ANTONIO'S Maitland

"All around one of the best combinations of have a family owned restaurant can offer by having a deli/small cafe downstairs with their main attraction (I’d argue downstairs is where the fun occurs) upstairs being their main dinning hall. The food and staff are all very attentive and know exactly what to recommend. They don’t just pick out the most expensive they try to make recommendations according to your liking. The cocktails are crafted with the utmost precision. Their old fashioned, limoncello, or espresso martini highly highly recommend. I’ve had take out from downstairs and also sat upstairs and both have amazing food. They sell handmade frozen pizza which is amazing as well. Not your typical one. The produce, pasta, and sauce selections is great as well downstairs to buy if you want to cook at home."

"I love everything about this restaurant. I just went last night for the second time with my husband and the experience was beyond amazing. Definitely excited to go back soon."

"This place was amazing. The food is home style cooked meals. I had the rosemary chicken and my boyfriend had the chick with artichoke. Came with baked veggies with the optional cheese on top. We had the resiling for wine to drink and the carrot cake for dessert. I really love their store inside with all the Italian accoutrements from desserts to a deli and meals to go. Mace was our server and he was the best."

"Went last night for magical dining with my mother in law. Such a nice hidden gem. Downstairs is a cafe/market where you can eat. Upstairs is the restaurant. They have stairs and a small elevator to get up there. If you park in the larger lot in the back, you walk straight into the double doors and can make your way up. Otherwise if you enter through the front main doors, you go through the market. The food option we chose were fantastic. Our server was phenomenal. Forgot his name but very sweet and basically quick on his feet all night. It was a busy evening as they had a party of 40 dining as well but service was still fine in our opinion. It was a Friday night so we expected it to be busy. This is a great spot for a date or friends get together. Although yes I thunk it's family friendly, I think the atmosphere upstairs for dining is more adult and the cafe downstairs is great if you have the kiddos with you. We found parking in the back easily. They also had a full bar and plenty of wines to choose from. Overall, great time and the prices for a regular non magical dining experience are reasonable. Will be coming back again! Had the NY strip, lobster ravioli, coconut pie, chocolate, smoked salmon app and egg plant app. Drank the spritzers. Mother in law found it to be strong. I thought it was fine. So definitely depends on the person. Enjoy!"