I am a local resident and with the High Meals Tax, here in Orange, I usually just get a pizza for take out. It is the BEST tasting pizza around. They also include a styrofoam container for extra sauce and one with extra parmesan cheese. This is an every weekend dinner, so they have come to know us by name. Marios pizza is by far better than Fabio's in Gordonsville and better than Ciro's in Culpeper. I am not a fan of Buffet's, so I can't add any comments to that. When and if I give it a try, i will add an update! read more

Being waited in quickly. 20 of us were there recently and they did an excellent job. Great food choices.

Mario's is our go-to spot before every basketball game, and it never misses. The pizza is consistently great, with a perfect crust and plenty of toppings every time. It's the kind of place you can count on, whether you're grabbing a quick bite or hanging out with friends before tipoff. The owner is also an awesome guy who actually talks to you and makes you feel welcome. Five stars all the way. We'll definitely keep the tradition going. read more

I love this place !! Best bread I've ever eaten . I always get two loaves to take home . Their marinara sauce is just the right spice and not too sweet. The portions are generous and my family loves the pizza with yummy crispy crust . Great food! Great price. Love the owner . He's super nice !! Highly recommend!! read more

Pepperoni pizza was very good. Definitely glad I ordered from Mario's. Guy that was baking the pizzas came up and took my order, and was very nice. They had some large round rolls of fresh baked bread that looked good. Medium pepperoni pizza was $13.03 (total) read more

We had a great dinner! Red pepper soup and Greek salad was amazing. Pizza Calzone was stuffed all the way to the edges. Highly recommend read more

We were passing through Orange and stopped at Mario's for lunch. What a pleasant surprise to get a hunk of warm Italian bread right off the bat. We both got chicken Caesar salads, which were terrific. If we ever pass through Orange again, we'll definitely stop for an Italian dinner. The service was great and the prices very reasonable. Highly recommend! read more

I had the angel hair with meat sauce. Generous portion, tons of meat and delicious. And the bread... fresh bread right out of the oven! The only unfortunate thing is we live out of state so can't come back. read more

Went here by accident, but left full and happy. Service and ambiance were good; food was good too. Will probably go back when I am in need of carbs. My son got the calzone and won the table prize for best meal. That's what I am getting next time. Trust me. read more

good fun and great value for the money. I always enjoy their pizza. today had there steak and cheese. it was delicious. even the sub roll was fresh baked. will be back for more read more

Mario's is such a hidden gem. The service and the food were excellent. The bread....... Was absolutely amazing. We will definitely return.

I love Mario's Pizzeria. I've eaten here twice now, had the pizza, stuffed shells in. eat sauce and my wife has had the egg plant parm and now angel hair pasta in meat sauce. These 4 entrees gave each been as great as having it cooked in a home style way. The service is outstanding, friendly and exemplar. As another reviewer said; Great food, Warm environment and great price. read more

Just passing through and went to Mario's for pizza last night. The staff and service provided was outstanding. Google had the wrong hours of operation so we got there a few minutes before ACTUAL closing time. They welcomed us and never made us feel rushed as they closed the facility. The food and ingredients were fresh and the pizza was delicious. I'll stop again if we are ever in Orange, VA. read more

Always great food, everything I've tried I'm happy about. Pizza is really good. They don't have overwhelming service because they don't have a dedicated wait staff, it's three or four people doing it all, those are some hard working people. What the service lacks the food makes up for so don't sweat the small things. read more

Well...three strikes (we've given Mario's a lot more than 3) and you're out. The prices have gotten just absolutely ridiculous and for the money, just no where near worth it. Supreme pizzas have gotten much skimpier on the toppings, and if you order a half supreme, you're lucky if you get those same skimpy toppings on 1/3 of the pizza. This has happened a few times. The menu is deceptive regarding prices. There are surprise up charges upon pick up that are not disclosed on the menu. The pizza doesn't completely "suck", but it's very inconsistent and far from great. Service? Sucks. Value for the money? Sucks. Accuracy? Sucks. We always end up walking out of here feeling kind of angry and like we got gypped and paid too much for a crappy pizza, so we are now 100% done patronizing this establishment. They had SO many chances, and have continually failed. Bye Mario's. Next. But gonna have to go outside of Orange to get decent pizza it seems. Boo hiss. read more

Great food at a great price. Super friendly with exceptional service! Warm environment with cozy seating.

came to Mario's for the first time a month ago, was so impressed with the food and service that I make the 40 minute ride, well worth it. I love the complimentary bread loaf. great food and service. read more

Wow. I've traveled the country and been to great places and I've been to some really bad ones. This looks like something from the before in Restaurant Impossible. I doubt Robert Irvine could fix this place. I won't say it's the worse restaurant I've been in, but it's clearly in the bad group. I've lived in Orange almost 4 years and gone by here many times. Today we decided to go in as Wise Guys is gone and Joe Joes was closed. We came in during a slow time. The middle of the afternoon. Only one table with a couple eating. Otherwise the place was empty minus the staff. Tables were dirty and not bussed. The waitress was up front p, she came over and took our drink order. Then ignored us. It was so bad we eventually walked out. 10 plus minutes to get a drink while empty "enjoying" looking at every table and booth covered with the remains of previous customers isn't a good sign. Worse when we walked out the waitress seemed glad. While sitting it was clear the owners and people who run this place don't care. It's old and worn. And not in a good way. It's the old worn we don't care way seen on Resturant Impossible. I'm actually glad we never even got our drink order. If the place is this dirty and the staff cares so little I hate to think how careful they are preparing the food and cleaning the dishes. If the tables and rest of the place are an indicator I know the answer. It's sad Wise Guys closed while this dump is still open. Those guys cared, they were everything this place isn't. Eat here at your own risk, that is if you're ever served. To the owners. Contact Robert Irvine you need to be on Resturant Impossible. At the least watch the show. You're a before. Orange deserves better. read more

Food and service was wonderful! We got food to go and we're so pleased and amazed at the portions!! Well be back!

Mario's is the best pizza in Orange, VA. Their pie always comes out of the oven perfect. Attention to detail and good ingredients are their key to success. You will be back. read more

All You Can Eat Pizza, Salad, Bar, Hot Seafood, Italian Entrees, and Desserts. How hard is it to mess that up? Well, it turns out it isn't that hard at all. Nope, not hard at all. In fact, all you have to do is put food out at lunch that nobody wants and then just relax for the rest of the afternoon/evening. We were at Mario's Pizzeria for over an hour. When we sat down there was part of one meat pizza and one dessert pizza available. They were rock hard and slimy at the same time. Pretty icky pizza. What sucked is that I kept waiting for more to come out. Waiting and waiting. None ever did. Ever. So, we were left with the other warm dishes and salads. Pics of everything is uploaded with this review. None of it was very good and some of it was really bad. The fried seafood choices had clearly been sitting under the heat lamps for a while. Do you like your fried shrimp "crispy" without flavor? Olivia did take solace in the peel-n-eat shrimp. They were edible. The lasagna, fried chicken, mac-n-cheese, pasta, and steak had all been sitting there for hours. We came at dinner time and it was quickly obvious why the place was so quiet. The quality of the food just was horrible since it had been out all day in those heated trays. The steak was especially tough and chewy. I couldn't finish a small piece. Salad options were limited, but turned out to be the safest and therefore easiest. To be honest, I feel pretty bad about giving Mario's Pizzeria one star because the server who brought refills and cleared the plates was especially nice. She deserves better than this. Note to self: Next time you go to an All-You-Can-Eat place that doesn't have any customers for dinner be prepared for some old, dry, hard, and generic food or just simply don't go. I should have known that. Mario's Pizzeria has now jammed that little tidbit in my memory for ever. I'll call it Mario's Rule. read more

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Typical pizzeria. Food was good and well priced. Service was a little slow, but staff was friendly.

NEW OWNERSHIP AS OF DECEMBER 2018 - EXCELLENT Mario's is now far more than a pizza place. It is a home of true Italian hospitality, where each guest table is offered a delicious warm, crusty, artisan loaf, made-from-scratch in-house that morning, and served with butter. (This is an age-old Italian welcoming tradition called Pane Sul Tavolo: bread on table.) If you came in for this bread alone, you would not be disappointed: soft white interior with tender-crisp crust and old-world flavor and aroma...heavenly. But you will also find a hospitable owner, a full Italian menu (pasta, salads, seafood...please see photos), fair prices, friendly, efficient service (ask for Dawn, if she is there), and...awesome, literally-hand-tossed-crust pizza. An enjoyable, relaxing, welcoming dining experience from start to finish. We enjoyed pizza this time (and watching them toss the crust)--a tender-crisp crust with very fresh toppings--and we plan to return for gnocchi and other Italian specialties. Add to all of this, a group-friendly, family-friendly, large, airy, clean, attractive Mediterranean interior...a winning combination. read more

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I don't live in Orange anymore so very seldom do we eat there. I had a crazy for Mario's steak n Cheese sub and I have to say I was so ii was so disappointed. It was just the average sub you get everywhere else. I didn't realize the ownership had changed and along with that was a change to the sub. If you don't mind me saying go back to the way it was with great seasoning . read more

This review covers their pizza pie only since we order pick-up. I ordered two large pies; one the Mario's Special and the other was pepperoni. Both came out delicious! Great flavors and perfectly cooked. Looking forward to return. read more

Steak and cheese on a melt in your mouth bun! Loaded with steak and none of those chewy bits you find in those subs occasionally. Fries were crisp and nicely seasoned! Well done! read more

Not bad and not great at the same time. I figured that based on reviews and a glance over at the buffet, I better play it safe and get a sandwich. I am glad I did. The buffet gets one star because of the unappealing and old food. I ordered from the menu and only ordered a tuna sub which was fine. It was a typical mayo-based tuna salad on a sub roll with provolone, onion and tomato. Pizza slices were also ordered at our table. The pizza was plain cheese and was nothing special. Edible. Our waitress was very nice and took care of us. This is a good place for good service and simple food. read more

Mario's Pizzeria - Good tuna sub - Pizza Near Me - Orange, Virginia

We used to come top Mario's all the time. We started working in NOVA again and hasn't been here in a year. What a difference that time makes! The buffet looked like fake food on display. I don't think that a single thing was edible, including the salad. The restaurant used to be full of customers at 7pm. We were the only ones there tonight. I got the pizza steak and she, the stromboli. My pizza steak was done nicely. I added mushrooms to mine and they were fresh, not canned. The roll was toasted to hold up to the steak, cheese, and sauce. I saved half for later. The stromboli was a whole different world. First bite netted what seemed to be half of an unchopped onion...you know...the bottom that you didn't trim enough so the root core is still there? Next came the sour green peppers. That was the second and last attempt to eat it. We told the waiter about this and still had to ask for it to be taken off at the register. The "owner" (I say it this way because, darn it, Ignacio needs to come back!) grumbled about having to take it off, but did. Unfortunately, we'll not be going back unless we know the real Mario is back. His daughter just doesn't care and it shows all over the restaurant. read more

Delicious, homemade food. Fresh and flavorful. Better than a chain pizza place for sure. Service was great. I think they're under new management or something, give them a shot! read more

We have been eating at Mario's for many years. With the new ownership we decided to come back and see if it lived up to expectations. It far exceeded our expectations! The food was fabulous, we had a calzone, a stromboli and pizza. Each was fantastic. The new cook is extremely talented! read more

THERE WAS 3 IN OUR PARTY NO ONE WAS HAPPY: I will NEVER eat there again. My Daughter & I ordered the chicken quesadillas which is suppose to be: Grilled chicken w/ mozzarella cheese, roasted red peppers and sauteed onions. The chicken was cut up so fine you couldn't tell it was chicken (or not), very little cheese, NO roasted peppers and some onions. Came with Sour Cream and NOT salsa ..... Tomato Sauce. When I pointed out that it was tomato sauce & asked for salsa .... I was told "This isn't a Mexican restaurant". The food was aweful, I was insulted and this was the worst $45.00 I've spent in a l-o-n-g time. read more

I used to work there as a delivery driver and prep cook. So when I say don't eat there I mean it. There is nothing fresh other than the pizza dough which isn't the best. The sauce is canned the fried stuff is frozen the pasta is frozen they have a completely apathetic way of thinking and doing things there. At the end of the day the stuff on the buffet is taken to the cooler and then in the morning it is put right back out fish fried stuff everything. How people don't constantly get sick eating here I have no idea. After one day of working there and seeing how they treat their food I decided not to eat there even if it was for free. read more

Food is fantastic. Fresh calzone is top of the line. However. I found a mosquito floating in my drink. Not on the top but in the bottom. Meaning it was either in the glass or mixed in to the drink. I'll let you decide read more

Mario's Pizzeria - Blurry, but it'd definitely in the glass - Pizza Near Me - Orange, Virginia

I have been going here for the last 10 years and I love their steak subs! Mario's is a local Italian Restaurant located in Downtown Orange and they have been in Business for years (over 25 I think). They are family owned and operated, Ignazio is from Italy and has been cooking up some of the best Calzone's in the area. They offer a Lunch/Dinner Buffet for low price as well as deliver for a $10 minimum. I am not a huge of the buffet as some of the food in the late afternoon or after the main dinner crowd can sometimes taste "old" as if they sat for just little too long on the buffet line. But the real reason I go here and for anyone to try this place are the amazing Cheese Steaks! I love the A-1 Cheese Steak and the Pizza Steak, not only are they tasty they are loaded with meat! In most other establishments you can expect at "steak-um" like sandwich that tastes bland and greasey. With Mario's the steaks are seasoned and taste like steak - not overly greasy and bland. THe staff are also very friendly and attentive. I don't always eat in so I can't speak too much on the wait staff - but when I do go, I don't have a complaint and my drink is always full - never have to ask for a re-fill (always a plus)!!! read more

If I could half star this place I would. Good customer service experience. Horrible food. Didn't have a choice in dining so had to come here. The buffet looked old and worn. So decided to get the homemade lasagna. If it was homemade, it was made last month and kept frozen. Ground beef? I don't know what it was but should have told me it was squirrel. It certainly wasn't beef. People of Orange County, i feel bad for you. read more

We have lived in Orange for about 8 years now and have been eating at Mario's for a while. I moved out from Charlottesville where there were many places to pick from, and I travel quite a bit for work around the country. We have enjoyed everything we've had from Mario's. I have a strict "No Buffet" rule (I worked in one about 20 years ago and have never eaten at one since). But everything we've ordered off the menu has been good. The pizza is New York Style and we haven't had any problems with it. The service and staff are friendly as can be, and they have a weekly "Kids Night" on Wednesdays that can't be beat. For FREE your kids get a slice of cheese pizza and they play a movie in a special party room. On top of that, as a parent you can get 2 slices of pizza and a drink for $3.99. We can take our entire family of 5 out for pizza and a movie for $8. I've never had an issue with cleanliness or poor food quality. I know that anywhere and anyone can have an off day, so hopefully the other reviews on here were one-off issues. Since we eat there fairly regularly, I can tell you that it's worth stopping in - just order hot food off the menu! :-) read more

Can't say too much bad about the place except skip the buffet unless you feel like salad and peel and eat shrimp. The staff is great and the owners are very friendly. The cheese steak and fried mushrooms are my two favorite things to have and although still good they aren't great like they used to be. It remains one of my favorite spots but it just seemed so much better when it was at the little place it started in. read more

Very bad service...We placed an order over the phone for a pick up...gave my name and was told to come by in 20 minutes.When we arrived ...no pizzas..no trace of the order...The young woman at the register said they could make them...would take 20 minutes...Ok. do it...we waited. The first pizza came out of the oven...I said where is the other one....sir you are going the have to wait another 10 minutes for that one. BUT WE ORDERED THEM AT THE SAME TIME!!!! Terrible service and no way to run a business. Go elsewhere. read more

If you want an affordable, decent options buffet, Mario's is hard to beat. Have eaten there many times over the years, and have a hard time believing the review given by California Mikey. Some people revel in the perceived attention a flippant, unjust and nasty review might get them, with no regard to the hard working decent people who own and operate this business which is an important part of the local community. Hard to believe he even knows where Orange Va. is, much less we having had the special pleasure of his world renowned review skills. Don't want to spend a fortune for the family outing, and want everyone to be able to find something they like, try Mario's buffet, you won't be disappointed. read more

My in-laws were moving a lot of stuff between central and northern Virginia last week and Mario's was the last restaurant open when we reached Orange. The staff seemed friendly enough and the four of us were so hungry, we would have welcomed just about anything. We tried to find their menu online but it turns out you have to use Facebook and view their photos to see it. Imagine riding shotgun down a bumpy road with mixed cell service and scrolling through dozens of images of random junk in order to find one poor image of a single page of the menu and then having to repeat it multiple times. At long last we gave up and our wives drove to the restaurant while we unloaded furniture at the house. The girls put in their order in two parts. A couple of calzones (first order) and two subs and some wings (second order). Unfortunately when the cashier brought out the food, they had forgotten the subs but produced the hot food. When this was pointed out, the first reaction was, "but you didn't order subs". Receipt was produced. "Oh." Ten or twelve minutes later, the philly cheese steak sub and the chicken sub were produced and the girls headed back to the house. When we dug into the food, we were quickly repulsed by a couple of things. 1.) the chicken wings were over-cooked on the outside but raw on the inside. 2.) the chicken sub was nowhere to be found-we had been given two philly cheese steaks though the box on one was labeled "chiken." 3.) one of the calzones had incorrect fillings and 4.) the fries were stale and hard as if they had been sitting for a long while. To make matters worse, three of the four of us got ill from the food. Needless to say, we won't be returning. Friendly, albeit unmotivated work staff, poor food quality and prices that reflected just the opposite. Save yourself the trouble and go somewhere else. read more