Yum! Fresh homemade sauce and clearly completely from scratch. I had the cheese garlic bread with their house marinara and a pizza. Recommend! read more

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Classic casual pizzeria experience that serves unique combinations in square party style servings. Great for families and groups.

My favorite pizza in the world. No, really. I'd drive four hours from Des Moines just for this pizza. A MUST HAVE!! If you like sausage, get The Regular. read more

Great food, staff can come off rude at times. Love the pizza! It can get busy on weekends so get in early if you can.

Was in town for a birthday celebration for my wife's family. Got back to hotel and decided to try Mabe's as I love trying local pizza places. Have to say this is one best pizza's I have had in long time very flavorful and filling. If I ever or when I come back I will be eating at Mabe's this time we had take out next time we will eat in. Looking forward to next visit. Only wish you weren't three hours from Minneapolis area. Open one up in Minneapolis read more

A great pizza place in downtown Decorah. The service was prompt and responsive with a very clean seating area. I had their 4 meats pizza. My server brought me a fantastic drink and promptly took my order. Remember that pizza isn't fast food but my pie was out quickly. The crust was thin but not crunchy and the sauce was perfect. As I was leaving the host told me about a recent mission trip she had made. Loved my experience at Mabe's and the staff was exceptional. read more

Mabes is the best pizza in North East Iowa period! Staff is always friendly, pizza is always top shelf. The restaurant is always clean. It's very busy on the weekends. Uu read more

If you ever find yourself in Decorah, Iowa, please do two things. One, go to the Whippy Dip. It's a fabulous little place to get ice cream. Before you do that, you MUST make a stop at Mabe's Pizza (110 E Water St) in charming Downtown Decorah. I haven't eaten at Mabe's in over a year, but I used to come up here with Krystyn on weekends to visit my sister at Luther College. Since she graduated last year we haven't been back. Decorah is such a nice town and I'm sure that when we get a free weekend this fall we'll be down there. Mabe's is great pizza. I don't know how else to describe it. It is the very thin variety that they cut into squares and it is really good! Some thin crust pizzas have soggy crust and that kind or ruins the taste. Then there's others that are really crispy but are like a saltine and have no flavor. Mabe's has the right balance. The crust is thin but has just enough texture that makes it perfect. The toppings are good. I recommend the supreme (and it has just about everything you can think of) or my personal favorite, the Canadian bacon and sauerkraut. Their prices are very affordable and you can easily feed a group of six with two large pizzas. The only reason I hesitate to give Mabe's a fifth star in the review is because of the atmosphere. The place looks rundown inside and it's a little dank. Sure, the food is great and that's job one, but it isn't very bright inside and it looks like they haven't changed much about the décor since they opened. Don't let that deter you from eating there, because Mabe's does everything else right. Solid thin crust pizza, reasonable prices and just a must-do in Decorah. Would I drive down from Minneapolis just to eat there? Well, maybe... or should I say "Mabe-Be." Waka waka! read more

Best pizza. Been coming here since I was 2. 40 years ago It's a home town favourite. If you come to Decorah you have Mabes and Ronnie's rolls at Ruby's read more

If you haven't eaten here, you should. Iq was utterly amazed by the quality of the food. It's beautiful, good sizes, and most of all it tastes amazing. My dad moved here to Decorah and when I mentioned it to a friend in Coralville she stopped me mid sentence and said "have you been to Mabe's yet?" I said no but I have dined there each time I have been up here. Polite staff, clean environment, and timely food as well as service. read more

Good local pizza. Fixture in town that locals swear by. Chicken cordon bleu pizza is a personal favorite.

The toppings are nice and fresh, especially the mushrooms, but my favorite part of a Mabe's pizza is the sauce. The toppings aren't overly plentiful, but they're adequate. Given the limited choices in Decorah for pizza, Mabe's is certainly the most popular overall, and that speaks volumes. read more

We are here in Iowa on business. We placed a carry out order even tho they deliver. Well the food was 4star but their inability to know what a person who is traveling needs was 1star. So we as a family decided 3-stars was fair. 1 package of ketchup, no A1 for their phillys & no napkins or silverware. If you are going to offer a delivery service, you really should step up your game. ****IF you are getting a to-go order, make sure and ask for everything you can think of. It's hard to eat a salad without a fork . read more

Generally friendly staff and the pizza is pretty good. Thin crust, just the way I like it, but it's not the best thin crust pizza I've had. When I was living in Decorah, I went to Mabe's mainly as a stand-in for my favorite pizza place from my hometown. Mabe's has a long-standing reputation in Decorah, and I think the pizza is good-- it's just not great. Maybe if I hadn't had the best thin crust pizza in the world already, Mabe's would range higher on my list. If you head to or through Decorah, I'd recommend trying Mabe's out. But I wouldn't go out of your way to find it. read more

Overall, we gave the restaurant a 4, service was fine, cheddar cheese nuggets were over-cooked, but edible. The pizza was the highlight and the reason we were there to visit. We ordered the Around the Garden. The thin cracker crust was amazing with plenty of fresh toppings and cheese. We were happy to see the local brewery Toppling Goliath on tap as well. Great location downtown! read more

So confident in their pizza offering that theydon't provide pizza condiments. They don't use those nasty assed caned mushrooms, thank god. Efficient staff, family style seating, complete with dust and crumbs. read more

mabes is awful! they can't seem to EVER get the order right on delivery!! you ask them for an extra dressing for your salad and they can't figure out how to do that! their food is very mediocre. SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS!! read more

We went to order food and then was told they dont make that food that they're only doing pizza. If it's on the menu you should be able to order it. Mabe's sucks read more

Hands down the best wings we have ever had!!! We ordered these and had them delivered to our hotel and they were amazing! Super crisp and had great flavor. The sweet chili sauce was the best we've had as well. We would drive back just for the wings they were THAT good and we live 3 hours away! read more

Sure, the pizza is good. It's very good, but do yourself a favor: Get it to go. Eating here is like eating at a bus stop; it's busy (a front table feels like everyone is walking onto your table) it's messy (the staff doesn't seem to notice), and you have no sense of a dining experience. read more

By far - the best pizza in the USA that I have tasted. A thin crust and zesty sauce are the attributes that boost Mabe's to such a superior status. The restaurant atmosphere is a tad blah, but the pizza by far outweighs this downside and makes the trip well worth it!!! Only a handful of times have I gotten a waiter or waitress that I was displeased with and I have been eating here for years. read more

I do not understand the obsession that locals have with this place. Happy Joes and Pizza Ranch are far superior in food and customer service. The crust on the pizza is too crumbly and I don't think it has a lot of flavor. If I am forced to go there I get double crust, which is better, or the pasta, which is nothing special, but I just don't love the pizza. I get death stares from everyone when i say I don't like Mabes. A much better place is Saxon Hall in Brownsville MN. read more

The pizza was excellent & the cheese bread was delicious! Good place to take the family. Though I was not happy with our waiter. No "welcome to our establishment", eye contact when acknowledged, "you're welcome" when told Thank you. Looked like he hated his job and just didn't want to be there. Other than our waiter everything else was nice. read more

The best pizza in the history of the world. I make a trip to Decorah nearly everytime I'm back in Iowa.

Good pizza, but seriously those folk who say its the best ever, well they need to get out more. Agree that Dorothy's, the local beer they serve is good. read more

Great thin crust pizza, but 3 adults can eat a large with no problem so order accordingly! Can end up being a little pricey but well worth it to me. read more

10 of us arrived to Mabe's around 5 o'clock. My boyfriend and his family have been here before and constantly rave about it. I have tried their pizza reheated and enjoyed it so I was excited to finally experience Mabe's in person. We got to the restaurant and saw it was a seat yourself situation. We looked around seeing a number of options for us. There was a table or two in the back that looked reserved or there were also smaller tables that could be pushed together. While looking around not one of the 5 workers greeted us or offered to help us out. We finally approached a lady at the register who explained that one of the reservations had just canceled so we could take a table. We sat down and were greeted by a friendly waitress who took our drink order and was patient while 5 adults and 5 kids got settled in. I ordered a glass of Cupcake's Sauvignon Blanc which is fine for the establishment I was ordering wine at. What was not fine however was the water spots all over my glass, it looked so dirty. Just very unappealing. My second problem with the wine was that it was warm. And warm white wine is not the easiest to swallow. For our food the two couples ordered two large pizzas. Once the again our waitress was very accommodating in making sure we got what we wanted. The other adult ordered a fried chicken dinner. While the kids ordered two baskets of wings, a basket of fries and an order of fettuccine alfredo. I and another also ordered a side salad beforehand. We received the side salad and it looked promising enough. Your standard romaine lettuce blend with carrots and a few vegetables off to the side with your choice of dressing. Upon further inspection the lettuce was definitely past it's due date. Most of it was wilted and brown. I finished mine out of pure hunger while the other adult couldn't even stand to have another bite. Finally the rest of the food came. Pizzas came out as they were ordered. One of the pizzas was not cut all the way through so we flagged her down while she was dropping off the rest of the food to be sent back. The girl who ordered the fettuccine never received her dish and quite some time went by before the server came back so we could address the situation. She explained that it was not ordered, and so we opted to just leave it be. She was gracious enough to offer it twice, but we declined. Others at the table say they heard her order it, but I did not. Either way it was a big group and mistakes happen. The pizza itself was lackluster. I enjoy that thin style of pizza, but there was something about it that was so disappointing. I wish I could tell you what it was but I kept looking at my sister in laws chicken dish wishing I would have ordered that instead. Which I think says a lot for a place known for its pizza. While eating the server did not offer us another round of drinks and my water went empty the rest of the time we were there. She started clearing plates and figuring out how to divide checks. Didn't ask if there was anything else we needed before bringing checks and I wanted some dessert. I was able to let her know and when she brought check. I ordered ice cream and these fried pizza dough balls. Everyone was cashed out while we waited for my dessert. It took about 20 minutes of being cashed out for me to finally receive dessert, but it ended up being my favorite part of the meal so I guess worth the wait? Overall, not the worst experience but certainly not the greatest. read more

Sorry Mabe's but today's experience baffled me. Called ahead for a small pizza and from the time I called to order dine in and by the time we got the small UNDERCOOKED pizza was 40 plus minutes, for a small pizza? Uffda. We had been told they were busy but apparent it's just that there's not enough staff or ???? Had to eat and run, waited for our check and a box - took forever! read more

We decided to go to Mabe's based on a suggestion that it was the best pizza place in Decorah. At first, the atmosphere made it seemed promising as it resembled a small town pizza place. It was busy, and had a wait for a table. The hostess took our name and order so it would be ready faster by the time we were seated. After a 15 minute wait, nothing unreasonable, we had to wait a good 10 minutes before our waitress took our drink order and returned with them. Our pizza did come by roughly the time the hostess had indicated, though one had slightly undercooked crust. Our waitress showed showed up only once after we received our pizza which resulted in a wait of at least 15 minutes after we had finished our pizza before we received our check. Overall, the pizza was okay, the wait was reasonable, the service could have been much better. read more

Mabe's has been a family favorite since I was a young child! Always great pizza for dining in or take out! My favorite is Around the Garden with double cheese! read more

We had a "regular" large pizza. Amazing! It's a thin crust pizza with tasty sauce. Our service was speedy and good. Definitely will be back for more if in the area again. read more

We waited over an hour for a small pizza and a burger. The burger was brought out 15 min before the pizza and my son was already done and place cleared before we saw the pizza. Brought without plates. No offer to make it right. Terribly disappointing! read more

Their pizza has been a family favorite for a long time. Their Regular is delicious. They have a nice selection of beers. They have a large room in the basement available for larger parties. read more

The pizza was fabulous as usual but the staff was too busy visiting with each other to wait on us we waited for quite some time to get refill on our drinks. They weren't busy and the wait for our food was quite lengthy read more

The pizza was average, nothing to get excited about. Service was horrible, do not recommend.

Was referred to order here by the front desk staff at the hotel I'm staying at (always good when the staff can vouch for the food!), read the reviews (looked good!), had gluten free food (yeah, I'm one of those weirdos), was all set to go, called in my order and was informed they had closed early because no one had ordered from them in an hour. Kinda bummed because maybe people don't call much at night because they close early like that? Anyways, major sadface because now I'm stuck eating vending machine food for dinner or gas station food. read more

Every time I'm in Decorah for work I always stop at Mabe's. Not only is Mabe's known in Decorah for its awesome pizza but even people outside Decorah know it's worth stopping at (conversations usually begin with "going to Mabe's" and replies consist of "I'm jealous right now")!!! Restaurant staff is very friendly and the food is awesome (I'm not usually a lover of thin crust pizza, but Mabe's pulls it off well and party style cuts always seem to taste better). Worth stopping in anytime in the area! read more

This is one of those places that you just have to love. A locally owned institution. The pizza is greasy, cheesy, and good. It's not mind blowing pie by any means....but it's better than anything else you will find in a 40 mile radius. Order a big one....the cold leftovers make a killer midnight snack. read more

Had the "regular" with pepperoni and sausage, it was really good. It was delivered to us at a local brewery without any problems.

The mozzarella sticks were good, the pizza was good enough, but merciful heavens the service. If there's only one other table in the place, how can it take so long? Three drinks, one appetizer, and one pizza is not a large or bizarrely complicated order. I think other folks are on the right track with getting food to go. read more