Dom & Phil DeMarinis Original Recipes — Restaurant in Milwaukee

Though the restaurant itself is a bit outdated, it is not worn out, and still has a very relaxed, cozy feel.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...

Tried going back to give them another shot. I was a huge supporter and customer of lil demarinis in bayview on kk. And also love demarinis in Menomonee falls. Dine or carry out at both places are great and pizzas were always outstanding. I have dined in and ordered carry out at Dom & Phil Demarinis before. All negative experiences. But this past Sunday. I thought. What the heck. Let me give them another try. Me and my family were wanting pizza and my kids loved lil Demarinis and also the one that's still in Menomonee Falls. But didn't want to drive to Menomonee Falls for pizza and lil Demarinis is been closed for yrs now. I Ordered there large 16x12 pizza. Pepperoni, extra cheese. And well done crust. Well. When we got the pizza. The cheese was burnt. And there was no extra cheese. Because I asked for the extra cheese to be on top of the Pepperoni, and there wasn't. And also cheese was so burnt there was not even a pull to the cheese. It was crispy . And also the pizza still to this day has no flavor. Extremely bland. It's been like that each and everytime we have ordered from there. I guess my mistake is comparing them to the family that started they own thing Lil Demarinis on kk. And also the place in Menomonee falls. Because the pizza shape and all looks exactly the same but the flavor , cheese , crust , dough , Pepperoni , sauce Is not the same. I know the have alot of loyal customers and believe me. I want to love this place. They are supposedly the original. But time and time again. It's a huge disappointment. Me personally. Will stick with DeMarinis on main st in Menomonee Falls when I'm carving that type of pizza or Italian food. And too all reading. If you don't believe me. Go there and try them for your self. U will see...

We moved back back to our home state last year after working and living in other states for over 35 years. We have eaten at Little DeMarini's and the pizza does taste like " the original receipt" . As we understand, Little DeMarini"s will be closing in July, what a loss for Milwaukee.. We decided last Saturday night to try Dom and Phil's since they claim they are the home of the original receipt. What a disappointment! We arrived at approx 4:45 P.M. and my wife whom had knee replacement about 8 weeks ago is walking with a cane. The hostess started to take us to the back of the room and I said please seat us in front due to my wife's knee challenges. She gave us a dirty look and then seated us next to the hostess station. Only two other people were in the dining room at that time. Our waiter came out immediately and we ordered a small pizza with sausage, onion and green peppers. Approx 20 minutes later our waiter served us a burnt Pizza and, ask if it would be alright. We said, no, and frankly we felt sorry for the waiter since the kitchen obviously sent him out to see if we would take the burnt one. Another 20 minutes go by and our pizza arrived. Bottom line: the sausage tasted old and stale. We believe their claim of serving the " original receipt "should go to Little DeMariini's which is within 5 minutes from Dom and Phil. Again a huge disappointment and we are so sorry that Little DeMarini's will be closing. The only good thing to say about our visit, the waiter was very attentive and he was extremely apologetic...