My husband received a gift card from one of his clients and we had never been here before. We had been wanting to try it for awhile so we went there for dinner last night with no kids. We got there around 5pm and for a Friday night we did not have to wait to be seated so we must have gotten there before the dinner rush. The greeter was friendly and so was our server.
My husband loved the bread they give you before your meal with the olive oil & balsamic vinegar and I must say it was delicious. We did the 2 for $9 appetizers - fried macaroni and the baked prosciutto & mozzarella - both were delicious but the baked prosciutto was our favorite..we could have just ordered a couple of more of those and be done..lol.
For the entree, I ordered a new item. It was 3 cheese ravioli with butternut squash & pine nuts.. Oh man the raviolis were huge and the sauce, pine nuts and squash on the top was SOOO good. It was a big order so I was only able to eat 1/2 after eating the bread and appetizers. My husband ordered the Mama's Trio which included chicken parmesan, lasagna bolognese, chicken & mushroom cannelloni. the servings on his plate looked like he had 3 entree's ...this was a huge portion so we probably could have shared this between the 2 of us. My husband said everything was delicious as well.
As for the restaurant itself, I really liked the ambiance of the place. I would definately NOT take our kids here. Seems more like a place to go with your date. And since its Christmas time right now looked there were a lot of maybe office gatherings. We saw people coming in carrying gift bags. I dont recall seeing any kids there last night either. And a couple of times the hostesses came out and sang a couple of Christmas carols and WOW they sang awesome...so I really liked that. When they werent singing they had Christmas music playing.
For us, we really liked Macaroni Grill and will definately go back. Next time we would like to go sit in the bar area and just order appetizers and a couple of drinks...I think that would be a great time.