Joe Italiano's Maplewood - MOORESTOWN

My husband ordered the chicken Parmesan with angel hair pasta, which he enjoyed, while I had the Maplewood salad with grilled chicken. The pasta was cooked well and the salad was fresh. The garlic bread was delicious and the non-garlic bread was also fresh and tasty. Overall, we had a positive dining experience at this restaurant. Additionally, parking was convenient in the Moorestown Mall parking lot.

The restaurant offers homemade pasta and a full bar, with entertainment on Friday nights. The food was fantastic and our server was attentive and quick to fulfill our requests. The drinks were also delicious and reasonably priced.

The food at this restaurant was good, but the service was incredibly slow. It seemed like our server was overwhelmed, as my wife believed she was the only one taking care of all the tables. We were not given menus when we first arrived, and it took a long time for anyone to acknowledge us. Our son's meal arrived before ours, and we had to wait a considerable amount of time before our check was brought to us. We were clearly ready to leave, with one of us already half out of our seat, another wearing their purse around their neck, and our son attempting to take a nap on the couch. It would have been nice if they had offered a discount on our bill for the extended wait time, especially since our server mentioned twice that the kitchen was backed up.

This location is attached to the Moorestown mall. They have an entrance outside as well as one inside one of the malls hallways. Seating wise they have outdoor patio style seating while inside you have bar, high tables, Regular tables, and booths.We ordered the calamari to start us off which was delicious. It was a very generous serving that included fried jalapeños and cocktail sauce.All entrees come with a salad and bread. The bread was a loaf and some garlic bread. These were soft with a bit of crunch. The salad was tossed in the home dressing nicely however I wish the onion was cut up more. I mistook a giant piece of onion for lettuce.I ordered the wild corn and crab bisque which was fantastic. This was by far the best thing here. It was thick but still liquid with bug chunks of real crab in it.The pasta comes with either meatballs, Sausage, or mushrooms. I went with mushrooms with the cheese calvatelli. It wasn't bad but didn't knock my socks off like the soup did. Each piece was not too small or large with cheese filling. They included a good helping of mushrooms with mine.The wait staff were fantastic helping us get a high chair for our son. They came over periodically to check in on us without it being every couple of minutes or a long break between. They were also so friendly when our son accidentally threw a plate on the ground shattering it.I recommend this place for the appetizers and the soup along with the wait staff.

We ordered appetizers before dinner. One of these was shrimp cocktail. We received four small shrimp with two small plastic containers of cocktail sauce. Definitely not worth the cost. Server was cordial but the service was very slow. They could do better.