strip. It has an inviting bar area with a classy bar counter and several bar tables around, with a good selection of drinks and excellent service. But my wife and I just had an unsatifying HH experience there recently.
- One early Fri evening inmid-August, mywife and I came here for happy hour again and were disappointed that:
(1) They NOT ONLY took away our favorite "Fried Zucchinis" from the Happy Hour Food Menu,
(2) BUT ALSO, the entire bar menu now contained a grand total of ONLY ONE ITEM, i.e., Flatbread! Luckily the flatbread was delicious.
- Well, my wife and I used to bring our out-of-town guests here for happy hour and dinner. The place was almost always very crowded with happy customers in the PAST, especially during its happy hour. But, on this Fri evening (around 5:30pm),the bar area was PRACTICALLY EMPTY, with only 2 tables occupied and only ONE customer at the bar counter! We thought it could have a lot to do with the now VERY LIMITED HAPPY HOUR MENU, our nice and efficient waitress agreed.
- Well, one more good point: We were nevertheless pleased that they still give out their best tasting warm bread FREE, which tasted heavenly especially dipped in olive oil/basamic vinegar!
BOTTOM LINE for HH:
- Due to the diminished value and the "Empty-Space-Atmosphere" (on a Fri evening at that!), I'd now give it only 3 Stars for HH.
On the other hand, to be fair, just back in March, we brought friends over there for dinner (NOT HH), we did have a fabulous time, with tasty dishes, drinks and superb service! So, we wish that Maggiano Management would do something to bring back their popular HH menu and fill its place again for HH!
- Hints: Please put back "Fried Zucchinis", and perhaps even add "Crab Cakes" to its Bar Menu, which is a GREAT HIT on Schottsdale Maggiano's HH Menu anyway!
- Until then, I could still go there for a good dinner, but will not likely go back there just for happy hour.
Peterskis, August 2012
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