Maestri’s Prime Italian Steakhouse

I had a great time here for the first time, recommended by my teacher at work. I took my girl here for her birthday. It was very intimate and set up nicely. It looks like you’re entering a house, the mood is nice, our waiter was amazing and funny, very on point with our drink recommendations. We dressed nice which seemed perfect for the occasion and I placed a reservation to be sure that we’d have a spot when we got there. Needless to say, it was an amazing time and vibe. Not too pricey either, right within my budget.

My boyfriend and I booked for a 6 pm reservation on Valentine’s Day. We only picked this restaurant because my cousin bought us a gift certificate for $250.00 on August 9, 2025. The restaurant was brand new open when he purchased the gift certificate. At the time of the purchase, they didn’t have proper gift certificate slips to provide and hand out. So the waiter (who the owner is claiming they fired) checked out my cousin for a $200.00 gift card and wrote $250.00 on the certificate and said 50 extra because of the unprofessional use of a blank printed paper. It was filled out with a date, name of restaurant, and a full signature of the authorized waiter. Well it is now February 14th 2026 and we decided “Let’s finally use your gift certificate!” We rarely go out and splurge on ourselves.

Service was wonderful - our server/waitress, Rebecca, is a true professional - friendly/funny and always checking in. We were very excited to try this restaurant as the menu looks amazing! Rye Manhattan was excellent! Started with seafood cocktails and they were great. Crab meat and shrimp were perfect but lobster a little overcooked. The sauce served with the rack of lamb is delicious and the lamb was perfectly cooked (med rare). The lamb meat was good but lacked a bit of flavor/seasoning. Same for the potatoes and green beans. LOVED that the entrees came with sides though. BEST espresso martini!!! The banana foster cheesecake was good. Of note - the cheesecake is Italian style (not NY). We wished that there was more banana with the dessert.

The Wait staff were attentive, friendly, and helpful. Drinks were well made and tasty. The food is where things start to get weird. The fried calamari was good but the French onion soup was too salty and took too much away from the flavor of the soup. The Nona Sunday special was decent but again too salty. The lobster tail stuff with crab: the lobster was way overcooked and rubbery. The crab filling was decent though, but would have been better with a properly cooked lobster, especially for 65$. Will go back again to try again and see how other plates are, but was a little let down by the quality of the food handling.

We had the best time here. We sat at the bar for appetizers and a few glasses of wine. There’s no shortage of wine choices even though Gabe the owner is known throughout the region for his amazing espresso martini (we went out too late to start with those). The bruschetta was the best I’ve ever had - could’ve been a meal in itself with prosciutto and melted mozz. The meatballs are real solid delicious meatballs topped with fresh creamy ricotta. A bar neighbor had the seafood martini and just from the looks of it I know what I’m getting next time. Gabe, the owner and bartender, is a hustler and clearly does a ton of work in the background when he’s not behind the bar to make sure the place serves only the best prepared dishes. The town is lucky to have such a sterling place to go for delici