Maggiano's Little Italy

I feel that although this restaurant offers good food, I also prefer some value. We went with a large group of about 20 and the restaurant suggested we do the family share menu. Even though we were a large group and the family share is offered to 4 or more guests, the restaurant would not allow some additional choices from the fixed menu. It's difficult for 20 to agree on 4 dinner items. This was minor issue although I thought some flexibility could have been offered for such a large group. My biggest issue is that the food came out and you would think there would be enough for everyone but there wasn't. We paid full price for appetizers, dinner and dessert per person. Every part of the meal that I would have preferred was gone before the plate came to me. I had to ask for Calamari and it took 20 minutes for a new plate to come. Everyone was done eating appetizers by this time. I later found out my daughter had also asked for more Calamari and she never received more as the Calamari that finally came to my end was passed down and gone before he received any. Of course when dinner came, the only course I wanted was the linguni and clams and of course when the bowl came to me, there was no pasta and about 3 clams. Again, 30 minutes later, another bowl was delivered. My dinner experience was not enjoyable and I repeatedly told the staff that I had no food to eat but it still took 20-30 minutes to get more food. Of course when the bill came, our share was $180 for 3 to eat. Unbelievable. I would never choose the meal share again, what a ripoff.