Mario's South Side Saloon — Restaurant in Pittsburgh

The only reason we came to Mario's was because it was listed as the only Buffalo Bills Backer Bar in Pittsburgh. I would have rather stayed at my friends apartment and watch a grainy stream of the game than step foot in this less than mediocre establishment.

First off we arrived at 12:45pm and made eye contact with the bartender who said nothing so we kind of stood there awkwardly until we decided to seat ourselves.

Why they call it a Bills Backer Bar is beyond me... there wasn't one single piece of Bills memorabilia anywhere in sight.

Anyway, after about 15 minutes of sitting in our booth, a young, flustered-looking waitress finally comes up and says "what do you want to drink?" Well, hello to you too??? Very rude. We proceeded to order Bloody Mary's and a carafe of mimosas. There was a giant sign that said that brunch cocktails were served until 2pm, however when we tried to order our second round at 1:25pm, our waitress said that they stop serving brunch cocktails at 1pm. I asked if they ran out of champagne, and she said "no, we just stop." I was dumbfounded at this point.

We ordered a plate of pulled pork French fries. The pulled pork was dry and tasteless and McDonald's fries are exponentially better than the garbage that they served us. We had a few bites and left it.

The only good thing about this place was a poster that said if you order a Miller Lite and send a text with a picture of your receipt to Uber you get a $10 credit for your next ride. I ordered a Miller Lite and an Uber simultaneously and got the hell...

We came on a Friday, we were on the left side of your facing the building and walking in, bartender with the long black hair was excessively rude… we all came from work 7 of us. We had one round and when we went to get another round she had told us that one member of our party was shut off for being too drunk but “ here is some tasty water” the one person that was shut off happens to be of color. We all came from work directly there was no other drinking and she whispered to the other bartender and both of them were extremely rude … we all left to finns, never coming back here and upon talking to some other people that frequent Carson st, I guess things like this frequently happen with this / these bartenders not smiling, being rude , ignoring us. Did I mention it was 10 minutes to get the first and only round… we still tipped 22% it’s not about the money just some common courtesy and for her to shut off one of our group for no reason then add here’s some tasty water was way way over the top and to discriminate based off color was absolutely ridiculous… people like this should not be anywhere near customer service positions if you can not treat people equally based off color, religion, gender etc. it was disgusting from a customer stand point. We won’t ever come back here and further more will take action to make sure people get treated equally this is 2024...

We went unnoticed by waitstaff for a solid 10 to 15 minutes. Once we ordered and food arrived, the onion rings were on the brink of burnt and whatever the sauce they serve with it is, was cold and oddly sweet.

The smoke house burger looked good when it arrived at the table, but... You bite into it, and despite the bbq sauce, cheese and bacon, you taste NOTHING but wet, partially cooked ground beef. It was disgusting. It wasn't a juicy fatty moist burger as you would expect, it was wet, gross and tasteless. And there was something random on the burger that left an awful taste in my mouth.

The spicy ranch wings had no flavor at all, and was caked with some random cold-butter textured "stuff" unlike any wing I've ever seen before. It wasn't a seasoning rub or a sauce. Idk what the hell it was. But again, it was bland and tasteless, and strange. All while trying to enjoy a conversation while a bunch of sloppy obnoxious white chicks shriek and dry hump the air. I was not expecting this at 5 pm...

I was thankful the manager took $10 off for my gross burger, but we still ended up paying 32+tip for burnt onion rings, funky, tasteless wings we only had one a piece of, and my husband's weirdly wet burger as well.

I suppose people go here just to get wasted and socialize, not eat good food. Will not...