Martio's Pizza Parlour - Nanuet

Martio's Brick Oven Pizza is thin, hot, and absolutely delicious. I can't get enough of their pasta fagioli either. I have been a loyal customer for 40 years, which is practically my entire life. You simply must try it - it's the best in town!

My daughter really enjoys the pizza at this restaurant. The chicken and shrimp parm dishes are fantastic. The service is consistently excellent.

We were in town overnight. Please understand that this is the only time we have been to Martio’s Pizza. When I go to a restaurant that I am not familiar with I usually order something that is easy to prepare and hard to “mess up”. We did not go for pizza. My wife ordered the eggplant Parmesan and I ordered the small house salad and Lasagne. The salad was great It was really delicious dressed with red wine vinegar/oil and fresh ingredients. I kept telling my wife how good it was. For the most part it was downhill from there. My wife’s eggplant tasted like it was sautéed in a poor quality olive oil, vegetable oil or a combination thereof. It was barely edible but it was better than the lasagne. My lasagne was baked and served in a 1950’s style porcelain dish (very cool! . The food was literally bubbling around the edges but was lukewarm throughout. It was barely warm. This is a dish that is prepared ahead and must be kept refrigerated (38f and reheated when ordered. When baked in a traditional oven the outer edges heat up first and then the center. This is a matter of common sense. This restaurant has been in business since the late 1950’s. In that time they have not learned how to reheat lasagne? I am a retired chef I include that information in this review to bring context to my perspective. There was a scant amount of sauce on top of the lasagne with absolutely no sauce layered into the pasta layers and I think there were about three bits of ground beef. The lasagne had absolutely no flavor. I ate two bites. Whoever made these dishes appears to not know how to cook and it shows that they have little interest in cooking. The red sauce was a depressed, needy demonstration of what to never send out of a kitchen. It is hard to make food this badly. It is easy to make food delicious. Does the management not taste their food? There is no way someone could taste this food and say that it is delicious. To make matters worse our waitstaff was not physically present except to meet the minimal requirements to get the food to the table and was definitely not mentally present. It was clear that she had no knowledge or awareness of table service. The waitstaff appeared to be teenagers including the cashier that checked us out at the register when we paid and left. When we checked out the cashier asked “was everything okay?” I told her that the food was terrible and that it is still on the table. She giggled and rang up the bill. I think that she thought that I was kidding with her(? . She was removed and inaccessible not present. Pricing is an issue. When we set down I commented to my wife that the prices looked like they were from the 1980’s. Her eggplant parm was $9.95, my lasagne was $10.50 and the house salad was $4.50. This may explain, in part, the poor quality of the food. I am referring to the items on the menu labeled “Main Dishes”. In most moderately priced restaurants the price would be at least $16.95 $19.95 (and considerably higher in more upscale dining rooms . I would rather pay more and get the necessary ingredients in the preparation to produce delicious food. I felt “ripped off” and felt that we wasted our evening in an atmosphere of ineptitude. In hindsight it appears that this is a place that is frequented and perhaps propped up by people that have been customers for years who are probably long time friends with the “house”. The restaurant holds itself out to be “Home of Rockland County’s First Wood Burning Brick Oven Pizza Parlor”. I am hoping that the pizza is good. I have cooked a lot of pizza in a true wood burning oven. I did not see any evidence of a wood burning stove(? . I did not see the pizza. Recommendation: For Italian food find a good Italian restaurant and go there. Find out if Martio’s Pizza is good. Check it out. If you are on a tight budget this is probably a good place to go. It appears that the restaurant has become an afterthought, not living in the present, not focused on a future and their past has become a hindrance.

I always enjoy returning to Martios, it feels like coming home. The food and service are as excellent as ever, just like when I was a child. The combo meal is amazing. Thank you, Rockin Rudy.

We stopped in for lunch while on business travel. We split a few pizzas. Charming place, good service and good pizza. Will go again next time we travel through.