My meal was absolutely delicious. I kept it simple and order linguini with meat sauce and garlic bread. The sauce was outstanding with amazing flavor and the pasta tasted homemade. The garlic bread was an entire loaf with entire slices of fresh garlic. Yum!!! If you're in the middle for Italian Maola's is your place. read more

Omg, Y'all! Deliciousness in every bite! The sauces are perfection! The portions are huge. Everything is fresh! The prices are so modest for the high quality. Great place! read more

Don't be fooled by its location on the corner of a food lion strip mall. This place is now our favorite go to do for Italian! Not only is the food wonderful, but nice size portions! The best part about this place is the staff! From the cashier to the cooks, the bus boys to the servers-They go above and beyond every single time we are there (which is probably 2 x week) and are always so friendly! read more

I had the shrimp parmigiana and it was excellent. Shrimp were big, lots of cheese and sauce. Place looks nice and service was good. I will be going back! read more

DELICIOUS food , very very friendly people, great service, clean&modern restaurant, doesn't get better than Maola's!!!

This is one of my favorite Italian Resturant. The food is delicious service is great. My favorite is bake Ziti .

Excellent!! I finally found it!I am originally from the NY/NJ areas and here over 11 yrs...Only a couple of Pizzeria/Restaurants in this area (and pushing it) that are as good as up North. The Chicken parm is superb! The choices of pizza tremendous! Friendly atmosphere. Good to go! read more

excellent pastas and pizzas and excellent service and very good drinks Maolas is my favorite restaurant to go with my family.

Food, atmosphere and staff excellent. Huge portions at decent prices. But lights are way too bright. LED possibly? Maybe a dimmer? Its like being at planet fitness read more

Ordered two pizzas , after we got thru some confusion on the pickup ordering and a more aware person on the phone , the food was really good , some of the best pizza at the lake . Premium ingredients equal premium price but pricing is only draw back . 53 dollars for two three topping pizzas . So it's not going to be a weekly meal for most family's but it was filling and well prepared . read more

Food has changed from when it originally opened. Italian bread used to be authentic and now it is just not good. Bread they bring to the table is terrible and garlic bread is worse. Pasta is overcooked and soup has a completely different flavor than before. Will not be back. read more

The food is great, the service is terrible, when you are seated they are sweet and energetic, once they take your order good luck. we finished eating and waited about 15 minutes finally streched over and asked the hostess for a to go carton. than waited about another 15-20 minutes for the check, never came so we went up the counter to pay and no one batted an eye or apoligized. once the waitress took our order we never saw her again. read more

Pretty good food and they serve ALOT. Great place for a quick lunch and price is affordable.

Finally NY pizza! Only tried their cheese but it was incredible!! The only thing i wasn't a huge fan of is I think they use parmesean on their chese pizza instead of just motz. read more

Thought we'd give it a try again, but I had a similar problem that I had 6 mos. ago. My wife had finished eating (she got her food this time), and they asked if she wanted the rest of her food boxed, but I hadn't even received my meal yet, after an hour of waiting. The food is really good, but I'm not returning again. read more

So happy to have them near me! Lovely little italian restaurant. Had garlic olive oil pasta with chicken...it was beyond delicious! Finally i could get a pasta with no cheese n tomato in it. Portion size for lunch was huge but you do need some more for next day cravings read more

I have gone to Maolo's a few times now and it hasn't disappointed. The food is great, the portions are huge, the waitstaff is friendly and the prices are very affordable. This is now our go to Italian restaurant for dine-in and takeout. read more

Love this place!!! The meatball parmesan sandwich is the best I've tasted. The ham calzones are good and my daughter loves the chicken rolls. The owner is a great guy. This is a must try! read more

The pizza and heroes are pretty tasty. However, I wouldn't recommend ordering pasta as entrees for take out. We had a 45 minute wait and we were very disappointed. The lasagna looked like soup, and my baked ziti and shrimp scampi orders, were a bit burnt. read more

The food is good. I actually was getting takeout here a couple times a week until.... I found very sharp small metal chards in my food that I was just barely able to catch before swallowing. I am not sure what would have happened if I had not detected when I did. It may have been from the metal "to go" container. But either way I have not been able to get the nerve to eat here since. It has been ~2 months. read more

WOW. I'm 100% italian and I have to tell you this is the real deal. Nothing fancy but GREAT food. Had the pasta Fagioli - huge portion and YUM! It was kind of buttery and home-made. Then had the linguini with meat sauce and meatballs. Very tasty. The meatballs were an 8 out of 10. Again, great portions. My wife had Chicken Francese...AMAZING. These people know how to cook chicken...it melted in your mouth! My friends had the pasta carbonara and LOVED LOVED LOVED it. Had leftovers and it got better each day (had 3 meals). Service was very good and the bread/ EVOO/balsamic was fresh and delicious. On a separate occasion, we ordered pizza take out. Again, I was FLOORED. Home Made sausage, huge pieces of beautiful green pepper and nice sliced onion...so fresh and delicious....crust was VERY GOOD. My only fear is that too many people find out about it and I wont be able to get a seat lol. Keep up the good work. read more

Went here tonight for the first time based on fellow Yelp reviewers. We have needed a solid Italian restaurant with good value for the money like a Portofinos that I love in Charlotte. While It is not quite as good as Portofinos, this place is a great value for the money. I ordered eggplant rollatini and my husband got the lasagne. Both were very good tasting and good size portions. Highly recommended for a solid, good value Italian in the Lake Norman. I will be back soon to try the pizza which also looked great! read more

Friendly people,but boy the service was awful. Took 10 minutes just to get drinks! Had to remind them about our food order and our take-out.

Well we tried it and I'm not terribly impressed. Chicken parm is thin slices of chicken piled on top of each other, it is just way too much breading and way way too much cheese. The three stars are for the sauce, it has good flavor but very oily. I could barley tell I was eating chicken tho through all the breading and cheese. The lasagna as well is just a big slop of cheese. The portions are huge but I would prefer quality over quantity. The quality seems to be lacking. Not too much meat or layers in the lasagna. No garlic bread either which was disappointing. Chicken seems like it may come pre made and frozen, dry and reminds me of the texture of a chicken nugget. May try the pizza but not sure if I'll be back. I think Antico in huntersville is way better quality for around the same price. read more

First review I have ever taken the time to write, but I must rave about the baby shower I hosted at Maola's. Owner Vanny Rosario took the time to listen to my ideas but also took the initiative and effort to make suggestions when it was clear I just wasn't sure of my vision. A Saturday afternoon luncheon was made special by Vanny's creativity and lovely decor. Baby's breath, silk dogwood, cloth napkins, candles... honestly, simple but elegant. OK, this was our corner of the restaurant but...the food!! Guests were wowed with fruited prosecco, sangria/fried ravioli and fabulous marinara and each of the 4 entrees I chose was better than the other - lasagna/pasta alfredo/pasta and meatballs (wow) and chicken piccato (my personal fav) . Service was personalized and unrushed; we decided to open gifts after ordering the entrees and before eating. A perfect agenda; perfect location; perfect event. Thank you Vanny and staff for surpassing my expectations. Also, found a local restaurant for the hubs and I to enjoy. BRAVO!! read more

This place is AMAZING!!!!!! We finally have real Italian food in Huntersville/Cornelius! The staff is great, the portions are huge, and the food is fantastic. We have the drunken Sicilian pizza, the lasagna and salads. You will not be disappointed! read more

Maola's is a great new Restaurant in Cornelius. Food was excellent as was the service; prices are super affordable. Not many places I can go have a great meal and take home enough food for lunch the next day. Can't wait to go back again, also want to try their pizzas. I'm hoping for that real New York Pizza I miss down here. read more

Food was fresh and delicious and portion sizes extremely generous. Only two very small complaints... 1.the ambiance was lacking... could use some secondary lighting to make it cozier. Fluorescents don't cut it. 2. The offerings for kids were very slim. Chicken fingers was all I saw and when I asked for children's portions of spaghetti I was told they don't do that so my daughter ended up with about a pound of spaghetti and two meatballs the size of her head. Not really a bad thing. We'll be back read more

Best authentic Italian in the area. Reasonably price and large portion. I highly recommend and I am picky about Italian food.