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    Maria’s Pizzeria

    3.6 (80 reviews)
    ModerateHalal, Pizza, Sandwiches
    Closed • 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    Good for kids

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    Farah A.

    Omg this place is AMAZING !! First thing it's HALAL, second online order and pick up is EASY and third the food tastes DELICIOUS. My first visit and I ordered the mama supreme pizza, pita spicy chicken sandwich, Bihari kabob sandwich, and bun kabob burger. The Bihari kabob and pita spicy were my favorite, literally bursting in flavors!!! The pizza was really good as well. Heard the wings are terrific, will be back to try them next. Good halal joint in the Chicago NW suburbs, do check them out.

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    Khalid F.

    We needed a quick bite to eat and were planning to go to Falafill, but it turns out Falafill moved inside the Woodfield Mall from its old location. My wife didn't want to spend time wandering around the mall, so then we tried Phoday. Well, Phoday was busy and had a wait, so we went to plan C-- Mama Maria. I had heard of Mama Maria since I try to keep track of halal restaurants. It's small inside; only three tables. Other than that it feels like a normal, greasy fast food joint. We ordered a chicken zinger burger and a 3-piece chicken tender. The zinger burger was not what I consider a zinger burger. It was large, which is nice, but it mostly had standard burger toppings and some orange sauce. To me, a zinger burger should have some sweet coleslaw and some spicy sauce. This was nothing like Mr Broast or Chi Tea. Not a bad sandwich, but can't say I was impressed. The tenders we thick and juicy, and cooked well. However, the breading didn't have much flavor. I guess you need to have a sauce with it. We had requested tzatziki sauce, but didn't receive any, so made due with ketchup. Not a bad place to grab a cheap bite, but this would not be one of my top choices in Schaumburg. Would recommend Vasco's, La Charanga, or Phoday instead...unless you really want something like pizza or wings.

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    Jency Pallathu J.

    My husband and I wanted pizza to watch during a Bears game and were looking through our options we could order through Yelp. We came across Mama Maria Pizza and looking over their menu, everything looked normal until you see Bihari Kebab Sandwich out of no where. Their menu is half pizza-store classics and then Indian-American inspired food. We ordered take out via Yelp and we ordered two items. We ordered the Mama Supreme #3, all meat supreme large (~$13). It had crisped up pepperoni, little rounds of sausage and the spicy, tandoori chicken pieces. I was surprised with the flavor profile of the chicken but it worked with the pizza. If you like meat, then you'll enjoy this pizza.

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    anne b.

    Save your money. OMG what a dreadful expensive mess this ordering adventure was. FIRST and LAST. The battered onion rings were what I was looking forward to. They came packaged in a plastic container - like you get a cold dessert "to go" in - and besides being over fried in nasty, old smelling oil, they were a solid mushy mess. I almost gagged. (See photo) The gyros sandwich was edible, however the meat wasn't sliced in thin strips but instead in fat chucks, like stew meat. I've been eating gyros since the 1970s and never seen meat (and not that much of it) sliced in chunks. Going to Brandy's next time. They charge more but food is dynamite and gyros are to die for. Got diarrhea after eating this. My boyfriend can address his food separately.

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    How this place is still around is beyond me. Every time I order from here the service and the food is worst than before. Today I had to call 6 times before an answer. Then told they are out of this or that. So, pizza it is! Of course when I arrive to pick up my pizzas, guess what? They are not ready and 1 lonely Hispanic worker who I'll assume is grossly underpaid is working his ass off. Now I know why it took so long to answer the phone. Like most typical desi business owners, this place only cares about their bottom line, not the quality of food or service. Proof in point, it's 7% cheaper if I pay cash because they don't want to absorb the cost of a card transaction. Oh well though, cause stupid muslim consumers like me will keep coming because, you know...HALAL.

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    4 years ago

    You don't deliver???? How are you in the pizza business??? Was looking forward to try you out but that made it short lived.

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    Nice food and staff. Chicken wings are delicious and pizza sizes are good too. Always recommend

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    4 years ago

    its a great place. Amazing customer service. love the zinger burger, pizza and wings. friendly people and welcoming attitude.

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    Alright... it pains me to do this because I don't believe in leaving negative reviews in any…read morecapacity but this feel necessary and earned by the business. My recent visit to this restaurant was the first visit in over half a year. My last visit was quite a bit ago because I was upset at how poorly resolution was for a missed meal I ordered for one of my co-workers. This recent visit as of tonight will be my final visit. I try to see it through and remain a good patron of businesses I appreciate but good service must exist. Do I expect a business to get it correct all the time? No! But I do expect there to be some semblance of competency, grace and determination to find resolve where error was made. Tonight I placed an order for myself and my gf. I received an automated email response suggesting the order would take between 30-45 minutes, which is totally fine. I figured I'd allow some extra time before arriving. When I get to the restaurant, I'm told my order would be ready in another 15 minutes. While I was slightly upset, I didn't let it bother me. I just went back and sat in my vehicle for about 20 minutes. I came back into the restaurant and waited a few more minutes before being called to get my food. Upon stepping to the counter, the lady looked at the receipt for my food almost confused and said "sorry, there aren't anymore beef patties but I can swap that item with another side" I'm not certain if she was aware or not from the kitchen staff that this item wasn't present but it struck me as odd based on her reaction. More importantly, I'm more than upset now but I handle this situation as calm as can be, by pausing to think about how to respond. I choose a side to replace for lack of the beef patty but can't help but notice the price difference doesn't even align. Shortly after making a decision on item to swap, I ask how long ago did that item sell out today. She replies and says, "it's been sold out since around noon" and at that point I just try not to stare or show emotion. While she did apologize for this mishap, it just didn't go over well with me. The lack of communication prior, struggle to find proper resolution for this incident and the previous one. Do you not have a POS system which updates automatically against your live stock? Or being attentive to detail would have helped and a simple phone call would have sufficed had they known this. Btw, the previous incident was an order they forgot to give to a delivery driver, only to blame that driver. I had to drive to the restaurant to pickup my co-workers meal during a busy work day after they realized they messed up and actually left that meal on the side of one of their counters. This restaurant has pretty good food and options for food in general but that alone won't solve your problems running a business if you screw up and struggle severely with customer service. I've come here more than several times in the past but no longer will that happen.

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    My kid wanted a chili dog, so while looking up places we found Palooza which had also been on my…read morewife's radar. It was completely dead inside, but it was a Wednesday and kind of late. I was hoping to get a gyro burger based on some of the past photos and reviews, but I guess the menu has been pared down. That's when the red flags started showing themselves - They were out of chili. Sorry kiddo, regular hot dogs then - No gyro cone on the spit - Empty drink fridge apart from some juices, bottled water, and Pepsi - When I asked for a cup of water, the lone employee just pointed to the bottled waters - There was one plastic fork left - like, it's dead inside, you couldn't bother to refill it? Despite missing the gyro burger and the gyro cone, I ordered the gyro sandwich anyway, and we also got a chicken shawarma wrap, a hot dog with everything, and a hot dog with just ketchup. I don't know what "everything" means to Palooza, but it doesn't add up to a Chicago dog. No sport pepper? No celery salt? One sad tomato slice? It was an insult to the institution. Feels like they skimp on the fries too. The gyro also felt small compared to what you would get at any other place selling them. The chicken shawarma wrap just didn't taste fresh and was drowning in some kind of sauce. As we left, I asked my wife the question I always ask her when we try a new place. And no, we won't be back. It's barely passable, but you'll find better versions of their food all over the burbs.

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