I like Maggiano's for some of their solid pasta dishes. It's a chain but they're good. It's not the best, and it's not as refined but they do some things really well. It's splitting hairs from a 3-1/2 to 4 but, my family will go to Maggiano's a few times a month -- 1) because my son loves pasta and the food is generally good, 2) prices are very reasonable, 3) service is good and 4)it's less than 5 minutes from my house.
I do have to tell them to go light on the dressing on the salads. We always get the fried calamari. They're crisp and hot. My son and husband will always get the spaghetti bolognese. I get the seafood pasta. We've also had lasagna as well which is good. I've had their alfredo pasta as well. It's good, and I've had the lighter version as well. Unfortunately, we don't venture too far from these. This is where we get our ordinary pasta. It's consistent.
When we first came to Maggiano's, we tried other dishes like the meats and poultry, but they weren't our favorite. We also went for brunch once for their brunch menu, and we decided that we come to Maggiano's for spaghetti. We've also had garlic bread once and that was the last time we ordered that.