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| - I was here a couple of weeks ago for dinner with my husband and my mother who was in from out of town. We shop at the South Park Mall frequently, but we had never been to Maggiano's before and decided to give it a try. We had 6:00pm reservations on a Wednesday for our party of three, but my mom's plane was late arriving at the Charlotte airport, so I called the restaurant and changed the time with no problem whatsoever. They were polite and accommodating.
Parking was a bit odd. There was a large, roped off section of the parking lot for valet restaurant parking... not a single car was parked there, but this area took up most of the close, available parking, and we ended up having to park the the garage. I didn't see anyone from the restaurant available to valet park us had we been lazy enough to consider this option, so overall it was just a waste of parking space. Maybe on Friday/Saturday nights it makes more sense, I don't know.
The restaurant was only about one-third filled downstairs, but for some reason we were seated at a small, rectangular table for four that was right next to what was obviously going to be a large party of 20-ish that hadn't shown up yet. Our table was sort of crammed up next to this long table for the yet-to-arrive party, but we sat where we were directed mostly because my mom sat down before I could complain.
Our waiter was very nice, though he did mix up my wine selection with my mom's, and riesling makes me want to vomit. We switched glasses, and I survived. The menu offered a wide variety of choices, and I settled for the special which was touted as some "contest-winning" lasagna with chicken and artichokes, etc. I forget what it was called. My mom had the eggplant parmesan. My husband had a steak of some sort. He liked the steak, my mom said the eggplant was "mushy," and my lasagna was luke-warm and not all that flavorful. The food wasn't bad, it just wasn't great. And it was kind of expensive for just "okay."
Now on a weird note, my mom's meal qualified for a free entree to take-home. Never heard of such a thing before. She selected their lasagna (not the special that I had, but just a basic lasagna in a tomato sauce... my housekeeper said it was good when he heated it up the next day for lunch).
About 2/3rd's of the way through our dinner, that party of 20-ish we were dreading showed up. We actually had to move our tiny table backwards so we had any room what-so-ever to maneuver once they were seated. It was a birthday party of some sort, and they were LOUD. I was happy our dinner was coming to an end at that point.
I probably won't eat here again. There are too many other restaurant options available in/around the mall.
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