This place is awesome! Highly recommend. We stopped here spontaneously on the way home from Wisconsin and had excellent service and food, thanks Olivia! The thin crust pizza is some of the best I've had in the Midwest. Great size kids pasta portions. Fresh Caesar salad. And my husband enjoyed his wings. I wish we lived closer but we will go back anytime we're in the area. read more

On the day after Christmas we decided to order take out so we placed a pickup order from Maciano's . The order was quite large and we made it home to find one of the entrees was missing( honest mistake) . We called the restaurant and the staff was very apologetic. Not only did they bring the missing item to our home they added something extra. The delivery driver must have have set a new record because he got to our home fast. In case you were wondering, we had the Penne Vita Mia, and yes it was worth the wait. The rest of the food was pretty tasty too. When you match good food with great service it's a winner every time!!! read more

We hadn't been to Maciano's in many years and were excited to give it a try. Our old favorites were the Italian sandwich and the chopped and antipasto salads. This time we ordered salads. The lunch special comes with breadsticks and a drink. The breadsticks were fabulous. A crispy exterior covered with parm and garlic oil. Totally yummy. Both salads were also excellent. Lots of ingredients and a delicious dressing. The service was fine as well. Our big gripe was the charge. On the online menu, the lunch special is listed at $8.99 but the "new" price is $11.9 read more

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My husband & I dine-in at the Loves Park location. The staff is always super friendly & welcoming. We order the largest meat classic pizza. The crust is absolutely wonderful, a plentiful amount of fresh toppings used & the amazing flavor of their sauce...this is hands down a winning combination! We have lots of pizza places in the area to choose from, but this is our go-to spot! Great job Loves Park. Keep up the good food! read more

My wife and I have been dinning here since their opening, during the COVID pandemic we ordered takeout to support their business. Sadly, our recent visits have been extremely disappointing. We usually order their XL Margherita pizza, and our last order was lukewarm and looked like it was reheated. You can usually tell by the cheese and bottom which was almost burnt. Prior to our last visit, instead of usual Margherita pizza they simply topped regular pizza with chopped tomatoes and basil that was burnt black. I am not sure if the management has changed or they are to cutting corners, but it's sad to see one of our favorite pizzeria go down the hill. If you are going to pay $26 for XL pizza it better be top quality, there is no excuse... read more

Maciano's Pizza & Pastaria - a large pizza on a pan - Italian Near Me - Loves Park, Illinois

We dropped in on a hot day after church for dinner. We had a taste for pizza, and we hadn't tried this place so we figured why not. The seating area is on the small size. We had a short wait for a table to be cleared. There are some booths along the walls - those are for bigger parties. We started with an appetizer of their spinach and artichoke dip. It was pretty good, but it felt like the artichokes had been minced. I'd say it was pretty average. We had ordered a thin crust pizza, half pepperoni and half sausage. The pizza came out and it was nice and fresh from the oven. The thin crust isn't super thin, and it was okay. The toppings had flavor, but the sauce was a bit bland. We also ordered a bottle of their Chianti, which was okay. You can drink a bottle without hitting a DUI - it's around 7.5% abv. Service was okay. Most of all it was really cold in there. Bring a jacket, and don't wear shorts. read more

Excellent pizza and great service. Best pizza I have had in a long time!. Lots of ingredients and the sausage was fantastic. Great sauce

Very disappointed in our pizza today! There is hardly any cheese and the crust its self isn't thin like it normally is. For the price and quality, they have been added to the "let's not get that again" list. read more

Maciano's Pizza & Pastaria - "Cheese" pizza with very little cheese - Italian Near Me - Loves Park, Illinois

Overall it was pretty good. We had thin crust pizza and breadsticks. The dining area is nice. read more

Maciano's Pizza & Pastaria - Breadsticks - Italian Near Me - Loves Park, Illinois

Amazing sandwiches. We came here while passing through town. The service was good, but the food was great.

I'm a picky thin crust pizza eater, but this place is really worth the drive! Dining in, it's a small space, but clean and unassuming. Great music, friendly staff and great thin crust pizza! read more

Maciano's Pizza & Pastaria - Italian Near Me - Loves Park, Illinois

Where did all the hype come from for this place? The kids and I shared the "famous breadsticks" and right away I knew I wasn't going to be a fan because I didn't like the red sauce. Whole place reminded me of a smaller version of Olive Garden. read more

First time at this location. I won a gift card and we were near at Carlson Ice Arena. This inside is small. But we were the only ones in the dining room. The food was very good. The Caesar salad was great. Good portions and food for the cost. The service was fast and friendly. read more

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We tried this place for the first time on Friday 9/1/23 and we hit it at it's peak dinner hour. Almost all the tables were full, and the wait staff was on task. We didn't wait for anything, they were attentive and friendly. We ordered pizza, calamari, and stuffed mushrooms. All of it was great. The breading on the calamari was light and fried to a perfect color, the stuffed mushrooms had a light drizzle over them that had me a bit worried but they tasted great. The pizza was truly a thin crust and the left overs the next day only improved with time. It seemed like everyone there truly enjoyed their dinner, we saw some dinners that came out that were good sized portions. They also have this huge bread dish we saw several people get that had us intrigued for next time. The are a Pepsi place so that was a bummer, but if you want beer or wine they had that also. I will say the dinning area is smaller, but they do a very robust pick up business and delivery from the sheer volume of people that came and left. It was great to have great food, and service on a busy Friday night. read more

Cozy, warm atmosphere. Very small dining room but still space enough without being on top of one another. Spaghetti was good and the garlic bread was just right. read more

Maciano's Pizza & Pastaria - Spaghetti - Italian Near Me - Loves Park, Illinois

Love this place! Their thin crust is crunchy (I do order well done) and the sauce is just the right amount of sweet. The toppings are always fresh and well portioned. Highly recommend if you enjoy a good thin crust. They have other options for crust, but I have only ordered thin. Give them a try I don't think you will be disappointed, very consistent on their pizza. read more

Maciano's Pizza & Pastaria - Thin crust well done. Canadian bacon, regular bacon, and fresh garlic. - Italian Near Me - Loves Park, Illinois

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pizza price gone up which is fine give me good pizza. but pizza going up and the pizza ingredients getting worse is not ok. their pizza taste like plastic, it's disgustin. no no no read more

Great pizza! Salad was nice too! But the cinnamon bread was way better than any cinnamon bread I've had anywhere- and a large portion too! I could see myself ordering these to bring to a superbowl party! read more

Macianos was the closest pizza place (3.8mi) that offered delivery. The call was answered within the first ring at 6pm on a school night. Order was promptly taken with no fuss or confusing questions on size, add ons, specifics and the like. Pizza arrived in exactly 43 min and was still quite warm. We ordered the Large 16 inch "The Works" which came on a thin crust. Pros: this is really a great tasting pizza. It was salted just right, had a tasty dough and good crust to topping ratio. Order came warm and prompt. No fuss ordering and we were able to prepay the delivery tip. Cons: Half the pie was burnt- or shall we say toasted to total darkness from topping to crust... which leads us to conclude the oven doesn't bake evenly. It was also full of olives that all tipped on one side so unless you pick at it and redistribute it (very unhygenic), you are stuck with it's tartness. read more

The absolute best thin crust pizza around!! Plus, their salads are delicious!The staff is always nice and friendly and the delivery is never longer than an hour. I would definitely recommend this restaurant to anyone. read more

I like Maciano's a lot, but they are so expensive. People will say that you get what you pay for, but while their pizza is very good, you can get equally good pizza for less. I'd put their pizza in the top 5 in Rockford for taste, quality, and service; but it is the most expensive of those five. read more

Came here to eat around 3pm. Only one other person in the restaurant besides us. Sat there for 10 min, no one even brought us menus. Guy standing behind the counter doing nothing even looked at us several times. Ended up leaving. read more

the pizza! Crisp, tasty crust, just the right amount of toppings. The Antipasto Salad rocks! Crazy over the bread sticks, YUM . We "over order" to ensure leftovers Very happy with our deliveries, fast & accurate. ~ Also recommend the chocolate chip cookies. read more

Great customer service, pizza is delicious, delivery service is great food is always delivered nice and hot.

Always fast and very tasty food here. Staff is always friendly at bath locations meals are big portions and beer is a great price! read more

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This used to be decent pizza. The pics of loaded pizza are a total crock. They will charge for the toppings, but barely put anything on the pizza. Last two pizzas barely had any toppings. I would highly suggest the cooks here order a pizza from Muggs to see how it's actually done. Done with paying $20 for a damn 14" cheese pizza. Frozen Tombstone beats this. read more

Maciano's Pizza & Pastaria - Italian Near Me - Loves Park, Illinois

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I love maciano's. I could eat their bruschetta all day every day. Their pizza is very tasty, and Rockford has so many pizza joints and this is one pizzeria I love. read more

best Italian beef I've ever had. best boneless wings I've ever had. buffalo chicken pizza is a little overpriced in my opinion but willing to pay it for how good it is. never had a bad meal or service here. Very good people and food read more

Wonderful food but the guy that was being the manager had a 2 x 4 stuck up his ass we were the only ones in there couldn't say anything to us. We laughed. Not one word walked right by him that's pretty freaking sad. read more

This is the only pizza restaurant that we go to anymore. The crust is flaky and great taste, sauce is the best and the service is outstanding. Only negative is that they stop the delivery service two blocks from my home in Roscoe. read more

GREAT STAFF. Friendly people. Cool place. Nice concept. I am sure this is a well run and well appreciated local restaurant. However.... I should of had the pizza.... I had the Chicken Marsala. The best part of the meal was the garlic bread. Bland noodles covered with a gravy of questionable light color, canned or jarred mushrooms with a Shake-n-Bake type coating on a piece of chicken. Sorry - it was just not happening tonight. read more

Macianos. . your pizza is so good. . . so tasty. . . and you're one of the few pizza chains i actually like. I used to only order the pan pizza from here but even their normal crust is deeeee-licious. i'm not a fan of the breadsticks or that but the pizza and the chicken parmesan keep me coming back. never had a bad pizza from here. if you get a bad pizza, it's probably because they don't like you. read more

Great pizza and the Italian Beef is out of this world! I will be going back for sure ever time I make it back to Loves Park! read more

Maciano's Pizza & Pastaria - Yummy Italian sausage Pizza - Italian Near Me - Loves Park, Illinois

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Excellent food. It had been a few years since I had been to one and some buddies and I were looking for pizza places and decided to come here again. Delicious pizza and dough nuggets. Everyone was very pleased. Will definitely be coming back. read more

Best pizza in town in my opinion. Lots of toppings available. Not the cheapest, but you get what you pay for - if you're lucky.

While attending a convention we stopped in for a quick bit about 45 minutes before they closed. We were seated and given menus. We were asked about drinks, and they were brought quickly. as was our appetizers. DELICIOUS cheese garlic bread. Our meals were Chicken Parmigiana. Tortellini Alfredo, and Lasagna. The meals were delicious, we did take some home as left overs for Sunday. Fresh piping hot garlic bread was served with the meals as was a crisp salad. The pasta sauce was delcious, sweet with a touch of garlic. My son stated the Alfredo tortellini was "The best ever" but he says that alot but he did enjoy it. My wife really liked the ooey, gooey, cheesey lasagna. With drinks it came to $39 with appetizer, kiddie cocktail diet coke, coke, and a beer and 2 entrees and a kids meal. Good deal, $8 tip and it was a $47 dinner well spent. read more

A good Rockford staple. We go here for thin and deep dish. Service is good and haven't had any complaints in about 6 visits.

Excellent pizza! The antipasto salad is wonderful! The cannoli's are a must! Service is great. Small, quiet atmosphere. Nice for date night. read more

Came here for my birthday dinner with friends, trying to get some good deep dish pizza but skip the pandemonium of Girodano's. Great choice! We were seated right away and the staff was attentive and friendly. Cozy atmosphere, though a bit drafty since this place is in a storefront in a strip mall, so anytime anyone came through the door it was chilly. But our food was reasonably priced and amazingly delicious. We ended up getting pan crust pizza instead of deep dish, and the crust was unique. Very thick and bread-like, like nothing I've had before. The pan pizza was very thick overall, no skimping here. We had bacon and mushroom, and the bacon was very generous. YUM. Big chunks! No complaints except for being a little chilly at times. Wish we could have stayed and chatted longer also, but no harm. Would come back again! read more

The pasta I had was alright, but what really made my trip with my friend amazing was our server Alex!! He was such a sweetheart! Amazing at his job, and such a friendly and sweet heart! He deserves all the good tips! What a nice lad, he's a keeper for sure read more