Best of the "------- the Baker" restaurants in Stamford. John the Baker is atrocious. But Mario does it right. Feels healthier than typical pizza joint. read more

Good restaurant, pizza is decent. Ordered a pasta dish with brocolli in olive oil and garlic sauce. It wasn't bad but the pasta was a bit overdone and on the chewy side. The bread here is always good although last time it was slightly burnt (watch that reheat temp!). The tomato sauce was excellent the first time but when I ordered pasta with plain marinara, it wasn't as good. A little too thick and sweet for my liking. Of course, it's personal preference and I'm quite picky about sauce having been raised in an all Italian, homemade sauce, household. We go here quite frequently and although it's never been bad, and sometimes it's great, the consistency is just not there. Maybe different chefs for different days of the week? Not sure. We will continue to go there. It's decent food at decent prices. Cute bar area in the back and sometimes there is live music too. read more

Pizza and food were ok...not the greatest...Ridgeway Pizza is much better for a pie...

Best pizza in the area and Italian food that consistently is better than far fancier spots. Thousands of Stamford area residents have been coming for a generation. If you go, you'll see somebody you know. read more

This restaurant is amazing! We've been here for a birthday party where they closed off the back of the restaurant and held pizzas (thin-crusted). read more

They been doing it for a long time. Very solid. Chicken parm grinder for me please. :-)

I've been coming here since I was 5 yrs old and whenever I'm in the area i stop by to get the personal pizza or their mouth watering Chicken Francaise read more

We stopped in one day for a quick bite, not expecting much and we left completely impressed! I had the chicken and eggplant parm and it was hot and excellent. The service was great. It's a great place for a low-key, quick, homemade meal! read more

Ordered my food on-line at 6:40pm and received my food at 8:15pm. When I called the restaurant, the manager simply said "we're doing our best"....ridiculous. Not even a sorry or any discount. Food arrived cold as well. Stay away... read more

My favorite restaurant, if you are looking for excellent food, generous portions, and not that expensive, this is the best place to get it. Mario the Baker has the best pasta and some of the best pizza in town! The best Italian restaurant around! read more

Awful experience. Ordered two pizzas and some wings, one pizza wasn't delivered. My wife called them and the girl who answered instead of saying, "I'm so sorry, we'll have one out to you asap", said, "we don't use our own drivers (we ordered through seamless/Grubhub) tell him to come back" the driver was obviously gone. She also said, "the drivers gone, nothing we can do". She did finally agree to refund he money. I understand it's lent and busy, just say you're sorry and send the missing pizza. Poor service. read more

I have been there three times. The pizza is good, but there service is terrible ! They said 30 min. and I waited another 40 min. at the place every time I've been there . Did they throw in anything for there bad service , No. It was a busy Friday night, but tell me over an hour , so I don't have to waste my time. read more

DO NOT use this place for a party. Although the pizza is good it's not worth the headache. We had 10 pizzas ordered/prepaid and ready for a 1:30pm Saturday pick up. When my husband was less than 5 minutes away, at 1:55pm he called to verify the order and was told it had not been started. The pizzas were not ready until 2:45pm. Lunch was supposed to be served at 2pm and rather did not get served until 3pm. The guests were hungry and kids were restless. Guests who had to leave missed dessert as a result. When I called the Manager Dino DID NOT APOLOGIZE. Rather, he acknowledged the order was supposed to be ready at 1:30pm, wasn't ready until 2:45pm, but because my husband only stood inside the store for "3 minutes" the pizza wasn't late. At one point in the call he told me I was a liar and insisted my husband only waited 3 minutes. I couldn't make that up if I tried. Completely disrespectful and horrific customer service. There was absolutely no apology he was going to give because in his mind the pizzas were not late. You can't argue with stupid, but you can tell people about it and try to save someone else from a disaster. Terrible customer service!! read more

Nothing special in terms of atmosphere (very plain restaurant), service (is it just me or does the food take a really long time?! And you serve yourself your drinks) or parking (it sucks), but they truly make up for it with their food. Their salads and pizzas are excellent, and their food is solidly good. The owners are incredibly friendly and I love chatting with them while sitting and waiting for my food, but honestly just get take out and you'll be much happier. read more

I was really bummed. The food was 'just alright' and the delivery service was terrible. I was told 35 minutes for my order to be at my door but in reality it was over an hour. Being realistic about service wait times is important as it reflects the honesty of the business. If the wait time is over an hour, that's fine, just let the customer know. Sadly, I would not recommend. read more

This was our go to daily Italian restaurant now that we live nearby. It's not fancy, and the lighting is a bit on the harsh side. but the place just feels good. the food for the most part is okay. We are finding out which dishes are special by trial and error and to the restaurant's credit when we don't like a dish they take it back , no questions asked. The pizza is good, the pappardelle with sausage and peas is a standout some nights. My wife loves broccoli rabe and when they have it she likes the dish with sausage. Unfortunately the food is inconsistent, so we have kind of stopped frequenting this place read more

This has been my family's "go-to" pizza place since I was a kid. The sauce isn't too garlicky (which my family and I love) and it never seems to disappoint. We like all kinds, but the white with bacon pie is awesome! read more

The food is decent, but who in the world sells a can of soda for $2? $2 for a can of soda? That alone turned me off about this place. That is straight up robbery. A 16 oz bottle of soda is a $1.89, so how can a can of soda be $2? read more

In my opinion, the success of any good restaurant falls on the owner, and Tommy Villani of Mario The Baker is a perfect example. Not only does he really care about the quality of his food but more importantly, he cares about his customers. This is demonstrated through consistently great food decade after decade, and you can still find him behind the counter making his famous and delicious pizza! The entrees at Mario's are consistently good and affordable, and they are always coming up with creative and tasty specials. The soups are a classic, the Pasta Fagioli is a must try and the salads have always been so fresh. if you don't want to wait a few extra minutes for your pizza on a Friday night, they now come to you. Bravo to Mario the Baker for 40+ years of impeccable service! read more

We love Mario's we are regulars whether it be take out pizza or a casual sit down for some stuffed manicotti or the delicious seafood linguini. Definitely a family feel, every time we go we end up with the same waitress who always remembers what we have.....she's been there forever and we love that. Absolutely our favorite pizza in the area and were very excited to find out that they deliver.....and it's quick! read more

Their pizza is good, I'm a big fan of the Sicilian pizza. I would not recommend their other dinner items on the menu. We have ordered take out for 6 people. We have order one veal and two chicken dinners all with salad. We have also ordered three different past dinners, fried calamari, and 2 garlic breads. The portions were VERY small, not nearly dinner size portions. The containers with the meat entrée were half with broccoli and carrots with very small amount of meat. The past containers were half filled. We were very disappointed and will never order dinner from there anymore. However for pizza night we will still consider ordering from them. read more

Terrible service and worst food. Should have guessed when the server brought out old scratched melamine plates to serve the pizza. They brought the wrong pizza to our table when I pointed it out they did take it back. However then the server and cook proceeded to eat it in plain view while we waited for our order. The kitchen staff was constantly eating the entire time. There seemed to be no one in charge since they kept taking soda cans out of refrigerator and drinking it. Finally after another 15 minutes we got our pizza. We had ordered the special which should come with regular meats. This was slathered in onions and sauce so much so that the crust was soggy. We could not wait to finish and leave. Finally the check arrives I pay with my card and the server brings the receipt back with the "Cash tips only" scribbled in the tips section of my credit card receipt. When I asked about it the server shrugged her shoulders and said owner insists on it. read more

Been going here for years and my order never changes. Eggplant Parm is amazing with a sweet Gorgonzola Salad - It is amazing that the server, Dana, who is EXCELLENT can remember my order with out me having to say a thing! She is also amazing how she can take all the orders with modifications, write nothing down and remembers EVERYTHING to a T! LOVE Mario's! read more

STAY AWAY!!! If I could give 0 stars I would. I placed the order on grubhub. An avocado salad and an angel hair pasta with meatballs. The delivery came but instead of pasta with meatballs I got a fettuccini alfredo with garlic bread. I called to explain that the wrong order was delivered. The worker who I spoke to said to hold because he wanted to ask his boss what to do. A woman came on the phone and asked me if I still wanted to pasta and meatballs. As I was hungry I said yes. She said she would have to check into it and call me back. I waited 50 mins but never got a call. I finally called back and explained all this again to the worker who put me on hold. he came back and said I am sorry we are too busy and all we can do if refund your money. I am in disbelief that a business would think this was ok. I can't eat a refund. I am left hungry as my original order was placed 2 hours ago. I understand mistakes happen but what business owner this its ok to not want to remedy the mistake and instead leaves the customer hungry? Save yourself - These people do not care about you as a customer. read more

have not been there for a while but started working there when he first opened, always about clean & freshness, some of my best memories in in the workforce [after the paperboy days], his grams worked there too, she was nice, i cant remember any competition except for johns best, back then everyone was trying to do better than than the guy across the street, literally in both pizza parlors, everyone has bad days but it shouldn't show up in yer pizza, now down here in florida i would settle for a bad day pizza from marios any day, maybe its the water? you don't know what you've got till it's gone as they say.. em read more

Heard about this place and their pizza, so my three friends and I decided to have dinner after a long day at the pool. Extremely tired and hungry we walked in and immediately made our way to the register because it was our first time there and we did not know if it was a sit-down restaurant or not. No one greeted us when we walked in and all they asked was whether we wanted to sit or order to go. So we sat down, and was overwhelmed by all the stares and looks of confusion from everyone in the restaurant including the employees and their customers. Our waitress Gladys was very polite but seemed extremely uncomfortable to serve us. She was very quick and discrete In conversing with us. Everyone seemed annoyed with us being there, though their first assumption was that we must of been high school students because we appeared to look much younger...when in actuality we are college graduates with children and were treated like obnoxious teenagers. Upon finishing our dinner, one of us had walked up to the register simply asking if we could receive our bill, the woman at the register rudely responded by telling us to find our server, now this sounds puzzling to us because to their dismay we are actually servers at other restaurants and would never tell our customers to look for their server. Not only is it rude but it exhibits poor customer service. Not only did we felt judged and somewhat discriminated, but we all were very polite and humble Even though we did not receive the same treatment. We could of acted upon this but we did not, actually we said goodnight to our server and left her a 40% tip....( I repeat I'm a server I give generous gratuity where it is due). I am very upset with the experience I had in this restaurant and I would hope that moving forward these employees will change their attitudes and overlook pre judgments and stereotypes. You have a very nice establishment and good food, don't ruin it by being ignorant. To be honest, I guarantee that none of your regular clients have treated and rewarded Gladys with such respect and appreciation for what she does. Best regards. read more

I've lived in Stamford my whole life and Mario The Baker is by far the most consistent and best of all of the family-style Italian restaurants around. The pizza is amazing and there are so many choices, including a thin crust that's even better than Colony. The Chicken Francese is my favorite, but they have many great veal, pasta and chicken dishes, and the portions are very generous. If it's too crowded or you have a problem with parking, they offer the convenience of delivery. It's a perfect family oriented restaurant and worth the trip! read more