Maria’s Pizza

I’m shocked this place is receiving such high marks, especially with real pizza right down the road at LaRocca. This place is heavy on the cheese and light on the customer service. Not to mention all the little ADHD monsters running around making it more like a Romper Room on Ritalin. By the way, if you want chicken with anything, forget it, they have none. Bottom line, the pizza, service, and entire experience is quite bland, and you’ll probably get stuck in the middle of a bunch of jerk-​wad kids. Do yourself a huge favor and head down to a much better place for good pizza — LaRocca.

This is a fantastic, reliable hometown restaurant! The pizza has a thin, crispy crust, with a slightly sweet sauce. This is my favorite kind, and Maria’s is now my favorite pizza in the Madison area. Besides excellent pizza, they also have a fantastic calzone (the Joe Calzone, buried in the menu amongst the specialty pizzas) and wonderful pastas. The spaghetti sauce is similar to the pizza sauce, slightly sweet and a bit loose, but delicious. The meatballs have a perfect flavor and texture. We had been craving a good pizza and after weeks of not finding it in Madison, headed down to Oregon. We found the perfect pizza (and calzone and spaghetti) at Maria’s!

You just can’t go wrong. We’ve been eating here for years and it’s always been great. The atmosphere is such a typical pizza place from yrs gone by. Friendly and clean with the same people working there now for years. Says a lot about how the owner treats people.

Maria’s pizza is amazing. The first time I had it I said, «grandma’s pizza!» because it reminded me so much of the homemade pizza she made when I was growing up. The crust is perfect and the sauce has great flavor. Their other food is good too but the 5 stars is based on the pizza, which is as good as any you can find in Madison (I think better). The style of the restaurant itself is no frills… the kind of little mom and pop place that’s been around forever and is always busy. Good sign! We recently tried another pizza nearby… I won’t say names… But my children really wanted to try it. I am perplexed how that other pizza place stays in business when Maria’s definitely beats them in taste and quality AND price.
Oh, we order this for delivery all the time too. And the garlic cheese bread! Yummy add on for only $ 3.99!
P. S. I noticed a lot of reviews were people complained about canned veggies. Now, believe it or not, some people like canned mushrooms on their pizza (yuck) so Maria’s does carry them. However, you can ask for fresh. We always specify fresh mushrooms. I don’t believe we have ever had any canned veggies on our pizza there.
Highly recommend!

Best pizza ever! The owner makes the pizza himself and it is truly incredible!

Have loved this pizza since I was a kid! I live in Chicago now and Chicago pizza is not as good as Maria’s — crispy thin crust with loads of tasty toppings. Has a wonderful flavor that can’t be replicated!

We order delivery pizza very regularly from Maria’s. Excellent pepperoni and Italian sausage. They also have the best meatballs I have ever had.

Pizza is mediocre. Veggies on pizza is canned, not fresh. Very disappointing. Staff is generous and nice though. But I won’t be returning.

You gatta love this venerable, hole in the wall, authentic Italian restaurant.
They don’t try to be anything they are not, the salad is just your run– of– the– mill iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, and cheddar cheese.
But you don’t come here for the decore or presumptions. You come here for freshly made, hand tossed, pizza pies with made from scratch sausage and marinara sauce!
Their lasagna is incredible! Lasagna noodles stuck together with gooey, melty cheese, and topped off with dropping, homemade sauce.
This place is an institution, all the locals grew up with it and still continue to bring their families here. You’ll find tables if groups and sports teams after a tournament.

Saw Maria’s last Fall and finally had dinner there.
Garlic Cheese Bread… delicious!
Garlic Bread… delicious!
Side Salad… basic…wish it would of had a tomato or two
Pizza…delicious crust and cooked perfectly!
Lasagna…very tasty but I think a little Alfredo sauce would have made it perfect
Spaghetti and Meatballs… pasta cooked perfectly, sauce delicious, meatballs a little small, I should have ordered 4 or 6 but they were very good!
Service…Laura was very nice and attentive.
All in all, I would go back anytime and eat. It was what I was hoping for. Private owned with a homemade feel about the place!

Very overrated based upon the reviews here. I find most italian places far better and inventive. The pizza is definitely the highlight whereas most everything else is not great. I got the salad here a few times also — a strange greasy specimen. I prefer most other italian places like La Roccas in Oregon or others in Madison — heck even Olive Garden sadly…

I still don’t think much of their other dishes but I have grown to love their pizza Don’t even attempt to have it delivered on a Friday or Saturday. It will take hours.

You can never go wrong with their pizzas or pastas! Never a disappointment. They are definitely busier on Friday and Saturday nights, but worth the wait

We just moved to Oregon and have ordered take-​out a couple of times. We sat down and ate one night, the service was fairly decent, nothing stellar, but the pizza is great — hasn’t disappointed yet. Nice hand tossed crust and a great selection of toppings.

You can’t beat the friendly staff and genuine Sicilian pizza here. The dining area is a little small and fills up quickly (especially on Friday nights) so get there before 5:30 if you’re in a hurry. I also enjoy the spinach & cheese tortellini, which comes with a salad and bread.

Love this pizza. Great crust, generous cheese and the perfect sauce. The sausage is outstanding, but my go-​to order is cheese pizza with extra sauce on top. Y-​U-​M.
The restaurant is a little dated, but it’s charming. Helps you know the recipes are tried and true to perfection.
On Fridays and Saturdays, it is hard to get a table for dine-​in, but delivery is always top-​notch. This place never disappoints.

Looks good, smells great, but taste disappoints. Very bland and boring though. Not a lot of good pizzarias in the Madison area and this one tries hard, but just doesn’t compare to the authentic pizza that you can get along the coast of Lake Michigan from Chicago north to Milwaukee, places like Wells Bros. in Racine, Marty’s in Milwaukee, etc.
Good lasagna though.

Maria’s Pizza is the real thing. Tasty, great crust… lots of cheese… well-​made! I have gravitated back to mostly standard cheese and sausage… at one time I preferred whatever they call their «deluxe»…with all the vegetables on it. Only criticism… the green peppers are lame… seem like their canned.
But, they also deliver… into the rural countryside… so, how can you possibly go wrong? Okay, eating in is good too… especially with a pitcher of cold beer… have one today!

Very good pizza! I would go here after most our high school wrestling tournaments with the team and we loved it! True Italian style pizza (I was there for 3 weeks and know real Italian pizza!) with a variety of options and toppings. Smaller establishment but it feels more homey because of it. Been told the meatball sub is also very good. Spaghetti is just like grandma used to make, huge meatballs with plenty of garlic and chunky meat sauce! Prices are perfect as well!

Maria’s Pizza is probably the BEST Pizza you can get anywhere! I have traveled everywhere around the world and have not found a Pizza I am more fond of than Maria’s. Even when I lived away from Wisconsin and would return Maria’s Pizza was always the first meal after my flight arrived. I just wish they were open for lunch.
I highly recommend and suggest Maria’s for anyone who loves Pizza.