Marino's Italian Restaurant

09/22/08

Best authentic italian food in Des moines!

by itgirl2

Im not from iowa, so for me to find a great authentic italian restaurant is hard, but Marino's is just what ive been looking for! With great homemade cooking, and great service, we could'nt of asked for anything better. The sausage sandwhich was fantastic! The meatballs are hand made rolled to perfection. My salad was nice and plump, if you get one dont forget to order the house dressing made by the owner herself it was yummy. Our favorite thing about the food had to be the marinarra sauce, ive never tasted anything so tasty on my pasta before, we also liked the baked cavetelli with sausage and the rolatini's. Overall we enjoyed our food, and the atmosphere, the service was great, and so was the music! We will definatley be back *****

P.S.- Also I love pizza and i missed pizza from the east coast so bad, I would have to say Marino's pizza is definatly quite a find! Its made fresh, and tossed with fresh toppings, I haven't had anything better since we moved here!

• Pros: service, great food, bigger dinning room

04/21/08

Overall weird dinner

by me4321

Marinos is a strange little hole in the wall. If you order alcohol they'll tell you they don't have any, but you can bring in your own. If you order a pop they will bring it to you in a can. The food was mediocre, and when we put down a credit card to pay the server asked if we would like it for the amount, because if you want to leave a tip you must do so before they run the card. They do give generous portions, so we got to go boxes. I found some kind of wire or something in my left over lasagna.

As someone else said, if you want some good Italian that isn't from a chain, go to Christophers, their food is WAY better (and I haven't found any wire in my food there).

02/08/08

Excellent Food!

by nscoulson

Dinning at Marino's Italian Restaurant was a pleasure. The food was excellent. I would recommend it to anyone! It is a great little family restaurant. It was worth the wait. Go early. It's a nice place for a date.