I absolutely love this place. During my short time in Marco Island, I hit this restaurant twice…read more The turkey sandwich is to die for. In fact, I craved it so much that I had to go back a second time to get it. The staff was friendly. The restaurant was clean. A great place for lunch, a pizza, or even to take home some delicious Italian food

I've been a regular at The Italian Deli for years. The quality has fluctuated, but I've always…read moregiven them the benefit of the doubt and kept coming back. After my experience on Thursday, February 12th, that's over. At 6:05 PM, I placed a small online order (mozzarella sticks, a calzone, and a sandwich) through their website, as I always do. Estimated pickup: 29 to 34 minutes. I arrived at 6:41 with my wife and kids in the car. Food wasn't ready, but "five more minutes." Fine. Five turned into twenty. Twenty turned into forty. During that time, I watched the staff take phone orders and quote every customer "20 to 25 minutes," no matter the order size. When I asked what the holdup was, the staff, who were genuinely doing their best, explained that new kitchen staff were struggling. My son was starving, so I left to grab him food elsewhere and came back about 30 minutes later, confident my order would be waiting. It wasn't. At 7:35 PM, ninety minutes after placing a three-item order, nothing was ready. I asked the staff why they were still quoting 20-minute turnarounds when the reality was 90+ minutes. I suggested they pause online ordering to let the kitchen recover. They told me the owner, Jared Grifoni, has instructed them to keep online orders on and to continue telling customers 20 minutes, despite knowing the kitchen is nowhere close to meeting that timeline. That's not a bad night. That's a policy decision to mislead customers for the sake of revenue. I requested a refund. As it was being processed, two of my three items finally came out. When the staff asked the kitchen about the last item, the answer was: "I have no idea when we'll get to that." I left at 7:46 PM, one hour and forty-one minutes after ordering. To be clear: the staff on the floor that night are not to blame. They were put in a no-win situation and handled it as well as anyone could. The issue is ownership making a conscious choice to overload the kitchen, deceive customers about wait times, and let the staff absorb the fallout. When I arrived, the restaurant was nearly full. When I left, it was almost empty. I won't be adding myself to either count again.

Ole bitch at the window was very rude and lazy!!! Food was…read morecold and tasted like it was sitting out for a while. She complained about having to get sauce and they forgot my sweet tea. Also made us very sick. Wouldn't recommend going here!!!

I went to McDonalds, Marco Island on St. Patricks day to get several shamrock shakes and McFlurries…read more(as advertised/pictured on the drive thru menu) for my family. I was told they were no longer available!!? Whaaat? No shamrock shakes? At McDonalds? On St. Patricks day? VERY disappointing!

This year is different from prior years, not sure why. Chicken fingers seem to be about half the…read moresize. The french fries were almost soggy like they were fried in old oil. The small cole slaw container was half filled about 2 spoons full but still tasty. Have enjoyed their food since they opened but dissapointed this time. Also, they are closed on Sundays and close at 7 pm every day.

Raising Canes who?!? Stopped in for a quick dinner and was very satisfied with what I found. The…read morestaff was super sweet. Our food was cooked to order. Yes the food looks like Raising Canes and the sauce is just as good, but the bread is better and the chicken has more seasoning. Oh and they have chicken wings! Yum! We LOVED it! Also get the brownie, you won't regret it. It was the perfect ending to an amazing and affordable dinner.

great location, plenty of parking. friendly enough staff…read more plenty of menu options, kinda pricey- but its marco island, so you expect that. the chicken sammy was good, the fries had a kind of fishy taste to them, and the portions were decent.

We went here for dinner on a Saturday night. The reviews were good and it was just a few minutes…read morewalk from our hotel. Pizza and beer sounded good, so off we went. The restaurant has inside and outside seating. We sat outside because the weather was nice. Service was friendly and efficient. The reason for 3 stars is the food, which in my opinion was at best mediocre. The kid had pasta and red sauce, which at $12 was overpriced. The pasta was overcooked and the marinara lacked flavor. It came with fries that were crispy and well seasoned. I thought they were good but the wife said she tasted old oil. The wife and I had a house side salad and frankly, it was pathetic. It was not attractive to look at and not well assembled. It looked like someone just threw together some lettuce, a couple of cucumber slices, and some diced tomatoes and called it a salad. The portion was very small. We wanted a wedge salad but were told that they "were out." Whatever that means. We ordered the Caprese pizza, $26, which was overpriced. The crust was not thin but not thick. It completely lacked flavor. Someone forgot the salt when making the dough. The pie was not fully cooked in the middle. The ingredients, which were supposed to resemble a caprese salad, never really came together. The wife did not like it all. I was not as harsh. It was not terrible, but it was not very good. We did not take the leftovers with us. I don't know where the 4 and 5 star reviews come from. Maybe we got them on an off night. Maybe we ordered the wrong food. I don't know. But what I do know is that I would not recommend this restaurant and we will not return.

We have enjoyed Big Al's for decades. They make huge quality sandwiches that are wonderful. Call…read moreor stop in and they can fill your tummy with yummy grub.

Ordered the combo with all the fixings. Everything was delicious and the staff were friendly. We…read moreshared a half sub and it was still a big sandwich. Will definitely be back!

I never wrote any negative reviews, but this is the second time in a couple of weeks that they…read moredemonstrated poor business practices. The first time I spent $48 dollars for lunch and asked them for a cup of carbonated water from the soda fountain. The woman behind the counter gave me a 4 oz plastic cup half filled. When I asked her about it, she answered with an attitude, "do you want me to charge you next time"! I told her I just spent $48 here and you can't even fill up a 4 oz cup for me with carbonated water! I told them that was bad business and left, but they could care less. Today, I spent $38 and when my wife asked for a cup with just some ice they charged us a dollar for it. I told them to take it off the bill, and told the woman it's was unbelievable that they want to charge me for a cup of ice. Also, with our order we specifically told the woman taking our order that we wanted a burger with no cheese, but when we got back to the beach chairs it was a cheese burger. I guess because this place is the only option at Residents Beach that they really don't care much about the customer and would rather nickel and dime us rather than show good business sense.

The food from this place was amazing. I can't say one bad thing about it, and the service was just…read morea great. Everyone was nice and helpful. The place is like a little beach shack but places like that always have nice people and great food. The smoothies were also really good. the burgers and fish sandwiches were unbelievable and putting the kids meals in kiddie buckets is a super genius idea.

Well it's a Subway…read more.. Clean, and organized just your typical subway but knocked off a star becasue when we asked for coffee they told us it was from 7am - we were there at noon or so - didn't offer to make a new pot just stared... but the food was yummy.

I must say after my daughter wants subway after school from MIA loves a 6 inch or foot long sub…read moreright after school from subway! Now we have lived on the island for months now and at least 3-4 days a week I stop by this subway around 330 and there is a lady named Dany who always helps us. This girl has no personality still does not know my order and it's the same since school started at 3 days a week. This girl is so nasty not happy rude nasty etc. I cannot say enough about the nasty attitude I get in this place everyday I stop by. I'm not looking for a friend at all period but respect as a customer is essential for a business that wants return business from one client. I think I have to start driving my daughter to the other subway located on the island to get service with a smile. If I get the same rude treatment there I will have to just go to Publix for my daughters sub from here on out. I'm done with this rude a Dany girl who is always there. It's like a problem to give my order 3-4 days a week! I think I'm done and it's sad because it's on my way home everyday! Done with this girl period! Rude to every extent! No matter what I do to get her to smile I get a nasty attitude! Done with this employee treating me like I inconvenienced her to make a sub I come for multiple times a week!

Beautiful location, right on the water with a boardwalk. Service was great (Michelle)…read more Started off with half dozen oyster $18. They were nice size and fresh. Cup of Marco Seafood Chowder $6.99 chef's selection of fish and clams in a seafood tomato broth. Seafood Salad: ($18.99) baby shrimp, bay scallops, calamari, grape tomato medley, mixed greens, marinated in a light champagne vinaigrette. Others in our party had the shrimp and scallop Alfredo, pesto salmon, beet salad, and rum butter mahi-mahi. All was very good, no complaints. Overall, I would recommend CJ's on the bay to others and I would definitely come back!

We had a really nice, quiet dinner by the bay at CJ's! We were vacationing and staying on Marco…read moreIsland at the JW and not too far away is CJ's, right up the road. We made a reservation ahead of time, which is a very good idea in-season. We asked for a table with a nice view of the sunset and we were given a front row seat to a beautiful sky as we dined - - the sunset colors changed all throughout. Jaklyn was our server and she really couldn't have been nicer and more efficent. She really helped us with our meal selections and is a pro server! She kept my husband's ice tea glass filled all throughout the evening, which is no easy-feat. I enjoyed the wings and a caesar salad while my husband had a salad with fried scallops which I tasted -- they were delicious. The menu is pretty robust - -i needed a little break from seafood that night! And to top off our meal, we had a very yummy slice of their key lime pie - - you really dont get key lime pie very often in NJ, so we took advantage and had to do taste tests during our vacation. This one was pretty close to the top! So if you're looking for a nice casual restaurant with a great sunset every evening, CJ's By The Bay is a winner. Get there early as the parking lot really fills up around sunset time. You can eat inside or out, depending on your mood.

Ordered a pizza similar to what we had 4 weeks earlier. Took two bites and it tasted doughy, like…read moreno sauce. Both my wife and I agreed. Called little Cesar's and shared our concern. The person on the phone was concerned and offered to remake our pizza for us, great. I picked up the remade pizza and brought with me the pie in question. Another person, possibly the manager, defended the questionable pie with her pencil pointing out the sauce. I shared I had ordered Addtl sauce and still cannot see what she is talking about and that my taste buds didn't taste sauce. She showed me the remade pizza and I shared there was sauce but very little and I had ordered Addtl sauce! I then shared when the little guy manager was there I never had a problem. She had some disgusting reference to him and I shared I didn't appreciate her reference to someone I had the utmost respect for. At this point I realized I was not getting my dissatisfaction realized and shared I WILL NEVER BE BACK TO THIS LITTLE CESARS, EVER!!!

I have been buying pizza's from here for years. I know they are not considered a high-end pizza…read morejoint, but the app makes it easy and the custom made ones are actually pretty good. Ordered from here today, and received an email that my pizza was ready. When I got there, that had given my pizza away and I was told another person with the same first name had ordered the same exact pizza. So, no stress, I should have my pizza in a minute or two. That did not happen, 15 minutes later, still no pizza. I demanded a refund and got it. Will never order from there again. Lots of pizza on the island. I do not like doing business with liars.