[[{“value”:”If you are craving old-school Italian comfort food, one of the best meals to order is lasagna. Cutting into the casserole-style pasta dish and enjoying the layers of pasta noodles, sauce, and cheese is so satisfying. If you don’t have time to cook your own lasagna, several Italian chains do it right. Here are 5 restaurant chains with the best lasagna, according to diners.
Maggiano’s Little Italy
Maggiano’s Little Italy’s Mom’s Lasagna is just like the matriarch of your family used to make it. The meat-heavy rendition layers beef and Italian sausage with herb-ricotta and savory marinara, resulting in a bake that is “flavorful and extremely saucy,” per a Yelper. “The ingredients taste so fresh and the pasta is perfect also,” another adds. “The lasagna was stuffed with meats, cheeses and the marinara was delicious,” a third says.
Olive Garden
Olive Garden’s Lasagna Classico is one of the chain’s most popular menu items. It features layers of pasta, Parmesan, mozzarella, Pecorino Romano, and meat sauce. You can also get it as part of the Tour de Italy combo. “Great food and great service sum up my review, but the lasagna is the best!” a TripAdvisor diner writes.
Carrabba’s Italian Grill
Matt Kirouac, one of our ETNT reviewers, selected Carrabba’s Italian Grill as the top chain lasagna. He says the restaurant’s version “earns extra points for authenticity” because it appears “the most rustic and legit, as if an Italian nonna made it herself from scratch,” compared to other chains. It has”freshly grated parmesan melting on top,” and the pasta has “crispy edges” that offer a “textural treat, with the inner portion of the pasta being pleasantly chewy and soft, and the outer edges achieving a nice, caramelized crunch,” he continued. The sauce is “balanced” and “not as sugary as some of the others.” Other diners agree with the pick. “Lasagna is great,” writes a Yelper.
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Old Spaghetti Factory
The Old Spaghetti Factory’s Famous Baked Lasagna is delicious lasagna, made with noodles, marinara sauce, ground beef and pork, and four cheeses. Kirouac also approves. “The lasagna actually looked quite good, if a bit saucy. I like that the pasta held its shape really well, and the marinara—while excessive—looked fresh and flavorful,” he said, adding that “it tastes like a spot-on classic lasagna. It’s slightly meaty, super saucy, and the pasta all holds its own.”
Romano’s Macaroni Grill
The rich artisan cheese layers and meaty filling of the Lasagna Bolognese at Romano’s Macaroni Grill feature bolognese sauce, Italian sausage, ricotta, mozzarella, and imported pomodorina. “I went last night for my birthday and ordered this (as always)! I have loved your lasagna since I was a child!!” a Facebooker says. “I love this lasagna,” another adds.
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