A large bright Italian Restaurant, broad menu, I went for pepperoni pizza, I was not disappointed, the New York style was perfect, crust had the right bite , not burnt , but crispy edges, the cheese was tasty, and pepperoni was delicious... just what I was craving... friendly waitresses.. all sorts of beverages available.. large parties can be accommodated.. I will certainly go again.. ! read more

Moving here from the NJ & NY area I really needed to find an authentic pizza place. Mama Maria produces the pizza that I have grown up with. Excellent! The penne vodka, meatball sandwich, broccoli rabe and tiramisu are all excellent. Highly recommend the place. Sal the owner is great as is all the staff. I don't normally drink soda but the birch beer is really good. This has become the only place we go for pizza and we bring all our house guest here. Marcella & Joe read more

After eating at Mamas for over 30 years, normal people have been priced out of eating there. Quality has gone down, yet the prices have skyrocketed. Should've stayed in the tiny spot in Milford Plaza where everything was about the food. Now it's a fancy place with expensive subpar food. It's bad when greasy Grottos's is cheaper. And for comparison, My Roma uses fresh ingredients and doesn't cost a fortune. read more

Mama Maria - Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Milford, Delaware

Service was excellent and friendly and ambience is good. Used to be my Favorite Restaurant however the price has greatly increased and the food quality has gone down. The portions are less than before and not as good. read more

Everything. Food is so sub par. Pizza is usually burnt! My kids could cook better than this slop! And they hate cooking! read more

If you're not gluten free this review is irrelevant to you. What changed?! I'm not sure but something has absolutely changed with the Gluten Free crust. Transparently, before my last order this would've been a 5 star. Great GF crust, great pizza. The last time my husband and I ordered out, I hated it. The crust was crumbly like a cookie and just awful. I was so confused and almost scared that I ordered the wrong thing. I didn't. I was so pumped to review them for GF safety, flavor, etc. Only to be totally underwhelmed by the pizza in the picture. Y'all are awesome but if you change that crust. Please change it back! Had 3 great orders in a row and then this. =( read more

Mama Maria - Looks beautiful! Just didn't taste the same crust wise. - Pizza Near Me - Milford, Delaware

Great fast service, however, the Pizza and Bread were the best part. There were 6 of us so we got to try a little sample of a lot of dishes. I had the Alfredo it was adequate nothing over special. Meh..... My daughter had the penne Al's vodka the sauce was not great and seemed to be very spicy compared to others. My dad had the veal parm. The veal was crisp cooked well and tender but the red sauce was acidic not sweet and fresh as I would have hoped for. Definitely not using San Maranzaro ? Tomatoes just not impressed. The alfourno was ok same red sauce issue I had with it. Although it seemed that the ricotta and other cheeses kind of cut the acidity a little but still not a sweet tomato sauce... My wife and mom got eggplant dishes my moms was way over cheesed and just was kind of greasy and my wife got something that had spinach or rolled the eggplant was so thick it was not good and she only had a few bites. I found the house salad fresh but the house dressing lacked flavor was very bland needed at a minimum salt to give it some flavor. Not a bad experience but nothing memorable and probably no reason to return. The service was great fast friendly and the establishment was clean. read more

We were a party of 6 . Our waitress was very good and attentive. We ordered a cheese pizza for an appetizer. That was delicious! One person had Fettuccine Alfredo, it was very good. I ordered eggplant parmigiana the sauce had no flavor, and there was so much cheese on it, you couldn't taste the eggplant. I almost choked on the cheese. Another person had the eggplant rolotini, that wasn't any better than the parmigiana. The pasta with Vodka sauce was just okay, and one ordered a rigatoni dish , that wasn't any better. We tossed out most of the food. The salad was ok, I had many dark wilted lettuce in the salad. The house dressing had no flavor. I feel all of the meals were very overpriced as well. It's not a place I would likely choose to go back to. I rate it 1 star. read more

Pizza is how we remember a good n.y. Style pizza with the same vibe as a ny pizzeria. Veal parm equally as good. Establishment is clean and neat and service was spot on Would not hesitate to recommend read more

The service was very good. This is a clean nicely decorated small restaurant. We both had the spaghetti and meat sauce. The sauce was ok and it had very little meat. read more

Terrible place to eat. Staff are obnoxious and the cook is an absolute idiot. He should not be able to cook in any restaurant...has no grasp of Italian cuisine. Never on our radar again!!!! read more

One of the better pizza joints around. Though a bit pricey, you get what you pay for. Good pie!!! Wish they had better beer selections. Good job Mama Maria!! read more

Stopped here for takeout. Food was great, came out fast for our huge order. Especially loved the lasagna and penne with vodka sauce. Veal Parmesan was good too. read more

We are here on vacation and Italian sounded good We were not disappointed I had lasagna and my wife enjoyed her ravioli Salad was fresh and the house dressing was great read more

Mama Maria - Lasagna Entree - Pizza Near Me - Milford, Delaware

They make a pretty good pizza. Ask for it well done so it'll stand up in the middle.

WHERE IS THE SAUCE??? Any cheese pizza you order here (not talking about a Margarita style) simply does not come with enough tomatoe sauce. Order and see for yourself. Not to mention, he charges way too much. Sorry, I like Sal and the staff but for the money he's charging, he has to make a better pizza with actual sauce you can taste in it. Too many other options in this town, like Ortalana that's practically half the price and is a better option compared. read more

We ordered a large pepperoni pizza with mushrooms & black olives. My husband picked the order up without looking at it. When we opened the box at home we discovered that the add-ons (mushroom AND black olives) were both from a can; not fresh. My husband called to complain but the owner was not interested & did not care. He said pizza was at his standards & that was that. But, it was definitely not by our standards. read more

Excellent service in a very well maintained restaurant. Our salad and Stromboli were big servings with quality ingredients. Delicious

Great service and food quality. The price is so reasonable. This combination is hard to find nowadays. You deserve a 5-star rating. Thank you! read more

to start off this horrid review I just wanna note that I wish there was a 0 star feature as I would incline to click that one. that being said the food was a very poor attempt , I went to pick my slice up and I watched as all the toppings fell off like a landslide. made me back away a bit, gave me the shakes. after that discouraging attempt I tried again and was left with the same fate :/ as for the taste it was mediocre at best not very seasoned sauce was runny for a pizza and I didn't find any cheese hardly, as for the chicken it tasted canned for all I know. wouldn't ever spend $32 on this abomination again. good day read more

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I love Italian food. Even though I do not have a hint of Italian blood in my veins, seafood pasta is my go-to dish, either when eating out or when cooking at home for my picky toddler. If I were competing on "Beat Bobby Flay" on Food TV, I think I might end up picking linguini with shrimp in an alfredo sauce (And yes, I know Italians don't do alfredo; it seems to be a uniquely American creation). I say all this to simply note that I have some understanding of Italian food and even though this place has a distinctly Italian vibe with paintings from Italy, a server who surely looked like she had Italian ancestry in her DNA, and menu items in Italian, the food itself failed to make much of an impression on me. We ordered the calamari as our appetizer. My wife had the Frutti di Mare - clams, mussels, shrimp and scallops in white wine broth whereas I had the cozze - mussels in spicy marinara. None of the three dishes made much of an impression on me. I am used to seeing calamari that is golden brown in appearance and is often served with fried bell peppers but here the calamari had a more pale yellow appearance and the batter was remarkably flavorless. Neither were there fried bell peppers which seems to be a common accompaniment to the calamari. My own dish - the mussels in spicy marinara sauce - was fine but not exceptional. There was far too much oil but too little cheese. I was almost tempted to ask for cheese but refrained from doing so. I also tried out my wife's dish - the seafood in white wine broth and found it to be too salty and again, quite bland. My wife indicated that she had already squeezed a ton of lemon on her pasta and it was still quite salty. Thus, having tried out three dishes, I can say with some confidence that none of them resonated with me and to a great extent, this was true for my wife as well. (In all fairness, I think she enjoyed the calamari more than I did.) Accordingly, even though we had some room in our bellies at the end, we decided not to order a dessert. All in all, the place disappointed us. I don't see myself coming back here again and would much rather try out a different place if I were in the Milford area. read more

Mama Maria - Cozze - Mussels in spicy marinara sauce. - Pizza Near Me - Milford, Delaware

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The Mama Maria Staff are friendly the food is great and they are just like family....i have been going to this restaurant since 1996 and i will continue to go until i am not able to go anymore..... read more

Honestly, I'd give it zero stars if I could. I ordered a buffalo chicken pizza and it was so thin I could see my relative through it. we couldn't even pick the pizza up without it falling off. it also tasted like straight cardboard. Eat here if you want the worst food in Delaware. read more

Call me Karen! DO NOT GO HERE IF YOU HAVE A FOOD ALLERGY!!! If they make your food INCORRECTLY, with an ingredient that you are ALERGIC TOO; they will charge you despite only eating 3 noodles!!! Then when you bring it to their attention, they come back with the bill them charge you $7 for the side salad and roll!!! BECAUSE THEY MESSEDD UP!!! Anyone who knows me KNOWS it is not about the money, I still paid the bill and tipped 20%. BUT NEVER AGAIN!!! For as many times that I've been there for dinner, pizza for parties, word of mouth marketing I do for them, work meetings, ETC!! NEVER AGAIN!!! Instead of going to see Wicked tonight, I'm going home to take Benadryl, for active allergies symptoms I'm experiencing... read more

Delicious spot for pizza and subs. Snagged an impromptu lunch here after a local soul food restaurant was completely vacant and so glad we did. The subs were write home worthy and the pizza delicious. Not sure why anyone hits up grottos pizza with this amazing gem so close by. Try the Italian sub and the chicken steak sub! read more

Waitstaff was cordial. She complained about the kitchen whom she blamed for everything being slow. Then she complained that "nobody wants to work" these days. Steak was undercooked, asparagus soggy, calamari was awful and the salad had anchovies laid across the top (people should be warned when they order a ceasar.) They tried to make up for it by giving us free desserts but it was too late by then. read more

The food was terrible. The upcharge for the papardelle is not worth it considering the papardelle eats like it came from the freezer. The vodka sauce was broken, the soup was inedible, everything lacked seasoning. Bland is too kind. The only bright spot was the bread, which was fresh. I can guarantee the overpriced food is reheated and not fresh made. There were no sounds from the kitchen. In fact, when we looked in the kitchen, no one was cooking. I've opened jars of Ragu that were fresher and tastier than anything you get here. Save your money and get something frozen from Stouffer's, it'll taste better. I paid for a meal I didn't eat. The service was fine. Our server was very nice. One star for the bread and service, otherwise it would be in the negatives. read more

I was asking some friends who live locally where a good place for dinner was while we were in the area. Mama Maria's did not disappoint. For appetizer we got the calamari and it was so good. It had a drizzle of a basalmic glaze which was a nice surprise and really complimented the dish. I ordered the scallops with angel hair and Alfredo sauce. The Alfredo was perfectly creamy and the scallops were perfectly seared. My husband got the chicken Parmesan sub and he said it was really good. He is typically reluctant to get fried food on bread but he said it was all well balanced. We will definitely be back. read more

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I'm a long time customer. Called and ordered a pizza to be picked up. Ordered my pizza to be half baked so I could finish it at home (we always do this). I felt unsure that the gentleman taking the order understood and I repeated everything and asked for confirmation. When I picked it up - they did not have my name and had to search the order by its ingredients. It was not half baked and was cut (which makes trying to heat it finish it on a stone a nightmare). I noted that these directions were not on the order ticket and pointed that out. The cashier said "sorry" Pizza was $32. I don't mind paying that but do expect my order to be correct . Everybody makes mistakes but don't appreciate paying good money for an order that is incorrectly executed, especially when I pointed it out when I was picking it up. Just saying. read more

Food was excellent and the service was too. Even though they were short staffed, they handled our large group without a problem - our food came out together and hot! Pizza was really good and especially enjoyed the clams - the butter sauce on them was so good! The portions were extremely generous and prices were reasonable. Highly recommend! read more

Awesome pizza!!! So fresh. I had a veggie pizza and the veggies were fresh and crisp, not cooked down to mush like so many other pizza shops. It was expensive at $26 for a regular size pizza even with large slices. I wouldn't go here very often simply based on the high price point. It would have to be an extra treat for myself to go back again. That's the only reason why I have 4 stars instead of 5. Service was fine in my opinion. Ambience was great! It was my first time going there. I was surprised just how nice it was inside. read more

Third time was not a charm ,veal parm taste rotten .Vodka sauce was bland .eggplant has skin on it and taste like fish.. bread and salads were good ... dont think i will be returning read more

Do not order the eggplant. It was tough and inedible and had strange taste. Not fresh eggplant. Everything pizza was okay, but not worth $30. Salad lettuce had brown spots. Chicken on buffalo chicken pizza not seasoned, no bleu cheese; under cooked. Loaded cheese fries were dry. read more

Ordered a cheese pizza with green peppers and onions. The best pizza we've had in a long time. The peppers and onions were lightly sautéed which added a nice flavor to the dish. The crust was very crispy to perfection. This New York I will definitely be back. read more

Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria....Pizza in the name, had to be good right? Cheese pie was mediocre, crust was soft & chewy, sauce was bland, cheese had good pull, slightly salty. Margharita was cheese & bland sauce on toast; dry, no rise, no taste toast. Try the pasta.....can't be worse ****** Utterly forgettable read more

Mama Maria - Pizza Near Me - Milford, Delaware

Stopped in there today for a chicken cheesesteak sub. After being seated and ordering, my sub arrived amazingly fast. But it was too hot to eat. 5 minutes later, it was still too hot to eat. Then I realized why my food arrived so quickly. It was microwaved. Not freshly grilled. If you're going to call yourself an Italian Restaurant and charge 12 bucks for a sub... then grill your food fresh. Don't microwave it. I can get microwaved food at the 7-11. read more

Overall good, homemade food but charging $20+ for spaghetti seemes excessive even with inflation.

I stopped by for the first time yesterday and I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed dining here after reading some of the reviews. The restaurant had a relaxing atmosphere and the service was good. I ordered the Hawaiian pizza and a Chianti wine. The wine tasted high quality and I was served a generous pour. The pizza was large with a sizable portion of toppings and it was one of the best pizzas I've ever had. I especially liked how there were several condiments on the table to put on your pizza (red pepper flakes, parmesan cheese, garlic powder, and oregano). I'm looking forward to my next visit! read more

First time at this restaurant, and it'll be the last. Ordered a chicken parm & 2 large pizzas, which took an hour to come out. When the pizzas first came out the dough was raw and super chewy. We sent it back & when it came out it was still no good, honestly repulsive. Asked to speak to someone because we didn't want this on our Check, and a lady came out and told us that their cooks tried the pizza and thought everything was fine. Honestly disappointed.... Was expecting a lot more from this restaurant. read more

The food is excellent, lacking in customer service and ambiance like a diner. The prices shouldn't be this extremely high. Oh and the pizza is terrible - bland cheese, no spices in sauce and hard/burnt crust. read more