First time here and EVERYTHING was amazing!! .Pizza…read more.Spaghetti & meatballs .Calzone .calamari .Garlic bread . Lemonade. .. best part is that the grandkids luv'd it. Bonus!!!

5+ stars for the service but 3.5 for the food…read more Took my daughter for a father/daughter dinner, everyone was extremely nice and attentive, amazing staff! We ordered fettuccine and a pizza, the pasta was good but unfortunately the pizza was a little soggy, just needed to be cooked better. Don't get me wrong, the flavors were there and this place has the potential to be such a great spot. Will definitely come back.

Great spot to have a dinner date. Wanted to shout out Ken, he did an excellent job serving my…read morebeautiful date and I. He knew what to recommend, made our experience that much better!

Me & my partner came for the first time and got carlos as our waiter and we had the best food and…read moredrink suggestions. For our first time the service was amazing & the food was delicious. We really appreciate Carlos for his help & kindness.

Excellent fresh and delicious food! Great service, wonderful…read morestaff. Generous portions. Nice old Italian style ambiance, so comfortable

5/5 Stars - Amazing Italian Comfort Food!…read more Marino's Italian Restaurant never disappoints. You start off with their wonderful warm bread, paired with delicious homemade soup and a fresh, crisp salad that sets the stage for a great meal. For the main course, Marino's has the absolute best chicken marsala--rich, flavorful, and cooked to perfection every single time. The food, service, and cozy atmosphere make it a standout spot in Bellflower. Highly recommended!

It was our first time eating here. We ordered calamari and garlic knots and some clam chowder for…read moreappetizers. Delicious! I ordered the lemon chicken caper entree and my wife had a dish with an amazing cream sauce with mushrooms, but I don't remember the name. Literally everything was DELICIOUS! Highly recommend this spot. Great service from our waitress too. I think her name was Shelly or Chelly or something like that. We will definitely be back.

The pizza was fresh and delicious. It's not your cheapest option around, but the quality was there…read more So the cost didn't bother me. We also go a beet salad that stated there would be goat cheese on it- we didn't get much if any in ours, unfortunately. Staff were great and kind. Dining room was clean and neatly decorated. Plenty of parking too. I look forward to my next stop for food from La Pasta.

Leslies has become my go-to for pizza by the slice in Downey. It def competes with Avenue Pizza, i…read moreactually prefer Leslies. More variety and a bigger menu. Dont sleep on the Samiches. The Meatball sub is super cheesy with lots of sauce. Usually they tend to be dry, but Leslies was not. The Italian Sausage & Peppers was pretty fire too. Not super traditional but delicious. Pro-Tio: call ahead even for a slice. Flavors change depending on whats available and needs time for them to re-heat in the oven. You also have ti try their Cannolis, the cream cheese stuffing was fire. Staff is friendly, the owner is there sometimes and has always been friendly. Place is cozy, mainly a take out style with couple of stand up tables. Plenty of parking.

BEST PIZZA IN DOWNEY? Absolutely!…read more BIGGEST REASON FOR THE STATEMENT:Hands down For me the first thing of note is that they have a meatball pizza... and not any meatball pizza, but ground turkey, made into meatballs, sliced and put on pizza. Who does that? The best pizza place in Downey does! I grew up I just got back from deployment, I was goen from June until September (2025), I found myself at sea salivating for their pizza. I literally just got back, took care of family and business stuff and realized that I now have time to scroll through Yelp and write reviews based on Yelp suggestions (meaning if you check-in, but fail to write a review, yelp will remind you by adding the business to a list of suggested businesses. Let me start by saying that I will now pledge my loyalty, despite deployments getting in the way, to this shop from hestrip mall. THE STAFF: The staff is super courteous and they handle their phone orders flawlessly every time (Imperial Domminos could learn a lot from this place). I have even interacted with the guy making the pizza... he did so with a smile. SEATING: It is truly unfortunate that the limits set by the interior and exterior of this business make it so they cannot provide tables and seating in which patrons could dine. I would most definitely opt to dine in, if it was a choice. INTERIOR: This small carry out only shop is always immaculately clean. From the floors to the reflection of myself that I can see in the glass cases, this place wins the white glove treatment award every time. FAVORITE ORDERS: Cheese pizza, yep plain cheese pizza is the best way to review a pizza. Once you establish that the crust, sauce and cheese are amazing and worth the money, then it is time to sample, or as I like to say "experiment with" the quality found in a pizzeria's toppings I am usually a chicken, bell pepper, green olive type east coast pizza (so thick Sicilian is acceptable, and of late in the city of Portland, OR, I recently fell in love with Detroit style pizza) fanturkey meatball pizza is to die for. I do feel their sauce is a bit under applied, so asking for extra either on the pizza or to take home package separately is recommended. In the distant past, I have made my own sauce and actually topped store and shop bought pizza with it and the retopped the pizza with more cheese. I may start doing this with Leslie. PARKING: Ample parking is available outside, as this location is in a sizable stripmall.

Solid cheap Italian food…read more Huge portions Very good Get pizza too The kids love the good food

I found this place on Yelp and decided to give it a try since it's so close to my house. I had…read morepretty high hopes based on the reviews, but unfortunately, it fell short for me. When I first arrived, there was a family sitting outside who I initially assumed were customers, but I later realized they appeared to be the owners. There was just a lot going on, with people going back and forth between sitting outside and going inside where the food was being prepared. Personally, that made me a little uncomfortable. I understand that it may be a family-owned business and everyone operates differently, but I would have preferred to see a little more separation between hanging out outside and preparing food. We ordered quite a bit: a pepperoni and jalapeño pizza, lasagna, buffalo wings, and the Mediterranean salad. The Mediterranean salad was actually the best thing we ordered. It tasted fresh and was probably the highlight of the meal. The garlic bread that came with the lasagna was also good. Unfortunately, the lasagna tasted like it may have been previously frozen, and overall, the rest of the food just didn't impress me. I also noticed that several of the prices on the menu appeared to have been changed by hand, with the old prices covered and new prices handwritten in. I completely understand that prices increase, but combined with everything else, it added to the overall disorganized feeling of the experience. Unfortunately, after eating the food, my stomach became extremely upset. I can't say whether it was the pizza, lasagna, wings, or something else entirely, so I'm not going to assume what caused it. I can only say that I felt fine beforehand and had a very upset stomach afterward, which obviously didn't help my overall impression of the experience. I really wanted to like this place, especially because it's so close to home, but unfortunately, it just wasn't for me. Between the atmosphere, the food, and how I felt afterward, I personally wouldn't return.

The food was prepared authentically and it was delicious. The ingredients were quality. Since it…read morewas our first time going to this restaurant, we were limited as to what food we tasted. Both were red sauce pastas. One lasagna. The other. Sizzling Skilletini® Cacciatore. Both delicious. Proceeded immediately, there was very few customers at the time we went. We were served shortly after we gave our order no complaint on that level. It felt like a very authentic Italian restaurant I loved it. The only downfall was that it was attached to another restaurant. And it shared the same restroom.

Sergio was our service and he was nice…read more Food was bad. Spaghetti was watery, and the brisket was overly salty and cold. Pretty sure it comes frozen and they just reheat it for us which is a bummer. Pizza was decent. But overall sad this used to be a decent place. RIP Johnny Carino's.

We came here after an eye appointment across the street at Kaiser. My friend's eyes were dilated…read moreand he couldn't drive so I found this cute little restaurant so close by. You come in and you order at the counter and pay. They bring you your food. They played older music like from the 40s 50s and 60s and it was very enjoyable. . The food came pretty quickly and everything was delicious. I ordered a lunch special with two slices of pizza and it came out the size of half of a pizza. Minestrone soup was served hot and tasty So the portions are good. The people are nice and friendly, and the service is great.

No hate... but where these 5 stars coming from? I get no joy…read moreout of posting bad reviews, so bare with me. I had this place bookmarked literally for years, had been wanting to try their Pastrami Pizza. Like all ny reviews, it is unfiltered non-bias based in just the food. I assume most of these reviews are from locals with nostalgia vibes that grew up eating here? Came in on a weekday for work lunch, right around noon. At one point was the only customer waiting for their pick-up order. Girl at the register was nice, paid for my phone to-go order and waited about 5-10min over the original ETA pick up time. I ordered the Pastrami Pizza, was sooo disappointed. Taste was off, it was cheezy, just lacks character. The pickles and mustard did not save it. Maybe its the low quality pastrami they use, or the way the pastrami is prepared? Couldnt figure it out. Now the wings. Not good. Dry, lack seasoning, lack flavor. Ranch was decent, the watered down but yummy kind you get form Tams or hood burgers. This place has been around for a while, maybe surviving in their usual customers? Not sure.

Top notch service, bomb drinks and great ambiance. Reasonable prices and good portions really worth…read moreit! Our server Matias was excellent and recommended the empanadas to start which are really good!

Patricia had the best personality and was very sweet and attentive. Food was also amazing and…read moredrinks are a 10/10.

Great place to grab burgers. We came in on Friday to grab…read morelunch and they weren't too busy. My husband got the Supreme Burger and I decided to order the fish and chips. They both came with a heaping load of fries. He said his Burger was juicy and my cod fillets were fried perfect. I personally didn't like the coleslaw, but everyone makes it differently. Our main meals were great and so was the service. We also decided to order chicken wings as an appetizer. The wings were just ordinary and nothing to really write about. Probably wouldn't order again. Also need to tell them light ice on your fountain drinks or you will have a cup full of ice, although you do get refills.

Unfortunately Fronks is NO MORE.... Another great spot lost!! RIP Fronks…read moreA great place that will be missed. IYKYK