This is a place to meet friends and talk. Good food, good atmosphere, excellent service.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Cody Dye
Probably the best Italian place in Amarillo at the moment! I highly recommend either Kyler or Jamie (James) as a server if you go. 10/10 on everything - and the prices are manageable too. Definitely a must-try... especially for a date night. ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mob Queso, Bread Pudding
e reserved our requested table and were seated quickly. Atmosphere is very romantic and reminds us of a small Italian village when we lived in Tuscany. Our waiter James provided us with excellent service. Our appetizers and main course were delicious. Portions were decent size for us to split. Presentation was good ?. Prices our slightly above average. Parking is free in lot in front but limited. There is a small covered patio area outside when weather permits. Although we like the Italian style interior. Definitely ? recommend.
Michael Spears
This use to be our favorite restaurant. We use to come for special occasions and loved it. Recently we haven’t had good experience with trying to get reservations. We called several times with no answer and when they answered the next day We were hung up on. We recently went in to get a table and they said they were not going to seat us because a party of nine is too big.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 1
Greatly enjoyed dinner with one complaint: the wine list in general is too expensive. We appreciate wine with our dinner but for all our experience, we cannot tell the difference between a $40 bottle from an $80 bottle and most of your bottles are much more than $80. That is to say that it would be nice to have more moderately priced choices.
GLDU
This is the first time at this restaurant and we were very pleased and enjoyed it very much. This was on a trip we took to Amarillo and this was a wonderful place from, the service we received and the food and the enjoyable atmosphere of feeling like you were in a Italian village eating. Everyone at this place was so friendly and kind. If we ever go back to Amarillo it will be our first place we go to eat. Highly recommended!
Joel McCluskey
Service and food where outstanding. Best meal for the price in Amarillo.Dietary restrictions: There are gluten free tortellini fabulous.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Blackened Bayou Pasta
Patty Schniederjan
Went to Macaroni Joes for Valentines, I ordered the prime rib (medium) and it came with mashed potatoes and veggies. The meat and potatoes were cold (like been sitting out a while and was room temp cold) I mentioned to the server so he takes my plate and brings back another plate, again cold, but this time the meat was over cooked (well done), dry as all get out and blanddddd. It ticks me off because it’s such an expensive place to eat ($38 for my prime rib) for the food to be this terrible. Service was great. I won’t be back for a very long time if at all. I didn’t eat my food past the one bite to realize it was still cold and over cooked. Im still annoyed.
Food: 1
Service: 5
Rosseau Roberson
I'm from New Jersey and chose this place as a first date based on other online reviews. I was absolutely satisfied with the entire experience. The pan seared scallops were great. But the star of the sht show was the Pepper Seared Tune. It was so good we placed 3 orders of it for just two people. Thank you Mac Joe's for making our first date a special night.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cindy Daniels
Absolutely amazing. My first time eating there but won't be my last.
Recommended dishes: Fried Green Tomatoes, Mob Chicken
DavidH
Always enjoy dining there. This was in the middle of the day, lunch time. This is one of our favorite special places. Always has been. service was off the charts great,...everything was great except for the food. It was mediocre at best . Under cooked vegetables, not so fresh bread and the salmon was way overcooked on one side and under on the other. This was the Friday after Valentine's Day, perhaps the chef just had an off day. Pretty sure that's what it was,...as usually everything is great. We will continue to go to Mac Joe's. Not put off by one less than stellar experience. I highly recommend them for a great dining experience.
Brooke DeBault
I’m part of a non profit called Brayden’s Gift, and we recently used Joe’s catering for our Gala on February 10th. Jeremy, the catering director, was excellent! He made the catering process incredibly easy and was always available to answer any questions I had to ensure the catering piece of the Gala went smoothly. He even helped picked up trash that wasn’t his responsibility to clean up after the Gala was over. His team of servers were excellent as well. Outside of his services alone, the price for catering was also very affordable in comparison to others. I highly recommend Joe’s Catering and Jeremy’s services!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Seared Scallops
LizZ
I love this place. So do my kids. I'm not sure it's really a great place to take you get kids, but my 13, 15 & 11 year old love it. The service is by far the best of the best. The servers are great extremely knowledgeable & it makes for an interesting dining experience. I've had some of the “finer” things on the menu before, and they're all delicious, but last night ai had chicken spaghetti. It was absolutely amazing! 10/10 would def recommend.
Nathan Ellzey
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!
This is a place to meet friends and talk. Good food, good atmosphere, excellent service.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Probably the best Italian place in Amarillo at the moment! I highly recommend either Kyler or Jamie (James) as a server if you go. 10/10 on everything - and the prices are manageable too. Definitely a must-try... especially for a date night. ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mob Queso, Bread Pudding
e reserved our requested table and were seated quickly. Atmosphere is very romantic and reminds us of a small Italian village when we lived in Tuscany. Our waiter James provided us with excellent service. Our appetizers and main course were delicious. Portions were decent size for us to split. Presentation was good ?. Prices our slightly above average. Parking is free in lot in front but limited. There is a small covered patio area outside when weather permits. Although we like the Italian style interior. Definitely ? recommend.
This use to be our favorite restaurant. We use to come for special occasions and loved it. Recently we haven’t had good experience with trying to get reservations. We called several times with no answer and when they answered the next day We were hung up on. We recently went in to get a table and they said they were not going to seat us because a party of nine is too big.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 1
Greatly enjoyed dinner with one complaint: the wine list in general is too expensive. We appreciate wine with our dinner but for all our experience, we cannot tell the difference between a $40 bottle from an $80 bottle and most of your bottles are much more than $80. That is to say that it would be nice to have more moderately priced choices.
This is the first time at this restaurant and we were very pleased and enjoyed it very much. This was on a trip we took to Amarillo and this was a wonderful place from, the service we received and the food and the enjoyable atmosphere of feeling like you were in a Italian village eating. Everyone at this place was so friendly and kind. If we ever go back to Amarillo it will be our first place we go to eat. Highly recommended!
Service and food where outstanding. Best meal for the price in Amarillo.Dietary restrictions: There are gluten free tortellini fabulous.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Blackened Bayou Pasta
Went to Macaroni Joes for Valentines, I ordered the prime rib (medium) and it came with mashed potatoes and veggies. The meat and potatoes were cold (like been sitting out a while and was room temp cold) I mentioned to the server so he takes my plate and brings back another plate, again cold, but this time the meat was over cooked (well done), dry as all get out and blanddddd. It ticks me off because it’s such an expensive place to eat ($38 for my prime rib) for the food to be this terrible. Service was great. I won’t be back for a very long time if at all. I didn’t eat my food past the one bite to realize it was still cold and over cooked. Im still annoyed.
Food: 1
Service: 5
I'm from New Jersey and chose this place as a first date based on other online reviews. I was absolutely satisfied with the entire experience. The pan seared scallops were great. But the star of the sht show was the Pepper Seared Tune. It was so good we placed 3 orders of it for just two people. Thank you Mac Joe's for making our first date a special night.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Absolutely amazing. My first time eating there but won't be my last.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Lemon Butter Shrimp, Seared Ahi Tuna
Restaurantji Recommends
The fried green tomatoes are absolutely delish!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Green Tomatoes, Mob Chicken
Always enjoy dining there. This was in the middle of the day, lunch time. This is one of our favorite special places. Always has been. service was off the charts great,...everything was great except for the food. It was mediocre at best . Under cooked vegetables, not so fresh bread and the salmon was way overcooked on one side and under on the other. This was the Friday after Valentine's Day, perhaps the chef just had an off day. Pretty sure that's what it was,...as usually everything is great. We will continue to go to Mac Joe's. Not put off by one less than stellar experience. I highly recommend them for a great dining experience.
I’m part of a non profit called Brayden’s Gift, and we recently used Joe’s catering for our Gala on February 10th. Jeremy, the catering director, was excellent! He made the catering process incredibly easy and was always available to answer any questions I had to ensure the catering piece of the Gala went smoothly. He even helped picked up trash that wasn’t his responsibility to clean up after the Gala was over. His team of servers were excellent as well. Outside of his services alone, the price for catering was also very affordable in comparison to others. I highly recommend Joe’s Catering and Jeremy’s services!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Seared Scallops
I love this place. So do my kids. I'm not sure it's really a great place to take you get kids, but my 13, 15 & 11 year old love it. The service is by far the best of the best. The servers are great extremely knowledgeable & it makes for an interesting dining experience. I've had some of the “finer” things on the menu before, and they're all delicious, but last night ai had chicken spaghetti. It was absolutely amazing! 10/10 would def recommend.
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!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Creme Brulee, Bread Pudding