Reviews for Maria's Little Italy in Sycamore, IL
Kristy is an awesome server! Very good food?great staff?.good feelings at this place?hidden gem?good wine, pasta, desert?would... have a get together there anytime! Read more
We have been wanting to try Maria's since we moved to Dekalb in June and finally tonight, our family got to celebrate on our... 16th wedding anniversary here and we thoroughly enjoyed our time at this wonderful gem. Just like out of a scene from BillyJoel's "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" I felt transported. The staff and owner are awesome!. The bread was fresh and therosemary garlic olive oil with the parm set the mood. The eldest son had spaghetti and three meatballs (HUGE meatballs!), ourother son had spinach, pepperoni and garlic pizza, our other son had bread because he just wanted to come and celebrate. I hadthe killer Bari Pannini and my wife had the Caprese Pannini. I got the parm fries and my eldest had the lemonchellocake. Everything was truly awesome! The atmosphere, ambiance, food, service and prices were all perfect. We'll be back again. We promise. I feel like we are part of the family now. Visit this place! You won't be sorry. Don't listen to the negativeNellys out here who aren't happy with their own selves. It was pretty epic in our eyes and we moved here from Chicago. We knowfood. We know Italian. This is good eats and good times. Read more
Excellent! Maria was there and treating everyone like friends and family. I felt like my Italian Nonna was making sure I got... enough to eat and drink. Her marinara was divine! I had eggplant Parmesan with ravioli and loved it. My husband had a specialwith Italian sausage and broccoli in a wine sauce and he really enjoyed it. This is a gem well worth your time! Read more
Our first time here. Was expecting more per the reviews. The pizza crust was hard and tacky and it tasted dry from not enough... sauce. The spinach salad was okay if not a bit short on portion size. Ditto for the appetizer. The food arrived about 30 minutesafter we ordered for two people. After we got the food, the server never checked on us and we had to flag her down to get somerefills on water. Overall we were kind of underwhelmed. Likely will not return. Read more
Amazing pasta. The rigatoni with vodka sauce is the best I?ve ever had. I can build my pasta however I like, noodle, sauce, and... topping. It?s a cozy atmosphere and decorated nice. Hidden Gem. My wife got the gluten free penne with chicken piccata. Sheloves it. Read more
Ordered Takeout. First time trying Maria's Little Italy. Food prepared as expected and on time. Ordered Il Solo Mio Pizza and... Spaghetti with Meatballs. Looking forward to eating 'in-house' next time and trying something new. Read more
This little restaurant is a gem. The house dressing is delicious. The bread was fresh and they have Real butter on the... table. They don?t take your order at your table. You go up to the counter to order your food and they bring it to you. Theservice is good. They check back with you quite regularly. I?m sorry I didn?t get a photo of my fettuccine Alfredo before Istarted eating it. I got it with Italian sausage. I cannot say enough about how delicious the sausage was. It was crispy on theoutside? tender and tasty on the inside. I plan to return! Read more
Had a GREAT experience here. I enjoyed the atmosphere, decor, and soft music playing. After sitting, they brought bread, water,... and a small plate with silverware to my table. The server then let me know the specials. Service was amazing and they made suremy water stayed full. I ordered one of the specials, as written on my receipt "chicken satim bocca" it came with a side salad.The salad was good. The meal was absolutely amazing. From the chicken, topings, and sauce to the noodles. It was SO delicious.Unfortunately for me it was way more food than I could eat in a serving. Then I ordered a canoli for dessert, that too wasdelicious! If I make it back to Dekalb I will definitely be here again! Read more