Maria's Italian Restaurant

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The spicy meatball spaghetti was a bomb. Very friendly server. For more follow us on instagram @gemislist

Ned Gosaynie

What a gem of an Italian restaurant! We decided to go to Maria's for a Friday evening family dinner and we thoroughly enjoyed it! We started with a basket of rosemary focaccia bread with a mixture of olive oil and balsamic vinegar for dipping. This was really delicious. The bread was warm and the olive oil was very flavorful. The slight acidity of the balsamic vinegar balanced each bite well. I split an Italian chopped salad entree with my wife and we ordered a 12" vegetarian pizza for the 3 of us. The salad contained many fresh vegetables and was dressed with Italian vinaigrette. The pizza was delicious, and the crust was crispy on the edges and chewy, but it was a bit soggy in the center from the onions, tomatoes, etc. Since we're vegetarian, next time we'll go with a margarita pizza, which should not have as much moisture with fewer vegetables. We finished our meal with a black coffee and a sharable tiramisu. Wow! This was so good! The coffee flavor in the dessert was not overpowering and the tiramisu was not overly sweet. They make their desserts at their main bakery and distribute them to their restaurants. I highly recommend it. You won't regret having dinner at Maria's. I recommend it highly. Check out the photos.

Ricardo Ramos

I use to go to Maria's in Oxnard California and they closed it. I went to Maria's in Agoura California because it is the closest one. I have to tell you it is worth the drive. The lasagna is amazing, bread, and pizza is amazing. Talk to Jacob the Manager. He is terrific. I don't have pictures because we had take out and I was hungry.

I just had my son's rehearsal dinner at Maria's and I can't tell you how perfect it was. The patio was beautiful, the servers were on top of everything. The GM Rosanna was the most delightful person I've ever worked with. She made this whole event stress free and is my absolute hero. Thank you for all your hard work. Oh, and the food was delicious and we all left full and some of us may have trouble fitting into our clothes for the wedding.

I love this place.. it's the best in the LA Basin, maybe in the nation! I always look for places like this...saucy and nostalgic. Finally someone didn't sell out there beautiful small business with same amazing family recipes from the founder. thx Maria and thx Maddy for keeping her vision alive and well.

It was amazing. Not long wait time. I recommend to go there if you want good food. My family and I are definitely gonna go there more.

Jenny was a kind and attentive server! Had such a wonderful experience and loved the chicken parmesan!!

Ammi

We picked up our dinner. Was delicious!!

Maria Gonzalez

Very good service definitely recommend spaghetti carbonara.the employees were so nice to me and my family. The food was amazing and the drinks.

Brandon Overstreet

I love this place.. it's the best in the LA Basin, maybe in the nation! I always look for places like this...saucy and nostalgic. Finally someone didn't sell out there beautiful small business with same amazing family recipes from the founder. thx Maria and thx Maddy for keeping her vision alive and well.

Joy Eileen

I just had my son's rehearsal dinner at Maria's and I can't tell you how perfect it was. The patio was beautiful, the servers were on top of everything. The GM Rosanna was the most delightful person I've ever worked with. She made this whole event stress free and is my absolute hero. Thank you for all your hard work. Oh, and the food was delicious and we all left full and some of us may have trouble fitting into our clothes for the wedding.

03-12-21 Large portions. Mediocre food. (full disclosure: 1st time here, only tried one dish) Had Chicken Parmigiana. 07-01-21 Had lunch today. Italian Chopped salad. Not bad...but could use some meats. Perhaps diced pepperoni and/or salami, ham.

Fast and friendly service. Food was very good with lots of options. Enjoyed my bellini. Nice to have a good restaurant in the neighborhood.

Susan Allen

Fast and friendly service. Food was very good with lots of options. Enjoyed my bellini. Nice to have a good restaurant in the neighborhood.

Bikes, Burgers and Blues

03-12-21 Large portions. Mediocre food. (full disclosure: 1st time here, only tried one dish) Had Chicken Parmigiana. 07-01-21 Had lunch today. Italian Chopped salad. Not bad...but could use some meats. Perhaps diced pepperoni and/or salami, ham.

We didn't eat there. Ordered to go. Food was good, but the crispy chicken tasted like it was deep fried in oil that wasn't fresh. Otherwise, the rest of the food was yummy. Can't believe they've started charging for their pizza bread... that was one of the selling points of going to Maria's. Not quite as excited to go if I have to pay for their signature bread.

Rebekah Snyder

We didn't eat there. Ordered to go. Food was good, but the crispy chicken tasted like it was deep fried in oil that wasn't fresh. Otherwise, the rest of the food was yummy. Can't believe they've started charging for their pizza bread... that was one of the selling points of going to Maria's. Not quite as excited to go if I have to pay for their signature bread.

I haven't been back to Maria's in 12 years. I always liked them in the past. I was horrified on their price increases. Paid $8 for maybe a large pint of moonstone soup, $28 for Shrimp pasta both were. Fairly good. But we also ordered 8 for $16. Horrible fed them to our dog; small little deep fried balls of yuk! So be careful what you order.

Jim Altmann

I haven't been back to Maria's in 12 years. I always liked them in the past. I was horrified on their price increases. Paid $8 for maybe a large pint of moonstone soup, $28 for Shrimp pasta both were. Fairly good. But we also ordered 8 for $16. Horrible fed them to our dog; small little deep fried balls of yuk! So be careful what you order.

Barbara Lindner (Travelling Wife)

Ok it’s closer to 3.5 however the food was extremely salty for two the four main dishes and since we didn’t want to wait to remake two we ate them.one was barely edible and this was Sunday two weeks ago. I heard the eggplant parmigiana was very good as were the meat ravioli. The beef tortellini was just a salt lick sadly. Ate outside and it was a beautiful night, service was slow however not their fault they were short staffed and there was a rush. Like this place and have had better food here before,maybe just a rough night

Disappointing experience. I ordered the gnocchi bolognese, but it came with very little meat and an overwhelming amount of bland mushrooms—more mushrooms than gnocchi, which is unusual for a bolognese. It was also overly salty and topped with old, oxidized coriander (you can see it in the picture). On the bright side, the price is not so expensive , and the service was excellent. Finally it has a Good variety in the menu, so Maybe next time I will try something different to give this place a second chance .…

The food is good if it was cheap Service is nice For the price : Antipasti is just a salad with a lot of lettuce. Not a real Italian dressing (olive oil, balsamique....). But taste is ok Pizza are ok, but very greasy Eggplant Parmigiana :no flavor, no taste, but the taste of the marinara. Texture of eggplant /eggs is weird.

leandro gentini

Disappointing experience. I ordered the gnocchi bolognese, but it came with very little meat and an overwhelming amount of bland mushrooms—more mushrooms than gnocchi, which is unusual for a bolognese. It was also overly salty and topped with old, oxidized coriander (you can see it in the picture). On the bright side, the price is not so expensive , and the service was excellent. Finally it has a Good variety in the menu, so Maybe next time I will try something different to give this place a second chance .…

Jay Pi

The food is good if it was cheap Service is nice For the price : Antipasti is just a salad with a lot of lettuce. Not a real Italian dressing (olive oil, balsamique....). But taste is ok Pizza are ok, but very greasy Eggplant Parmigiana :no flavor, no taste, but the taste of the marinara. Texture of eggplant /eggs is weird.

Our server never bothered to ask how everything was or if we needed anything else. When we asked about bread, we were told that only some dishes come with it. We asked for containers for our leftovers. She gave us cardboard boxes. One cardboard box was fine for a pasta dish. The other dish had a sauce that was NOT contained whatsoever. If we were given a plastic container, we would have had some sauce to go with it, but instead it leaked all over the bag. We had to ask another server for a bag to carry our leftovers in. Not sure if we will ever be back when there are better options around.

Abby Binder

Our server never bothered to ask how everything was or if we needed anything else. When we asked about bread, we were told that only some dishes come with it. We asked for containers for our leftovers. She gave us cardboard boxes. One cardboard box was fine for a pasta dish. The other dish had a sauce that was NOT contained whatsoever. If we were given a plastic container, we would have had some sauce to go with it, but instead it leaked all over the bag. We had to ask another server for a bag to carry our leftovers in. Not sure if we will ever be back when there are better options around.

We ordered vegan food on uber eat app. First off , it send that they didn’t use vegan butter and we even found a few pieces of real butter wrap in the food . But after one hour , we started having diariha and vomit and we had to go to the urgent care . It seems that the food was prepared in poor condition . The matter was reported to the health department

Got chicken Marsala lunch bowl for takeout; beware of the small portion, little meat, n all pre-made which I wasn't aware of; overall dish was OK but I was still hungry due to the stingy no bread policy along with no utensils or napkins on takeout! Very dissapointing service! Buyer beware!

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We ordered vegan food on uber eat app. First off , it send that they didn’t use vegan butter and we even found a few pieces of real butter wrap in the food . But after one hour , we started having diariha and vomit and we had to go to the urgent care . It seems that the food was prepared in poor condition . The matter was reported to the health department

Lourdes Retana

Got chicken Marsala lunch bowl for takeout; beware of the small portion, little meat, n all pre-made which I wasn't aware of; overall dish was OK but I was still hungry due to the stingy no bread policy along with no utensils or napkins on takeout! Very dissapointing service! Buyer beware!