Marco's pizza — Restaurant in Santaquin

The best thing I can say about this place is that it does indeed sell pizza.

My children were excited to gobble up pizza like they do whenever we make or get pizza. We all could barely take more than one bite, and sat back in our seats with utter disappointment, especially after reading these uncharacteristically upbeat reviews.

Here is my breakdown: Pepperoni Pizza (AKA Grease City™) It soaked the crust, drenched the box, and left a puddle on our dining room table. The pepperoni that curled up were like little cups you could drink grease from. The pepperoni tastes like uncured salami. It's sour or tart, almost like they tried to pickle it. Very off-putting, especially if you eat it with their ranch. It's also very overly salty, but unfortunately that's not uncommon with delivery pizza. The crust was spongy. This could've been due to the grease. The crust flavoring didn't work well with the rest of the pizza. Got the sick fast food feeling in my stomach after one slice. Greek Salad was acidic, but it worked much better here than it did in the pizza. Still felt oddly greasy due to the vinaigrette. It's... fine. Was probably the best part of our meal. I liked the cheese pizza a lot more than the pepperoni, which is something I've never said before in my life. That said, it suffered some of the same problems.

The stuff that wasn't too bad: Chicken Dippers were alright. They bare no resemblance to wings and are more like crusted chicken nuggets. I enjoyed the BBQ sauce. Online ordering and delivery was smooth and straightforward. The driver was given the wrong address and called us from the other side of town despite the correct address being printed on the receipt. He called, quickly course corrected, and dropped off the goods quickly. No harm done.

My recommendations. There is a Main Street pizza just down the street. I enjoy them much more, and you will too especially if you hate grease. If you're willing to drive for a few minutes, Fat Jack's in Payson is some of the best pizza around here.

I'd like to think Marco's could improve, but franchises like that tend never deviate from their methods. Guess we'll see. I would very happily welcome any improvements. Maybe I'll forget about this experience and try them again next year in an act of naivety and find myself impressed.

Update: wife only ate one slice, and yet she spent the evening in bed trying not to puke. I'm certain she can't be the only one here who's had...

The first couple of times we ordered there the food and delivery time was great. I don’t know what has happened since then but it’s gone downhill. One order was an hour late. The last couple of times the food wasn’t very good and had hardly any cheese on the cheese bread or pizza. Tonight I reluctantly ordered there again because my husband wanted wings (he also hadn’t been home the last couple of times we ate there), I did it online and went to pick it up. My phone said the order was ready when we pulled in but the kid said it was almost done. Waited about 5-10 minutes, went and checked my phone again to make sure it said done then asked again. A girl checked and said it was just coming out. Waited another 10 minutes asked again and no one came back to tell me until I waited until they helped someone else and said “did you find out where my order was”. Apparently they messed up and it was now in the oven cooking. We waited there for probably 45 minutes which was 30 minutes after I ordered. I get things happen, but the first two people should’ve figured it out and the last could’ve came and told me before I had to corner him and ask. Two stars because they gave it to...

Wow. Best pizza I’ve had in ages. If Marco’s is consistently this good, I don’t expect I’ll go anywhere else for pizza again. The pizza was nice and hot when it was delivered. The crust was light and soft, but crispy too. The crust also had a good flavor. The sauce was a good consistency and had a fresh flavor that brightens up the greasy ingredients like cheese and pepperoni. They didn’t skimp on the cheese (which is a pet peeve of mine (I don’t want a cheese doily, I want a cheese layer, thank you very much)). Everything was great. The only thing that wasn’t super pleasant was the price. I couldn’t justify spending regular price but we had good coupons that brought it to the high end of normal. For the quality, I’m ok paying the high end of normal. Now just keep it up...