Overall, the family dining menu at Maggiano’s Little Italy turned out to be a great value and a delicious meal. We ended up with enough left over items to put two additional meals together, and with tax and tip, our bill was about $140. Three restaurant meals for a family of four for $140 is big bank for our dining buck. We certainly could have pigged out more on salad and bread, and they more than encourage you to order refills, so we could have probably eaten for several more meals if we had wanted to take advantage.
The food is not the best Italian food you’ll find anywhere, but it’s good Italian food. The menu combines enough familiar standbys (lasagna and ravioli) with chef’s specialty items to keep it interesting to come back time and again.
We were the ONLY people in the restaurant when we arrived for our early dinner at 4:30, but the tables around us had begun to fill up by the time we left at just over an hour later.
The Cherry Hill Mall location is very convenient, not only for Mall shoppers, but for people going home from work to stop in for a bite to eat. It’s also a central and well known meeting place to have family dinners or reunions. They do have separate banquet rooms.
From a gastric bypass standpoint, you’re going to have to rely on your pouch to determine what is safe her. I can only eat a minimum amount of pasta, but fortunately, you’ll find a variety of non-pasta dishes, including my usually pouch safe lobster tails, salmon, and crab cakes. There are also several items on the appetizer menu that I could have easily turned into my main meal had we opted out of the family style menu.
They only serve the family style menu to parties of four or more, and again, from a gastric bypass standpoint, this is a good thing. You’ll have plenty of options to share with your friends. I love how they give you four entree choices with two of the family style menu options, because it really does allow for everyone to get what they love and to share it with the table. This is perfect for post-ops.
Definitely try this restaurant out – preferably before the busy holiday season, when you won’t be able to get a table!
