Mario's Italiano - Madeira Beach

It's not very often that I find spaghetti with meat sauce that is even better than my homemade. I wish I knew their secret.

Amazing!! Fast, delicious, soooo friendly!! Best food I've had since I've been here . Great job Mario's ! We will be back

Delicious spaghetti with meat sauce and meatballs! Bread and soup were delicious too. Small restaurant- get there early!

Great authentic Italian food. So delicious and great customer service.

We called on Saturday evening at 5:45 inquiring about wait time no wait, hurray! Arrived at 6:05 and all tables occupied and perhaps one couple waiting ahead of us. Mario 's is a small family business,only ten tables for four (established 1999). They also have bar seating 4 stools. A couple was sitting there (ordering food) so we took the remaining stools, ordered wine and beer, waited for an open table. Their bar is really just an opening through which you get a great view of their small kitchen. The kitchen staff (3 or 4) was amazing! So friendly yet efficient filling their orders. We were seated in maybe 5 minutes, no time to drink, carried them to the table and placed our orders. We started with a soup, a chicken broth with tortellini, spinach, and celery; a salad with their one dressing (house made balsamic vinaigrette). Both very good. I then ordered the Chicken Parmesan with Linguine and Marinara Sauce the cutlet was tender and cooked perfectly, the pasta and gravy just as good. My wife had the Linguine Alio Olio, pasta, tossed with garlic, olive oil, crushed red pepper and parsley. It too was excellent. Most amazing was watching the staff wait on the customers. We stayed about 90 minutes the pace was perfect. Everyone was smiling, customers and staff. For the most part all ten tables were in use. As a table became available a new customer arrived. At no time was there a crowd of people standing around waiting to be seated. This is the way a restaurant should be run we look forward to returning!