Mercato’s III Pizzeria & Catering

Just had dinner and it was great. I think this place is one of the best kept secrets. We all had huge portions and took home our dinners for another meal. I had chicken Gorgonzola $ 15. My husband had chicken sorrentino $ 15. And our adult son had chicken carbonara $ 15. Dinner comes with salad and bread. Large selection on the menu. Seriously we all really liked our dinners. 1^st we have been there and we will be back.

My husband suggested this restaurant for lunch because he had had pizza at an office luncheon from here and he said it was delicious. The website says that they open at 11, we called at about 11:15 to see what slices they had available to pick up and they did not know what they were going to make yet. If a restaurant opens at 11 I would expect it to be able to serve food at 11. Since we did not know what slices there would be we ordered lunch entrees. I ordered the chicken florentine, I asked if salad could be substituted for the pasta and they said absolutely not, so we had to order the dinner entrée with no pasta in order to have the side of salad. My husband ordered the fettuccine alfredo. The portion was huge but the sauce had no flavor. It tasted like flour and cream. I feel like when I order out I shouldn’t have to take it home and doctor it for it to be edible. The chicken was ok, the lemon overpowered the other flavors so much that it should have just dipped it in lemon juice and called it a day. The person who took our order sounded annoyed and we should have taken that as a sign to not take out from here.
I just want to add that he loved the pizza, so perhaps just stick to that for take out?

My husband ordered veal piccata and got chicken piccata the waitress never came back to refill our drinks I stacked the empty salad dishes and empty glasses at the end of the table and she didn’t take them away terrible service I ordered chicken Parmesan and it was good but the service was terrible our waitress was standing next to the bar playing with her long hair disgusting. It was our first and last time there.

Went here to meet 4 other couples. Wasn’t in the mood for Italian so I ordered the «strip steak special». Topped with fried onions and blue cheese. Fairly ordinary but cooked well. Everyone else ordered various Italian dishes that most said were good. Service was spotty.

I’m sorry my experience earlier this evening was disappointing. My friend and I have eaten here several times before but this was the first experience that was not 5 stars.
We ordered the garlic bread as an appetizer and it was ok. The bread was nice and crusty but not as garlicky as I would have preferred. Still, at $ 3.95 it wasn’t bad. In retrospect we should have still received the Italian bread that comes with the meal but we didn’t. My friend and I have opined that the server seemed distracted.
My friend and I decided to share the entrée’, which adds a $ 4 share fee. We’ve done this in the past and know the generous portions here make sharing worthwhile. We ordered the eggplant parmesan, except I asked that my portion be marinara… without cheese but that each eggplant portion be done crispy. Our pasta choice was capellini with oil and garlic. At some point our server Joe came to our table to explain that the chef wanted us to know that the eggplant is breaded but he can’t guarantee that it will be crispy. Since we had this dish in the past we were confident that we would not be disappointed. That was a short lived expectation.
The salad was fine, a typical ordinary small salad with good Russian dressing on the side. Our entrée plates were covered with food as we expected, with a very tasty red sauce but the eggplant was tough and not cooked well. In short, the eggplant was awful.
My friend and I each ate some of the eggplant before realizing how terrible it was. He had the cheese and sauce while I had my sauce but each plate left most of the eggplant. We didn’t take it home because we doubted it could be doctored enough to be edible. The capellini was excellent, with little oil and a lot of garlic.
This was our first time there since the renovation was completed and the place looks great. We sat in a comfortable booth in the newly added section. There appear to be rooms in the back for private parties.
My friend isn’t sure he’ll return to Mercato’s III but I will, because I like pasta and that seems to be their forte’ but surely not the eggplant.

Oh, Mercato’s! Why must you be so inconsistent?
To begin, I was first introduced to Mercato’s via an office luncheon. I remember having the pizza and instantly asking where the food came from. It was excellently flavored! Since then we’ve ordered from them many times and our whole office agrees that they make some of the BEST italian take out we’ve had. when they’re on their game.
I decided to try them on my own a few days later. The pizza was flavorless and the sauce had a milky white tinge to it. I was not impressed. The next time, I tried the fried mozzarella which was crispy, decadent and well seasoned breaded wedges (think two pieces of a grilled cheese sandwich cut diagonally) filled with cheese. It came with a huge thing of sauce which excited me because i LOVE marinara sauce. This became my new favorite… except 50% of the time they forget the included side of sauce, or they burn the dish to the point that they pour the sauce all over it in an attempt to cover up their mistake.
Their garlic knots are either the best you’ve ever had or hard enough to cause you to chip a tooth. The first time i had a chicken parm sub, it was crispy chicken, marinara and cheese on toastes bread. Delicious! All was well again… until the next time I ordered it and it was a weird textured, mushy breaded chicken that was way below average.
I like knowing what quality of food to expect when i’m a regular customer (and i mean 3+ times per week) I don’t like surprises.

A friend recommended Mercato’s to my wife and I about a 18 months ago. I must admit that I was a bit skeptical as you hear people rave about places, then you go there and wonder what all the fuss was about. Or, worse yet, you swear you will never visit any place the recommender suggests in the future. Not the case here! Mercato’s exceeded my expectations and became our «go to» favorite restaurant.
I wouldn’t call my wife and I picky, but we are just tired of the uninspired fare put out by the chain restaurants, even though they are still charging you a pretty penny for it. Mercato’s is a family owned restaurant serving tradition tested recipes passed down over the generations. They know what works and they are sticking to it.
Don’t let the three star overall score discourage you. I am happy for it, as it makes getting seated much easier. However, people are taking notice of the tasty food coming out of here, as the business is building prompting them to expand into the space next door. The new space is a nice step up, offering a very nice décor featuring both booths and tables, a bar, and a decorative amber colored tin ceiling.
My favorite dish at Mercato’s is between the chicken parmigiana and the veal parmigiana. I have been to at least a dozen Italian restaurants in the capital district only to be let down by their versions of this classic dish. Mercato’s offers you a large portion of meat, covered in fine bread crumbs that transform into a very nice crispy exterior coating, This is topped with a tasty marinara sauce and a healthy layer of mozzarella cheese that is browned to perfection,
My wife, Linda, says that the linguini with clam sauce is to die for. The fried calamari makes for a very good appetizer, as it has the same breading on it and is served with a side of zesty marinara. I recently ordered the Tortellini and it came in such a large bowl that I asked the server if it was meant to be served «family style». I got three more meals from the left overs!
Mercato’s pizza is our favorite, as the crust tastes like it came right out of a New York City pizzeria. To me, the crust makes or breaks the pizza. It is good enough to make you deliberate between ordering it or one of the many tasty entrees. We rarely order pizza elsewhere now because it doesn’t live up to the standard Mercato’s has set.
Lastly, no review of Mercato’s would be complete if it didn’t mention the friendly, personal service that you receive there. Most of the servers are family members, so they have a vested stake in whether you return or not. In all of our visits, we have never left feeling as though we were not adequately taken care of. They bend over backwards to make you feel at home and to welcome you with friendliness. I suggest you visit soon, because our «little secret» is getting out.

Probably the best place for pizza and wings in Latham. Good quality food and prepared correctly ie. Asked for crispy wings and got exactly that. Medium wings are real medium and not mild like most places. Pizza actually has some sauce and flavor and toppings. Staff had always been friendly and recognized me after I have not been there for a few month and actually said that they haven’t seen me in a while. Looks like a family business. They appear to be adding to their restaurant space. Plenty of parking as they are in the Peter Harris plaza.

We eat here frequently. The dinners are usually great. I often have veal parm, veal francaise, or eggplant rollatini. The flavors are good and the portions generous. I often will get a dinner to go on Friday nights if the rest of the family won’t be home, and it is enough for two meals. The hot bread is a nice touch and the salads are fresh. The owners are friendly and the service is good.
We also get pizza and wings as take-​out. The pizza is usually pretty good, but can be a bit variable. Onions on a pizza should be sliced paper thin, not in big chunks that don’t cook through in the oven. Occasionally the toppings are a little skimpy.
The heat of the wings is entirely variable and seems to have no correlation to how you order them. But we like them anyway. They are crispy and delicious.

I was looking for a decent pizza and some buffalo wings. I just moved here and I’ve only had Pizza Hut, which was terrible. There were some good and bad reviews here for this place, but they seemed to point to a decent pizza. I am not impressed.
The pizza was average at best. No really anything too bad with this, just average.
I asked for medium hot wings, extra crispy. I got wings so hot, my son, who likes them hot, said they were too hot… and they weren’t even closed to crispy, never mind extra crispy.
I ordered the garlic knots on someone based on someone else’s review, these were pretty good.
My wife had a Greek salad, said it was ok, but the dressing was watery and there wasn’t enough feta cheese on it.
I’m giving 2 stars for average pizza and terrible wings. I’m not a particularly tough critic, but I won’t be making a return trip, so this rating seems pretty fair.

Some of the best pizza in the area. The place is definitely acozy and a great sit down place. Had this pizza on multiple occasions and never once was it not good. Keep up the great job.

So like I’ve previously said, The calzone was phenomenal… This was more a 2 ½ but I gave them the extra half, because I do like the place and am not trying to totally bash…
Today, I ordered the baked ziti to go, with a side of garlic knots.
The verdict: so-​so
Assessment: I could barely find my raviolis that were drowned in the abundance of mediocre sauce — something about it really tasted Chef Boyardee… Garlic knots were good, but I was expecting better. Didn’t try the included homemade bread because I was already way overloaded on carbs. My to-​go didn’t come with plasticware or napkins, a little frustrating being that this was a to-​go for returning to my workplace, not my home.
Recommendation: The best pizza joint baked ravioli I have experienced has come from Inferno, specially on Western Ave. Tge price is a bit more competitive and it is definitely more of what I’d expect for a baked ravioli– ample mozzarella, a nice sauce that’s not too overwhelming… I wouldn’t order this from Mercatos again, I’d stick to the Calzone.

Please share this story so this business knows and understands just how disgusting and unacceptable this is. My grandfather passed away last week. My aunt ordered food from Mercato’s III (
). When the guy came to deliver the food he demanded a $ 130 tip. If he did not get it he wasn’t going to leave the food. My sister’s friends were at the firehouse to be there to setup the food so when we were done at the cemetery the food would be there and ready. They had to call my Dad while he was in the precession line to the cemetery so he could talk to him. The guy insisted that he would not leave the food unless my Dad brought him the money!!! Nevertheless my Dad being who he is said some strong words to him and told him the food better be there when he gets there. The guy finally left it. All he did was deliver the food. He did not set it up or serve it and yet he was demanding a 20% tip!!! Please please pass this along so no one else orders from this despicable place and has to go through what we did on such an emotional day. The horrible part is when my uncle called and spoke to the woman owner she told him WE must have misunderstood him. That he would never do something like that. She blew us off!!! Sickening!!!

The food was ok. The service ok, but it was great for families and appears to be family owned. All the food seemed to be prepared there. Caesar salad was great. I got the ziti which was ok my husband got the cannoli and loved it, maybe I ordered the wrong thing

It was better than what I expected based on the other reviews, the dining area was nice and much less like a pizzeria. The waitress was wonderful and the food was decent but nothing outstanding either. I also think it was a little expensive for what you get. Don’t think I’d make a point to go back… but I wasn’t unhappy either. I guess I’d say it was just ok

I’ve tried and tried and today was the last time I’ll be ordering from them. My work is right around the corner and we often order pizza delivered for working lunches. I’ve ordered from them often but after today I’m going to find a new place.
For starters, the lady answering the phone and taking orders borders on rude. She sounds completely annoyed every time I’ve ever called. When ordering delivery they never include plates and whatnot unless you ask and then often not even then. Today I ordered two pizzas, an order of wings (extra crispy) and a 2 liter bottle of soda. No plates, napkins, cups or forks. Any other place I’ve ordered take out or delivery from includes this stuff. And come on… we’re a business. No one there is thinking «Hey, these folks probably need something to eat off of?» Laziness or cheapness? Either way, it’s weak.
The disgustingly soggy wings (yes, it almost felt like they did the opposite of what I asked) had leaked all over the inside of the bags and the delivery person must have been holding the pizzas sideways because the cheese had slid half off on both of them. I think the pizzas were a bit under cooked as well.
All that said, the pizza isn’t typically bad and sometimes when you order the wings «extra crispy» they actually come that way. But really, there are so many other pizza joints in the area, there’s no reason for me not to look elsewhere.

This place needs to decide whether it’s a pizza joint or a restaurant. Sat waiting for drinks and water as people came in and out for pick up orders. Restaurant was out of their pinot grigio (only had one glass left). Strange for a Saturday night. Maybe their guests don’t order wine? Salds were nice crisp greens, some basic roma tomatoes, a few pieces of red onion and an olive and nice cukes. Dressings were good.
Entrees were average. Veal Parm (yes, I succumbed to my first time taste test) was serviceable with a nice sauce. Spouses veal with red peppers was overwhelmed by the peppers. Pasta was unremarkable. No dessert nor appetizer.
Prices are very reasonable– total bill $ 42 plus tip. for 2 glasses of winer and entrees with salads.
Service needs improvfement– we should have had our water glasses filled at a minimum.
Decent place, no great shakes but we’ve had much worse.

Mercato’s III is tucked shyly in the St. John Plaza off Rte 7 in Latham /​Colonie. The interior is actually really nice for a strip mall restaurant. Its colors and accommodations are all really nice and somewhat upscale.
The pizza in Latham in general leave a lot to be desired. However, Mercato’s III is the exception. The pizza is really tasty with a nice crispy crust, semi sweet and tangy sauce, heavy hints of garlic, and a nice mozzarella top coating. The quality seems to vary wildly based on whomever is cooking that day. Sometimes its amazing and sometimes its under cooked and not so great. They should really work on standards for their food.
The best thing on the menu are the garlic knots. They are amazing! Hot, crunchy but soft in the middle, oil infused, garlic wonder knots! They are delicious hot but get better when they are cold, like the next morning out of the fridge.
The chicken parm dinner is just «meh,» as well as, the wings, cold subs, and other dishes. I wouldn’t eat here if you are trying to impress a date but if its pizza night then I would certainly get a pie from here (and knots!)

I ordered delivery from the Peter Harris Plaza. We had the 10 piece hot wings, a hot steak onion and pepper sub, and a cup of pasta fagioli. The delivery service wasn’t too bad and the food was hot when it arrived.
The wings come in mild, medium, and hot. We had ordered hot expecting spicy and they were not spicy at all, which was dissapointing.
The soup was horrible. I may be biased due to having a mother who makes great pasta fagioli soup, but the soup was mainly beans and had horrible flavor, tasted mainly like salt.
The sub was the only decent part of the meal. It was enjoyable, not great but was good.
I would like to try this place again since I did not order any pizza or Italian dishes, but for my first impression I was not impressed. Sorry.

Mercato’s recently opened a third location in the Peter Harris Plaza in Latham. Mercato’s has other locations in Delmar and Schodack (I was there a while ago). They serve up traditional Italian food, subs, calzones, and NY style pizza. They offer lunch and dinner menus with full service dining inside and outside seating in front. See the menu and pricing at
On my way through the area, I noticed there was a Mercato’s now open in the Peter Harris Plaza. This was great news to me, so I decided to stop here for lunch. I ordered takeout and got the special which was 2 cheese slices and a Diet Coke fountain drink for $ 4 plus tax. The counter service was quick. The slices were hot out of the oven, which had a firm chewy thin crust with good tasty sauce and the right amount of mozzarella cheese, soo good!
Now this is the kind of pizza I really miss out on when I’m in NH, where Greek style pizza dominates (not a big fan). The pizza here rocks!
NOTES: $ 15 credit card minimum and $ 15 minimum order for delivery