Mark’s Pizzeria

I had really enjoyed getting fresh whole pizzas from earlier Mark’s Pizzeria locations, so I stopped in for lunch while I was in Ithaca’s southwest to get my car serviced. At lunchtime, I would have hoped the available slices would be fresher, but my meat lovers slice, once reheated, was pretty dry. There weren’t a lot to choose from, either, and the $ 9 «lunch special» for two slices and a soda did NOT feel very special. I had just one slice.
I’ve heard their new non-​pizza items are awful, but haven’t tried them myself. I might consider buying a fresh pizza from these folks, especially with a coupon to get the price to a reasonable range, but for slice specials, I’ll probably stick to Papa John’s, Sal’s, or Napoli.

In town for college orientation, hungry for some local pizza. We ordered a garden salad, breadsticks and pizza. The salad was very fresh and the pizza and breadsticks were delicious! Online ordering was very easy and delivery was prompt and courteous. Mark’s is a must! (Don’t forget to use the coupons they offer!!)

This review is based only on the delivery.
I got a medium meat lovers pizza for delivery. The site is really easy to use and you can pay by card in advance. They send you notifications by email as they make and deliver your pizza so that you can estimate how much longer it will take to deliver.
When the delivery guy came, he asked me to sign the receipt but didn’t provide a pen so I had to grab one of my own. It’s minor but that’s the first time I ever had a delivery guy make me get my own pen to sign the receipt so that was a little annoying.
The pizza itself was pretty good — meat lovers pizza has a decent amount of meat and sauce added lots of flavor. It definitely beats out cheap Collegetown pizza I usually get between classes. The problem is with the size, especially since in total I had to pay $ 21 for this (including delivery charges and a decent tip). Their medium pizza is rather small and cut into six slices which are not enough to spread out over multiple meals like I tend to do. I was only able to make this into 1.5 meals. Unfortunately, the cheese didn’t taste that great after microwaving so for this particular pizza place, I wouldn’t try to save slices for multiple meals.
I would still recommend the pizza itself, but I’d probably dine in so that the price seems more reasonable for what you get and you won’t feel like saving slices for later.

I really wanted to like Mark’s.
My wife has long told me about how great the Mark’s was when she was younger down in Vestal.
My experience … was not good.
The Pizza.
Where to start. The sauce tasted like tin and not much else, it was not acidic at all, and not sweet either. It just tasted kind of like a can, as in if I picked up a tin can and licked it. No real tomato taste, no salt, no sugar … just an overpowering tin taste.
The cheese … there is no way on earth it was real. It tasted like string cheese.
The crust … did not taste like anything.
So I ended up with string cheese on tin.
Not precisely a good
Reading the other reviews … perhaps I came on a bad day or something?
I would be happy to try it again … if two pies did not cost me $ 40.
Perhaps I will stop by on lunch and buy a slice sometime and see if I just got them on a bad day?
If I change my opinion I will update my review.

I love trying new places when I’m out of town. I definitely picked the right place here. I got the lunch special. Slice of pizza, 4 wings and a drink for 7.75. The pizza was great and the wings were cooked perfectly. I’m very particular about how wings are cooked. Most places are either under or over cooked. Staff is super friendly! If I lived here I would definitely be a regular!

They have a very user-​friendly website to order delivery. And they are always really fast and the food is hot. Service is excellent overall.
I’ll detract one star for the pizza — not very flavorful. They could use some spices. But the menu items overall are quite good for takeout food.

I dropped by for a quick slice on-​the-​run. Very friendly staff. Crust is a bit thicker than classic pizza. Great sauce, not too heavy on the cheese. Still good even though it was after lunch and the slice I got was from one of those glass warming cases; must be totally delish if you get a whole pie fresh.
Normally I avoid chains but this is tasty stuff.

One of the best pizza places in Ithaca. The pizza crust is pretty sweet which is what I love about a good pizza crust. The sauce is fantastic and the cheese tastes like it is fresh, never been frozen which there is a very obvious taste difference there. The pizza has good prices for their sizes too.
We also ordered the Grandmas Dough which is fried dough with cinnamon and sugar and they were gone at my house in under 5 minutes!
What is awesome about marks though, is their wings. One of the better wing places with great flavors to pick from. The wings are always meaty and large and have some great flavor going on. The price is a bit up there for wings but honestly, most places today are charging more and more for wings.
Overall while I search for the best pizza in Ithaca, this place remains my go to when I simply just do not want to try another place.

They recently opened and so I decided to give them a try. Pizza was good. It had the right amount of thickness, though I think mine had a bit too much cheese so I will have to ask for lite cheese next time. And the Old World breadsticks were good too. Their website is easy to use and it had customization options. They deliver pretty far from their location, I was surprised since there was another pizza restaurant much closer to me that didn’t want to deliver to me. Definitely having them again!