Maisanos Little Italian Kitchen

A very nice selection of wines and the menu authentic. Generous portion sizes. The gnocchi is the perfect texture and the Caramel Gelato cheesecake is to DIE FOR.

Recommended dishes: Chicken Pesto Gnocchi

I will say this. Been around the world. My wife has lived and studied in Italy. What an incredible small dining experience! Food was absolutely incredible! A very well put together business! We loved it and so did our three year old and the waitress made it super easy. I’m pretty picky the only reason that service was a 4 was because I ran out of water……. A very great place!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Courtesy through the roof! What a wonderful family establishment. 2nd location and the staff loves the place. Real deal Italian food. You have to go there. Make a reservation, it's worth it.

The food was excellent, especially the stuffed mushrooms and the pesto gnocchi with chicken. What really made our visit special was the kindness and hospitality of Teresa. She made my boyfriend and me feel very welcome as we were celebrating his birthday.

What a delicious, hole in the wall family owned restaurant! The food is amazing and reasonably priced. The family ownership makes you feel so welcome. Get the arancini balls and gelato for dessert!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Mozzarella Sticks, Chicken Parmesan

Great little tucked away restaurant with great vibes, amazing service, and most of all bomb food! Needless to say we will be here again! Ask for Heather and Quinn they were amazing!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Parmigiana

First visit, but certainly not our last! EVERYTHING was a 5 STAR! Food was all excellent ....delicious & very generous servings. Our Server, Heather, was personable, friendly, & efficient. We enjoyed her immensely & look forward to our next visit. My wife & I loved the comfortable, well lit, & homey atmosphere as well.
Thanks for a great experience!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I am very picky about my Italian food. Especially in NE Ohio. I only have 1 gripe. That I didn't come here sooner. The food was delicious. From the ricotta crostini app to the lasagna to the cannoli to the pistachio gelato. The staff was even better. So informative and super fun and friendly. Highly recommend!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We were greeted by kindness by every single employee who passed by from the moment we walked in. Our server was attentive and helpful with suggestions on how to narrow down our SEVERAL delicious options! The menu is thoughtful and diverse with something for everyone. I highly recommend the arancini balls, the chicken parm sandwich and the Pizza Blaco (we added sausage). We have more than a couple of meals for home as well. We may have also ordered all 3 desserts to take home and enjoy too. We will be back! Felt like family.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Intimate dinning with great homemade pasta!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The food is phenomenal!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Amazing food and great staff. Love the small family style restaurant

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This one is confusing to me, they have 4.8 stars but why?
Wife and I decided to give this place a try small little Italian restaurant North Canton area. I guess they like you to have a reservation. We didn't but got seated.
Love the windows, art work needs help, pictures of your food are free, print them and hang them up. Hard wooden old chairs not comfortable at all that's why atmosphere gets 2 stars.
Waitress was OK, seemed mad about something or maybe in too big of a hurry. Wasn't that busy. She brought our dinners while still eating our salad which should be included for the price of the meal, it's chopped iceberg.
Wife ordered chicken parm. A staple in Italian cuisine. I ordered chicken Marsala another staple. Dinners came out so fast that the chicken had to be par cooked. I was a chef for 25 years no way chicken is cooked that fast unless it's finished by chef Mike.
Pasta was not home made just ok now my Marsala sauce was different not bad but not good either not finished with butter or heavy cream.
Will I be back probably not.
Update the decor, buy some none abrasive chairs, update menu to more modern Italian food. Fish is always a good choice. Get nicer staff if it hurts to work there find another job there is plenty of them. Just being honest!

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 3

Their food is the closest to authentic Italian I have had in a long time Their pricing is considerably less than other Italian Restaurants in the area. Their pasta marinara sauce is hands down the BEST I've had anywhere would highly recommend My 12 yr old son doesn't ask for McDonald's he asks for Masianos Little Italian Kitchen's spaghetti

Went here for the first time with somebody yesterday. The space is small, but I have been to other restaurants that are set up in an old house so I understand the idea. I love the way that it’s set up the vibe that it gives off. The servers were absolutely incredible. They knew the menu they were peppy. They were cherry. Whether that’s because they wanted a good tip or they genuinely really like that, either way it worked out well. Where the Restaurant really fell short is the food. We both got some sort of pasta dish. I go to a lot of Italian restaurants cook at home as well. And it was quite clear that the minute I got my pasta that it was either pre-cooked and then finished when I ordered it or the pasta itself sits in a warming drawer or a large pot and then when someone orders, it’s portion down to a plate sauced and then brought out to the table. The problem there comes from even if pasta is held at a low temperature if you hold it for long enough you begin to overcook the pasta. And in my case, the pasta was overcooked. It became not as fun to chew as it should have been. The marinara sauce was OK. It was a little too cheesy for my Liking. I kind of felt like there might have been a little bit more flavor in the sauce had they not been so much cheese on it. The meatballs were very similar thing. There’s many ways to cook a meatball. You can start with the ground meat. Add the seasoning to the ground meat before you cook it portion them out cook it that way that seasoning or the flavor that you want goes all throughout each meatball. Or you can cook it partially sprinkle the seasoning on top of the meatballs about halfway through finish cooking it. It definitely looks like the ladder is what was done here that it was either fully cooked or partially cooked and then had the seasoning sprinkled on top of it because as I ate the meatball, I started to realize that anytime I got a piece that was predominantly the outer layer. It had more flavor and more seasoning. Whereas if I got a portion that was predominantly the center or the inner portion, it just tasted like unflavored meat. Having said all of this was the price that I paid for the food accurate do I feel like I got a decent amount of food for the price that I paid? And I would say it’s right at that limit. Knowing that there was something going on which caused the pasta to be overcooked and how things are seasoned and the cheese I would say that it’s pushing the limit for what type of food I got and the price that I paid. If it was even a dollar or two more I would’ve felt like I didn’t get what I paid for. In this region, there are a lot of Italian restaurants from local to big chains a portion of Akron for many years was known as Little Italy and had a ton of Italian restaurants in that area. One still stands to this day. How does this particular restaurant compare to every other restaurant I’ve been to it sits right on that line of average to slightly below average. And that really is because of the food. The food just didn’t match the Service and the vibe I was expecting something so much better and I got something which I could’ve probably prepared a little better at home.
edit: I love the response to the owner or family or whatever. professional, honest, humble... so rare... you got a star back for that one lol. Keep loving what you do. We are all different consumers yes...

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5