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Lovely and lively old world atmosphere. 2 dozen types of authentic Naples style pizzas on the menu. Antipasta and gnocchi also recommended. Look for the eye-catching non-discrete wood burning oven in the open kitchen. Mama Mia!
Their pizzas are right between the size you'd want for one and for two, so you're pretty much stuck being hungry or having too much. Their quality is pretty low too, matching the level of service you're going to get. A couple pizzas and a few cokes, plus tip, and you're at $40. You're getting Little Caesar $5 hot-n-ready-level pizzas, they shouldn't be $15 each. As far as the location goes, no, it's nothing special. LOTS of places to get pizza downtown. Don't go here.
The wife and I went to try out the pizza here twice. The first visit we ordered a Large Margherita Fresca - Tomato sauce, fresh mozzarella (bocconcini) for $33.95 and the second time was a Large Campangnola - Tomato sauce, arucola, bocconcini cheese, fresh sliced tomato for $33.95.
Service was fast and the pizzas were cooked perfectly. Both pizzas were good but I've always heard how great the pizza was here so I was expecting more I guess. It was good but it didn't blow my mind or anything. I'd eat here again if I was in the area. I wouldn't go around telling all my friends they have to try this place though.
I liked the look of the restaurant, the pizza oven is pretty cool and the large glass bottle chandelier is great.
I've been here many times before and always liked the food. Six of us had dinner here last week. My daughter and I had different types of tagliatelle - I had the chef's special, which was flavourful, but very oily, heavy and over-sauced. My daughter's was very bland and had an awful gluey texture. Not really edible. One of our group had fettucine alfredo, which was quite oniony - not bad-tasting, but the menu didn't mention onion as an ingredient and she doesn't like onions. The two pizzas were good. Service was just fair - one order was forgotten and came late, and they didn't have the beer I ordered and it took a long time to tell me that and then bring my alternate order. Value would have been fine if the food were better. I won't be going back for quite a while. . .
Had late lunch there this week with my wife. It was my first time there and I was not very impressed.
The calamari appetizer was the worst I've had in the city. Seems like they used reconstituted dry squid. The pizza we ordered was good but it seems over priced compared to similar restaurants.
I don't think I will be going back.
A friend was visiting so a group of us went to Marcello's on a Friday night. We asked for 4 separate bills as we were a group of 8. Our waitress initially didn't seem to have a problem with this, but when it came to bill time, you would think she was re-programming the restaurant computer system. It took over 20 minutes to get our bill & it was still incorrect. She did not even ask us if you wanted dessert or coffee. This is the second time we have had a dismal waitress at this restaurant. This place is always very busy but I think it is all an illusion...My meal on this visit (cannelloni) was subpar. Also, this restaurant is so loud, it becomes positively unbearable. It would be difficult if you had hearing issue. All in all, a very dismal visit which we won't be repeating.
I have lived in the Commercial Drive area for over a decade, and Marcello Pizzeria has been a regular dining spot for us all that time. The authentic wood-burning oven Napolitan style pizza is hands down the best in the city, and the pastas and gnocchi are also to die for. I think over the years I have had everything on the menu, and have not been let down yet. In a city where the big chain restaurants and their processed food are all the rage, authentic home-made food with real, quality ingredients is a refreshing alternative, which is why we love this restaurant. The atmosphere is a little hectic on weekends, but it's popular for good reason! While I have had some spotty service in the past, it has been quite solid for the past couple of years, and I've always found it to be a good value. I would (and do) recommend this place to all my friends.
Pizza at its best. Thin crust and fresh bocconcini just like you find in Italy.Tender calamari and homemade pasta with fresh ingredients ,Good wine selections. Staff is courteous and knowledgeable. Sometimes you have to wait for a table but it's worth it ! Marcello's is the only place in town I go to. Highly recommended.
I came here a couple of weeks ago with my friends. I hadn't been here for years, (the last time I was here it wasn't that good) so I wanted to check it out again. Well, we shared a salad to start, the caprese, it wasn't very good, the tomatoes weren't really even ripe. Then I had a pizza which was okay. The service? well it sucked, one of the biggest things I remembered about it last time. Anyways this place is nothing special and unless my friends really wanted to come here I wouldn't.
Stopped in at Marcello's for a weekend lunch.
We were seated immediately, and given our menus and prompted for drinks, which we declined.
We ordered the pizza contadina, and the baked canelloni stuffed spinach and ricotta. Both were very good, albiet the pizza was a little soggy in the middle.
Our server was quite pleasant, and prompt. The room is very bright and warm, but I imagine it being very noisy and cramped when it's busy.
Food: thin crust pizza was very tasty. ample toppings and flavour was amazing. spaghetti and sauce was fresh and yummy. it didnt feel heavy or "oily".
Service: our server was definitely the low of the night. he was totally zoned out. didnt ask us how our food was, if we wanted another drink, if we wanted parmesan or chili flakes, nothing! he was from another orbit. there was no service to the point of being borderline rude when he dumped our bill down on the table at the end of the night. we suspect that he was drinking on the job since he appeared to be hiding in the bar area of extended periods of time and his face was really red. we were very disappointed in HIS service. the hostess and another server were nice.
Value: we felt we paid the appropriate price for our portions and quality
Ambiance: casual and comfortable atmosphere. there are intimate tables for 2 but also larger tables for groups.
Had dinner with hubby and a colleague in late September and we had caesar salad, calamari and the capriciosa pizza. I know caesar salad is safe item but when you have a really good one, it can be addictive (I actually crave the simple one from Cheesecake Factory). This caesar was okay but I wouldn't order it again. The calamari was nice and not greasy. The pizza was delicious and I really like authentic Italian style pizza - thin but not cracker thin. The toppings were a nice combo. The food is well priced. We've been here a few time and haven't encountered the poor service others mention. Ambience is simple and nice - casual.
Marcelois very cosistent. I mean, every time I go there the service is horrible and the food same old, tasteless. I try for 4 times but I gave up. The servers treat you as they are doing a favor, not as a professional. The food means nothing. I try and try, and try,but no more. I hope some owner read this and try to fix it. I'm really a pizza lover and I'd love to have lots of options.
I've only had the opportunity to come here a couple of times over the years. Pizza doesn't seem to be a thing for me to brave busy crowds for even if it's to die for.
They are known for their brick oven thin crust pizzas. They keep its rustic character with the nice charred areas throughout the underside of the crust. Toppings are a not too much, not too little balance and work well. The calzones are OK, although I should've gotten something else other than the ham filling for a better opinion. I rather like the balsamic vinegar and olive oil that accompanies your meal.
It's regularly busy and rather noisy. Crowded more since space is tight. Our large group the first time there taxed the service quite a bit and left servers running all over.
Marcello is on my list for future visits, but they are deep down that post.
Not quite sure about all the poor staff reviews....we were treated well, not exceptional but a lot better than some places on the Drive. It's the food at Marcello's that rarely disappoints. Two of us shared the homemede lasagne ($12.95) and chef's salad ($9.95). The lasagne was bubbling with cheese and tasted like it was just out of the oven and not made the day before. The salad was full of interesting items, artichokes being one of them and the portions were generous. The open kitchen gives this restaurant a pleasant feeling...certainly worth a visit when in the area.
Went there on a week night, shortly after 6pm. As the restaurant was not that busy, we were seated promptly (at a table we requested) and service was well above average. Ordered the calamari, large pasta and medium pizza. The pasta, tagliaterre was excellent in the creamy tomato sauce with mushrooms. Would recommend this versus the spaghetti. The calamari was good and extra sauce was delivered as asked. Pizza is very good, thin crust and dry on the bottom (important). I think a majority comments here are about the service, but my overall experience has been good.
We've been going to Marcello's for the last few years. We've never had a problem with the wait staff. It surprises me that there are so many complaints about the service. It's not a fine dining establishment so we adjust or expectations accordingly.
We were here with family a couple of weeks ago. We shared pastas and pizza and it was decent. Not gourmet fare but it is a good place to go if you are with small children. Our family from out of town quite enjoyed themselves.
A coworker of mine orders takeout from this place every week and swears by it. So I had to try it out. I had high expectations because of this and maybe my review is a bit harsh because I expected much better.
We ordered a pizza and a lasagna. The pizza was OK, not great, just OK, typical thin crust pizza. There are a number of pizza places I'd prefer quite a bit to it. I'd give it 3 stars. The lasagna I personally thought to be bland as hell. Maybe it's authentic, I dunno. If you like bland lasagna and that's authentic, go for it, but I don't. All I know is I'd never wish to eat it again. I'd give it 2 stars. The Anton's lasagna is 100x better in my mind (you gotta try it if you haven't).
Keep in mind it was a few years ago I ate here. But I determined at that time I'd never go back, so this is my feedback. I'd actually sat it's more like 2.5 stars. I can't give it 3 stars as I would probably go back if it was, and I won't.
What can I say? I have been here three times and all three times the service was terrible but this last time took the cake. We were seated about 1 hr. before closing time and at 15 mins to closing they started dragging large black bags of garbage by our table out the back door. At 5 mins to closing they actually turned the lights on and off a few times as we were finishing our dessert. I could not believe it! I mean seriously, I have seen a lot of things in the Vancouver restaurant business but this took the cake for poor service. Avoid.
The other night a couple of my friends and I decided to remind ourselves of what's it like dining at Marcello's.
Well, from my memory the pizza was excellent, and I can confirm, it still is (though it felt like they put pepper on top along with origano which is totally not cool since I hate pepper... what kind of a sick freak thought of doing that???).
anyway... You get a medium pizza (feeds one extremely well, good for sharing if you're not particularly hungry) for around 15$, with a really good choice of toppings, but I don't think there was a seafood choice... For around 30$ you get a large which I think can comfortably feed 2 or perhaps even 3 people.
But the salads.. well that's a totally different story!!!
my advice to you dear people is to STAY CLEAR OF SALADS!!!!!
They are extremely small!!! you wouldn't even be able to feed a baby, and I'm serious! I forgot what ours was called, but honestly, what we got were two fat slivers of tomato with a half of a tiny bocconcini cheese lump on each. Honestly, altogether it was a quarter of a tomato and a cheese ball, topped with some vinegar, and that "extravaganza" cost almost 10$!!!!!!!!!
Seriously, if you pay 10$ for a salad, you expect more than just that!!! An absolute disgrace!!!!!!!!!!
We hadn't been to Marcello's for a while and remember the food quality to be better than this recent visit. Overall the food quality was good but not great. The pizza was definetly good but the gnocchi not nearly as expected. Both the calamari and prawns were good but slightly overcooked. Speaking of prawns, now there is one dish that is way overpriced for what you get. $16.95 for six (6) small prawns. Yes that is 6 small prawns for $16.95. We ordered the large gnocchi to share and when it arrived my wife told the waiter that we had ordered the large not the small. We were quite surprised when he said it was the large. The amount of gnocchi was barely enough to cover half the plate in one single layer. The server was polite but nothing bothers me more than when a server arrives with the food and asks who ordered what. We sat on the patio on a beautiful evening so the ambiance was great.
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