Romano’s Macaroni Grill

8 Reviews on “Romano’s Macaroni Grill”

• Ginger Harper

  Their chicken under a brick is my favorite! I’ve talked myself into thinking it’s healthy so I can eat it more often. Their Caesars are pretty amazing as well. 🙂 thegingermarieblog.com

  September 17, 2015, 6:08 am

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• Destinylgreen

  Very not impressed. 3 of us went dinner and ordered 3 different meals, none of us enjoyed our dinners. I had the chicken marsala it was bland and tasted like a TV dinner. Another of us had the fettuccine Alfredo with chicken and its was very dry and not appetizing at all. The last meal was one of the fish plates and it was also dry and lacking sauce the waitress also mentioned us that she did not recommend the sea bass as it was also very dry. I give it 1 star for the atmosphere.

  January 9, 2015, 12:19 am

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• Eating Out

  Wonderful Atmosphere & Consistently Good Food. I love Macaroni Grill. Yes, it’s a chain. Yes, it’s corporate, but every once in awhile the efforts come together to make a great restaurant. Start with the decor. It has a Tuscan Italian feel with heavy white stone and thick brown woods. Stone arches and wine cellar racks add to the look.Now look at the style of restaurant. Romano’s attempts to replicate the trattoria feel of an Italian restaurant. A trattorian restaurant should have decantered wine, not bottles. The menu should be verbal or hand written, and the tone should be casual. Romano mimics this by offering house Chianti wine on the honor system. You pour your own drinks and keep track of how many glasses you had. The white table cloth is covered with butcher paper. The server writes their name upside down while verbally giving you the specials for the day. It’s not completely trattoria, but is sure does match pleasantly with the decor.The food: It’s always good. My favorite dish is Vodka Rustica renamed Penne Rustica. I substitute the shrimp with double chicken. I love the flavors and always over eat when i get that dish. The Carmela’s Chicken is wonderful with the rigatoni pasta. I love heavy cream reduced down with sherry to make marsala sauce. My mouth is watering as I think about it now. Other dishes like Chicken Spiedini and Pasta Milano are just as good, so are the salads like Bibb & Bleu. Don’t forget the free bread loaf served hot with butter melted over the top. Dip it in olive oil provided free. If you run out, pour more. They give you the olive oil bottle and pepper to keep up with your preference. If that is not enough, try the fantastic Lemon Passion desert. Sooo lemony, sooo moist, sooo good.I love this place.

  April 28, 2014, 4:40 pm

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• Lee McG

  The service was slow, our server Collin acted like he had better things to do than make sure we had everything we wanted, and overall it was a poor experience. Also, the waiters were pushy and kept trying to get us to try the wine and mushrooms. I wouldn’t come here again.

  October 5, 2013, 6:28 pm

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• PKL

  Not recommended. Everytime we’ve been to this location, they screw up the meal order. We had a very large special occasion lunch planned approx 12 months ago~ we had to constantly remind the server to refill drinks, refresh bread and ask where our food was. The orders were taken incorrectly, everyone got their plate at a different time. It was so a mess, they comped the entire meal. We went back 3 or 4 times and decided to give up. They don’t have their act together. It’s not worth the stress. Not Recommended.

  November 12, 2012, 7:16 pm

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• William Felker

  Very slow service and poor service.

  March 13, 2012, 6:57 pm

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• Julie Pope

  I’m not sure if they changed the Penne Rustica – but it isn’t nearly as good as it use to be. Bread is still very good. Service – just okay.

  April 30, 2010, 3:03 am

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