Maggiano's - Houston

10/24/06

Nice Italian Restaurant

by angierodz at Citysearch

They offer good food, service, and nice ambience. This place is good for groups or just service for two. If you want romantic, you got it!

• Pros: Ambience

10/07/06

Bad Service - Decent Food

by Silly_Mongoose at Citysearch

Our dining experience here was sub par. The hostess forgot to tell our waitress we were seated. After 10 minutes of waiting we received our drinks (wine and vodka martini), which were stiff and good. The blue cheese olives in the martini were nice. We ordered the crab cannelloni and gnocci. The order got mixed up and we got linguine. Once everything was straightened out we received our food and it was tasty. Portions are very large. We made 1/2 orders and still took home food. All in all the food was good but service was bad - I guess that makes this a better take out type place.

• Pros: Food is decent.
• Cons: Service was aweful.

09/27/06

great food, great service

by phlyn at Citysearch

We were early in the evening and our server Bill was awesome, attentative but left us alone. We had the 1/2 stuffed mushrooms, delicious. My wife had the shrimp linguini and I had the Rigitoni "D". Both were very good. Portions were large for the price. We brought alot home and they have reheating instructions on the box. Great place, will visit again.

• Pros: wonderful portions
• Cons: none

07/05/06

Humongous Portions and Awesome Food

by asphodel587 at Citysearch

The meals are outstanding here. Maybe not the kind of fare a 'foodie' is looking for, but for what you pay, and the amount of food, and the atmosphere, it's the best deal in Houston. I would go back in an instant, though I'd be certain to order the 1/2 size dishes.

• Pros: Big portions
• Cons: Tables are a little crowded together

06/25/06

I must say...

by redvine at Citysearch

So, I don't really have the time to spend my valued Sunday evening reading the silly reviews that a few other Houstonians felt necessary to post about Maggiano's--BUT now that I have... I must say that it is unfortunate that because someone wasn't swept off of their feet at the exact moment they came EARLY for their SATURDAY EVENING reservations or that a SPRINKLE OF HERBS weren't added to their olive oil dip (did you think to just politely request some be brought to you?) that they would waste their time ranting about the restaurant. It would be nice if people remembered that we're all human and to treat people as the most special and polite people that we all can be. Have a good one! Maggiano's IS amazing!

• Pros: Authentic Italian in the heart of the city.
• Cons: No cons... it's a treat!

06/15/06

Really bad attention

by jjrodriguez at Citysearch

It was our 10 year anniversary. We had a reservation at 8:00 pm. Got there earlier. Still made us wait like 20 minutes. When we asked on the front desk the guy said few more minutes, no apologies just a sorry smile. Asked again after few minutes. Made us feel that they did not care if we were upset or not. Asked for the manager. He asked us to step outside to talk because "he did not wanted scenes in his restaurant". That was a first!!! NOw I got upset! We left to Grotto's. Never an apology. Another couple standing next to us saw everything and decided to leave as well. I guess they have too many customers and do not care about few less customers. Never going back.

• Pros: none
• Cons: Bad attention

03/19/06

Will not go back

by GDS at Citysearch

The service was extremely poor and the food was only average. There are much better itialian resturants in the area. Maggianos has even stopped putting herbs in the olive oil for the bread. No taste just oily. Spoke with onsite management and everything was passed off as corporate decisions.

There are numerous resturants in the immediate area that are more worthy of customers.

• Cons: terrible service, lukewarm food

02/15/06

Loved it

by jasrub at Citysearch

My wife and I just ate there last night on Valentine's Day and we absolutely loved it, and won't hesitate to go back again. We started out with the broccoli and artichoke dip, and it was the best I've ever had. The wife had veal stuffed ravioli and I had the chicken parmesan, and both of our entree's were fabulous. I don't know why some people had bad experiences, but I can tell you, that on Valentine's Day 2006, the service was excellent.

02/12/06

Highly overated

by mbishop1113 at Citysearch

I had reservations and still waited 30 minutes for a table. When I asked about it I was informed that 'at nice restaurants they dont seat you right away so you'll go to the bar for a while.' I had reservations at Pappas Brothers Steakhouse the week before and was seated right away. I'd heard on the radio that Maggianos west the best italian in town, but I was very disapointed with the quality of service and food. If you want good italian food, GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

• Pros: none
• Cons: eveything

11/29/05

Completely overrated.

by soadnirvana at Citysearch

I urge my fellow Houstonians and out of towners not to waste your hard earned money on this place. You will be disappointed. For 6 years I've been hearing rave reviews of Maggiano's. I ordered the fried zucchini, garlic toast, chicken fettuchini alfredo, and pumpkin cheesecake. What an order! They do not believe in thoroughly cooking their noodles, and you are left with a complete and utter disgusting entree. The sauce has broccoli and chicken in it, which was good. But I wouldnt recommend it to anyone else. I had to send back the entree because of it not being thoroughly cooked, they brought me another one which wasn't all the way cooked either.. They did take it off of our ticket which was a plus. The zucchini was delicious, and I'm not a squash fan. The garlic toast wasn't too good and the cheesecake was sour.

• Pros: Zucchini
• Cons: The food was bad