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Bar Marco

4.1 (399 reviews)
ModerateWine Bars, Cafes, Italian
Closed • 5:00 pm - 9:00 PM
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Jess N.

All you need to know is this spots taking you right to Italy without leaving Pittsburgh. Service is great, food is amazing, ambiance is small and quaint lit with candles. To be noted you have just 2 hours to finish your meal, plenty of time - but if you love chatting you may have to head to the bar if there's seating or to another place close by! Support small over all!

Caesar salad
Kristine S.

We sat at the bar and had an amazing experience start to finish. The menu is small and focused. Drinks and wine were excellent and we had great recommendations from the bartender on dinner. The restaurant has a very cool vibe and we especially loved sitting at the bar. We will be back again for sure. Best items: Kale Caesar and the Lamb Gnocchetti.

Arancini
Jayme B.

My friend and I met here for dinner recently. The space is small and reservations are recommended. We made a reservation in advance and sat at the bar. The menu is a great. There are some options but not an overwhelming amount of things to choose from. A lot of the menu looked great to us so we decided to order a bunch of things and split it. We started with some cocktails and apps. We tried the arancini, the Caesar salad, and summer caprese salad. We also ordered three pasta dishes- the rigatoni, gnocchetti, and I think the fettuccine. Everything was delicious, but my person favorite was the summer caprese salad. I'm still thinking about it. The vibe inside Bar Marco is also great. Everyone was super friendly.

Soup and a cocktail
Alicia O.

Cozy, cute, romanticized, and very Pittsburgh. This converted fire station, maybe is on an unassuming block near the Strip District. It's small and cozy but that makes for an intimate experience. We sat at the bar. Drinks were phenomenal. I would highly recommend trying multiple cocktails and/or wines from their menu. The food was good. Like most Pittsburgh restaurants, after living in Philly and DC, the food never blows me away but it is good and you can have a decent meal here. Service was attentive but not overly. We were greeted right away and our reservation was honored. Overall, I'd go for drinks and appetizers.

Gnocchi with white truffles
Roseanne W.

The food is always superb! The white truffle specials during our visit were heavenly. The server was friendly and extremely helpful, especially regarding the wine suggestions. Outside view of the restaurant is deceiving because the inside is unique and cozy.

Sam D.

I have been wanting to try Bar Marco for the longest time. On a whim we found a last minute reservation and decided to go. The staff was fantastic and they really helped set us up for an amazing meal offering cocktail and wine suggestions to complement our food choices. The antipasti had some great flavors but for the price the portion is a little smaller than expected. Their pastas were cooked perfectly al dente and the sauce had a great balance to it. I would definitely will be going back to try more on the menu!

Spaghetti
Nate R.

What an intimate, cozy, and classy spot! This was our first time there and we were blown away! Our server, Neil, was very cool and helpful with the menu. Super attentive. The focaccia is made fresh daily and you can tell. Absolutely delicious. Our crostada was fantastic. It was light, buttery, and crispy with a warm ricotta base. The quail was juicy and tender and the spaghetti had a nice kick to it. Our dessert was a chocolate mousse dish with nuts and was incredible. I'd recommend making a reservation and getting a table to really enjoy what they have to offer. Would love to go back.

Hamachi crudo
Angela M.

Wow! This place is great. From the cocktails, to the food, to the service everything was amazing. Their menu consists of a 2 course meal, an antipasti and insalata and a pasta e secondi. You get to pick one from each. There are also add ons like fresh baked focaccia, arancini and prosciutto. It has a very intimate vibe, only have a handful of tables. The bartender Jason makes some great drinks and I also did the amari flight and asked for his 3 favorites. They did not disappoint.

Gemelli pesto
Madison W.

Such a good atmosphere for date night or out with friends! Food was great, portions were just right in my opinion!

Great food location and service. Highly recommend! If you go make sure to try the appetizers!!

Spaghetti, gnocchi and meat and cheese plate.
Marlene H.

I can't say enough good things about this place! The food was beyond awesome. Our bartender/server Kelsey was so super and attentive!! The gnocchi was very soft and the sauce was delicious. The spaghetti with the sweet corn spicy sauce was just incredible! We also had the cheese and meat appetizer and everything on it was delicious. You definitely need a reservation for this place, we tried to go a few times and could never just walk in. We will be back!

Fusilli, Spanish octopus
Kaylie W.

Bar Marco was a cute restaurant and bar, which gave me a European style vibe. It was beautiful at sunset and the atmosphere was classy. Parking was easy with lots of street parking in the area, as it avoids the busier parts of the Strip. Service was amazing. The restaurant doesn't require a tip, but the service and staff were super nice and food was fast. [Spanish Octopus] was my favorite dish. It was nicely grilled so that the octopus was tender, and the polenta and zucchini was finely executed as well. However, I did feel the fusilli was too salty. The Marco Caesar salad also felt a bit bland, maybe because there was too much kale and not much of anything else in the salad. The arancini was flavorful with a crispy texture but soft and cheesy risotto inside to balance.

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love this place, best wine menu and the food is delicious and always consistent. Vibe is also great. Love hanging at the bar

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3.5(136 reviews)
0.4 mi•Strip District
Live music
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Brother brought me there for a concert and munch. Great service, fun venue, tasty food, seemed…read morepricey drinks. Seating maybe long tables with other folks making it a fun time engaging with other people if you want too. Seemed any seating was good to hear the stage.

Avoid this restaurant. They make mistakes constantly on togo orders…read more On day one, I had ordered a bread pudding and paying for it. After waiting 30 minutes for it, they decide to come out and tell me that they are out of bread pudding. It would've been beneficial to know that prior to paying, however, they did not even offer a refund. Instead, they told me they would give me a tiramisu instead. On day two, I placed an order for a salad with a chicken skewer upcharge. Upon getting my order and opening the container, I saw that the skewer was not in there despite being charged $10 for it. The other items here at the restaurant were not good, and I do not recommend this as they don't want to make good quality food. Lobster ravioli is pretty dry and tough to chew. Tiramisu is missing that earthy coffee flavor. Chicken caprese says that it comes with fresh mozzarella, however, they only gave us small circle of cheese on one side of the sandwich (covers about 1/4 of the sandwich). Do not get the truffle fries, they are the exact same taste as the normal fries. Last, the crab and shrimp dip is highly inconsistent. The first day, it was good and actually had pieces of shrimp. The second day, zero shrimp. In the end, this restaurant has several deficiencies that they do not seem willing to resolve.

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0.1 mi•Strip District

On food/drinks alone, this is probably a 3-star place, but the ambience gives it its 4th star…read more We ate here to celebrate my wife's birthday. Located in the strip district on the corner of Penn and 21st, the quaint environment hits you immediately as you walk down the stairs in the wine cellar atmosphere of the restaurant. We started with each getting a wine flight and a charcuterie board. There were a couple wines that were ok, but generally speaking, the wines weren't great. My intention was to figure out which wine we like best and buy a few bottles for home. After trying them, we decided to pass on this plan. The charcuterie board was great with a nice variety of cheese, meats, fruit, and crackers. For the main dish, my wife ordered the shrimp and crab cakes while I had the chicken parm. My wife enjoyed the shrimp and crab cakes (we just moved here from the DC/Baltimore area, so it's tough to review these crab cakes without being too unfair to CoP). The chicken parm was a bit burnt and the sauce pretty flavorless. Like I mentioned at the start, this place was probably 3-stars on the food and 2-stars on the wine, but the ambience made up for it, which is why I'm giving it 4 stars.

Cellar on Penn is great! They had one of their employees above the restaurant on the sidewalk…read moresampling different wines which definitely got us to come into the restaurant. A bottle was only $20 so we shared a glass of white wine. I preferred the white over the red for sure. The space inside is really cozy - would be perfect for a winter gathering!

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We came here for our 58th anniversary, and were seated exactly where we wanted, and were sipping…read moreour drinks, when a sweet young lady asked if we would mind moving. They wanted to join our table with two other others to accommodate a larger party. I was a bit annoyed, but we complied. Soon the manager came over and apologized profusely then said that because they had to move us on a special day, he would comp our meal. That is a good manager. Even had he not done that, I would have praised the restaurant and the meal. Service was excellent, I got an old school drink, which was made perfectly, and our steaks were fantastic. We were happy not to be upstairs where it sounded extremely lively. We are old, and a booth, near the bar was exactly what proved to be the best place for us. If we go back to Pittsburgh, we will eat here again.

3.6, but I'll round up to 4 for service. First off, really appreciated the woman serving. She was…read morevery knowledgeable about the menu and helpful (when the other server forgot to bring a spoon with the French onion soup, I went to the bar and she gave me one right away). The French onion soup was a banger. Very savory and salty, nice layer of cheese on top, and plenty of cooked onions. They hit and did not miss. The entrée was good - gnocchi with sliced chicken atop a sort of corn elote / chowder / cojito confection. The gnocchi were stuffed with asiago, but I tasted more corn flavor than any asiago. I'd say, for the price of the food (and wasn't cheap), it wasn't out of this world flavor-wise. But the vibes were cool and the cocktails looked interesting. I'd cone here again to try another dish.

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Bar Marco - wine_bars - Updated October 2026

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