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Maggiano's Little Italy

Restaurant Bar Meal takeaway Italian restaurant Family restaurant Catering service Event venue Lunch restaurant

One of the Most Reviewed Italian restaurants in Denver


Address

Pavilions Mall, 500 16th St Mall Suite 150, Denver, CO 80202, United States

Website

www.maggianos.com

Contact

+1 303-260-7707

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.50 (3.6K reviews)

Open on Google Maps

Working Hours

  • Sunday: 11 am to 9 pm
  • Monday: 11 am to 10 pm
  • Tuesday: 11 am to 10 pm
  • Wednesday: 11 am to 10 pm
  • Thursday: 11 am to 10 pm
  • Friday: 11 am to 11 pm
  • Saturday: 11 am to 11 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: Italian (23) service (15) good (14) restaurant (10) meal (8) dessert (8) nice (7) home (7) amazing (7) chicken (7)
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  • 5/5 Shingo S. I. 2 years ago on Google
    It had been a while since our last visit to Maggiano's, but I always love coming to this restaurant. Came here on a weeknight as a party of three and was seated without any wait at a nice booth with COVID-precautionary glass dividers. Servers were polite and very attentive throughout the meal. Great Italian food selection in the menu, and the process are in line with any restaurant in downtown area for a nice meal. Very relaxing atmosphere. If you go, take advantage of the "$5-take home dinner" that can be purchased with any entree purchase. Highly recommended!
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Marlene E. 1 year ago on Google
    My husband and I have not been here for quite awhile. Why??? This place was amazing, great service, food and atmosphere. We had the Calamari and Bruchetta, Gnocchi with Italian Sausage and the Signature dish Maggion's Rigatoni D. All were so good. Just a little pricey but really you will be taking food home and also have dinner for later. :) Worth the visit.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mason K. 1 year ago on Google
    Had a great experience eating here. Everything we got was simply fantastic. The portion sizes were quite large as well which I like. We really enjoyed the calamari and the cheesecake is really good. It is much more light and fluffy than the average cheesecake. The $5 take home pasta option is also quite the deal.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Kevin Quarles (. 1 year ago on Google
    This place was not what I expected. Place was packed 4 Thanksgiving & folks were everywhere. Even though I was seated 🪑 pretty swiftly & my service was mediocre,it was the flavor or lack there of that the food 🥘 had. I have a relative that swears by the shrimp 🍤 fettuccine Alfredo and I had some leftovers from here in the past that weren’t bad as my Thanksgiving meal. Maybe the Thanksgiving meal jus isn’t their thing. I’m a have2 make 1 more visit and get some regular items and update my review but for now this sh!t was trash 🗑️ I’m not sure 🤔 if they can redeem themselves because it was that bad. My service from Jordan was not bad but the other server was kinda poor also. I wouldn’t recommend this place if you want something Bomb 💣 4 grub. So don’t check em out if you’re ever in the neighborhood and holla at a Playa 🤷🏾‍♂️👌🏾
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Au’jèe 1 year ago on Google
    … I tried to come here a couple of months ago but the line was out the door so I just decided to choose a different time… When I came tonight, it wasn’t as busy and it was so beautiful inside they had it decorated for Christmas. It was so gorgeous… Overall, my food was pretty good. I got the Cannelloni Florentine with Truffle Cream it was surprisingly really good. I just wish they would’ve been more generous with the chicken. There was barely any in my food Lol my boyfriend got the Linguine di Mare… He didn’t like it but I’m pretty sure it’s because he’s not a seafood person no matter how much he tries to be… I would definitely come back. The only downfall is that they’re kinda expensive…our food came up to be $80 granite it’s not crazy expensive but like we could’ve made the food at home… We did leave a tip spending $120 in total… Everybody was super nice as well. with a new baby we ended up forgetting our leftovers in the restaurant and when we came back to get them, they had already threw them away so they just made us new food all together to take home. They were so nice I will definitely be Back.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jim H. 6 months ago on Google • 688 reviews
    I am very impressed with this location. The location is in the business district surrounded by conference spaces and shopping. The Veal Cutlets (2), potatoes and spinach cost me $25 with a tip. There are other lunch specials too with soup/salad and a sandwich for $15. If you add up the cost of food making it home, you can't produce that meal for this costs. I think it is time to take a trip into the office and come down the Muggiano's with your coworkers and have a nice lunch! Let us get back to normal and more important lets support our hard working community members that staff the restaurants. We need to work a bit harder to get us out of this pandemic mode and suffering from high costs.

  • 5/5 Melissa Gonzalez (. 2 years ago on Google
    Amazing food, soothing atmosphere and great service! We chose this place because there were options for everyone and the location was great as well. They had gluten free options, vegan options and kiddo options. They have a large drink selection at decent prices, a good dessert menu (minus gluten free) and a really nice selection of Italian classic dishes. Marcos meal is a two adult deal and we were completely happy with that! Definitely a recommend :)
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jessica S. 7 months ago on Google • 155 reviews
    Maggiano's Little Italy in Denver offered delicious Italian food and amazing customer service. I really love Maggiano's as a chain restaurant. This is my second location I've been to. Both locations offer same yummy food. I managed to get a bunch of items including spaghetti side, Italian Flatbread, mozzarella cheese, and apple crisp like dessert. Italian Flatbread really shined out if everything. Sausage in the Flatbread was delicious!! Spaghetti and red sauce felt really fresh and tasty. Spaghetti is perfect choice for children too. The portion sides here are generous. I probably should have shared this with another person. I definitely recommend it here for good bite.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Shanon B. 3 months ago on Google • 112 reviews New
    Failed to meet the minimum standard for an Italian restaurant. (Average would be three stars, this is a 2-2.5) I would not recommend and here’s why: Food is overpriced, not described correctly and WAY more American than Italian. The food is the same quality as Olive Garden and honestly it’s hard to tell the 2 apart. She ordered a pomegranate martini, was told it would be “super sweet” and it was tart like nerds candy, very fake. Not good. I ordered a whiskey sour and they did not have egg whites so you mean a whiskey with lemon and simple? I did try it without but it was awful. Also…no eggs in a restaurant??? We got bread and oil and balsamic to start, the oil didn’t have any flavor, the balsamic was sweet and the bread was more like an American dinner roll than Italian bread. For the app we ordered bruschetta, it was good, tomatoes tasted fresh but the bread wasn’t Italian bread (which the waiter did state that the food isn’t authentic Italian, so whatever) also it was a bit messy to eat bc of the way it was put together. Flavor was good. Best part of the whole meal. For my main I ordered Chicken Marsala, very disappointed. The texture of the chicken tasted like chicken skin and I was so turned off by that. Apparently they bread it and then dunk it in the sauce and it gets soggy. On top of that the waiter described it as the breading created a “scab” over the chicken, which is an awful way to describe food I’m about to eat. Also it came with spaghetti that was supposed to be flavored with olive oil and garlic but it was mostly dry, and had a hint of butter. The one positive was that the waiter had my dish remade with grilled chicken, which was okay, but obviously not what I had in mind. My date ordered linguine with clams in a white sauce and it was VERY soupy, like a melted stick of butter sat at the bottom as soon as she dumped that out flavors were much better. Some other negatives were: • The waiter talked too fast and jumbled his words together, needs a lesson on customer service and slowing down when he speaks • the tiramisu contains pork so I was disappointed that I couldn’t enjoy that for dessert and I skipped it all together. • Also my date ordered a glass of wine and the waiter comes to the table with two glasses of red wine in his hand, stands there for about 20 seconds trying to decide which goes to which table and still gives my partner the wrong one. 🙃 The atmosphere is a caricature of an Italian restaurant…it’s just really American and NOT Italian at all. Listen, skip it. Thank me later.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Katia R. 1 year ago on Google
    Clean and relaxed vibes! Restaurant has alot of character and we enjoyed our experience! We got one of the speciality pastas and a classic. The sause was really good and everything served in a timely manner and hot. Great service our server was excellent! The dishes are large we thought next time we'd share a plate to not waist food. Overall loved it!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Christina J. 1 year ago on Google
    Beautiful place, clean, excellent service, excellent food, large portions, reasonably priced and seated quickly. We got an appetizer, cup of soup, two entrees, dessert and a bottle of wine for around $130. Will definitely being going back when we are in Denver again.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 M St. J. 2 years ago on Google
    Big chain with good classic Italian food. My go-to is the veal or chicken Piccata because I'm not a big pasta eater. It is served on a tasty bed of spinach. For dessert, definitely go for Gigi's Butter Cake...YUM! FYI, the beautiful red leaf on the other dessert was edible!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Joel T. 11 months ago on Google
    Dropped in for my birthday! Food was excellent! Don't judge me I had two appetizers! Mozzarella and calamari! Then eggplant parmesan! I love entrees to go got the lasagna for family! End was the lemon cookies!!! The manager James was fantastic and picked up my bill! Visit with him and talked about his culinary journey! Thanks James for making my birthday very special at one of my favorite Italian eateries!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Aniket J. 11 months ago on Google
    It’s a good Italian cuisine chain. The food is really delicious and authentic tastes. They have something as ‘Family platter’ which lets you get a refill for your main course order at no cost. The staff is quite friendly and served us 2 large dessert platters on the house on occasion of our friends’ engagement.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Usha G. 1 year ago on Google
    Great food! Loved the place. We had made the reservation well in advance and when we reached there 10 mins before the time, we were told they would send us a text when our table was ready. We were waiting outside but they totally forgot about us. We had to go and ask again. Then we were seated immediately. So if you make a reservation, just stay right there, so they can see you.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 WILINTON V. 6 months ago on Google
    Today was a fantastic Italian Night. The restaurant , the ambiance, the service and the food have created amazing memories. Thanks guys in special @Mirnarla , she is incredible. We order a lasagna, chicken parmesano pasta and pomodoro spaghetti . Finally, they offered us a Delicious tiramisu to celebrate my birthday 🥳 . Don’t lose the opportunity to eat authentic Italian food in Denver.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Rhiannon J. 1 year ago on Google
    Omg always amazing. Blake is the best server I have ever had, anywhere. Super nice and Attentive. This place is always good and never doesn’t hit. Go during the holidays for some of the best decorations around. Book with Blake for an amazing time.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Laura S. 6 months ago on Google • 242 reviews
    Exceptional service. Everybody was accommodating and cordial. They recognized our anniversary with a placard on the table before we sat down. The dinner and dessert was delicious. I highly recommend for an Italian place! l ordered the mushroom ravioli.

  • 4/5 Tidget 7. 4 months ago on Google • 49 reviews
    The food was stellar. We drew the short straw for servers. No bread, no description of menu items or recommendations and he would "check on" us without even slowing his stride. This was our finale dinner after a weekend trip to Denver, so his attitude was a bummer. The other servers sounded great, engaging their tables, explaining what things were, making recommendations, etc. We just drew the short straw. I would go again, but would definitely ask for a different server if I saw the same gentleman.

  • 5/5 Sru K. 4 months ago on Google • 27 reviews
    Real tasty food & brisk service! Violinist playing live in the background makes it more pleasing. An exceptional place for special occasions or a candle light date. It's a bit pricy but reallly worth the $$$ Butter 🍰 is a must try 🍽

  • 5/5 Breaking Bread with Mira T. 4 months ago on Google • 19 reviews
    We were visiting our son and celebrating our book launch. Lovely environment, scrumptious food. The 4 cheese ravioli was fabulous. High quality steaks, delicious appetizers. The crab cakes are a must try, the calamari and the fries zucchini were amazing. Shout out to the service manager Dan Kotrch (Marco) and Team for the excellent customer service. He made a point to make us feel welcome. Highly recommend the Tiramisu and the coffee. Will do again when visiting Denver.

  • 5/5 Gabriel M. 1 year ago on Google
    I generally try to shy away from chain restaurants when I'm out traveling, but Maggiano's never lets me down on quality Italian food in a relaxed, yet, refined setting. The restaurant was pretty packed when I got there, but I was able to find a seat at the bar very quickly. My server, Jessica, was an absolute gem and got me everything I needed quickly. I had the gnocchi and took some tiramisu to go. The food was delicious, the atmosphere and music was pleasant, and the price for the food portions were reasonable. Touristy area? Sure, but you can never go wrong with Maggiano's.

  • 5/5 Samuele B. 2 months ago on Google • 17 reviews New
    I went two times to this fantastic location, and the best word I can use to describe it is incredible. The manager, waitress, and chef were so kind to me due to my celiac disease, and they made me live one of the most extraordinary food experiences I have had. I’m Italian and I’m a frequent traveler but the service I found here it's over the top. Olivia, the waitress, gave me so much attention that I felt at home with my mother taking care of me. The manager spent time with me talking about his Italian origins and about what is his plan for retirement in Italy. Highly recommended!

  • 4/5 Luis M. 1 year ago on Google
    Very attentive staff and reasonable prices. Great atmosphere. Perfect place to celebrate a special occasion. Reservation system was easy to use and no wait at all once we showed up for our reservation. Delicious food! However, a bit disappointed their “$5 take-home” pasta wasn’t fresh.

  • 5/5 Megan A. 6 months ago on Google
    ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!! The waitress was spectacular, I wish I would’ve gotten her name. She was so helpful. We sat close to the doors, directly in line with the checkout counter. On a October 10th around 2-4pm. Presentation was perfect and food was mouth watering good!!!

  • 5/5 Caitlin M. 1 year ago on Google
    We are from California and we were traveling over this holiday weekend. I made an online reservation for my Husband's birthday on 7/3 at 7pm. We showed up around 6:30 and they seated us anyways! The service was wonderful, I forgot the young mans name, but he was an excellent server and the food was TO DIE FOR!!! The pictures don't do it justice!! Best Italian restaurant we have ever been to. We got the Dinner for 2 special- 2 salads ( forgot to take pics) Spaghetti Marinara, Baked Ziti with sausage, (a extra side of roasted broccoli with garlic just to try) and Tiramisu. Husband got a Long Island and I got a glass of wine and we were in heaven. The sausage was exactly how I love to make it and it was even better than my own. I think I'm in love lol, everything was amazing. OMG I'll be comparing everything I ever eat to this meal. I didn't realize there was one in California, so we will definitely try out that location soon!!


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Paid parking lot
    • ✓️ Paid street parking
    • ✓️ Paid multi-storey car park
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Cheques
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Comfort food
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Organic dishes
    • ✓️ Happy-hour food
    • ✓️ Happy-hour drinks
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
    • ✓️ Private dining room
  • Popular for
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Solo dining
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible lift
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Brunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Catering
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway

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