Marios Pizzeria - Croydon

Despite some of the reviews on this site, I rate this place as Excellent. We had the garlic pizza and Mario's Special pizza as well as a seafood linguine and spaghetti marinara.WOW. All were superb and the service was fast and friendly.We will definitely come back again!

Our first visit to Mario's Pizzeria & it won't be our last! From the moment we arrived all of the staff were super friendly, the restaurant had a great atmosphere & there is byo option which is always a bonus! We were very happy with all of our meals which included pizza, pasta & two of the veal dishes. We thought it was reasonably priced given the quality & portion sizes. Parking is available close by & restaurant was pretty full for a Sunday night so would recommend booking where possible.

Not sure about the pastas, but overall the pizza here is really great. They have a variety of sizes and kinds, as well as Mario's specialty pizzas like the Salsicce (recommend). If you're happy sitting outside you usually don't have to book. They only take cash, though there is an atm inside.

There was mixed reviews about this place but I decided to check it out anyway on a Thursday night to judge for myself. I ordered a fettuccini based dish, while my partner ordered a pasta based dish, along with Mario's special for pizza, bruschetta and rocket salad. The wait was extensive, at least 30 minutes for our entrees to arrive.The fettuccini/pasta dishes were drowned in sauce, and the flavours were far from dynamic - very linear, plain flavour as you would expect from a can of Dolmio's. The true disappointment, however, was the pizza. The base was exactly like the thin n' crispy bases from Domino's - hard and dry. The toppings were ok but again, nothing special. Furthermore, they're cash only!The only good thing about this restaurant was the friendly waiters - unfortunately though, they forgot to bring our drinks out with our meals.

We had booked a table for 4 persons and ordered our meals. We wanted to try something different than just pizzas. Two of our group ordered pasta dishes and the other two ordered the chicken parmigiana from the menu. After 40 minutes of waiting we reminded the waitress then none of our meals had been served. The two pasta dishes arrived shortly after we complained to the waitress. Our friends started their meals and after another 10 minutes we reminded the waitress then we had still had not received our chicken dishes and that we had waited long enough. The chicken dishes finally arrived. The food could be best described as mediocre at best and not great or fantastic as other reviews suggest. To make matters even worse, we ordered only 2 deserts but we were charged 4 desserts on our bill. I was not happy Mario, not happy at all with the food, service and the bill. This is a restaurant which now crossed off our dining list.