Mario’s Pizza House

Used to be great. Now they suck. I will never go back. The guy covering the grill in the day time is a racist.
The place is a mess they never clean it. Their busiest time is when the bars close so that will tell you something.

Ordered a sub with chicken tenders and an iced tea can at 9 PM on a Thursday night. ETA, 9:45−10 PM, fine. Call at 10, get told that the driver is «5– wait, no, 8 minutes away». He gets there at 11:30 PM. Sub by this point is cold, soggy, and falling apart. Chicken tenders are cold as well, and they’ve forgotten my iced tea. The gall to charge a $ 15 minimum and $ 4.99 delivery fee. Did not deserve a single penny of my tip.
Maybe I should have (as you should) taken note of how many people have written about how bad their service is.

Their customer service is a joke ! Horrible place to order delivery ! They cancel your order whenever they feel like to ! Delivery guy has no manners at all ! Worst delivery service I have ever seen !

This review is for the pizza only.
Asked for two slices with sausage, got two slices with sprinkling of some kind of shredded meat. Did not want to go back and argue so sat in the lot and took a bite, uncooked pie, no sauce and tons of some kind of heavy synthetic cheese. My gut told me that this stuff will sit in my system for a week if I took another bite so, as much as I hate wasting food, had to trash it all.
I am sorry, guys, I have been coming for over 20 years whenever I have needed a late bite, you used to be pretty good.

Holy shit, fast good and it saved my life. This place is the ultimate spot if you want to get over ANY Drunkeness. A+! John hooked it up he knows exactly what you need!

I don’t want to be misunderstood but this Mario’s is over hyped. Have heard nothing but «the best subs n the DMV», «don’t get anything other than the amzing subs», and some people just tell it like it is. I just had this place for the third time and I won’t let them waste my money anymore. 12 $ for a slim ass sub that had no flavor and cold, firm bread. Was 17 $ just for the sub n fries combo. The sub just came off the grill but wasn’t even hot enough to burn my tounge (not that I wanted it burnt but I at least wanted some heat on there). The best thing about this place is the crinkle cut fries and the orange soda. If your ever by this place. Do us both a favor. Go across the street to Z Burger. I’ve never had it but heard great things. Will try it ASAP. Thnx

Terrible service. Ordered delivery and it never showed. Would not recommend this place to anyone. Should not be in business

My husband and I have been going there since we were teenagers especially late night after going to a show or a bar. We remember the original guys working there and they made the best cheesesteaks and the best pizza ever. It has been probably a year since we’ve gone back because we have gone to their other location I’m not sure if the original guys are still at this location or not.

I am a person who enjoys all different types of pizza. How can you mess up pizza? Cheese, bread and sauce? It is nearly impossible.
Mario’s is fully capable of f***ing up a pizza. Not only do they have the WORST customer service but the food is terrible. I received this pizza and the box was con caved like a large heavy object was sitting on top of it. ALL OF THE CHEESE WAS ON THE BOX. I tried to eat it… it was horrible.
I called less than 30 minutes after receiving the pizza and complained and asked for a refund. I was told that only the manager could give refunds and the manager was not there — they told me to call back the next day at 10 AM. I called back at 10:10 AM and there was no manager. That person told me to call back at 5:00 PM the next day. I called back at 5:00PM the next day and the manager was not there. I called later that day and surprise… the manager was there and he said he can only give refunds up until 24 hours. He was also extremely rude.
What a waste of energy and money.
Do not buy this awful food because the customer service is horrible, rude and the pizza is shameful.

Place is not what it used to be… They’ve gone cheap with the meat and you can taste the difference, and don’t even get me started on the extremely slow service. Head over to The Broiler instead for a better tasting cheesesteak that hasn’t changed.

Worth a return? Yes, I’ve been coming here for 20 years!
Worth a 30 minute drive? Sometimes yes
Worth a flight? No
The thing is, if you read the reviews, people love the subs and hate the pizza. Take a hint: order the subs here!
For the past 20 years, I’ve been loving the subs – especially anything with egg and everything (mayo, bread and butter pickles). Ham/​eggs/​cheese or steak/​eggs/​cheese. The bread is perfectly soft.
The eggs are not on the sandwich menu – nor are any of the pizza ingredients. The only difference over the years is 20 years ago, it was mostly a country style (lightly scrambled) egg with plenty of white swirled around. This past time it was more of an omeletted/​thoroughly mixed egg.

I’ve been coming here for over 20 years… This is my favorite steak and cheese joint! Peeps are giving bad reviews on the pizza but this place I wanna say, is better known for there subs!!!

Love it. Best steak and cheese I’ve had. Been going since I was a kid and so has my dad. We have a tradition to go every time we go to a DC United game, but pretty much also if we are in the area. Lefty Special!

Was back in DC for a few days this week. Marios was always a fave go to place … either for the unique pizza, or the big a** subs…
They changed the place up a bit a few years back … used to be 5 star food … from a 2 star appearance … Now the tables have turned…
Still get a big olé sandwich … 3 stars for that, but somethings not quite the same … But it is prettier to look at than it used to be…
Got the «Triple Cheese» … Good, but just not what it used to be. Try the «club on a sub» (Chicken /​ham /​cheese) if you’re not into cheesesteaks!

Honestly don’t see why people comment all these bad things about Marios … Yes! Every time I go to Marios I’m sober. Everyone’s trying the wrong things next time you go try a Lefty with the piña colada, never does me wrong.
When it comes to pizza, yea I’ve tried better but doesn’t mean I don’t like it. I always get a Lefty but if I’m in the mood for something different the pineapple pizza is good too :)

Dropped in late one night to check out this well known Arlington institution for the first time. Found a pretty rough looking takeout pizza spot with slow moving employees. Fine with me, I like the local feel of places where things happen at their own pace. I ordered a single slice of pepperoni to sample the famous pizza. Quite bad. Think high school cafeteria pizza, and I’m not reminiscing fondly. I’m ok with mediocre pizza, but this was actually bad. Shame on these guys for taking their sweet time to warm a tiny square of pizza, charging $ 3, and then making it inedible. No repeat for me.

As a freshly minted 21-​year old, I heard many tales of late night debauchery at this Arlington institution but unfortunately this place does not live up to the hype. I cannot stomach more than one bite of their disgustedly sweet, ketchupy pizza… and I’m the type of gal who can eat not one but two Jumbo Slices when enjoying a night on the town.
Go to 7 – 11, go to Ravi Kabob, go to IHOP, go to bed. Go anywhere but here!

About. 2.5: Mario’s Pizza House has been around since ’57, and they have two locations — one in Arlington and one in Falls Church. This eatery is just a carry-​out (they do have some outside seating available), and it shares its space with Carvel’s, the ice cream cake place. Mario’s menu offers items such as: breakfast platters, omelette subs, hot subs (Philly Steak and Cheese, Pizza Steak and Cheese, Meatballs, etc.), cold subs, pizzas, sides (onion rings, chicken wings, cheddar cheese poppers, etc.), and desserts. I ordered the Steak and Cheese Sub (on a cornmeal-​dusted roll (not sure if I was a fan of this), the amount of steak and cheese was EXTREMELY generous — a lot of meat and very cheesy!!! You can definitely ask for another roll as you could make another sub out of it!), 10-​piece chicken wings (wasn’t really a fan of these, as they were just fried wings with hot sauce on top — I think I just wasn’t a fan of the hot sauce, the wings were a little too ‘naked,’ and I just prefer my wings to be extra crispy), and a slice of pepperoni pizza (this was pretty okay; square/​pan-​style, and I really liked the tangy tomato sauce; the pepperoni slices were hidden underneath the generous amount of melted mozzarella). The two gentlemen on staff, Mr. Mohammad and Mr. Clarence, were both so sweet and so friendly! Mr. Mohammad was in charge of making the pizza, and Mr. Clarence was in charge of making the subs/​wings/​burgers. There seemed to be a lot of locals who come in for orders, and who have been loyal patrons for a long time. They have a lot adjacent to the building as well, so very convenient!
+friendly staff — Mr. Clarence and Mr. Mohammad: D
+parking lot adjacent to building
+shares space with Carvel ice cream

Whattya say about a this joint… Spot, its a spot, not a joint… Friendly staff, the subs are my go-​to thing here. Nothing fancy, but the turkey sub is made of thick sliced turkey, the pizza isn’t my favorite…
But, lets just knock off the bull here.
The place has a carvel. Might be different proprietor, but its in the same room, and goddamn if that isn’t wonderful.
Also the picnic tables out front are fun, cause you can sit and watch the kids wander to or from Clarendon all drunk and silly.

I was hungover, starving, drove by this place, and thought «why the hell not, I’ll eat just about anything right now.» So, you see, my standards were pretty darn low, and this place miserably failed at meeting them.
I’d say the only good thing about this place is the parking lot. Otherwise, I walk in the door, there are literally holes in the wall and tiles coming up off the floor. Place looks like it hasn’t been cleaned in decades. Dirt on the floors, the grill was covered in burned food. Has a health inspector been there recently? If not, they should. There’s no way this place would pass. I should have been deterred, but, sometimes gross looking places serve awesome pizza, so I decided to order.
The guy behind the counter simply pointed to a spot behind a counter, never said anything. But i assumed this meant I was to order there. I got two plain slices. I kind of assumed that there would be some ready made pizzas, but there weren’t. So, I see the guy making it, and then I wait at least 15 minutes for the pizza to come out. Once it does, the guy hands me my slices, and points again to stand infront of the register. So, I move there, and then proceed to wait another five minutes while he starts making someone else’s pizza. Finally, the woman behind the grill comes to ring me out. Took forever.
Then, to top it off, I open up my box of pizza, curious that it doesn’t smell all that great. Only to find, it looks even more disgusting (I took a picture, and uploaded it here). First off, it’s a rectangle, and pizza should never be rectangular. That aside, there was so much cheese on it, that there was a good half inch layer of cheese, and it was falling off the side of the pizza, melting everywhere. Pretty unappetizing. That said, I tried it. Nope. Mistake. It was chewy, the cheese tasted like crap, and just about the only thing that made it slightly edible was the sauce. Yeah, I don’t care how hungry you are. Don’t get the pizza here.