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| - I'm not really a chain restaurant gal but I must say, Maggiano's definitely came through last night! I was craving some pasta and the bf wanted a filet and we didn't want to drive downtown so we settled on Maggiano's which has both offerings. For it being a Monday night, the place was packed, we were told it would be a 25 minutes wait so we decided to check out some stores in the mall while we waited. We came back and had to wait another 10 minutes so we grabbed a drink at the bar. I enjoyed the house red which was smooth and tasty. We were shown to our table and somehow lucked out with one of the large booths against the walls which in my opinion are the best seats in the house. We ordered the Bruschetta as an appetizer, it was very simple yet flavorful and fresh. For entrees, the bf decided that all the pastas looked too good to not try one so he had the sausage gnocchi and I had the crab and shrimp cannelloni. Both were exceptional! I did have to wait about 10 minutes for my dish to cool off, it was that hot which gave me ample time to sneak a few bites of the bf's dish and it was awesome! For dessert we had the Limoncello pie which was yummy and refreshing as well as the Zuccato Cake which was chocolate cake with Sambuca flavored mousse. Typically I would never order a dessert that had any sort of licorice/anise flavor but it seemed like every other dish that went past our table was this dessert so I figured I had to try it. It was very good,moist and chocolaty, just the way I like it!
The service was very good, from the hostess to the server, I really felt as though they were striving to please the guest. I noticed the manager spending most of her time going from table to table helping the servers and making sure everyone at the table was happy with everything. In my opinion, this is one of the single best practices a restaurant can employ to make sure food and service standards are kept high.
Can't wait to go back and try some of the other dishes!
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