We went to the Macaroni Grill twice in one week. The first time it was great, our server was friendly and attentive, took our teasing very well and kept the delicious rosemary bread coming. We had a large party of 6 plus a toddler and they kept up with our demands well. The food was very good, and we had a fairly inexpensive Duccetto Reservo Chianti that was divine! Order it by the bottle though, as it's 9 bucks per glass but under 40 for the whole bottle. They will cork it for you if you don't drink it all. I like to watch my nutrition content and the Macaroni Grill has their entire menu online with all the nutrition info one could hope for. The skinny chicken is a great dish with few calories. Other menu items are pretty heavy, so this was a nice feature. \r
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The second time we went was for Mother's day and again we had a large party of 6 plus 2 young children. The restaurant fell a little flat on this occasion. They were out of many of their items and weren't able to accomodate us with special orders for the kids (we wanted plain noodles!). The server did a good job but she had been there for 12 hours straight, a bad policy for a restaurant on a busy day like that. We were seated in the middle of the restaurant this time and it was very noisy. We waited in the bar for a table for about 30 minutes and should have just stayed there to eat as it was quiet and the bartender was friendly, helpful and very on the spot about getting us what we needed.
Pros: Nutrition info online, good menu selection, easy parking
Cons: very busy and sometimes hard to get a table; ran out of multiple food items on busy weekend
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