Maria’s Pizza

It’s a restaurant — not just pizza, but the kind of sit down in a booth place I remember as a kid going out with family on a Saturday night. Seafood specials and american/​italian fare to please adults & kids alike. Beer & wine — sign in the door says they accept plastic. Very friendly staff & fast service (but not rushed) — I was just there for a snack and a beer while waiting for the commuter train (across the street), and the waitress was very gracious about me taking up a booth for 30 min. I’ll definitely be back with friends the next time we’re up that way — I figure the steady stream of diners and take out dinner customers at 7pm on a Sunday night know what’s going on. The haddock chowder is terrific by the way.

Maria’s is the worst when it comes to customer service and the use of quality ingredients. Most products come in a can or were previously frozen. The owners are fried and the actual plates they put out are sub par at best. I think the worst part about this restaurant is that the wash their produce in the same sink they do dishes

A consistent favorite for years on end. Homecooked goodness in every dish. Comfortable interior, friendly staff, great prices. I love Maria’s!

The best pizza I’ve ever had, and yes, that includes an authentic New York slice. Maria’s is the best quality pizza around, and the salads/​other entrees are generally quite good as well.
The only reason it’s 4 stars instead of 5 is that it’s generally better to do take-​out if possible, as the restaurant can get crowded and hot on summer nights!

This place is great, i go here with my girlfriend every so often to grab a bite to eat. The food is cooked and served within 20 minutes, it has a very nice old fashion type of look inside and is very well worth the prices!
There pizza is very thin, with a great crunch to it! If you are looking for a place to grab a pizza to split with friends or family then its perfect, pizza runs you about 9 bucks, and serves around 3 – 4 people depending on your appetite!
The staff are very friendly, and very energetic, its a true Gloucester pizza place!
The cons~ Only accepts cash, or check

yeah… still no thanks.

very good pizza and italian food.

Many people swear by their pizza! Very thin, crispy crust & cheesy. I love their Chicken & Shiitake Mushroom Ravioli & other dishes over that. Check their specials, too. – Loved the Veal & Eggplant Saltimboca where both are lightly breaded, fried, layered w/​crispy prosciutto, sauced, & covered w/​melted mozzerella! Service is good, but cash only & closed Mondays. Gets very busy. To be cont’d.

One of those well known little ‘hole in the wall’ kind of places that many of us locals had always loved!
Twice we called to order and found they were offering ONLY pizza, as it was hot? Hum? I get that Summer is hot, but I’ve never found another place limit the menu on a hot night? Many of the times families turn to take out, is to avoid cooking, so I get that it’s hot in the kitchen… maybe they need a better AC unit, but I would HOPE they will make the full menu available every day! Luckily, we have not run into this often, but also don’t order much, as the seafood quality has gone downhill. Nothing is worse than getting home to find out your seafood is not fresh and has that ‘fishy’ taste… anyone that loves fresh fish, knows that it’s awesome fresh and living here on the coast we love expect the best.
And when it’s fresh, it’s absolutely awesome and use to one of the best places in town seafood dinners! We loved the Haddock, shrimp and sole and really miss them now! It used to be consistently awesome… super fresh and delicious. But, sadly, you have to chance it every time and it’s a bummer to get a bad meal, especially with higher prices! We once loved every bit and even had leftovers from every meal… not now! Luckily, the last time we ordered it was very good and that’s WHY I upped this to three stars!, We’ve also now experienced missing items on our orders and even burnt pizza… Oh MY – what has happened tp Maria’s!
I HOPE they make some changes and make it the Maria’s we all know and LOVED !

Great Pizza. I prefer to do take out here because it can be a real kid fest with screaming babies everywhere.
I recently witnessed a baby having a complete melt down. There wasn’t one person in the entire restaurant who’s meal was not being ruined by this kid. The parent nor the management chose to do anything.
The staff is so complacent and unmotivated that it is not worth giving them my business.
I love the big piece of paper taped to the front door that read NO CREDIT CARDS in black marker… AKA we skim…

They don’t have posted hours, don’t open until 4pm, and won’t let you sit at a table if you get there an hour before they say they’re going to close on the phone (10pm), so don’t get your hopes up too high.

This is one of the best places to eat italian on Cape Ann. It’s has a hometown, neightborhood atmosphere. this trip we both got clam chowder which was really creamy and had a great flavor. I got fried cheeks and my husband got the fried calamari. Portions are always huge and the fried food is nice and crispy. We go here quite often because it is fairly close to home, the prices are perfect and the food is always fresh and yummy. Love the small town atmosphere. Beware though this is a cash only place, so don’t expect to use your credit card.

Gloucester has a lot of great Italian & fish restaurants … by this I mean restaurants that combine seafood and Italian dishes, and this is our favorite. Less crowded than the Causeway, but just as fresh and tasty. We try to get here once a week when we’re here in the summer.
Our favorite is the haddock & scallops au gratin, which we usually split; but you can’t go wrong with anything — if it sounds good it is!
If you can find it (across from the railroad station) give it a try — but remember it’s closed on Monday.

I have had take out from here a few times but got to eat in for the firs time yesterday.
The restaurant is very small and inviting. The staff is funny, and knowledgeable of the menu. Tuesday was buy one pizza get one half off which made it easy to get two pizzas and salads with out breaking the bank.
The pizzas are all made fresh there with fresh ingredients and you can see the kitchen and the oven from anywhere in the restaurant. They were very easy going about my very curious and very friendly toddler who was saying «hello» to the staff every time one of them walked by.
The only downside is the very small parking area but the pizza is fresh and yummy and the staff is great so just be prepared to park elsewhere as they do a lot of take out business.

Great salads. Great pizza. Very crispy crust. And very inexpensive. Drinks were too small, though.

Popped in to get a slice but they don’t sell slices! As we were leaving they were so nice– they actually recommended Mike’s Place down the street. Very cool to see local shops support each other!

this is my favorite gloucester pizza. i don’t know what special ingredient they put in their crust to make it so much different, but it’s in there and it’s fantastical. a mushroom and peppers pizza from maria’s is like nothing else.
i’ve only been in the restaurant a couple times, as this has been a big place to get take-​out in my family. i did go in a couple months ago, though, and the service was fantastic. you can tell everyone working there either is or is treated like family. we were never without anything. the menu of stuff other than pizza had a lot to offer but we got pizza, so i don’t have a ton to say about their dishes. we had such a hard time deciding, which is why we just took the easy pizza route. perhaps i’m a bit regretful.

Don’t be fooled by the name… this is so much more than a pizza joint. It is a little hole in the wall neighborhood restaurant that if i were the Phantom Gourmet, I would call a hidden jewel. I had a salad with balsamic vinagrette that tasted homemade. The night we were there, the soup was a fisherman’s stew with haddock. It took a while to come to the table and we were told it was made to order, as everything we ordered obviously was. The eggplant parmesean was plenty for two people. The waitress was great, the food was excellent and the prices were unbelieveably cheap! The décor is 1970’s pizza joint, but that doesn’t mean there is no ambiance… the happy locals and regulars make it seem like a really fun place. I will go back again and again.