Homemade, freshly cooked, smells like heaven, Italian deli that will make you lick your fingers and plate clean! How can you go wrong when a little old lady is cooking up the best Italian dishes in the kitchen. They have a set lunch price and even though it's steep, very steep. The meals are limitless, so come hungry and plan on staying a bit. You'll be glad you stopped in. Seating indoors but no parking (street parking). read more

Great friends, great food, great time is the only way to describe our annual luncheon at the iconic Martino's Grocery in Hackensack. Martino's is nothing less than a little piece of Italy right here in our own back yard. Family owned and operated for the past 55 years by the Martino family, it's hospitality and delicious array of numerous Italian-American comfort food is hard to surpass. I lost track of how many years we have been making this pilgrimage to this awesome old-school, charming, little corner store/restaurant, but it always something we all look forward to. We have to pay special thanks to Concetta, the matriarch of the Martino family, and daughters Lina and Connie for always going out of their way to host our get together. Martino's Grocery is a BYOB, all you can eat feast; and if you leave hungry, shame on you. I've said it in the past and I'll say it again, being at Martino's is reminiscent of my old time Italian family get togethers back in the 50's and 60's. How can you beat a long afternoon with longtime friends, than with stupid jokes, busting chops, and lots of lively conversation. If you want a taste of Italian-American tradition, make sure you give them a visit. You won't be disappointed. 01/17/2025 read more

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Great family run business. I miss the old large assortment amd buffet style but the food is still outstanding and the owners are nice people. read more

An awesome old school corner store in Hackensack that gives a little piece of Italy. Very welcoming and buffet for 20 is outstanding. The food was awesome, I had two meatballs, Salad and two big bowls of an awesome pasta e Fagioli. Store is nostalgic. Next time I'm home going back read more

Amazing food made by Nonna ! This is like a local Italian kitchen where the mom and daughter serve you with love . There are several options all are home made and amazing for 20$ only. The daughter is such a sweetheart The place is low key and relaxing with Italian music in the background. This is def a destination spot and I would def go out of my way to come here . There are just less and less places like this . Hidden gem for foodies . 10 /10 HIGHLY recommend if you like real Italian cuisine read more

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I stopped here today on a review of a good friend. I ordered the sausage and peppers and chicken parm . Very good and tasty . I was given a tomato salad because I ordered the chicken it was like my mother made as a kid ! I also order a large cannoli that was hand filled when I ordered it. Everything was so good ! Thank you Lina and momma read more

Ok. First of all. Grocery is incorrect. Its a nice Italian lunch place and the food s great. All you can eat can be dangerous. Especially here. Great dishes. Outstanding meatballs. Pasta and chicken n taters. Price wAsnt posted so I was a bit shocked at $20 for lunch with a soda. Apparently the price can fluctuate. Oh well. Ask how much first I guess. read more

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Owned by 2 sweet Italian immigrants with a great story (articles on their walls) who greeted me on an early afternoon. They told me to just grab a plate and take whatever and however much I wanted. They walked me through their choices and I took some of almost everything. That day they had Pasta Fagiole, Braised Chicken, Bucatini Amatriciana (my favorite), Chicken Parm, Gnocchi in Tomato Sauce, Sausage, Meatballs, Fried Eggplant, Vegetable Fritters, etc. I enjoyed everything I had but one plate was more than enough for me. Along with a bottle of water my total was $17, worth the price of homemade food by these lovely people. read more

Martino's Grocery - A taste of almost everything offered that day - Grocery Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

The Best..... Martinos has been a go spot for lunch and stop by for great food to take home for supper for 50 ÿears... No matter what you get it's great Italian food, cooked with pride and love...as long as I live as long as long as Martinos is there so will I be..... read more

Recently moved back to Jersey. Spent 25 years in Texas. What a fantastic "hole in the wall!" I haven't had such wonderful Italian food in a very long time! All you can eat! Chicken Francaise; Meatballs; Italian sausage, magnificent! The divine raviolis are luscious! I spent twenty something years in Jersey between Lodi then Heights. Who knew? My buddy from 4th grade,, Frankie! There was no Yelp back then either! So much more to explore! Catering is also available! Small get together, BYOB! September 8th! Mark your calendars! That's what's up!!! read more

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This is without a doubt. The best homemade Italian food. I felt I was eating at my mother's house. Excellent food .Excellent service. . Mother and daughter were cooking and serving. Take out or small area to eat inside. Really good experience. read more

Comfort food at its finest made by a lovely homey family. Buffet style lunch homemade with love that warms your heart. They make everything including francese, parms, bolognese, soups, salads, desserts. Faves- francese, bolognese, cannoli, cappuccino and latte. Just come and experience what it's like to be in an Italian household. read more

Manga Manga Manga - this place has the best Italian lunch buffet in the area. Two soups, frrrah mixer lees salad, chicken, sausage, tripe three pasta as . Too much good food. read more

Martino's Grocery - a white truck parked in front of a store - Grocery Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

I cannot stress how much I love this restaurant! For some context, I moved to NJ from GA. Every Italian meal that I experienced here was some generic restaurant or badly catered office event. Then a friend introduced me to this place....wow! I realized that what I needed was some good home cooking. This is like your grandma or mom came over to cook for you. I literally walked to this restaurant on a broken leg every day to get lunch. read more

Come hungry. Martino's all-you-can-eat lunch special for $15 is not messing around. Imagine your Italian grandmother decided to make enough food for an army, and opened her kitchen to anyone who wanted to stop by - that's the vibe from this place. The people here are incredibly warm and friendly, encouraging you to eat more and try new things. The smorgasbord has everything: multiple soups of the day, salads, multiple chicken, meat and fish dishes, at least three types of pasta, and dessert. Everything was delicious. We went in a group of eight people and everyone was able to find something they enjoyed. You really can't go wrong here, especially considering the amount of food you're getting for the money. read more

When someone tells you "You can never go home again" you drag them here and you show them what going home is like. The ambiance and feel is exactly like going to my grandmother's living room and kitchen with delicious smells everywhere and the amount of food to back that up. Plus the wonderful hosts will treat you like family as soon as you walk through that door. I know smells aren't everything - so I'm proud to say this is the best Italian food I have ever had in my entire life that wasn't cooked by my Mother or Grandmother. And even still - it's just as good as their cooking. For $15 - the value you are getting is incredible. Just SHOW UP HUNGRY. If you only want a light snack - maybe not the best choice. Stop in, join the family. read more

Let me get this out of the way the food is fantastic. The staff is over the top friendly, Mamma is the best! I used to work on Arthur Ave in the Bronx for many years and this place is right up there with any place you can name, Domenicks, Tino's, Pasquale's...Martino's is in the same league. The interior is picnic tables and you should not expect fine dining, what you should expect is one of the best Italian meals you have had in your life at an incredibly reasonable price, served by a staff that is friendly. This place is a must visit.... read more

There is no place like Martino's. I see that a few people rated Martino's with 3 & 4 stars strictly because of the price being $15 p/p for a buffet lunch. I'll say one thing and that's "you get what you pay for". Everything in the place is homemade. It isn't only the food that's homemade but also the desserts. From the cannoli shells to the filling, cookies, and cream puffs. All good stuff. If you had to pay real prices for the quality and quantity you'll stuff yourself with here you'd be paying in upwards of $30-$40, so consider it that you're eating for 1/2 price. Go on Thursday and get the homemade sausage and pepperoni breads. They're to die for!!! The sausage bread is more like a sausage meatloaf wrapped in a thin bread. I'll post a picture of that here. As far as the ambiance, who needs ambiance for what it is..Martino's Grocery. It's not Martino's on the Green so don't expect that. What you should expect is the welcoming you receive from the Martino family. Pappa (Vincenzo) Martino is over 80yrs. old and works everyday with a smile and just wants to see everyone enjoying their eats. Couldn't meet a nicer bunch of people. Whether it's your 1st time there or 100th time there you will feel welcomed like family. If I could rate them 10 Stars I would. read more

Martino's Grocery - Homemade Sausage Bread - Grocery Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

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I travel to Hackensack twice a year and always make my pilgrimage to Martino's for Lunch. In a wonderful family setting, the food is outstanding and their warm hospitality Is unequaled...Their lightly breaded fried eggplant, Italian sausage w/a tomato sauce, Pasta w/ garlic and prosciutto, chicken/onions & potatoes ...topped off with Canolli and a cup of expression....I successfully took some to South Carolina with me...YUM! read more

I am giving this place 5 stars because for what it is, it's excellent. Not the best looking place, but the food is excellent and for a $12 all you can eat Italian buffet made by mom and grandma, you can't beat it. Go spend $10 at a Chinese buffet with god only knows who's cooking in the back. Here you have the cooks right out in front of you, a very nice Italian family, who are always welcoming and gracious. Even though this place is at least a 20 minutes drive from where I work, I go there at least once a week. read more

Looks are deceiving.Its my little hole in the wall with grandma cooking in the kitchen .All home made and great taste all ways good varieties and desert that's fresh.Its Hackensack's best kept secret. read more

Martino's Grocery is the best. I could write a thousand words about how good the food is but one bite is worth a thousand words.

Small location on a residential street. The service was fantastic, the lady at the register was very sweet and had a huge smile. Food was delicious and hearty for only $10.00. I had the Chicken Parm, Rigatoni and Eggplant. All I can say is that I will surely be back. read more

This is our second visit to Martino's within 2 weeks. My daughter and her BF encouraged us to go to Martino's for their delicious food and generous helpings. They did not disappoint. The menu changes every day and given it's lent we went back today (Friday) and the variety of seafood and pasta dishes were awesome. This time we "took out" versus eating the all you can eat lunch buffet which left us full for the whole day i.e. no dinner that night. Not all that close to where we live, but near the Costco Business Center which has small crowds because they don't carry all of the "Consumer" oriented stuff ala TV's, Furniture, Clothes, but you can get all the essentials you need. So always a great opportunity to kill 2 birds with one stone when in Hackensack. Lena you are a dear and your parents very gracious. Marge & Pete read more

Unbelievable Italian food. One of my favorite places hands down. Not only is the food good the people cooking the food, the owners are great people too. I have been coming here for 30 years or so. Nowadays I don't make it there as much as I would like, but when I do they always remember me and greet me with such enthusiasm. read more

I'm from Brooklyn, and this place is worth driving across the GWB for in rush hour traffic. If it's lunch or dinner time, and i'm ANYWHERE in North Jersey, then I am stopping here. It's an experience, hands down. All the charm of my grandmother's basement during a family celebration, with the warmth and hospitality that any loving family chef would provide with the food to match. After filling your stomach with an endless selection of family style italian delights, take home some hand filled cannolis to proudly give your jealous friends a small peek of what they missed. read more

Quality and value and authentic, sincerely friendly, hospitable people. Unparalleled quality. I don't know how I have lived in the area for so long and not visited this place, but such is the case. Unlimited homemade Italian food made fresh daily, fish on Wednesdays and Fridays, 15 dollars, BYO. Buffet starts at 11 AM and goes until they run out. Absolutely THE best food I have had in a long time! Anyone rating this less than 5 stars for the cost/value is not worthy of "Elite 15" status, whatever that means. read more

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Brought my visiting friend from Poland who was thrilled with the wonderful Sicilian food, and the friendly help from Lena and Conchetta her Mother. This place is like being invited to lunch at the home of an excellent Italian cook! I love the sausage in red gravy, the pounded paper thin chicken parm, the meatballs (The meatballs are my most favorite but it's hard to choose the best, it's all so good!) I also like that most of the customers are repeat and or daily visitors. All the food is delicious, FRESH, MADE FROM SCRATCH. They have salad, but salad I can get at home so I don't bother. It's the cooked Sicilian dishes which interest me, I can't get them at home! Also took out two plump sausages and two of the great big meatballs for my husband. He also raves about the food. read more

This is a fascinating place. From the outside, it looks like an ordinary, run-of-the-mill corner grocery store that specializes in Italian products. If you walk into the back area during lunch, it's like stepping into someone's Italian kitchen. During lunch, Martino's has an incredible buffet of Italian home cooking. The time I went, the selection included five different types of pasta, sausage, meatballs, and two chicken dishes. The food is incredible, but the only reason I don't give Martino's five stars is because at $10-$11 for a lunch buffet, it's not exactly cheap. read more

Best zucchini pie and all of the land so good that I'm traveling all the way from Toms River

When I walked into this store/restaurant I was immediately struck by the smell that wafted over me. This store smells just like my grandmother's house. The food was authentic Italian and out of this world. Everything in the place is homemade by Italian woman from Italy! The buffet selections were varied and yummy and you can go up as many times as you want. There were too many dishes offered for me to sample every possible selection but what I did taste was amazing. I think the food is worth every penny we paid for it and I considered the price of the buffet low for the amount, and high quality, of the food offered. Go hungry and you will get your money's worth. The staff is also friendly and welcoming and made me feel like I was part of their family. I highly recommend this restaurant. Leave your appetite at Martino's but take a homemade cannoli for the road. You won't be disappointed. read more

I had a business lunch here a couple of weeks ago and have got to say I left pleasantly surprised. I felt like I was in a family members kitchen, you see the food preparation being done, literally seated just outside of an open kitchen. Food was plentiful, varied and delicious. The best of what Italian food is, not the least bit pretentious, warmly approachable and absolutely delicious...bravo. They've got a new fan in me. Oh, and the family running the place are wonderful, salt of the earth people. read more

This is one of the best places, if not THE best that I have ever eaten a "home cooked" Italian meal!!! Having been raised in an Italian family, that is a lot to say! I have never enjoyed a meatball at a restaurant like my Nana's and my own...PERIOD! This place reminded me of being a child and being in my Nana's kitchen. I loved it here and can not wait to go back! You can not beat the price either!!!!! I read a review that $10-11.00 for lunch is a lot...but I can't disagree more. I dine out often...10-11 bucks for a lunch this good, with so much to offer is a deal you really aren't going to get anywhere else, not on this planet anyway :) Take it from someone who knows good food, this is the place to go! read more

Wow. I had a delicious lunch today at Martino's. I went with a group who frequents the place and I was so happy and pleased we had lunch there. As soon as we walked in I thought I was back at my Italian Grandmothers house. I saw all the food out and it was crowded with locals. The nice lady's said sit in the back and grab a plate and Mangia. And did I. I had two plates of home made delicious ziti bolognese (my favorite), ziti, raviolis, chicken Francaise, meatballs, delicious salad, olives, potatoes and sauce. I was done. Then Cannoli's and cream puffs with a single espresso. Meet the owners and daughter. Lovely people and I really felt home and nostalgic. I will be going back..... I highly recommend. If your a diva or expect high end waiter service, don't bother. This is like grandma telling you to sit down and eat Thank you read more

This place is amazing! It's like sitting at your nonna's kitchen and eating delicious home cooked meals!! The food is so yummy and the ladies there are so sweet!! read more

Fantastic, home cooked Italian food by warm, gracious people who remind me of my grandparents. Good quality, a real "joint", Everything homemade. Worth every dime. read more

When you walk into this unassuming grocery store, you are greeted by the very friendly owners who make this experience even more appetizing. The buffet is of good variety and decent quality. When you consider all that Martino's has to offer, it is a great bang for the buck ! read more

Great people that make you feel right at home. Everything is homemade and wonderful. I recently brought a buddy from Pittsburgh here and he said it was the best food he ever had. read more

Had wanted to go here for awhile because I had heard such good things: Took my Uncle for his Birthday: I felt like my Grandmother was alive again. I'm Italian, and I know how to cook Italian, but it's nice to have it cooked for you once in a while. Mrs. Martino and her wonderful family are OLD SCHOOL - The food was nothing short of FANTASTIC. EVERYTHING was home made - Felt like you were in "NONA'S KITCHEN" I had not had a cream puff or cannoli that good since my grandmother passed away. All you can eat for dinner for $17!!! Selection of pasta, soup, fish, salads and meat. I would go every day, but I'd weigh 500lbs!! Looking very much forward to going back soon!!! read more

I am also a Vincenzo Martino who was raised in a typical Sicilian American family. Went there yesterday for the first time. It was like going back in time.. Some of the best Italian food I have had in years. When I told them I was also a Vincenzo (Vincent) Martino I immediately became family. Not only outstanding homemade dishes but great people. Cant wait to ge tback there! read more