My experience last night at Maggiano's was impressive and disappointing at the same time.
I made a reservation for 6 people for Mother's Day dinner. We were being seated to our table and we headed to the back room where I guess they do private parties. It didn't excite my Mom to be in the back room where a lot of the screaming kids were so we asked for a table in the dining room and it wasn't a problem.
Matt was our server for the evening. He told my Mom happy Mother's Day and she just loved that coming from such a good looking guy! Matt was awesome, service was great. I hope to have him as a server again.
My disappointing part of the evening was my food. I had the Gnocchi which was cold and the portion size was small. The plate and marinara sauce was hot but the gnocchi was not. I have been to Maggiano's many times before and have had the gnocchi many times before and it's always a good size portion and is hot. Everyone else's food at my table was a big size and was at the right temperature. So I ate some of my husband dish, the rustic chicken and shrimp which was very good, not to mention hot and a good portion. I asked Matt for a box and he boxed it up for me so I could take it home and heat it up myself.
To get my experience on the positive side, I twisted my own arm and ordered the tiramisu. Yeah, it's up on my top 5 tiramisu's I've ever had. I highly recommend ordering it and sharing it.
I will go back to Maggiano's and I probably won't order the gnocchi again due to the portion size. $15 for what I got last night, 75 cents per gnocchi piece was not worth it.
My star rating for service is 5 stars and my rating for the gnocchi is a 1 star.