Iconic local landmark. Very upbeat, fresh, folksy. Crowded. Nice food. Live music is a big plus on some nights. Food way better than we expected! read more

Made a short drive off I-81 while traveling and found this great little spot outside of town. We will remember this one. Friendly service. Delicious food. Unique decor, clean and comfortable. Great bar. No live music today but a great country station playing in the background. read more

Marino's Lunch - Bar area is so cool - Bars Near Me - Staunton, Virginia

FeFe has owned this spot for a little over a year now and they are killing it! One of our favorite local spots to go with Suzie slinging drinks and Hannah providing the best service around! All the waitstaff do a good job. Prices are very reasonable for this fresh and local food! Blue Plate specials are great! I love the Wednesday night Meatloaf! One of only a few local spots to get meatloaf and it is the best! They have indoor and outdoor seating. The live music is awesome!! Closed on Sundays. Great breakfast too! Check them out!! read more

Marino's Lunch - Blue Plate Wednesday Special = Meatloaf! - Bars Near Me - Staunton, Virginia

The food is delicious, I do recommend this place. I've gone for breakfast mainly! The service is amazing the employees are so kind and welcoming ! read more

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We were referred to this place by a Staunton local. First time for us. We were pleasantly surprised. Greeted immediately upon walking in. We were told to sit anywhere we like. Staff were especially helpful and friendly. Food prices are typical and affordable. We chose to split the Club Sandwich. It was delicious and just the prefect size for two. We also tried the Jam Session Margarita. Susie (our server) was super friendly and spot on with service. We will DEFINITLY be back. Nice job folks ! read more

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Everything went well, service,was great, food was delicious, very ambiance. I would recommend this place to everyone.

The ambience was amazing. The cool artwork mixed with the church pew, the brick walls mixed with contemporary lighting. A very eclectic space that works so nice. The food was out of this world! I'm very picky with my breakfast and it was the best I ever had Our waiter was also very friendly and prompt read more

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Extremely friendly and helpful staff, delicious food with great variety and pricing, and fun, local atmosphere - what's not to like? The restaurant is clean and homey - its larger than it looks from the outside. I would highly recommend as a go-to on a visit to Staunton. read more

The food was good and the whole place had a cool musical vibe. Guitar on the wall and upright bass in the corner. read more

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This place rocks! Great ambience, food, and service. And Suzie the bartender is awesome! read more

Marino's Lunch - Our bartender Suzie is awesome - Bars Near Me - Staunton, Virginia

Strange ambiance. Very clean, very brightly lit, but with a full bar. Cannot recommend anything on the menu that has bread in it: what they used for the bruschetta was so bad that it was comparable to Wonderbread. Service was great, though. read more

I'm a fan of supporting local businesses when I travel. This trip is with my family. We are all so glad we passed up chain restaurants and checked this place out. The place was clean, the greeting sincere, and the portions just right. The only reason I didn't give it five stars is because $16 for a chicken Caesar wrap seems high. read more

Marino's Lunch - Friday blue plate special - Bars Near Me - Staunton, Virginia

Was there last Saturday, the food is getting worse, got chicken breast sandwich, fried to death, onion rings cooked way too long. Partner got baked potato, totally slopped together. With the prices and food taxes on the meal , can't justify coming back . Get your act together, people expect better presentation and quality of food at these prices. read more

Great Music! I like the food and love Marino's support of local music and musicians. Enjoy the vibe.

Great place for good home cooking and great service. Bring a hearty appetite. You can expect a large delicious meal. I have enjoyed every meal I have eaten there AND they do have live music. Checked out a local band Blues on the Rocks last night. Rocking good band. Hard to sit still when they play. I would highly recommend Marino's to my family, friends and anyone who asks for a great place to eat and chill out. read more

Updated review: country fried steak now comes with brown gravy bc apparently, according to our server, this is the Tuesday special gravy so it's easier to serve brown again on Friday instead of make new white gravy for the country fried steak. I've been craving this meal since visiting several months ago and was really underwhelmed with the quality of all the food and the service tonight. Hope it was just a rough night! read more

Great food and the atmosphere is really friendly. Service is great. Looking forward to having a meal out on their patio and listing to a local band. read more

Great service! I ordered a burger and it came out quick and perfectly cooked. The bun is fresh and soft. Lovely atmosphere for a lunch stop today! Definitely recommend Marino's! read more

This place closed a while ago to make some adjustments and never opened back up. It's a shame too. It was a nice little "locals" place.

Very good breakfast, the bacon was just right! I'm off eggs at the moment, but I can have French toast, and that was good! Very good service and a fun atmosphere. Everything was very clean, yet homey. Thanks! read more

Marino's Lunch is a good place to eat. They are open Tuesday-Saturday. They have live music as well

I saw that many of our friends on social media liked the place since it reopened so I have since been twice. With different people. It was some of the worst food I've ever paid money for. I wish I didn't have to say it, but Stanton deserves better than this. The fish sandwich was a piece of heavily pre-breaded frozen fish of some sort on a bun that was three times the size of this little Pre-breaded frozen piece of fish. What was so disappointing was I specifically asked the server is your fish fresh and she said yes. I don't think they should be telling anybody lies like that. Other folks I went with got Philly cheesesteaks in French dips that were the strangest meat they had ever tried to eat. The french fries are obviously the cheapest thing that a food service company delivers to them. They were horrible. The whole experience was really disappointing and the bill was huge for such a little bit of food that we were all able to eat I'm sure it's a fun place for music, but I would never recommend anybody eating there read more

We had heard so much hype about the reopening and were worried we wouldn't be able to find a seat for lunch but thankfully that wasn't a problem but lunch went downhill from there. My wife and I ordered the mushroom/swiss burger and the waitress asked us how we would like them cooked - I replied medium and my wife, medium rare. When they arrived they were cooked identical - overdone. The most tasteless burger I have ever had in my life - they were so dry, it was honestly difficult to swallow. It didn't resonate with me at the moment but the cheese was literally just like you just pulled it out of the fridge sitting on our burgers - how is that even possible ?? Cold and nasty burger ! My father had the french dip and it was just as bad. In all it was a huge disappointment that I am sorry to say definitely did not live up to the hype. We have a 3 strike rule on restaurants so we will probably give it another try eventually and can only hope there is a different cook next time ! read more

We've been coming to Marino's since they re-opened and have enjoyed every experience. Their new menu and vibe is exactly what the North End is missing. However, I went in around 4:00 on Friday for a beer on the way home and the place reeked of smoke. Not like the kitchen staff might be hitting one out back, like someone inside the restaurant was actively smoking. It was so overpowering that another women at the bar loudly commented, as I walked in, "why does it smell like weed in here". I don't mind the odor and understand it's legal, but would prefer not to have a drink in an ashtray. The bartender responded with "well some of our clientele...". I dismissed it as no big deal until a gentleman came from the back room to the bar with a pipe with weed in it in his mouth while he paid his bill. A few moments later an obviously more mature member of the staff stands in the door to the back room and says something like: No. don't do it inside. Or just let me know so we can step outside and do it together. It then became clear that she was complicit in the large group in the back smoking in/just outside the restaurant. I, like most people, prefer not to eat in an ashtray. Based on our prior experiences, I don't want to give one star, because our family has had great experiences there, but this time made me think twice about bringing my young children back, and this particular experience would absolutely merit a one star review. read more

MY.FAVORITE.PLACE.IN.THE.WORLD.FOR.BURGERS.AND.BEER.AND.BLUEGRASS If you are in Virginia, this place is worth a 100 mile detour. You will not forget it, ever. It is the kind of place people write stories about. It is the kind of place that everyone wants to have in common. They serve up handmade, most delicious burgers in Staunton and will cut up some fries or onion rings for you, too. But that's not the magic: the magic happens with the cheap beers and the music. Marino's hosts a bluegrass jam session every Tuesday night, and on any given Tuesday, you'll find professors, architects, truck drivers, or the newest breed, the "fahn yung thangs" of SVA. ...It's just as well; it's why I'm reviewing it. I want to let everyone get a piece of the pie! Everyone should git themselves a little bit of Marino's magic before you're too far to catch it. :) read more

Not really my kind of place to hang out so I called ahead to get it to go. The guy on the phone seemed pretty confused by the whole thing. I guess take out orders isn't something they do often but they did it for me. It's pretty basic with iceburg lettuce and american cheese. It was a really good burger...I wanted another one when i was finished. Seems pretty average just by looking at it but they loaded bacon on it and 2 slices of cheese. The patty itself is what made it, what's their secret i wonder. A man there introduced himself as Gus, he told me i should come in on a Tuesday night and order a gus burger. This is a bacon cheese burger with an egg on it...yum. p.s. they only except CASH read more

What an enjoyable experience! I heard Tuesday night was live Bluegrass night and I also heard this place had good burgers, I was not disappointed. The burger was fresh made and tasty and the music scene was...not sure how to describe it. Imagine you walk into a musician's living room, you grab a seat and an ice cold beer, a few guys start picking on guitars, then more musicians show up and join in on the picking. It's a very informal setting where apparently anyone with an instrument can join in. If you like live music you need to check this place out on a Tuesday night. The music started somewhere around 6:30, but get there early because it's a small place with limited seating. This is a cool little joint and I'll definitely be returning. read more

Menu is short but sweet food wise. Great selection of beer. Burger was cooked perfectly, juicy and reminded me of cooking on grill at home. Fries like everything is cooked to order and came out hot. Quaint place, worth stopping for. Bluegrass on tues and Fridays. We missed that, maybe next time. read more

Marino's Lunch - Menu - Bars Near Me - Staunton, Virginia

There is no better place on the entire earth. Marino's is a vanishing ideal of what a home town place should be. The burger is great and Mrs. Marino is the most beautiful lady you will ever see. On Tues. nights there is pick-up blue grass music by locals and more fun than anyone should ever be allowed to have. Go and visit before this place vanishes into a lost world. You will never see its like again. Remember, cash only. read more

Marino's is not closed, and is still jamming! Got an awesome burger here a couple weeks ago. Great people watching. There were some young dudes sitting at the bar, kind of out of place. Then we overheard them telling the locals that they were Dutch, came to the U.S., bought a van, and were touring the southern states. They'd gotten a recommendation to come to Marino's from someone at Made (a great store downtown Staunton). Marino's has changed hands and has the same feel but the beer selection is greatly improved with some local beers and good stuff on tap! They still have their super cheap options though. Will come back. Oh and they accept cards now! read more

This place is amazing! To note: I read in a previous review that they only accept cash. They accept cards now, too. This place is a great way to meet the local scene. I went on a Tuesday night and it was packed. Everyone is super friendly and up for a good time. They have live local bluegrass every Tuesday night - it's a very lively place. Their cheeseburgers are fantastic and cheap. GREAT place. read more

A truly delicious burger and a nice selection of beer. Friendly service and laid back environment.

Christy is RIGHT! We were recently visiting Staunton for a few days and I found out about it in a newspaper clipping in Cranberry's Grocery and Deli. The place is awesome - like you stepped back in time a bit. We also had the burgers, on Christy"s advice, and they were something special! The group started playing 'bout 8:30 and the back room was rockin'!!! Far as we could tell it was just whoever showed up to play, and play they did! I see it has been 3 years since anybody posted a review, maybe the locals want to keep it a secret? Anyway, friendly folks, GREAT food, beer, and ESPECIALLY Bluegrass!!! read more

I love this place! If you show up on a Tuesday night, you never know who may stop by to jam with the local musicians.Usually both rooms are packed with pickers,, harmonica players, maybe a washboard player or someone with a stand up bass! It is always a great time with friendly people, cold, inexpensive beer and the best burgers around! read more