Mario's Italian Restaurant
1298 Main St, Dubuque
(563) 556-9424
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Best food!! Great service!! My husband broke tradition and had the catfish and it was amazing!! Friendly staff and amazing food! I love the small town vibe! Get the pizza bread with cheese!! It's awesome!
Kid-friendliness: Very family oriented atmosphere
Wheelchair accessibility: There is a long ramp for wheelchair access
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Oven-Baked Calzone, Catfish, Pizza Bread with Cheese, Mario's Deep-Fried Panzerotti with Cheese and Your Choice of One Ingredient
Mario's was recommended by a friend of mine, so 3 of us went to dinner tonight. We ordered the calamari as an app, but it tasted very fishy, so we didn't eat it. When our server delivered our entrees, we mentioned to her that we could not eat the calamari because it was fishy, and she took it away from the table. When we got the bill, our server charged us for the calamari, and when we questioned her, she told us that she could not comp a $10 app because the chef tasted our calamari and said that it tasted the way it was supposed to taste. I explained to our server that calamari was not supposed to taste fishy. I also explained to her that if seafood tasted fishy or smelled fishy, it was bad. Instead of offering to speak to her manager (or to whomever was in charge), she told us that calamari was a fish and was supposed to taste fishy. We knew then what we were dealing with! We were not going to make a big deal over a $10 app, and we told our server that we did not want her free dessert. Instead, we paid our bill, and we all agreed that we would not go back. By the way, I would give the entrees a 2.5 or 3 stars.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 2
We had a great experience with Mario’s - the food and service was too notch! Max did a great job checking in with us.
The food was really yummy. We had the fried ravioli, salad and a calzone. So so good - we will be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Oven-Baked Calzone
I got the whole cat fish dinner it came surprisingly it came with two large whole fish, coleslaw fries and tomatoes and lettuce. The coleslaw was a no for me and the fries weren’t seasoned. I give two stars because of the amount for your buck but the wet lettuce and tomato juice made the fish soggy. One last thing is it’s extremely small location no space to move around.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 4
Eaten here 100s of times.
Always good.
Wheelchair accessibility: Has side entrance that is well maintained.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Pizza Bread
Lasagna pretty good.. too salty for me though. Everyone else’s dish seemed good. Great service.. mom and pop place, not a chain. It was within walking distance from the air b nb, which was nice. We were visiting out of town and there were 6 of us, it was fun. Great ambience, down home, reasonably priced!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Maybe it was good years ago but not anymore.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 5
Friendly place with excellent staff. Classic old school vibe.
Parking: Lots of spots
Wheelchair accessibility: Seems to be within code.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sauce, Tiramisu
I think best Italian food i have
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Why is it when the whole table flipped over their ponz, they had numbers drawn on them? Kinda grossed everyone out. Just looked like someone wrote on the dough with a marker. Everyone basically stopped eating after that. Nobody wants to eat food that's been scribbled on. I think mine was 22, and the next guy was 23 and so on. Used to love them but idk if I'll come back if they're like that.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 5
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It seems that they either changed cooks or something, cause in all the years myself and my mom have come there this is by far the worst experience we've ever had
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 2
Mario's is a classic in dubuque. While I enjoy the food, it's the company that I come in for. I repeatedly have a great time at the bar, located right up front.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Aside from the wait on the food, everything was good!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Vegetarian options: 2 options and I had the pizza with no cheese as I'm allergic, it could have had more toppings but it was good over all.
Wheelchair accessibility: They went out of their way for us as a big group. We did call in advance and had everything arranged.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Lasagna
I was with a group, I had made reservations weeks prior, and it took over an hour for our food to show up. In the time a table next to us was sat, served, and given the bill all before we even got our dinner.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
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