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East Side Mario's
Categories: Restaurants Pizza Restaurants Italian Pizza, Italian [Edit]
75 Consumers DrSaint John, NB E2J 4Z6
(506) 633-8899
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Loud
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
6 reviews for East Side Mario's
6 reviews in English
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Review from Violet P.
11/25/2011
We walked to the restaurant from our hotel; Hampton Inn and received a coupon for 15% off from the hotel. They also give you a discount when you show your CAA card so that also helped on the bill. When we arrived at the restaurant, we were promptly seated in a booth. The waitress was friendly and helpful.
We both decided to order the all you can eat salad/soup, and bread with a pasta. The garden salad was alright but I would have preferred a few more tomatoes and little less dressing. The wedding soup was very good. The tiny meatballs were flavourful and good combination with pasta and spinach. The bread was warm and fresh and I would have liked garlic butter instead of the butter but it was still tasty.
The pasta was not the best; I had the spaghettini and my husband had the penne. My pasta was fine but the sauce was a little runny and his was good but did not have any meat in the sauce. The pasta wasn't the highlight of the meal but after eating the salad/soup and bread we weren't too hungry.
The meal was less than $20 for both of us which was a great deal! -
Review from Ed C.
7/9/2011
I really wan't very impressed. It seems there are a lot of mediocre chains in the area, and I keep sampling places hoping for something that stands out.
I sampled the sausage penne, nachos, caesar salad, and the wings.
The sausage penne was fine, almost spicy, and for me, that's a good thing. I could have gone for spicier.
The wings were kinda tasty, but they weren't what we expected. We ordered the hot wings, and they came out sweet with a hint of heat. To be honest, they reminded us of General Tso chicken at a Chinese restaurant. And the blue cheese that came with them tasted fresh from the Ken's Steak House bottle--ick!
The nachos were a complete disappointment. Mostly a pile of chips that hadn't been fully cooked. The toppings were ok, but the chips were mostly naked and undercooked. The salsa was supposed to be hot, but it was pretty bland. I was pretty sure it came from Pace.
Mostly, ESM comes across as bland and average. -
Review from Aurele D.
Smithtown, NB
8/9/2010
Went there last Friday. Food was outstanding. Ordered appetizers only. They are 1/2 price from 4-6. Very enjoyable!!! Will be back !!!!
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Review from Louie R.
8/14/2011
Awful - that's about all that I can say - if you think this is good Italian food you've obviously never really had good italian food. Go to Rome - eat something - wise up. This is awful.
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Review from Mike L.
St John, NB
12/30/2010
Gotta say that overall I like ESM a great deal. The food is great as is the service. KUDOS ESM. Pretty much my one and only hesitation is that it can sometimes be a bit noisy. It's the kind of place that's great for a group, but for those "tête-à-tête" dinners for two.... umm.... keep looking.
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Review from Ian W.
10/17/2008 5 photos
Oh how I so missed dining at East Side Mario's, which is an Italian American restaurant chain based in Canada.
Back in 2000, East Side Mario's also had a few locations in the USA including one in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, which was one of my favorite spots for dinner and offered good tasty food and generous portions at reasonable prices. After a hard day at work in Boston, I took the MBTA Commuter Rail out to the Worcester, MA area and settled down for a hearty delicious meal at East Side Mario's a few miles away. Unfortunately, East Side Mario's closed down their US locations and Vinny T's of Boston took over the Shrewsbury, MA location. I love Vinny T's too, but the prices are higher and the Natick, MA location was closer for me.
On our visit to Saint John, my buddy and I headed over to East Side Mario's for dinner, which is located on Saint John's "East Side" surrounded by shopping centers, big retail stores, and other restaurants. We arrived here around 8:00PM on a typical weeknight, honked the bicycle horn for service, and we were seated at a booth immediately next to the replica Statue of Liberty. The interior of the restaurant (loud bar & grill atmosphere) had very cool decor & strung lights and it felt like we were dining in Little Italy in NYC, a little taste of home.
The menu offers Italian American items such as pasta, pizza, regular dinner entrees, salads, appetizers, sandwiches, kids meals, and desserts. Our waitress promptly came over to explain the specials and took our drink order 2 Diet Cokes ($2.49 each with free refills). We then placed our dinner order, each entree included unlimited soup or salad and fresh garlic homeloaf. I chose the Italian Wedding Soup (with fresh grated cheese), which had a hearty chicken broth with orzo and meatballs, and I had to ask for another bowl, yum!! My buddy had a tasty Caesar Salad, which was pretty fresh. For dinner, I had the Seafood Linguine ($16.99-shrimp, mussels and scallops simmered in a seafood tomato-herb sauce, topped with grated Parmesan cheese), which was pretty good and garlicky. My buddy had the Spaghetti ($9.99) with Sausage (add $3.49) which was tasty, sausage chopped & mixed with the sauce and the pasta was firm, more than al dente. We were both pretty full so we passed on dessert. I used my AAA (CAA) card and got 15% off the check, a limited time promotion, which covered the HST (13%).
The meal was pretty good as we expected and the service was cheery. I only wished that there were East Side Mario's locations in the USA again.
