Mario's Pizza & Pasta — Restaurant in Gunnison

This kills me to say it but I've noticed over the years their quality has declined and their time to get it out has increased. I think that a pizza convention when they open back up again maybe a good thing because there is a piece of place in Denver called Ben's brick fired oven and they're very good and obviously would d-19 the conventions or over but the guys at Ben's go there annually and they pick up new ideas and some of the latest and greatest. That being said I would highly recommend you guys sending a couple of people out to one of those conventions when they open back up again and see what you can add to what you're currently doing.

Yes, there's something to be said for Antiquity sake and I gotta tell you driving from Denver to Gunnison to eat Mario's Pizza is probably not going to be on our list just because of our experience today. We go there for Nostalgia sake but we may try another option the next time we're in town. Please, understand we're not complaining we're just encouraging you to continue to grow in your Pizza prowess and gain some momentum. Thanks and sorry about the three stars but I genuinely could not get above it.

Staff, it was a Saturday and there usually is a bit of an excitement historically when we go but I noticed that it just seemed to be a bit of a downer currently. Now I understand covid-19 has really changed a lot of what's going on so I just want to encourage the staff to do some type of team-building thing and get reinvigorated and charged up again. People like smiley faces and pleasantries. Are specific waitstaff on a scale of 1 to 10 I would rate an eighth and what keeps it from A10 smiles and servitude. Also never saw a manager come by the table to check on how the food was. That's critical mass. I don't care how busy you are that manager's job is to make sure the customers are happy and we never saw one in any shape or form that I'm aware of unless the guy that took our bill was the person and if that's the case then it's the wrong time. Don't check in with me when I'm paying you check in with me halfway through the meal.

All that to be said is that you guys continue to grow and bend, shape and enjoy your lives again. You live in a free country and you get to work freely and some of you are even going to school.

Enjoy your life and work hard, you're an American, it's expected. E...

This place produces really solid pizza. Personally, I prefer medium crust pizza over New York style and so I appreciated the thick crust more than a lot of people might.

The crust of the regular crust personal pizza I got was pretty crunchy. I prefer softer and fluffier. The body of the pizza was great, however. I did like the thicker crust personal pizza much better and overall this was my favorite menu item.

The focaccia bread is really good too. It's really thin; soft, not crunchy but has a great flavor to it. The marinara sauce that comes with it is good too although I thought it was a little sweet.

I didn't like the Chicago Style pizza. It's a lot different from the regular and thick crust pizzas. It's not terrible, but nothing about it stands out. I wouldn't be surprised if it is different dough and the cooks just use a prepackaged frozen crust (i.e. not made in-house) since they only sell this in medium and large pies. The crust doesn't taste of feel like regular/thick crust pizzas they sell, either. I have had some really good Chicago Style pizzas, and this place doesn't deliver in that regard.

I got the thick crust pizza in a large (16") and despite loving the personal pizza, I was not terribly impressed with its large counterpart. It's still pretty decent, but nowhere near as good as the smaller size pizza. I have a theory about this: since I got the large in a supreme and since there was a lot more dough, I think the crust wasn't cooked as well. I would recommend getting the thick crust in a personal or medium size.

The cannoli is super small. It's not terrible but doesn't stand out from any other cannoli I have ever had, so I wouldn't recommend it. It's just a generic, overpriced cannoli.

The Fat Boy sandwich is better than the cannoli. It's not amazing, but if I ever stop through Gunnison I'd get it again with some pizza. The only thing I didn't care for about this sandwich is the cookies are really tough, although it's probably because they just took it out of the freezer. The cookies do have a nice buttery...

We had the garlic loaf (4 piece) appetizer and we're very impressed with the taste of both the bread as well as their marinara sauce. It was thick and flavorful.

The pizza was a large 5 topping combo with sausage, chicken, artichoke, mushroom, roasted garlic, and their avalanche sauce.

The good: Taste wise, the pizza was great overall. The ingredients complemented each other well.

The bad: There was a small amount of anchovy that ended up under one of our pizza slices. I thought it was a piece of sausage so I went to eat it and had to immediately spit it out. As fish is a common allergen (but not mine) and anchovy is especially pungent, I am concerned about the cross contamination that might occur in their kitchen. Half of the crust tasted burnt so I couldn't eat it. This did not extend to the interior of the pizza. Eating the leftovers the next day, on two of the pieces we found several hard pieces of artichoke stem that should have been cut off.

Our server was friendly and great, though very busy due to the restaurant being full, so we understandably did not have quick service but that was acceptable given the circumstances.

After paying and leaving, I took another look at our final receipt and noticed that in addition to the 3% service charge that they have posted, there is another 1% "Change for kids" fee added as well. While the actual amount is not the concern, the application of additional fees that are not disclosed is frustrating.

Ultimately we would probably come here again, as the negatives did not cause us too much inconvenience, but I do believe they should be known to those who it might be more...