Seated immediately, waitress was there immediately. Waitress was helpful with recommendations. Food was excellent with very generous portions. (I took half of my Stromboli home.) We sat in the dining room which was nicely decorated and had Italian music playing softly. read more

Great place to go if you're in Lockport. I'm usually in Lockport for Lake Effect ice cream! We ordered takeout and got two great dishes. I couldn't resist some of the things in the bakery case. Our order was ready for pickup when we got there. It's a fast moving, clean, cozy environment. read more

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The food is very consistent in being very delicious. They have one of the best red sauces in buffalo. In my party they we had Fridays fish fry which is a fan favorite. The fettuccine is very good and creamy. Their pizza is so good to go or served there. The rest of their pasta is so good my favorites are the ravioli and the baked rigatoni. They have so many great vegetarian options. The service is very good they are fast and very accommodating. They are wheelchair accessible with many seating options. The ambiance is nice with quiet music and soft lighting. I would recommend. read more

Molinaro's Ristorante - Baked rigatoni - Pizza Near Me - Lockport, New York

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Stopped in here on a Saturday night with the intention of ordering pizza and wings. But once we saw the specials, we changed our mind. I just had the most I'm amazing chicken cordon bleu ever!! Service was great as well! Wish they put this on their regular menu read more

Molinaro's Ristorante - Chicken Cordon Bleu - Pizza Near Me - Lockport, New York

Absolutely delicious with friendly attentive service. Get the stuffed peppers and don't forget the canolis read more

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Purchased 2 slices of pizza on my way home from a day of errands. Got home the slices were burned on the bottom and when say burned I mean BURNED. I have pictures. I couldn't eat them so I called Molinaro's to advise that the slices were burned, the girl who answered the phone then spoke to her manager who advised they would give me a $5.00 credit next time I visit BUT NEVER OFFERED ME A FULL REFUND WHICH WAS ABOUT $9.00 OR SO. I never went back, why would I? So they essentially or so I felt. robbed of food and the money I was out. Never again. Terrible way to treat paying customers. I used to shop there ALL the TIME but for baked goods but I won't do that anymore either because as a consumer I feel very disrespected. So if you buy food, eat it there so they can't disrespect and ignore you like they did me. read more

The food was excellent and reasonably priced!The service was very friendly and the ambiance was nice because it's a quiet town around Lockport New York with plenty of nice scenery around! read more

First time here. Not terribly familiar with "downtown" Lockport but the restaurant is easy to find just east of Transit Road. Off street parking is ample. Dining room is on the smaller side, pretty basic, and clean. VERY friendly, informative, and efficient server recommended the daily lunch special sandwich. After hearing her description of the shaved prime rib sandwich on ciabatta bread, I was hooked and decided to NOT look at the rest of the large menu until AFTER I placed my order. Sounds odd, but glad I did because this huge sandwich, which deserves to be on their regular menu, was outstanding! Rest of the menu is worthy of a return visit. read more

Great place to pick up a pizza. The takeout window is convenient and service is prompt. The pizza is great and a crowd pleaser if you have a last minute gathering and need a quick meal. We ordered the pizza with sweet sauce and it did not disappoint. We will definitely be back! read more

The service was absolutely amazing, the food came out fast and was such high quality. Everyone was super friendly with us and the atmosphere was fantastic! read more

A go to place every time we get up to Lockport. Once you walk in past the baked goods on display to remind you of what you want to take out when you leave. The menu offers everything from subs/finger food to their trademark Italian dishes. We've stopped in for subs and other times for chicken parm and lasagna. Portions are Good for two meals. Service was attentive and responsive. Always an enjoyable time !! Recommend! read more

great food. And great service. I have never been disappointed in anything I have ordered. I love their sauce. And their desserts are to die for. You feel so welcome as soon as you walk in read more

I had a turkey club sub was the best sub I ever had. it was loaded with turkey and bacon. kudos to the cook.

Not really a place to sit and eat. I think it's more of a place to order a pizza. They literally had 2 booths and 3 tables. The salad was really old, brown and wilted. We asked for a new one which wasn't much better. I had the Lobster ravioli. It was just the Wegmans ravioli. Mostly crab meat. I will give them another try and try the pizza read more

Molinaro's Ristorante - Lobster Ravioli - Pizza Near Me - Lockport, New York

The pasta and sauce is made with some Italian love. The soups. The apps. Everything. YUMMY. I've never been disappointed with a meal here, I also catch myself having cravings for it ever since I've tried this place. Service is always prompt and welcoming, the ambiance is family oriented. Highly recommend!!!!! read more

I was in Lockport showing a client houses and we stopped her dinner. Glad that we did. It's a nice restaurant with a lot of choices and decent prices. We started with an appetizer. It was a risotto ball with mozzarella breaded and deep-fried and served marinara sauce. It was delicious I ordered a turkey club sub which had a lot of Turkey and bacon. I also tried the pizza which was thick and delicious. They have three different sauces traditional, sweets and extra sweets. We tried the one in the middle and it was very sweet so I think the extra sweet would be a bit much. There's a bakery with tons of dessert choices. I may have to go back and try some of those in the future read more

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What an awesome place . As soon as we walked in it was impressive. The restaurant is very inviting. I am completely amazed at the servings sizes. My wife and I both ate from one entree. The flavors of our meal were beyond delicious. The service was impeccable, friendly and informative. The young lady was very knowledgeable and helpful with our choice of meal. We will definitely return. My wife and I moved to Lockport 2 weeks ago. We've eaten several places and this is our favorite by far. read more

Although a tad pricey, (you get what you pay for!) I must say this is my favorite spot for pizza, wings, fancy baked goods and THE famous deep fried stuffed hot peppers! Just writing this makes my mouth water and long for it to be 3pm so I can order 1!!! Or 2, who am I fooling! Great service at the counter too! Been going here for YEARS and never had a bad experience! read more

This year for my birthday, my mom, step dad, and I enjoyed a great takeout meal from Molinaro's. Two years ago she ordered a pan of the chicken cutlets from here for a family dinner and they were excellent. But other than that, I hadn't eaten here since I moved from Lockport a decade ago. So I haven't been to the actual restaurant in a long time. We ordered 3 diners and shared so that we could try a little from each. The sauce was was very good. The meatballs with the baked rigatoni were OK but my least favorite from the dishes we shared. The stuffed shells were yummy and the lasagna was great. I couldn't stop eating eat even once I was full. But I I did because I had to save room for a cannoli! I should also note that the side salad that came with the meals was impressive, included a nice piece of garlic toast, and a ramekin of their house dressing which was really phenomenal. It might seem a little over the top to call a dressing phenomenal but it really was very good and I wasn't expecting that. After the three of us ate dinner, there were enough leftovers to make two more plates. In addition to their Italian dinners and desserts, they also offer pizzas, subs, salads, and appetizers. My old favorite dinner was the Chicken Molinaro but it has been a while so I need to try that one again next time we order from here. read more

Molinaro's Ristorante - Lasagna, Stuffed Shells, & Rigatoni with meatballs - Pizza Near Me - Lockport, New York

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To be honest, all I've gotten here are pizza, wings, and a cannoli once in awhile. I always get the sweet pizza sauce, which is very like Pizza Oven's, and a nice change from the usual sauce. The crust is medium thick, just right-doesn't overpower the toppings. They put just enough cheese, pepperoni or whatever you order on, too. No scrimping! The wings are always a good size, and medium is medium, hot is hot. Barbecue wings are good too, but as always, messy, and I wouldn't eat them in public! LOL! The big selection of Baked goods look sooo rich and delicious, but I've limited myself to a cannoli every once in a blue moon and they are great! read more

Solid specialty pizza - crust correctly cooked, heavy on toppings , tasty regular sauce ! excellent Rockefeller Salad - crisp and fresh and plenty of dressing on the side Wings (hot) - well cooked , not sloppy with sauce , flavor pulls through the hot which is ideal for me, fresh celery's and large portion on blue cheese ! Thrilled that my new home is close by and that the delivery fee was very reasonable ;) read more

Molinaro's Ristorante - Somebody's Uncles Specialty Pizza (18") - Pizza Near Me - Lockport, New York

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Molinaro's has been our #1 stop at the Italian festival for years. The stuffed hot pepper roll is one of my favorite local specialties. This year we went to the Meatball Brawl and after comparing meatballs, we thought their's was the best. It was then that we knew we had to go out to Lockport and eat at their restaurant. Went with my wife and son on a Saturday. We ate at the restaurant and took subs and wings home for the rest of the family. The food ratings based on our 3 opinions: Stuffed Hot Peppers (5 out of 5 stars) - it stands out among the many other's in the area for the sausage (amount and quality) Stuffed Pepper Roll (5 stars) - outstanding. A stuffed hot pepper wrapped in pizza dough. Baked or fried this is a "must have". Wings (4.5 stars)- based on the chargrilled variety of sauces. Healthier option than fried and very good. Rigatoni and Meatball (3 stars) - meatballs are fantastic. Portion is awesome. The sauce was too sweet for my taste and the dish was served on the cold side. Meatball Parmigiana Sub (5 stars) - meatballs are absolutely fantastic. Eggplant Parmigiana Sub(5 stars)- the sub bread to eggplant ratio wasn't to my liking. Needed more eggplant. Will definitely look to eat here every time I'm in the area. Don't think I could possibly pass up any opportunity to eat the stuffed pepper roll. read more

Molinaro's Ristorante - Rigatoni and meatballs. Very nice sized portion. - Pizza Near Me - Lockport, New York

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I ordered the black and bleu rigatoni, the sauce was very tasty but it was the bare minimum of sauce given. Theres only 2 pieces of shrimp and 3 thin slices of chicken breast. Disappointing for the $25 price tag. Also it came with a side salad that is just raw lettuce, a whole mini tomato and dried out raw onion set on top. Will be making this dish at home next time. read more

Molinaro's Ristorante - Black and bleu rigatoni - Pizza Near Me - Lockport, New York

Ordered daily special: small pizza sweet sauce, cheese and pep and 10 wings bbq and upgraded to chargrilled frome the pit...which is always the way to go with a wing. Sadly they forgot the pepperoni...weird thing to forget...but anyway still a fantastic pizza otherwise. They dont skimp on the cheese either. The sauce is laid a little heavier than I usually care for but the sweet sauce is just so good I didnt mind. The wings were nice and saucey and cooked perfectly. The celery was alive and fresh. The blue cheese was real enjoyable. Overall a real solid pizza. **Have ordered takeout (over the phone) multiple times since and again another missing ingredient/item on multiple orders. Food is still super tasty...it would just be nice to receive a correct order on the regular. Also to note....you are not able to split a single order of wings...they all have to be the same flavor for the whole single order. read more

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Tried to go to Lock 34 before a show at the Palace Theatre and the wait was too long, so we wandered over to Molinaros. We got salads, ravioli, gnocchi with tomato Alfredo, and rigatoni with meatballs. All were great. The salad dressings (both golden and sweet Italian) were very good. Hot bread with dipping oil/vinegar was delicious. We'll definitely go back. Not a ton of seating. You can tell they do a lot of takeout business. Lots of cookies and desserts we'd like to try next time (cheesecake, tiramisu, brownies, Italian cookies - all reasonably priced). read more

Fantastic food. Friendly staff. Dine-in and takeout. I never was in the old location but this new one is great!

I love to go to Lockport and stop here. The pizza is great and they have great Italian wedding soup.

Delicious old world Italian! Found this place by accident after checking out the locks. So glad we stopped! My son got to try his authentic NY style pizza, and my husband and I were amazed at both the quantity and quality! Authentic flavors I haven't had in years! Excellent value, giant portions, homemade, wide selection, VERY GOOD FOOD, service was above average. Apparently, they have a new dining room, enough room for about 50 ppl to dine inside. Highly recommend, worth the drive! read more

Remove sweet sauce from your menu - it's awful. Cook your pizzas so they're not soggy... cook it right

Amazing, stuffed pepper, everything home made, Kaitlyn was the best friendly server ever, hm canolys and other deserts, great experience , here from Tampa... read more

We just had fish dinners from Molinaro's. I'd rate this at the very highest top of my list. I've eaten in London, in the Caribbean Islands, in Italy, and Molinaro's is by far the best fish fry this old chunk of coal has ever had. I like to watch TV read more

Great italian food and pastries, old world food with reasonable prices. Great service and friendly atmosphere

This is an indirect review of Molinaro's. I was at Niagara produce and when in there prepared food section there was a pizza kit from Molinaro's. Not having been to the restaurant in a awhile I bought a kit. In the kit there was pizza dough, cheese, pepperoni and sweet sauce. If you don't like sweet sauce you can also get a kit with traditional sauce. I took the kit home and let me tell you it was the best pizza I ever made at home. We did add a few topping that we like but this pizza is out of this world. It made a large cheese and pepperoni for 11.00 and it was worth every penny. I will definitely be buying this again and telling everyone to go out and get one of these kits. read more

Molinaro's Ristorante - The pizza we made. - Pizza Near Me - Lockport, New York

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Never, and I mean never have I eaten a piece of pizza where the dough was so undercooked that I confused it for melted mozzarella cheese, until now. read more

Molinaro's Ristorante - Raw dough under the cheese and toppings. That's what's on my fingers - Pizza Near Me - Lockport, New York

Went to dinner Thursday night, Nikki our server was an absolute delight. Positive attitude, great service. Personal pizza was amazing as always. Nice hot fresh French fries! Can't wait to come back! read more

Half star off for slow delivery of bread and our appetizer. About 15 mins to get bread and 20 mins to get the stuffed mushroom appetizer. They were good, large, extremely hot, decently stuffed and you get five. And they were appropriately priced. One full star off for the overpriced The Portnoy pizza. It was ok but not anywhere near a Portnoy not Portnoy good. Half star off for mediocre service. Waitress is a bit disorganized. Didn't ask if we wanted plates. Another table she asked if they wanted plates. No, they don't want plates. Like us they want to eat their pizza over the bare table and get it everywhere. Busgirl took our drink order and was friendly, happy, and pleasant. She was quick to bring the wine that was ordered. We didn't pay for the two glasses of wine which was nice but probably because the waitress is disorganized. I would come again knowing what to expect. I don't think it can get worse. But reading the other reviews a bit nervous to try some of the more pricey menu selections. read more

Visited Molinaro's today and our visit was not very good. Our order took over an hour to be served. Four tables that ordered after us were served their food before us. I believe the waitress was not at fault but the kitchen needs to step up their game! We ordered Mama M's twist dips and they were raw in the middle...they did make them over and they fixed the problem. After our hour plus wait for our entrees we had a chicken dish that was pink in the middle...they gave us another piece of chicken but at that point we were just ready to go home. My grandson had the raviolis and was more than happy with them! My alfredo was okay but I have had better at OG. The waitress took the appetizers off the bill and that was appreciated but the wait was too excessive and I'm not sure I would ever return. read more

This place was originally in Moline, Illinois, and served up really old salad - gross! Its name was "Molineros" rather than Molinaros, which came from the name of the city (Moline), and the initials R.O.S. (for the "really old salad" they were famous for serving to customers). Of course when they moved to Buffalo they had to change their name, so they simply substituted a vowel. They also stopped serving really old salad, so now the last three letters stand for "Really OK Salad". I feel really bad about this, but I have to be honest, right? I was told by at least half a dozen people (and it might be more than that), that if I liked Village Eatery (and my word do I like it), then I would love Molinaro's. I came in, I asked her what was good, and I ordered one of everything (about 5 different things, no less). The wait time was insane (45 mins, I think, but they'd just opened so I'm okay with that), and that doesn't factor into the rating whatsoever. The salad was average at best, at least it was nice and cold. The Garlic Bread was average, it was nowhere near the incredible, home baked level of the Village which is perhaps the best Garlic Bread I ever had. The Chicken Parm was very disappointing and there wasn't much chicken in there. It was also overpriced... I think it may have been more expensive than the hefty and fantastic Parm at Village. It's a little more understated than Village (I thought it would be the opposite), so that gave me high hopes for the food and the prices, but the food was less impressive (considerably), and the prices were a little higher (not much, but a little). My friend had a grilled chicken salad... it was the very definition of average. Also I had a slice of the pizza because it came highly recommended. It was probably my favourite item out of the many items we got, but it was still not particularly impressive. Also, I'm sure it was just one person, but our server was not particularly friendly, and everything she recommended was average at best. Also, this is the third time in a row I've started a paragraph using also, so I'm going to cut out of here now and quit while I'm ahead. It's okay that a lot of people love this place and I don't... it's all a matter of taste. But if you ask me, this is nowhere near a 4 out of 5, and I don't give much lower than a 3 when it comes to family owned places. And Village, on the other hand - the main rival of Molinaro's, I suppose - is more of a 6 out of 5 than a 5 out of 5. It sets the bar very very very high, and honestly only Mulberry rivals it in terms of an Italian meal in WNY. read more

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I love this place. A local favorite and a great family that runs it. We ordered a large pizza and it did not disappoint. I will have enough for the week! The semi sweet sauce is great for when you want a little of that sweet flavor but don't want an insulin shot at the end of your meal. We also got wings and I was a little let down by the medium, it almost felt like they forgot to sauce them but I'm not taking points off because they were HUGE! And cooked perfectly nice and crispy on the outside but still juicy on the inside. Next time we'll order hot. read more

Molinaro's Ristorante - Medium on the left. Barbecue on the right. - Pizza Near Me - Lockport, New York

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I ordered a personal pizza online. After that things went downhill We picked it up and drove home we were ready to enjoy. NOT!!! Possibly the worst pizza I have ever had! A better description would be soggy bread with warm cheese on it. It was so soggy that it spit apart when I picked it up. I returned to the store and found someone on the phone and another employee chatting at a table. The employee finally decided to help me. I told him I was returning the pie because it was the worst...he repeated my words with a little sarcasm added. He took the wet bread into the kitchen. He returned to the front of the store and put the box it back on the counter. The person on the phone finally spoke to me and asked if I would like them to remake a new soggy bread pizza! I declined and asked for a refund which of course she couldn't do because only the owner can do this so I left with no pizza and no refund. The manager? said I would be emailed about the refund. What bothers me is that at no time did anyone utter a word of apology. read more