"Though the restaurant itself is a bit outdated, it is not worn out, and still has a very relaxed, cozy feel. I don't go out to eat for the décor, I go for the food and socializing. As we progressed through our meal, it filled up and got pretty loud. Not with obnoxious drunks causing a scene, but with families out having a good time. Our server was Jessica and she was just fabulous. She was friendly and outgoing with zero fake. She accommodated our requests, was present when we had needs, and didn't hover. Would NOT be disappointed to have her with us again. Now the food. We were all VERY pleased with our choices. Amongst us we had some standard pizzas, baked mostaccioli, a meatball sub, garlic bread, small dinner salad, and I had the Breaded Mozzarella Ala DeMarinis, Small Italian Salad, and the Steak Compobasa Pizza (junior size). Lunch today is going to be awesome. I've seen reviews where people are complaining about the small dinner salad being just chopped lettuce and a few toppings. I don't know what they expect for $2.25, but it is exactly what we expected to see - actually a bit bigger than expected for that price. The "Small" Italian Salad is pretty massive. Definitely not a single serve salad, which had we realized how big it was, my friend and I would probably have split one (and still had leftovers). It's like an entire head of lettuce is chopped up into the bowl first, then LOADED on top with tomatoes, cheese, black olives, pepperoncini, and pepperoni. The mozzarella sticks were crunchy but not overdone so there was no leaking cheese. I forgot to take my picture before I had started eating them (again) but I believe you get eight. The pizza I chose was just amazing. There's no red sauce, just garlic and olive oil under the cheese. It was so tasty and the steak was VERY tender. Had the leftover pizza for breakfast while I'm typing this because I was thinking about it so much. That leaves the salad for lunch and the mozz sticks for a snack. I had not been here in decades. It's great to know it's still as good as it was back then."

"The pizza sauce and crust is really great. The sausage is more of a meatball and the mushrooms are canned. Overall this place is fabulous but I would order differently next time based on what we learned the first time. Food was pretty fast, service was super attentive. The atmosphere was nice in many ways but even though the place was not full it was still loud enough it was hard for us and the server to hear each other. This food feels homemade and that's a huge plus."

"Visit this restaurant for a meeting with a friend. The atmosphere is very pleasant, plus the style of decoration is cozy. I really loved the customer service and the performance of the waitress, dynamic, punctual, attentive. I recommend that you do not make the same mistake as me, my visit was on a fish Friday and I went for this one, a serious mistake that fish was a dish not at all recommended, do not try it, fish is not its forte. I tried pasta and yes I loved it."

"The people are so overly friendly. The pizza crust was so light and flaky. The pasta was full of sauce and cheese. So good!"

"Happen to be in the area and it has been a long time since we did DeMarinis pizza. Used to go to the original one in Bayview. Pizza was okay but used to be better. Would still go if in the area, but we would probably not go out of our way to go for the pizza when we have found better places closer to home."