Marion’s Piazza

Love the pizza! We come every time we come to west Chester ! Come with my sister and the kids!

This place is incredible. The building is spacious and beautiful. It contains an outdoor patio and a game room, real game changer. Good beer and great pizza. Highly recommend.

Marions is the best pizza, hands down. The Dayton classic in cincy is a gift to us all. It’s never too busy and never too long to get your pie. Hoping the place can stay in business.

Yum! I’ve only ever done carry out from this place. The interior is very strange. Kind of dismal looking to be honest, but seems like a good place to bring the kids and they can run around and be obnoxious and it’s no big deal.
As far as pizza, all I can say is Super Cheese pizza!!! It’s so so fantastic. Their sausage is unique. It’s like they grate it right on top of the pizza. Super Cheese is basically their take on a supreme pizza and then they cover it with a ton of cheese. The pieces are cut up really tiny so it’s easy to devour half a pizza without even paying attention.

Indistinguishable from Donatos. It’s ok, just basic thin pizza. Nothing unique at all. Interior is bland but the color scheme is tacky and poorly conceived. This place is dead every time I drive by and B-​Dubs across the street is always packed. I don’t understand how this place is going to make it?

Stopped by on a Saturday right before close after a day full of King’s Island. I’ve been suffering from withdrawal after being out of Dayton for so long. I felt bad since it was just before close, so we ordered our large to go.
Now, I won’t say this is the best pizza in the world. But it’s very unique and extremely addictive. Thin crackery crust, wall-​to-​wall toppings, and pieces the sizes of postage stamps. And whatever you do, please get the sausage — the tiny, ground up pebbles covering your pizza with just the right amount of spice.
For those who don’t understand the two lines, a brief explanation: this restaurant is based on the same exact style that they have always been (since the sixties). People who truly enjoy Marion’s love it as a nostalgia thing — if it were to change, there would be riots all over Dayton. Just be glad they at least accept credit cards now… That only happened just within the past few years.
I will say it’s not for everyone. And it’s not the greatest pizza ever. But I would definitely choose it over most others any day of the week.

Paid 20 bux for a Party Pizza with extra canned toppings.
At least they serve cheap pitchers of beer so you can drink the feelings of defeat away.

Luv it! This will attract non-​locals who know there’s more to pizza than the native regulars; and dont mind a wait (nor line) for a piazza-​style eatery. Yummy:)

GREAT thin-​crust pizza! If you like thin-​crust, you MUST try this. Don’t let the lack of cars in the parking lot fool you. This is a large restaurant and very nice inside. Place your order at the counter and the server brings it to you. Since it’s thin crust, you will have your pizza in about 10 – 15 minutes or less, so a good option for lunch, too. Lots of beer choices, too, from draft to ‘get it yourself’ bottles in the frig. Try it! You’ll like it!

We really liked Marion’s the times we have gone. I can see what people are saying in the other reviews but I wouldn’t really put Marion’s in the same bucket as other pizza places.
I don’t consider this traditional pizza based on where I am originally from but it is tasty in its own way and their location is nice.
Give it a try and see what you think of it. It is definitely better than the 2.5 stars it is averaging on Unilocal

Not really worth taking the time to write a detailed review. Bad pizza. Bad setup (one line to order food and a seperate line to order drinks). No décor/​atmosphere inside. They give you the tiniest/​cheapest paper plates to go with your pizza… the kind that cost 89 cents for a pack of 100. Disappointing.

If you are a fan of a crisp cracker crust pizza, you will like it. If you prefer a thin limp crust, you will be more at home with Cinci’s popular large local chain.

This was our first time ordering from there, and we got it to go. This might be my new favorite pizza. I love the bite-​size squares. The whole family was thoroughly impressed.

I’d eaten Marion’s up in Dayton when I was a kid and I LOVED it. My cousins and I would run rough shod over the place like the little hellions we were while our folks sipped beers in the corner. Back then EVERY pizza was an amazing taste treat and Marion’s was super special because it’s very kid friendly. What a difference a few decades makes.
This place is for the kids. Realize that going in and you’ll be fine. The pies aren’t really all that great. As other reviewers have noted, the buying your drinks and food separately is a huge annoyance. But it’s huge with seating and parking for several baseball/​soccer/​pee wee football/​etc. teams at once and they have a game room so you can throw a hand full of quarters at the kids and cut ‘em loose.
One exception… sour kraut on pizza. SOUR. KRAUT. ON PIZZA. It’s amazing. This is one thing that they really do right here. We live in a town with DEEP German roots so why is nobody else doing this? The kraut is the PERFECT foil to the fatty meats you get on pizza. The acidity cuts through and lets more flavor hit you right in the tongue! I know, I know. it sounds gross but if you find yourself here to celebrate your nephew’s birthday or after your daughter’s soccer game or whatever get a pie for the adults that is loaded with some meats and sour kraut. Trust me. After you try this you’ll be begging your local pizzeria to start carrying sour kraut as a topping which means you won’t have to put up with Marion’s to get it anymore.

Cool looking exterior… that’s where the positives end. Interior is like a school cafeteria. Pizza is pre-​assembled, sitting on racks waiting for someone to order it. Pizza came out slightly warm with little or no flavor. It is pricey and the most annoying part of the meal is having to pay separate for your drink. (2 credit card transactions within minutes of each other) Whoever thought this was a good idea should be on Monster right now looking for employment. If I’m marooned on an island and my only source of nourishment is Marion’s…I will take a pie and attempt to use it as a weapon, flotation device, or bartering tool with the natives. The natives will most assuredly hate it as well, and then come find me for revenge!

This was definitely a different experience! First time to Marion’s after working in Dayton for 10 years and hearing how great it is! So my first time is definitely my last! Less than average food and a Chuck E Cheese service environment.
I am not looking for 5 stars, but I felt like I was eating at the softball field.
Sorry Marion’s. You missed the mark!

It was fine — not amazing pizza. Just okay pizza. I just can’t get truly behind a pizza that has canned toppings. Seriously, it’s not that hard to cut some mushrooms, onions and peppers. It didn’t taste like anything. Very bland.
And the whole line system doesn’t make sense. It’s just a jumbled mess and 2 too many steps. Why can’t you just pay for your drink, when paying for your pizza and they give you a ticket for it?
I’m not from Dayton, so I wasn’t impressed.

My first, and only, visit to Marion’s was at the insistence of co workers who attended the University of Dayton. I honestly don’t see the big draw for it.
The place is very large and can easily accommodate large groups. The pizza however is nothing special. It’s not gourmet like Dewey’s nor Chicago style, New York, style etc. It’s just basic pizza. The price point is also a bit higher that I would have expected.
The only reason I can see to recommend Marion’s is if you have a large group of people. You’ll see many birthday parties, high school sports teams, etc eat at Marion’s.

I’ve had a number of people recommend Marion’s. I commonly would hear, «I love Marion’s pizza!» from people. So, after all this time, we decided to go.
Wow! What a disappointment. I’m not sure what I expected, but I can say that I did expect more of a restaurant. When I walked it, I immediately felt like I was in a pizza place/​cafeteria in Disney World or some other random amusement park. Four reasons I felt this: Seat yourself, pizza order and pay at one counter, drink order and pay at a completely separate counter and the PA system calling out your number as your order is ready.
So, we order our pizzas and I pay for them. Then we walk over and order our fountain drinks and I pay separately for them. I will say that they have a decent selection of bottled/​canned and fountain beverages as well as bottled beer/​alcoholic beverages and beer on tap.
You seat your self at tables in large open seating areas that have a cafeteria feel. It’s not a bad thing, it just is what it is. I had a small salad with their house/​Italian dressing. Nothing special but not bad. Then, «223» was called over the PA and I went to the counter to pick up my pizza. As soon as I saw it, I had a very good idea of what it was going to taste like.
I’m not saying it was bad. It just wasn’t great… or even very good. It was just… good enough I guess. Here’s the deal; I’ve noted in other reviews of mine that being from Chicago admittedly makes me a pizza snob. I am. However, I’m not afraid of giving pizza a chance though. Marion’s pizza was just as good, if not a little better, as a Totino’s frozen pizza cooked in the over (as opposed to the microwave). It really wasn’t anything special at all. The confusing thing about all of this is how many people tell me how much they like it.
I’m not sure what else to say about Marion’s. It is what it is. It’s crap pizza but good enough to say for a birthday party or a soccer team get-​together.
They also have free Wi-​Fi if you really want to use it.
Would I go back? Not willingly. I mean, if someone was having a party there and I was invited — then sure. But that’s only because I’m not rude. Other than that, I’M OUT! There’s a decent little Indian place right across the street (see forthcoming review for Raja).

This is definitely one of the happening places in town, and there always seems to be a crowd. Came here with my family to check it out. It was packed on a Thursday night at 6pm. We tried the pizza and salad. The salad was pretty bad. It tasted like it came out of a package and the Italian dressing was too sour. The pizza was ok but not great for the price. I had green peppers, mushrooms, and banana peppers on mine, and everything tasted fresh. I would say that it could have used a little more sauce, but overall the pizza was decent. It was kind of annoying that you have to wait in a separate line for drinks, and they don’t give refills on soda which I find crazy for a casual pizza place.
There were definitely a lot of children here — people hosting a birthday party in the back, kids running around screaming. This place seems like an ok place to have a family dinner with mediocre food, but I don’t think I’ll be back anytime soon.