We Tried 15 Italian Chain Restaurants. Here's The Best One

Рет қаралды 474,310

Күн бұрын

Going out for Italian food is an American pastime. The numbers don't lie: One out of every eight U.S. restaurants serves Italian food, totaling about 100,000 Italian eateries throughout the country.
American Italian food is something all its own. Spaghetti with large meatballs isn't really a popular dish in Italy, and pizza in the U.S. is generally very different from what you'd get at a pizzeria in Naples. The restaurants listed here definitely specialize in the American variety of Italian food, but some do it far, far better than others. So you don't have to, we tried 15 Italian chain restaurants. Here's the best one.
#Italian #Restaurant #Food
Johnny Carino's | 0:00
Fazoli's | 0:51
Spaghetti Warehouse | 1:33
Bertucci's | 2:08
Bravo! Italian Kitchen | 3:00
Amato's | 3:40
Zio's Italian Kitchen | 4:19
Olive Garden | 5:01
Biaggi's Ristorante Italiano | 5:51
Brio Italian Grille | 6:31
The Old Spaghetti Factory | 7:04
Romano's Macaroni Grill | 7:50
Buca di Beppo | 8:31
Carrabba's Italian Grill | 9:27
Maggiano's Little Italy | 10:11
Read Full Article: www.mashed.com/385039/italian...

Пікірлер: 588

@ArielK1987 3 жыл бұрын

Best Italian run restaurants are the family run in your local neighborhood.

@krisfrederick5001 3 жыл бұрын

Of course, or your Grandparents house. But they did say chains...nothing beats home made from the heart

@paulluna8099 3 жыл бұрын

That's why they made it clear they were referring to chain restaurants.

@RH-beefhemoth 3 жыл бұрын

@@paulluna8099 you're a chain restaurant

@birdboy16 3 жыл бұрын

@@RH-beefhemoth that’s a weird insult

@tjp2109 3 жыл бұрын

That's if you can find non-chain restaurants. I live in Oregon & we used to have so many mom & pop Italian places 20 years ago. Now all we have is Olive garden. Maybe there's a fine dining Italian place here or there but it's out of most people's budget. I personally don't think Italian is as popular a cuisine as a few decades ago, at least not in the Pacific NW. Used to be all the rage here.

@edkeaton6360 3 жыл бұрын

"If anyone ever tells you that you had put way too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life." 🍝🍕🥗🍔🍝🍕

@JeffDeWitt 3 жыл бұрын

To paraphrase Samuel Clemens, "Too much Parmesan cheese is just enough."

@fminem785 3 жыл бұрын

love it!

@MaG-qo6up 3 жыл бұрын

Only if your cholesterol allows it!!

@blueiz1119 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@mikewrasman5103 2 жыл бұрын

You don't go to Italian restaurants to count Carolina or carbs.

@wandaswavely2523 3 жыл бұрын

I go to local Italian restaurants, fresh products and usually owned by Italians and their families.

@brianmoody2549 3 жыл бұрын

A mom and pop’s restaurant .The food is great cooked with love and from the heart.

@Thedominator-tr2su 2 жыл бұрын

See someone else gets it. Chain restaurants aren’t legit Italian. The chefs at Olive Garden are probably Mexican not Italian

@user-rz8bu6vl8x 7 ай бұрын

Me too!

@rso1411 3 жыл бұрын

I just went to Maggiano's for the first time and was very impressed. The food was outstanding.

@lesismore7478 2 жыл бұрын

Chicago based? Heard it's fire.

@bobbonj1171 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed I’m from Jersey and I’m Italian and believe me this is the best Italian chain over Carmines or Carabbas or whatever we have Olive Garden down the road FFS so we have to drive past it for few miles for this Chicago institution!

@TerryOnVinyl 2 жыл бұрын

I worked at Maggiano's in Atlanta around 2012-2013. I still miss the food

@jaywoods378 4 ай бұрын

For a chain, it is really excellent. The best chain Italian restaurant for sure.

@donaldmcdaniel1773 2 жыл бұрын

I go to Olive Garden for the soup and salad, and I love the bread sticks.

@demanskytuba6057 2 жыл бұрын

Carrabba's is my favorite.

@osoniye4209 3 жыл бұрын

I can't believe you came down to macaroni grill as amazing. They just aren't

@robbygordon643 3 жыл бұрын

All the ones around me have gone out of business.

@darrellsadler2848 3 жыл бұрын

I worked as a waiter for Old Spaghetti Factory back in the mid 1990's. Great place to work back then. Fun times during work shifts and afterwards. The Spaghetti with Mizithra cheese with a side of Italian sausage link was and still is my favorite menu item. The spumoni was always a big hit at the end of the meal.

@daniel.d.roberts6850 3 жыл бұрын

I remember back in the 2000s when I had Johnny Carino's in Wichita, as for Maggianos' Italian Kitchen, I've went there.

@JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts 2 жыл бұрын

Carraba's, Maggiano's and Buca deserve their position. I like the honesty of these restaurants reviews.

@Thedominator-tr2su 2 жыл бұрын

Maggianos is the only real Italian restaurant of those three. Carrabas is disgusting and so is buca. My papa was pissed when he tried them because it wasn’t even like being at home for him

@michellem9444 3 жыл бұрын

My son always requests Old Spaghetti Factory for his birthday meal. He'll order as many Italian cream sodas as he can; we have quite the collection of the glasses! LOL And we both love the mizithra cheese; you can order some to take home.

@wwlittlejOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

wayyyy back in the day, Fazolis used to have some bomb-ass breadsticks. But I was in college then and high most of the time. I love Carrabbas, its always a great option

@vickyswindoll686 2 жыл бұрын

I love Carrabba's too

@bagotoetags801 10 ай бұрын

What a great video on Italian restaurants. Little did I know about the one's to stay away from. So glad, though, my favorite, Carrabbas Italian Grill, made the top five. I cannot get enough of their lasagna with extra sauce. I want to bring in a one gallon jar and have it filled with the red sauce but it propably won't happen. We once went to Applebees and I ordered meatballs in pomodoro sauce. It was very tasty although Applebees is not considered an Italian Restaurant per se. Thanks for your video.

@mrmarvellous5378 2 жыл бұрын

I live in Sydney Australia, we don't have most of the outlets you suggest, but I still commend you on your forthright commentary.

@carolharris2357 2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you were charitable to the Olive Garden. I've never been but my mother loves it.

@MsTdougherty 3 жыл бұрын

I am a food snob from New York and I love Carrabba’s. I live in Charlotte NC and I have been disappointed numerous times at Maggiano’s.

@richwilson7619 3 жыл бұрын

They both serve frozen shit.

@kevinmaxwell9539 2 жыл бұрын

@@richwilson7619 Carrabba’s is good. Get the Lasagna and the chicken soup. It is so good.

@michaelancona1120 3 жыл бұрын

My family would dismiss any Italian chain restaurant outright. My dad refuses to step foot in an Olive Garden. The best are independently owned and found in Brooklyn, NY.

@wasabiluver 3 жыл бұрын

I ate at an Olive Garden once about 20 years ago, and I've never forgotten it. Just awful.

@jacobjones5269 3 жыл бұрын

NY is definitely gonna have the best pasta… Similarly, the bread in NY delis is always gonna be the best, specifically because of the alkaline water.. I live in Austin (boooooo), and I’ve been craving an Italian hogue for like 2 weeks, now, but I don’t know where to goooooo!..

@nickdeliso7026 3 жыл бұрын

Ponte Vecchio, Gratto, too many to mention!

@cristinabuffington9659 2 жыл бұрын

I agree on the Olive Garden front. However, the best American Italian food I have had is in Rhode Island

@nickdeliso7026 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. I miss Brooklyn restaurants, and can’t wait till my next visit back home.

@geraldbrienza4474 3 жыл бұрын

Don’t go to chain restaurants period. Support your local Italian restaurant.

@michaellochmueller1100 3 жыл бұрын

IL Mulino Fort Lauderdale

@brianmoody2549 3 жыл бұрын

You are right about that.

@thewatcher305 3 жыл бұрын

@@michaellochmueller1100 You just put IL Mulino on my radar! Thank you!

@donkey7577 3 жыл бұрын

Not if u r getting paid like the people who work at any fast food joint that this channel raked over in the previous episode .....

@hailervin 3 жыл бұрын

:( sadly there isn’t an Italian restaurant hardly in my hometown. Not even a chain.

@taraupchurch9389 3 жыл бұрын

Never order chicken at Olive Garden. I was served chicken parm that was still refrigerator cold in the center. Never went back.

@paulking962 3 жыл бұрын

They lost my business.

@DavidLLambertmobile 3 жыл бұрын

OG as a whole is for retirees 👴🏻👵🏼 and people who are on a budget, do not want traditional 🇮🇹 fare. I rarely go to Olive Garden maybe 1, 2X in 5yr.

@HateDietPepsi 2 жыл бұрын

Ordered chicken marsala there once. Chunk of overly charcoal tasting chicken with a teaspoon of marsala sauce. Much worse than all chicken marsala TV dinners.

@realtalkfbs 3 жыл бұрын

Carrabbas is our favorite! But now I gotta try Maggiano

@craigt5906 3 жыл бұрын

I actually LOVE Olive Garden

@kevinW826 3 жыл бұрын

I have an Italian grocery store next door to me. They make EVERYTHING in store…wedding cakes, lasagna, focaccia, you name it. Yes it’s fairly expensive, but you can’t beat homemade Italian food by actual Italians.

@docmalthus 2 жыл бұрын

Best food there is!

@roseflowers7641 2 жыл бұрын

Old Spaghetti Factory has been my favorite for many years, I have never had a bad experience dining there.

@oxcarthabu 2 жыл бұрын

We have a couple of Carabbas' restaurants near me in Richmond, Va. Never had a bad meal. Their wine dinners are excellent, along with the wines they pair with the courses. We also have a Maggianos's nearby. My wife and Me loved their Zucchini Frites. My wife loved the Lobster Ravioli. Their Braised Beef Short Ribs are awesome.

@liamfit9170 2 жыл бұрын

Facts. Very good.

@liamfit9170 2 жыл бұрын

Love carabbas

@kevinmaxwell9539 2 жыл бұрын

@@liamfit9170 Carrsbb’s is also a good place to work, and aren’t afraid to hire individuals with disabilities. I’m one of three employees with disabilities at my location, and I’m proud to be a Carrabbamico. That said, my favorite meal is the Lasagna and the Sufism Chicken Noodle soup. But the steak is great too. Also, steak now comes with a soup or salad and 2 sides, and we now have the Johnny Trio, which pairs 3 entrees together.

@kevinmaxwell9539 2 жыл бұрын

Carrabba’s has great wine dinner. If you’re in Jacksonville, stop in and see my old friends at the Baymeadows location. They do awesome wine dinners, they even did an Asian inspired even to celebrate the moon festival.

@mikej2020 3 жыл бұрын

I never heard of most of these places

@mikej2020 3 жыл бұрын

@@microtasker I live in NYC! 😂 lots of people here

@theresehopkins1581 6 ай бұрын

Since I'm allergic to additives and preservatives... your channel helps me find safe places to eat!!! Thank you!!!❤🎉😊

@stevem390 2 жыл бұрын

One of my 1st jobs was working as a bus boy in Carrabbas...to this day their Fettuccine Alfredo is the standard to which I judge all other Alfredos against, lol

@msp_isyourteacher6139 2 жыл бұрын

Fazoli’s and Spaghetti Warehouse are iconic lol! Nostalgia!!!!

@eudaenomic 3 жыл бұрын

Went to maggiano's after I saw this and was a little disappointed. The chicken was cut with the muscle instead of across. The calamari fritte was heavy with oil. The food in general was light on spices reminding me of walking along the narrow back streets of Brendisi. I think I will keep Carrabba's as my favorite.

@HungrigeKatze 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad I live in Germany and got many Mafia owned Italian Restaurants in my area to go to! xD

@ciaralizabeth 3 жыл бұрын

Just go to local restaurants. You will have a better experience and you will be supporting local businesses

@9UaYXxB 3 жыл бұрын

This website is pitched at the herd.... not at the thoughtful individual. It's high gloss hype.

@Nonduality 2 жыл бұрын

Better yet, learn to cook Italian at home.

@barbarajohnson7782 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Three of them are in MI, Olive Garden, Macaroni Grill, and Carabas ? Spelling. My pick is Olive Garden for all the reasons listed. MI also has a family place called Antonio’s and another place just in MI. Thanks again.

@kevinmaxwell9539 2 жыл бұрын

Carrabba’s. But it is not the easiest to spell. I know how because I’m a host at Carrabba’s.

@markpettigrew542 2 жыл бұрын

I love Olive Garden. The cannolis there are great too.

@1computernew Жыл бұрын

I used to love Macaroni Grill's penne rustica even though it had only three shrimp. They decreased the shrimp from three to two. There was still a generous portion of chicken and it tasted very good. service was inconsistent; sometimes good, sometimes bad. I don't know what happened but all of the Macaroni Grills in my area went out of business.

@sueshannon896 Жыл бұрын

The last time I went to our local Olive Garden is probably the last time I will ever go there. I love meatballs so I ordered a side of them, took my first bite and almost spit them out. I have had frozen ones from a bag that were better then what I ordered. Maybe it was just that location, not sure if I would ever try a different location.

@shawncho5217 Жыл бұрын

I worked at the olive garden as both a line/prep cook and you are correct. They are the McDonald's of Italian. Everything comes in a bag frozen. Even the items that are made "fresh" all come in a bag frozen and are made which isn't the worst thing ever but I think is the overall atmosphere and emphasis on speed over quality. Nothing is cooked with care. You just are encouraged just to throw shit on the plate regardless of how it looks or how it's cooked and get it TF out on the window where it sits for awhile because usually there's no expo. The servers are usually their own expo.

@gadci4400 Жыл бұрын

@@shawncho5217 If everything is frozen there then you ain't a line cook, You're a microwave assistant 😆

@bagotoetags801 10 ай бұрын

@@gadci4400He may have been a 'defroster, first class'

@lindayoungs4292 3 жыл бұрын

Fazollis is great love everything I tried

@mikeperry6794 2 жыл бұрын

All the Carrabbas in my area closed. I loved their food.

@spiritualempress6691 2 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry I worked at the first opened carrabbas and hands down my favorite Italian chain. Learned how to make all their dishes too!!

@sammysoppy3361 2 жыл бұрын

drop that recipe for spino de mare

@spiritualempress6691 2 жыл бұрын

@@sammysoppy3361 ya just have to get the lemon butter right 🥰

@shelbykeller2931 3 жыл бұрын

The pasta house should also be on this list. Super good

@pj8761 3 жыл бұрын

Maggianos is the only place on this list I would ever even consider. They are ranked #1 on this list, and they would still only be as good as the WORST Italian restaurant and pizza place in my town.

@tomcallahan7677 3 жыл бұрын

The last time we ate there they gave my wife and I food poisoning. I will eat canned pasta before returning there again.

@alexxxxxxxx709 2 жыл бұрын

@@tomcallahan7677 my parents got food posioning there once too!!

@grahamhannah2108 2 жыл бұрын

Never eaten at or heard of the #1 choice, but totally agree with Buca di Beppo and Carrabbas which are both delicious.

@Thedominator-tr2su 2 жыл бұрын

Your crazy if you think buca and carrabbas are good. I wouldn’t even call it good American-Italian food

@grahamhannah2108 2 жыл бұрын

@@Thedominator-tr2su Let me guess. Olive Garden is your go to Italian restaurant!!

@Thedominator-tr2su 2 жыл бұрын

@@grahamhannah2108 hell no that’s even worse

@grahamhannah2108 2 жыл бұрын

@@Thedominator-tr2su We are still dealing with chain Italian. Buca’s and Carrabbas are pretty good for chain restaurants.

@Thedominator-tr2su 2 жыл бұрын

@@grahamhannah2108 you ask any Italian they’ll say the same about them. And not an American born Italian someone from Italy

@Ravenlovesbingy 2 жыл бұрын

I love Fazoli's and olive garden 😋

@crazymofoalex 3 жыл бұрын

Holy shit I didn’t expect you to come out the gate roasting these places hahaha

@patriciacrosson2209 3 жыл бұрын

Very good

@caseyhayes4590 3 жыл бұрын

Maggiano's is still very good, but it was ridiculously good before taken over by Brinker Intl conglomerate. I waited tables at original location and they used to encourage us present a free shot of sambuca to tables with their dessert whenever we wanted, not for problems just for fun. The specials and the wine list were incredible too. I still think it's great, it's authentic NYC Little Italy Italian, not authentic Italian, and in that respect it is the best version in pretty much every city outside of NYC where they have a location.

@Frame_Late 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, me and my mother love American-Italian food and Maggiano's is up there along with some local restaurants. Our favorite is Mama Cucina's. Their Veal Parmigiano is fantastic.

@doramilaje9750 2 жыл бұрын

Funny I have been to about 4 of these restaurants and my FAV since 1997 … Bucca Di Beppo ♥️ And Maggiano’s macaroni and grill. ♥️

@badboy-kr6dq 2 жыл бұрын

the only one's that we have up here in canada (at least that i'm aware of) are olive garden and the old spaghetti factory (which I love)

@Abunai50 2 жыл бұрын

The original Maggiano’s in Chicago is outstanding!

@HPLA25 3 жыл бұрын

Fazoli's breadsticks are better than Olive Garden's and you didn't even mention them.

@Sunshine4 3 жыл бұрын

SO TRUE! I miss that place, they closed down in my area 🥺

@Fattony6666 2 жыл бұрын

can't please every complainer on the web

@CRuf-qw4yv 3 жыл бұрын

Someone needs to open a German food chain restaurant. Sausage, old world saurkraut, saurbraten, wiener snitzel, pickled red beets, spatzele, cabbage soup, good old-style brown or stone-ground mustard, and reasonably priced Bavarian beer.

@billh230 3 жыл бұрын

I would go that. Problem is, German food just isn't as universally popular as Mexican, Chinese and Italian. Too bad, because you listed off food that makes my mouth water. Spaten Optimator for the win!!

@Angelwolfs9 3 жыл бұрын

Edelweiss in Ft Worth Texas!!! AWESOME German Food!

@jamiebrown1737 3 жыл бұрын

@@Angelwolfs9 We have a German place called Edelweiss in Colorado Springs too! It's fantastic.

@CRuf-qw4yv 3 жыл бұрын

Oh....And I forgot my fave...hot German Potato Salad.

@billh230 3 жыл бұрын

@@CRuf-qw4yv Gotta have a little Rotkohl to go with that, too..... 😋

@richeerich561 3 жыл бұрын

Little ma and pa place in Redond Wa, Tropea.. best italian I've ever had.

@KKEM641 3 жыл бұрын

Keep in mind that Fazollis is fast casual, along the lines of the Panda Express of Italian Food. Is it great, for from it, however for fast food Italian it is not that bad.

@MysticWanderer 2 жыл бұрын

Except Panda is hands down better Chinese than Fazollis is Italian.

@RyanS32 Жыл бұрын

that maggiano's garlic bread is so incredibly good!

@Macabre8693 3 жыл бұрын

Merci pour le partage, maintenant on sait où il ne faut surtout pas allez manger ... !

@puritychalice 2 жыл бұрын

Maggiano's ignited my love for Italian food.

@WkdWnch007 5 ай бұрын

Love OG. Won't bother to go anywhere else!

@pattyrick99dad 2 жыл бұрын

il Mulino will always be my favorite Italian chain restaurant.

@tacitus7797 2 жыл бұрын

LOL ... Romano's Macaroni Grill where they shove the tables too close to each other and drinks get dumped on you as a results and the management doesn't give a tinker's damn.

@KittySnicker 3 жыл бұрын

I love Carabba’s!!

@belindabell2 3 жыл бұрын

Depends on what state..

@robertlee4172 2 жыл бұрын

10:27 ..."Known for their humongous portions and unique itty-lee-an inspired offerings.."

@alexmullen27 2 жыл бұрын

I worked at Carrabba's in the early 2000's, & goddamn the food was delicious.

@bradleykramer316 2 жыл бұрын

Buca di Beppo is legit. Big portions, very delicious, great atmosphere.

@miltoncallan1471 6 ай бұрын

I agree!

@arfriedman4577 2 жыл бұрын

I love terraces sausage soup and mezzaluna. A lot of these places may not be in NYC and nj area. .

@annettespradlin4945 6 ай бұрын

Sbarro is more fast food, but I loved their baked ziti. It was my go to for lunch at the food court when I worked in a shopping mall.

@jtp2007 2 жыл бұрын

I like Olive Garden and I am Italian. I feel like they have stepped it up on some things recently. Like with any other restaurant, it depends on where you are as each chain can be different

@notvarris5753 3 жыл бұрын

I miss Bravo. I used to work for them and they really tried to make good food in house. The inconsistency comes from the nature of them trying to make good real food that wasn't from a bag. If the recipes were followed the food was really good but getting every cook to do each recipe exactly every time is hard. Unlike Olive Garden that cooks most of it from frozen. Sadly Bravo got sold to a new parent company and that parent company has HORRIBLY mismanaged the restaurants. Covid likely will be the death stroke for Bravo now.

@Ted_david95 3 жыл бұрын

Bertucci’s is actually pretty good it did fall off over the past couple years but overall solid

@oludarden5556 2 жыл бұрын

The Rigatoni D, at Magianos is simply fantastic!

@jenpaulhome1 3 жыл бұрын

Last time I was at Olive Garden it was 75 bucks, 2 pasta dishes, 1 appetizer, 2 drinks. Time before that they were serving a expensive meatball sub on a bread stick with teeny tiny meatballs, no joke. Never Olive Garden again because it just sucks. Best Italian is my house. Cheaper too.

@Ko-kf6lc 2 жыл бұрын

Carabba's is my favorite. Buca de Peppo is probably best though

@JayHelms 2 жыл бұрын

Love Fazoli's, honestly.

@patriciaaturner289 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve never heard of most of these places, and the only ones within 30 miles of where I live are Old Spaghetti Factory and Olive Garden. Are they East Coast chains?

@j.d.6915 3 жыл бұрын

No, Spaghetti Factory is a chain out of Portland and is in select US States (no clue how they choose them, but I assume the states have a low population of authentic Italian places), Olive Garden is a big chain that probably is in any city over 100,000 people (but that's just a guess)

@novacentorium4943 3 жыл бұрын

@@j.d.6915 I think he means the other chains

@richdouglas2311 3 жыл бұрын

This was solid. My favorite on the list--Macaroni Grill--is disappearing. Maggiano's is a good choice, too. And how about Olive Garden? They acquitted themselves quite well.

@FleaChristenson 3 жыл бұрын

Zio’s Cobb salad Is the best thing on the menu. Hands down.

@mk202 3 жыл бұрын

I like Bertucci’s a lot. Our location has BOGO on any large pizza (including make your own), every Tuesday night. Check online for your nearest location. They also have good take and bakes. Pasta for four for only 14-17 dollars. I’ve been to Macaroni Grill twice. I thought it was gross.

@mikescott3808 2 жыл бұрын

If anyone is from south Jersey you need to go to Ninos in cape may down the beach , it is best authentic Italian food ever made servings are insane size they make everything from scratch sauce is amazing highly recommend

@mariissaak 2 жыл бұрын

When she said you shouldn't be ashamed of loving Olive Garden. She was speaking to me.

@jasonbean2764 Жыл бұрын

Olive Garden in North Tampa gave me a salad sprayed with pesticide once.

@matthewoesch2364 3 жыл бұрын

I agree Carrabbas has great food, but the service I had on my most recent visit was poor.

@DavidLLambertmobile 3 жыл бұрын

I ate at Carrabbas in the past, 2000s. I rarely go there now but it's not bad.

@kevinmaxwell9539 2 жыл бұрын

Which one did you go to? I know some people may have complained recently about some stuff at the Carrabba’s I work for, but when you only have one car side person in the building and several orders coming in, you can’t expect your order to be done in 5 minutes or less. At one point, both our car side people were running catering orders.

@matthewoesch2364 2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinmaxwell9539 my bad service in Orlando Florida was from a waiter who didn’t get the order correct, didn’t refill drinks for a very long time, and wasn’t stopping by the table at all.

@kevinmaxwell9539 2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewoesch2364 as an employee with the company, I sincerely apologize for your lack of quality service. Our customers deserve the best, and I’m sorry you didn’t get that. I hope you’ll come back and give us another chance to redeem ourselves. I’m a host at a Carrabba’s in a different city in Florida, and hoping to see you one day.

@matthewoesch2364 2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinmaxwell9539 thank you I’ll definitely still go back. I live in the Tampa/ St. Petersburg area now.

@travisr5694 3 жыл бұрын

I had a feeling Maggiano’s would be #1. I always recommend the chicken and spinach manicotti and rigatoni D. And the chocolate cake is enormous and the apple crostata. Plus if you have 4 or more people they do family style. Huge portions. Gets my vote!!

@U2WB 2 жыл бұрын

Mediocre at best.

@justicedemocrat9357 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah alright, relax fatty it's just food.

@rwmcgeesr 2 жыл бұрын

Never heard of most of these places and I have traveled the US extensively.

@stevedecata462 Жыл бұрын

Olive Garden is the McDonald’s of Italian restaurants. The last time I was in a OG was for a work thing and that was 15 years ago

@francesmarrasso5256 3 жыл бұрын

The best Italian restaurant is at nonnas house 🤗

@dreamtime1730 3 жыл бұрын

So are any of these Restaurants in Canada as i live in BC & have never heard of them.

@boogiebabe67 3 жыл бұрын

My husband and I went to Italy years ago and got to eat the real thing. Several years after that trip, we were sitting on the porch reminiscing about the great pizza we had in Florence. Next thing I know, we're booking a flight to Rome. Yep, authentic Italian food THAT good! Chain food??? Good lord, that's a hard no!

@mike6845 3 жыл бұрын

The food in Rome is great. The ambiance outdoors is great too. The pasta is cooked perfectly at most places.

@MG-ot2yr 3 жыл бұрын

lol great comment. I go to Italy pretty frequently, spent 2 months there just before pandemic. I was on a regional food quest, we drove through Lazio, Tuscany, Umbria, Marches, Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria and ended in Sicily. Had some amazing stuff from arrosticini in Abruzzo, to the red eggplant dishes in Rotonda, Basilicata to the arancini in Sicily and everything else!

@BRLaue 3 жыл бұрын

Best pizza I ever had was a misshapen cheese affair in a Milanese outdoor cafe two blocks from the train station.

@wyang4895 2 жыл бұрын

Rome is great - I had a spaghetti there which was AWESOME! It had the best sauce I'd ever tasted and then I went to Bologna...nuff said.

@samharrodiii2427 Жыл бұрын

Biaggi's Ristorante is a Great one, based in Bloomington, Illinois

@es2056 Жыл бұрын

The only one on the list that I would look forward going to is Carraba's. Their Chicken Marsala is incredible. I've been to all the rest except Maggiano's, so speaking from some experience. Johnny Carino's was great back in the day.

@tracyleay Жыл бұрын

I’ve been to Maggiano’s I prefer Carrara’s and yes their chicken marsala is one of my favorite things ever.

@lawrenceprichard9363 12 күн бұрын

I live in Akron, and we have two really good ones. Dececcos and Luigi's..

@brianmoody2549 3 жыл бұрын

Italian food is great, but only at a mom and pop Restaurant.

@Themfeels101 3 жыл бұрын

My only choices are Olive Garden and Carrabba's. Might try Carrabba's after seeing this.

@adarian 3 жыл бұрын

Carrabba's is certainly better than Olive Garden so you should be happy with that choice.

@CRuf-qw4yv 3 жыл бұрын

Carraba's is not good. Expensive, small portions, outrageous drink prices, and you do not even get a salad with your entre.

@6plastic 3 жыл бұрын

@@CRuf-qw4yv yes you do get a choice of soup or salad with your entree..your server didn't offer it

@youthrevisitedagain 3 жыл бұрын

Are most of these places East coast? I haven’t heard of most of these.

@damianzacar8110 3 жыл бұрын

Maggio's 24 states, mainly east coast except CA. Carrabba's, 217 locations, mainly east coast except NV, CA, Co, Il. Buca Di Beppo, 72 locations, mainly CA, PN, GA, TX, NJ, FL, AZ, CO. Romano's Macaroni Grill 15 states. all regions. The Old Spaghetti Factory, 40 locations, 12 states. Brio Italian Grille, 34 locations, 13 states, AZ, CA,, FL, TX, VA, etc. Biaggi's ristorante italiano, 17 locations, 9 states, the 9 states that are in the middle of nowhere. Olive Garden, 900 locations. It's called "GOOGLE", your welcome.

@marcysikes 3 жыл бұрын

I love Carrabbas!

@clydekimsey7503 3 жыл бұрын

Carrabas rocks!

@U2WB 2 жыл бұрын

Best Italian food is at Paisano in Little Italy, or Sorrentina in North Bergen, NJ.

@kathleenkendalljacksgrandm6902 3 жыл бұрын

The old spaghetti factory⭐️

@curveball1318 6 ай бұрын

I can't figure out why macaroni grill went bust. That place was truly awesome. The bread that they served before the meal was stellar. You really have to wonder why something so great can fail.

@mattbosley3531 6 ай бұрын

A lot of restaurants went under during Covid. Macaroni still exists, they just don't have a lot of restaurants any more. Only a few in some major cities.