Walking in, the interior is fairly dated and drab, but don't let that fool you...their pizza is delicious!! The cheesy bread with dill dip is a must! They have several beers on tap, a clean interior, and pleasant staff. The side Caesar salad was a bit overpriced for what you get, but was still tasty. The mellow mushroom pizza was soooo good! I loved using the thick crust at the end to dunk in their dill dip! My girlfriends also ordered pizzas (can't remember the names of them) in a size medium so that they would have leftovers because it's just that good! read more

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The food is great and fresh here. The owner, Aaron, is so sweet. They offer great daily specials. read more

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Can't believe it took us so long to try out this quaint pizza place. Lived the smell of the wood fired stove as soon as we walked in. Menu is pretty straight forward but we loved the cheese bread and double pepperoni pizza. Fresh tasting ingredients and crispy thin crust. The dill dip is a must try! Don't miss the daily and happy hour specials either!! read more

Marinades Pizza Bistro - Pizza Near Me - Rockford, Michigan

My favorite pizza place. Great location. Super friendly staff. Good menu with great selections.

Great service and the pizza was the best ever. The crust was perfection. The house wine was excellent also

They're open for seating inside and out with social distancing. Pizzas are still awesome. Of course, they offer carry out. As with all restaurants, during this Covid-19 era, the staff does their best to provide good service. We enjoyed the Mediterranean salad, wood oven mushroom head pizza, Blue pizza with big pieces of sausage and just the right amount of blue cheese so it enhances the flavor, and gouda chicken pizza.. read more

Yoooooooo This might be the hands down best pizza in Michigan. I'm a typical Chicago pizza snob... I've been living in Grand Rapids for 6 years and have yet to find a better wood fire pizza!! And the wings are good also. Best ranch dressing. It's obvious they care about what they do.. not to mention the pizza guy looked like Luigi... Let's go!!! read more

Everything on the menu is amazing! My favorites are the meatballs, spicy sausage pizza and the gyro! Everyone isn't friendly and Cheyenne makes some killer mixed drinks on the Grille side! read more

Have eaten here for MANY years; unfortunately, it has been a slow spiral (quicker lately) into mediocrity at the very best. The pizza was once worth driving 30 minutes to get but no longer. We walk in and if the owner is not making the pizza, we walk right back out. The last several pizzas we have ordered would have been unacceptable even as a $2.00 frozen pizza. Get the owner, fabulous. Otherwise, frozen is a better option and far less money! read more

The Blues pizza is our go to. Always delish and prepared perfectly! Sip a nice cold beer while waiting. Great team of staff, always fast and friendly. read more

Wow! What a gem! We were up in Rockford for the Kick Off Summer Celebration and needed some dinner after some beers. I will be totally honest, we tried to go to Romona's Table first, but they already closed at 9pm... thought it would be a good idea for them to be open later for the celebration but hey I am not them so I don't know what they think is best. Anyway, we walked over to Marindes about 20 minutes before they close, which I am always hesitant to walk in somewhere before they close, but they were more than willing to serve us. A few young kids were working but honestly some of the nicest most attentive service I have encountered. Even after being there a long day, they were super open to conversing with us and sharing their knowledge as we asked them a lot about the wood fire pizza. This was an awesome experience and their pizzas were just phenomenal too. I order a personally smoked gouda on their gluten free option and who I was with ordered the personal size while mushroom. Gluten free is hard to come buy, so I am glad they had it and I didn't just have to order a salad. It was fun to watch them bake in the wood fire oven. We both loved our pizzas and can't wait to come back. Next time I totally want to sit outside! read more

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Had a party of 35 catered last night with pastas, salads and amazing pizzas. Everything was super fresh and delicious!! read more

Marinades Pizza Bistro - a pizza in a box - Pizza Near Me - Rockford, Michigan

Just experienced the worst service ever. 50 minutes to get 2 appetizers. No apology. We left. Not going back.

The BEST Margherita pizza! Crust is SO good. A pricier pizza place but definitely worth the splurge every now and then.

LOVE their pizza & the breadsticks are perfection. Always a great place when looking for a night out with family or friends!

The food was very delicious such as the Lobster pizza which was surprisingly delicious, and the Calzone had a nice crisp and flavorful taste to it. The service was very friendly and relaxing. I would definitely recommend this restaurant. read more

Some of the best pizza and cheese bread. Great little place and perfect stop when shopping downtown Rockford

Probably would rate the pizza a 3.5 - 4 range. I had the smoked gouda chicken. Tasty but could have used more chicken and red onion (really light on the onions). Liked the thin crust. Waitress was very pleasant. Clean restaurant and nice setting. read more

Marinades Pizza Bistro - Smoked gouda chicken - Pizza Near Me - Rockford, Michigan

Awesome pizza! Calzones are sooo good. Would highly recommend! Great restaurant in cute downtown Rockford.

This pizza! Mama Mia! So decadent with robust and delicate flavors intermingled. Make sure you like garlic and herbs before you eat here. They will give you all you can handle. Have you ever cried a tear when you're pizza is finished? read more

There's always a fine line trying to find a pizza place that makes the kids happy but is also a legitimately GOOD pizza for mom and dad. Marinades is that place. Delicious wood fired pizzas made to order, perfect kid sized pizza meals that come with a drink, daily specials that rock (hello, $7 wine bottles??), and really nice staff/owners. Their $9.99 carry out deal is really perfect for my 3 boys on a busy day and my 5 yo LOVES their cheesy breadsticks. The mozzarella cheese they use on their pizzas is SO GOOD - milky and rich tasting, moist, and not salty. The crust is chewy and crisp and on the thinner side, which we prefer. Seriously so much better for not much more money than a chain pizza. Super cute inside too - I just wish they had a bigger outdoor eating area! read more

The only good part of this visit was the service, the young lady was prompt and very accommodating at taking our order. The Chicago Stix appetizer was okay, nothing to write home about. Over priced for bread sticks. I ordered the medium (12 inch) Margherita pizza priced at $16.79. Not a true Margherita, as it had some kind of herb puree, balsamic reduction and several threads of basil. Didn't see any tomato sauce or whole basil leaves. The pizza tasted like a frozen store bought pizza. It did not have a crispy crust. I asked the server what the temperature of the oven was and she said 615°F which for a Margherita pizza should be a minimum of 800°F. The taste was very bland. My wife ordered the medium (12 inch) Blues pizza priced at $19.79. She said the taste was alright. I thought after sharing a piece of her pizza that it was too salty. My over all impression was the food was mediocrity at best. Way over priced to the point that it was obvious that price gouging was happening in order to make up for shut down losses. They got us through the door once and it won't happen a second time sorry to say. read more

Ok so I just bought a 6 count of wings for $13. They were so dry and overdone I couldn't even eat them. The pizza was limp and undercooked and $27. Not worth the price at all read more

Service has really went downhill from the last couple times I've been there. The last two times we were in customers asked about the craft beers on tap and the servers just said "sorry I don't know". Really? Waitress takes a long time for simple requests and also getting waters for our table. I could understand if it's busy, but it definitely wasn't. Also side conversations from the back are loud and everyone in the restaurant can hear. Please hire staff with more experience. Toppings have also become really light. We'll wait awhile before going back. read more

This is one of the best pizza places in GR. The margarita is my favorite pizza because of the balsamic drizzle and fresh basil! I also love the spicy sausage pizza. Their pizzas are cooked in the wood oven and perfect. Takeout is easy and timely! read more

Friendly staff, great wood fired pizza and yummy root beer on tap. Root beer on tap! How cool! frosty mugs! This place rocks read more

Marinades Pizza Bistro - Great pizza! - Pizza Near Me - Rockford, Michigan

Put another log on the fire! Not sure what happened, but the last two times we've been here the food is just not the same. Tonight, my pizza tasted like a cheap store bought frozen pizza. Your wood fired oven is not nearly hot enough to give the crust the crisp it used to have. We also ordered the hummus/tabbouleh appetizer. The hummus is good but for $10, u should serve more than a couple tablespoons worth! Also ordered a Caesar side salad which cost $5. Again, the value does not equal the quantity. For that small of a salad, $1.50 would be a more appropriate price. The people who work there are wonderful! That was the only reason I gave u 2 stars. read more

Marinades is a very nice specialty pizza place at the same location as the former Oregano's. I stopped by on a whim to place a take out order and was pleasantly surprised. The pizza is wood fired, so the interior has that pleasant smokey smell. There is a small seating area of maybe a dozen tables in the front and down the side aisle toward the rear, but you place your order at the counter. The menu offers an assortment of appetizers, salads, sandwiches, and pasta but the real highlight is the variety of pizza offerings. In addition to the usual toppings you'd expect of any pizza joint, they have a host of others. I counted 40 toppings, plus eight cheeses, six different sauces, and six different fresh herbs. I had the Tomato Herb pizza and I couldn't decide on another so I ordered their sampler pizza. Its a bit pricey, but you get to pick four of their specialty pizzas. I had The Blues, Chicken Artichoke, Chicken Barbeque, and Spicy Sausage. All five of the pies I tried were great, I'd get any of them again. Oh, they also had some beers in the cooler which was pretty handy for a guy waiting for his food. read more

Charged me way too much, being a woman he assumed I wouldn't notice. Food wasn't that good either. Aaron Z you did not impress me.

Great hidden gem in Rockford. The pizza is the best around and the service was great. Forgo the Corner Bar and try this place out read more

Marinades Pizza Bistro - Chicago style breadsticks with dill sauce! Yum - Pizza Near Me - Rockford, Michigan

My coworker and I eat here often and I don't think we have had one bad meal. We get most of our food to go and it's always fresh or hot. TJ who cooks and waits on you is super friendly and always asks you to come back in. He has even offered to bring food to us on snowy or rainy days. Service is an A++++ I think our favorite is the lunch special with bread sticks that come with dill sauce and then you get a fresh side salad. I have also tried the pizza and Gyros and everything has been so tasty! I would say check it out if you are in the area. read more

Overpriced Brick Hard Pizza anyone? Our pizza took about 30 minutes from ordering. They had 1 other table eating so there I'm not sure why the long wait. I noticed the server remove our pizza from the oven and it just sat outside the oven as he prepend our salads. When we eventually got our pizza it was dry as can be. The scene from christmas vacation came to mind as we tried dipping our brick hard pizza in ranch to be able to swallow it. We told our server that our pizza was dry and he just said "oh" and walked away. We ordered a large to have leftovers which was useless because when I offered it to my 9 year old she actually said, "no thanks, that pizza looks old and shriveled up". Perhaps the expensive pizza won't go entirely to waste, have some oil stains in the garage. I'll bet that dry pizza will suck all the oil out of the cement in no time! read more

Marinades has become one of our favorite go-tos for takeout during the pandemic! They are following COVID protocols and we feel as safe as we possibly can getting food from them. And it's delicious! Everything we've tried has been so GOOD! The pizzas are a given, but we also love their salads and appetizers! The Italian salad, wings and chicken nachos are our latest favorites. Everything travels well and leftovers heat up great the next day. Thank you Marinades! We can't wait to come visit for a dine in meal next year. read more

Stopped by here after spending a morning at the park with my extended family. We're from out of town and the kids (and a few adults) were jonesing for pizza. Incredible food and exemplary service! TeeJ took fantastic care of our party of 9 (including 4 small children), remembered our orders without writing them down, brought out extra sausage for the kids, showed them how the wood stove worked, and just made our lunch experience great. The cheese bread is fantastic and the pizza is delicious- not thin crust but not too chewy either. Highly recommend. read more

Absolutely THE MOST delicious Pizza!!! The head Chef came out and asked how everything was, the server was very nice! Quick service, awesome ambiance! Prices were very good for what you get. We would come back! read more

Being a Rockford resident, we have been here multiple times with good service and pizza. The stone fired pizza we ordered was good, but seemed to be more expensive than usual. The gluten free pizza crust is AWFUL - tasted like the box it came in and definitely not worth the same price as the standard crust. They aught to switch to cauliflower crust in my opinion. Entree sized salad cost was way too high for just a box of lettuce with a few shards of parmesan. Lastly - and most annoying - the server "forgot" to add a pop to our order. I had to turn around and go all the way back for it. He says we didn't pay for it, and promply charged me $2.59 for a micro pop that was filled with ice. Now, come on - wouldn't it have been better to just give it to us for free?? Since it was your mistake? I'm not planning to go back and neither will my family. So disappointed.... read more

The food is very delicious but the portion sizes seem to be shrinking. The last two times I ate here it was such a long wait. There were only maybe two other tables waiting. I don't know why there is always such a long wait on the food here. It seems to be at least close to an hour every time even if its not busy. read more

We were looking for something different (ie, not fast-food) for our meal, and this fit the bill! Delicious brick oven pizza! Portion was just right, so we were contentedly filled and didn't have to deal with leftovers. Service was a little slow, but I think we happened to arrive at a time in the late afternoon when there was only one person working (he took the order and prepared it himself) as the evening staff hadn't come on duty yet. read more

Went to Marinades tonight for the first time and will definitely be back soon. High quality wood fire pizza with fantastic flavor. Kayla (or Layla) our server was awesome. Very helpful and even when I was curious and asked if their chips were homemade she brought us some to try. Customer service is so important to us and this place rocks. read more

Overpriced for what you get. The pizza tastes good, a little bland in my opinion. The cheese bread with mozzarella is really greasy.