Merone’s

Amazing!!! A hidden gem. Foods delicious and quick. Nice, polite service. If you actually go there, the restaurant is clean and large. They even completely fill there dressing ramekins and then wrap them in foil so they don’t spill! Who does that? It’s great! Eat there. Order take out. There breakfast looked amazing too!

Food is mostly decent, but that’s the best I can say about Merone’s. We’ve been patronizing them for years because we don’t have many delivery options in our area. But we have been putting up with horrendous service for far too long and tonight was the final straw.
They almost never get a delivery order right. You name it … they’ve screwed it up. No dressing with the salads … forgot the rolls … missed one of the entrees. When you call to complain, they won’t refund your credit card for what they missed. They say «we’ll make up for it next time» but they never do.
I don’t know if it’s the kitchen staff or the delivery drivers who pack up the orders, but it doesn’t really matter. They just don’t seem to care about customer service at Merone’s. So we no longer care about them. Addio Merone’s.

Great food. But the delivery drivers are crazy. I constantly see them speeding, swerving, sunning red lights around town.

I love the food specially grill Chicken sandwich wow amazing. But very bad customer service.

Wow. Have enjoyed the pizza for years. Timely delivery and good prices. Very bad experience today. Very bad customer relations. Never received order. Gave up after two hours waiting. Called for an update after an hour and a half and had to give up. Called back as courtesy at two to tell them not to bother and phone was dead. Hope the airline catering business is doing well. The local delivery piece is sorely lacking.

It kills me to write a 1 star review, but I’ve given this place multiple chances to fix the problems and nothing has changed.
Food — I would advise not to order the lasagna because both times what we got was a bowl of meat sauce with a couple of lasagna noodles floating in it. Gluten free Italian is hard to find — this place does it very well!
However, I have had major problems with most of our delivery orders. Drivers don’t show up, no one calls, and when I call to politely inquire, I get answers from, «The driver must be lieing to me», to «It’s still on the way» (when it is not). Add to that, we’ve been double charged, which takes time out of my day to get fixed with my credit card company, and we’ve been charged for the orders that never showed up… I get stuff being late occasionally (even though it is an 80 minute delivery window), but do me the courtesy of calling ME and letting me know… or when I call, give me a better answer than, «Well, it’s the driver’s fault because»… F for customer service. This is really a shame since their food (pizza, subs) is good. One other issue is — don’t expect anyone to read and pay attention to the notes on your order… such as, «Light mayo» or «no lettuce». You’ll get what you get and you’ll like it… or not. Maybe the experience IN the restaurant is stellar but hard to imagine.
We will not be patronizing Merone’s anymore unfortunately. Lack of attention to detail and customer service means lack of me spending money with you.

The food is truly amazing — tons of choices, always fresh and a great value. If you get more than a couple toppings on your pizza suggest getting it well done so the crust holds up the generous toppings.

This is my go to spot for my work lunch! The lunch deals are great and the portions are even better! I usually get the lunch spaghetti with meat sauce which comes with a small side salad and 3 little rolls. I’ve never been able to finish it since portions are big but I always either eat it for dinner or save it for tomorrow’s lunch. Prices are affordable which makes the place that much better!

I’m Italian — and our whole family is from NY and elders are off-​the-​boat — so I’m already cursed when it comes to finding great pizza/​pasta throughout the country. I grew up on family recipes and authentic/​traditional fresh and full meals (7+ courses).
Let me just tell you that I live in Cali, now, and I miss Merone’s & Buon Appetito with my whole being haha I seriously haven’t found ONE ristorante/​pizzeria out here that even comes close in quantity, authenticity, quality and VALUE. It’s so sad/​disappointing. I haven’t lived in Northern VA for years but my folks still reside. So EVERY TIME I’m home, visiting them, I make it a point to go to Merone’s and have a quiet dinner with them and my children.
They’ve catered our parties, delivered dinner to our home, we’ve eaten in both establishments and we are still tried and true to their business. Their family has truly become like family to ours. They welcome anyone/​everyone into their establishment with loving arms and they will give you the shirt off their back, if they can. Great people, delicious food and a relaxing eat-​in experience.
I honestly can’t even recommend a particular dish b/​c every one I’ve ever had there has been good. My typical go-​to? Papa salad and some ziti w a fresh glass of chianti — followed by a cappuccino!!! Yum ;)
We love you, Merone’s/Buon Appetito! Ciao ;)

My wife, mother-​in-​law, and a few friends stopped by here for dinner two weekends ago. It’s in the middle of an office park but its totally worth coming to.
The food is good and portions, befitting an Italian place, are generous. We had the Veal, some seafood dishes and calamari appetizer.
One of the nicest touches of the evening was when I got a bottle of crodino (an Italian apéritif) one of the staff «want a glass w/​ice and lemon.» Nice touch as that is how one is supposed to enjoy it.
The staff were incredibly friendly and I ended out talking to the owner, Giuseppe, for awhile. He’s got that great came fro Italy as a youngster and then worked hard and got ahead in the US. It was one of the nicest chats I’ve ever had with a business owner.
I highly recommend coming here.

Food was just okay but the kicker for me was when the owner brought in a dog with a chef and all of the employees pet it. Nobody washed their hands. When I complained the manager on duty was incredibly rude and combative as were the rest of the employees. If the owner will bring an animal in with no sanitation, I don’t want to know what else is going on there.

Im originally from NY and I have to day this is oretty good pizza, italian subs, and pasta. Friendly staff. Outside looks like an office so its easy to miss but its very good food and decent prices

I found Buon Apetito on Unilocal a few months ago and the reviews are correct– the food is outstanding. The sicilian pizza tastes like my Italian home town pizza. The pasta dishes are huge and obviously prepared fresh. They give very generous servings of meat, and the dinner rolls are to die for. Delivery sometimes takes a while but it’s worth the wait. Delicious and looking forward to using Merone’s for future catered events.

I love coming here every time I am in DC area. The food is amazing and I always have more for dinner and lunch the next day! The staff is beyond helpful and exceptionally friendly. My friend called them and asked to have a bday cake made for me because we were working on my bday. They went out of their way to make it special and even find the colors of decorations my friend asked for. I love this place, the food, and most importantly the people. Come and be a regular and you’ll be more than happy you did!

My husband and I just ate here for dinner. Food was good and place was clean, friendly and casual. Basic hole in the wall Italian restaurant. We shared the chicken parm and they were nice to separate it for us. It was more than enough so we brought a doggie bag home. Salad dressing was delicious as reviews stated. We shared the tiramisu which was good. Had a good meal for two for $ 30. The pizza at the next table looked yummy as well. We will return for sure.

Overall food is great! Pizza is the closest to real new your pizza I’ve had in NOVA and the Greek salad and calzone was really good. Only bad part was the subpar chocolate cake that was $ 6 for a sliver of a slice. Definitely will pass on that next time.

Very reasonable prices, great delivery time, great food. Loved the salad dressing!

We came here with my fiancé’s sister and boyfriend, who didn’t really specify that it wasn’t a fancy sit down-​style restaurant. so we came in all dressed up and were extremely shocked and weary that it was just a little pizza place. They kept insisting it was worth it while laughing at us so we tried to keep an open mind. I really liked it! I got lobster ravioli and it was the best I’ve had so far. The portions are huge as they should be. My fiancé got chicken parm that they loved. Even though I’m Italian, I cannot stand typical Italian style pasta dishes because it’s so standard and I didn’t find it particularly good but I guess thats just me being picky, because both boys INHALED their food. Like I said, the portions are huge so that was an incredible feat. The salads they gave us came with a house made balsamic dressing that was absolutely delicious. I didn’t particularly like the rolls but everyone else loved them and fought over who got to take the leftovers home. I can’t wait to come back and try the pizza!

Fantastic Italian food for the price. We’ve enjoyed everything we’ve ever tried from pizzas to the cheese tortellini alfredo. The red sauce is very tasty and is of a good consistency. The pastas are always cooked properly. The salads are generous as sides items.
Overall, the portions are huge, sides are perfect and service is always very good!

Hmm, don’t know if recent changes are to blame, or if the weekend cooks do things a little different, but I’m extremely saddened by the change in dinner rolls last time I went. Rolls are bigger but the recipe’s definitely different. No beautiful crust and yummy insides!
Buffalo chicken sub was alright, a little soggy by the time I worked through the footlong, but just the right amount of saucing despite it. Clams and mussels lunch special was a little overdone, and the marinara sauce accompanying it was a little boring. They warned me that the soup would take 25 minutes, but I was willing to wait. A little disappointing though, corn chowder soup was a little too salty, and the oyster crackers only exacerbated the overwhelming sodium content. Light on corn, but some nice loose crab meat at the bottom. Bay leaf and fennel were left in as garnish. Carbonara was even less sauced than usual. Hope this isn’t a trend, this was one of my favorite lunch spots near work.