Maggiano's Little Italy
Nashville, TN 37203-1304
Phone: 615-514-0270
- Price:
- $
- Hours:
- Sun-Thu 11am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11am-11pm
Editorial Review for Maggiano's Little Italy – by Jonathan Flax
In Short
This chain offers an extensive menu of traditional Southern Italian fare in two spacious dining rooms, each including black leather booths and four-top tables with crisp red-checked tablecloths. Pastas are prepared from scratch and the rich lasagna with crumbled meatballs is made from Maggiano's "special recipe." West End-ers and out-of-towners stop here for a filling meal before heading to the honkytonks and clubs on lower Broadway or a movie at nearby Green Hills Cinema.
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Insider Tips
Know Before You GoLunch sandwiches and specials are available for carryout until 3pm. Call ahead for quicker services.
User Reviews for Maggiano's Little Italy
04/21/2008 Posted by hdhicks
My husband and I went for a date night there. I got lasagna and my husband got shrimp pasta. Both dishes were huge so we had leftovers. We also got the spinach salad which was huge! And it was really good. We had bread and dipping oil to start with and we finished with the tiramisu and I had a cocktail. It was definitely a feast. The service was excellent and it had a relaxed feel, even though it's a big place. I think next time we go, we will bring a group for the family style because it would be nice to have a little bit of everything. You pay $25 a person and get a lot of food to share.
04/16/2008 Posted by TJU
Don't show up hungry! For some reason no one seems to be able to get Italian right down south, even in chain restaurants. I was invited to a company dinner with high hopes for Maggiano's after hearing it was decent, but ended the evening sorely disappointed. I ordered a steak medium rare, which to me means it should be red in the middle and warm. What I got was the dark side of medium, COLD and tasteless, as if it had been unseasoned, unattended on the grill, and then sat on some back table waiting to be picked up for 15 minutes. My dish was the last of 9 to arrive to the table so everyone was already eating by the time mine showed up. I would've just eaten it had it been warm but it was borderline boot-leather, so I asked for it to be redone. TWENTY MINUTES later my new dish arrived... cooked MID WELL and barely warm- AGAIN. Keep in mind this was on a Tuesday evening, not exactly a bustling shift. I tried to catch the waiter after 15 minutes of waiting for the second attempt and ask for the order to be cancelled. It was brought to the table by dessert time anyhow but he volunteered to take it off the bill without hesitation. I understand that steak is not a "traditional Italian" meal, but if you fail at steak, why would a customer come back to try anything else? Thus my evening at Maggiano's consisted of sipping a tiny pour of Riesling while nibbling on appetizer salad watching everyone else eat. I will not be back unless another business function forces me to try an encore. Here are the HIGHLIGHTS: attentive waiter, stuffed mushrooms, tiramisu, ambiance. LOW POINTS: flavorless steak, uninteresting menu, lengthy wait times for food, small pours. I'm being generous with 3 stars only because my husband & other dinner companions said their dishes were decent and did not have any issues with their order. According to others, the crabcakes were "okay" and the lasagna was "good".
Pros: Wait staff, stuffed mushrooms, tiramisu
Cons: Flavorless/overcooked steak, wait times for food
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