MARCO'S ITALIAN RESTURANTE

Was really excited, very cool building lots of character. Our waitress was super sweet, but the food was subpar, side salad tastes like unwashed iceberg lettuce with a sliver for a tomato. The soup tasted like it was canned and the garlic bread had freezer burn. Overall the food lacked flavor and was very bland.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 4

The Finest Italian restaurant in San Diego as far as I'm concerned.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We didn’t realize the time and got there really close to closing. Not only did they still serve us but they treated us with such kindness and made sure we didn’t feel rushed. Told us to stay as long as we wanted even though we knew they were ready to go home for the night. There was a young lady and I apologize she said her name but I don’t recall. She was so sweet and had the most adorable laugh. So the service was fantastic and the food was delicious. We’re not from here but we will definitely stop in when we drive through again. Thanks for a wonderful meal!

Food: 5

Service: 5

Poor experience
It does even get close to italian food
Cold meat balls
Soggy pasta
I can not raciónense this pleace
It was horrible
In any possible way

Food: 1

Service: 2

I actually worked at Marcos Pizza back in 1985 in the kitchen with my good friend Jon. I remember Mary Polumbo was a very mean boss and made working there a nightmare. Never tried the food cause I worked in the kitchen and new exactly what went into the sausage.

Excellent everything

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Fire the cook, the food here was disgusting only the Waiter deserves a raise

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 5

The worst $18 small pizza I've ever had. First, if you look online, the price was supposed to be $10.50. Even at that price it would be a bad deal. Undercooked, raw dough, overly sweet sauce and very small pizza for the price. Honestly Lil Caesars is a better pizza for the price. Not sure how they are still in

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Very old school restaurant from the 60s, great food and service, It has all the classics and specialty dishes. It's not a big restaurant so it doesn't get noisy. Great for a nice

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Comfy

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fettuccine Alfredo, Garlic Bread

It's was exactly how I remembered it as a kid back in the mid 90s when it was at its original location by 7th street where the study 3 use to be. Great food with great service ? there mushrooms are my goodness can't even describe the deliciousness of them & there ravioli sheesh which ever type you get you'll love it guaranteed the only thing is I remember there meatballs were much bigger kinda a bummer but they are still good ? this restaurant I never want to see it go. This place is awesome ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Spaghetti Carbonara, Garlic Bread, Mozzarella Sticks, Meatballs

Food was delivered it was absolutely terrible you call that pizza lol never again the eggplant parm was so soggy disgusting gave it a 1 because wings are

Food: 1

Ordeed through door dash, pasta with Italian sausage and pesto. Sauce. There was zero pesto in the dish, nothing more than water logged pasta, and under cooked sausage. Garlic bread was horrible. No silver ware no napkins . Do not order from here.

Food: 1

Service: 2

The food was mediocre, the service was great and very personable, the decor is really dated, the restaurant was cold (my wife had to go back to the car to get a long sleeve shirt and a sweatshirt), and besides us the place was empty except for a couple people who came in for pickup orders.
We had the Linguine Scampi Alfredo, Gnocchi al Sugo, some garlic bread, Antipasto Salad for two, a glass of house white wine and an iced tea which we switched for a hot tea.
The wine tasted like a Gewurztraminer or something along those lines, which I was pleased with. The iced tea was different....maybe a different variety (than regular black tea) like oolong or something. I liked it. The hot tea was regular black. She liked it.
The Antipasto salad was alright; fresh from the fridge but nothing wilted or soggy. We liked the addition of giardinera (pickled) veggies. She thought the meats tasted old or stale.
The gnocchi weren't tough or overcooked though they were a little overwhelmed by the meat sauce. The sauce itself was good, but thicker than I expected. Not too sweet, maybe a little bitter, needed a touch of salt. I wished I'd ordered mozzarella sticks, cos they would have been very good in this sauce. Didn't taste homemade, but neither did the gnocchi. Well, I wouldn't put in that effort for an empty restaurant either.
The Linguine Scampi Alfredo had a white sauce, and the few, very small shrimp probably said 'scampi' on the package, the linguine was spaghetti, and the whole thing was crying for salt. And garlic, and Parmesan, and pepper...and shrimp.
The garlic bread was fantastic. Fresh and soft and flavourful.
We had a good time. My wife and I enjoy each other's company. The man and woman in the restaurant (I'm guessing the owner and her adult son) were helpful and attentive without hovering or ignoring us. The owner was motherly, caring, and sympathetic. I hope for her sake that the family either takes this restaurant and runs it like they mean it, or just put it to bed already. As it stands, I can't recommend this restaurant or the food.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 5

Very delicious food and excellent service ??

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5