Macaroni Joe's

My wife and I don't stop by Amarillo often but we had a opportunity to stop by for a quick appetizer while the restaurant was slow. (disclaimer: major place for wine but the wife and I aren't drinkers any longer. Selection looked decent at first glance) The servers were knowledable and absolutely a treasure to deal with. The ambiance of the whole place is a low-lit pleasure, from the candle lit tables to the Italian-streetcorner feel of the rooms. On to brass tacks, the food: I can only guess what the rest of the menu is like from the calamari but let me say.. I've had squid in all different cuts from at least 30 different restaurants throughout the states..This was the most tender calamari I've ever had. They use cutlets from the bell which is a much different experience to the normal calamari rings you get in Texas. The price was very reasonable for the quantity received. We decided to share an order of Cajun pasta, to which our server brought it to us in perfectly sized bowls for each of us. A delightfully creamy, slightly spicy, tomato-base pasta with grilled shrimp. Delicious. I short, this place is a dream. Absolutely recommend and will be back.

Fantastic first experience of this honey hole. Excellent wide ranging menu light on the Italian influence expected. We can personally vouch for the Lasagna and the Chicken Picatta(not Pacatta). Both were some of the best to be had. I heard lots of praise for the fried green Tomatoes. I will say they looked better than any I've ever seen elsewhere. The servers at the bar were entertaining and very active. They were also a great help in making our choices for dinner. Nice atmosphere that apparently has been in existence for the thirty to forty years I recommend and will return.

Went there two times in the last month and honestly will never be back. The first time was mid October we had a large party. Some of our party ordered the 5 oz filet and what came out was like 2 oz filets and they were all over cooked and wrong. The drinks from the bar were terrible. I asked for an espresso martini with a little bit of cream and it came out like ice cream it had so much cream and zero foam on top. The asked for a dirty martini slightly dirty it was the dirtiest one I had gotten in my life. Fast forward to two weeks later we decided to give it another try, same exact thing not one persons steak at the table was cooked right the pastas had no flavor and the bar drinks were terrible. For a place where our bill for 4 people was 250$ + this is absolutely inexcusable. Will not be back here again.

Just enjoyed a wonderful dinner at Macaroni Joe's! One of the truly special restaurants in Amarillo. Their atmosphere is phenomenal, the food is always delicious, and the wait staff are the best. They know how to make dining out a memorable, fun and special experience. Very consistent and always enjoyable!

Loved trying a new place. Macaroni Joe's food and atmosphere was great. I had the chicken spagetti (added olives) and my boyfriend had the red salmon. We also got the steak taco appetizer. Everything was so great!!! I would highly recommend

What a great place for a reunion of old friends. We were greeted by a curry nice young man who took us to our table. Our waitress was great the wine wine steward, forgive me for the incorrect spelling, Llyam was great with our choice of a nice Italian wine. The FM Shannon cane or more than once greeted us and checked with us about our experience. Wonderful. The food was plentiful and very reasonably priced. We stayed with beef tacos which were a great. I ordered the Wahoo fish which I had never heard of and truly enjoyed it. The Bourbon carrots and mix vegetables for the sides. Just great. Every thing was spit on and I am sure I will be back. Thank you everyone for making my trip and visit a very memorable experience.

We ordered a Togo order. 3 meals in one bag and 2 in the other. Checked our bag. Missing one meal and an app. Went back inside got the issue fixed only to make it home and have the complete wrong entree in one bag. Beyond irritating since overall 3 items were wrong for the price of the food. The food tasted incredible, but service will hinder our future visits.

My wife picked this restaurant for dinner before going to the symphony. I can say that she has fantastic taste! I mean just look at the pictures. The atmosphere and decor were amazing. You really feel like you're at an outdoor Italian Cafe. And the service was perfect. Our waiter was very attentive, polite, and well informed. I had the bone-in pork chop, with vanilla creme brulee for dessert. I had no idea that it was really TWO pork chops (look at the picture!). The sauce was amazing and the sear on the meat was unbelievable! The dessert was excellent, too. Perfectly crusted creme brulee with NO taste of egg in the custard. My wife has the blackened bayou with shrimp plus the 4 oz. blackened steak, with bread pudding with bourbon vanilla caramel sauce for dessert. The spicy Cajun flavor was great - with a very noticeable kick (as it should have). Just simply DELICIOUS! And the dessert.... just WOW! (Yes I had some of hers, too.) It really was too die for! We will definitely be back!