marco's restaurant & lounge

a great patio for outside dining! can't beat tuesday's for "cheap meat". also some of the best drinks in town.

where to begin. interesting old standard of a dated(70s?) italian restaurant. does a great lunch bussiness. nights are an amalgam of old folks,couples on the down low looking to escape prying eyes and aging alternative lifestyle practitioners. the more progressive of the crowd will end the evening at the red key. food is not why you come here. it's a step back in time when things were simple and the term eatery had not yet been uttered. try it.

my boss took me here for my 90 day evaluation. gave me a raise and a free lunch. i like it and will be bringing my wife here to do our anniversary dinner and drinks

it’s kind of an old-school italian restaurant complete with dim lighting, candles on the tables, lots of wood paneling, leather booths, etc.

lovely! it's packed on tuesday for the filet minion special, but still quite romantic. has a great beer and wine selection.

i read the other reviews and realized most of them are old and more indicative of the prior owner's management of the restaurant.  if you have not been there recently you should go there for excellent food and service.  i eat there at least once or twice a week.  i just had a wonderful dinner of sea scallops and penne pasta in vodka sauce tonight.  the staff is friendly and the owner is welcoming and will address any concerns if you have one, which is doubtful.  

also they do take credit cards even though it says cash only above.

generic food; no big deal. waitress was nice. drink specials looked good.

awesome.... granted we arrived at 830 on a wednesday but it was the best restaurant experience ive had in a loooong time. my mom and i like to experiment with different restaurants (mostly new, in broadripple) and ironically this old place beat them all...like i said a slow wednesday, but it was the most intimate, warm dining experience i can recall. we ate outside where a duet began performing around 9pm. apparently the female singer was the replacement but she was still great, and gave my mom a kiss afterwards. food was great, service, great...again we arrived as the crowd had thinned out, but we always dine that late, and never experienced anything so good. they timed the serviing of drinks, soups, salads perfectly...slow enough we didn't feel rushed out, fast enough we weren't wondering where our food was. weve arrived at 830 at other places and still felt rushed.

if you are ever in the mood for a quiet lunch in a quiet little joint then by all means get to marco’s; it’s over on 54th street just west of keystone.it’s been around for over 20 years,and the food is more than reasonably priced.the dining room has a certain old school charm;a place to take a special honey,not an old college pal.and the money you save could go towards a real hotel room;not some no tell motel.well enough of the fantasy;back to the food. all the specials come with bread and salad for under 8 bucks.in the case of the grilled orange roughy  a side veggie is included.pat thought it was very tasty; especially when he stuck it in one of the baguettes they serve.sometimes a fella needs a samich.their vod didn’t trip his trigger so he opted for cottage cheese; now what can you say about cottage cheese?as for my chicken parmesan it was pretty good.a good sized rarebit dish filled with pasta tossed in a decent sauce ,topped with a grilled breast ,smothered with mozz and the whol

great place to take a date. we went during the week. we had no wait what so ever, and were immediately greeted and sat outside (preference). they had a lovely shaded area outside, where a live duet played. they're music was great, and sounded of cd quality (if you couldnt see them, you would have thought it was a cd playing). they play requests, and its a gentleman on a piano, and lady singing. food was awesome! very great calamari and chicken parmigiana. they have a a soup and salad that come with the meal, as well as bread, to make this complete. the staff was excellent, and very pleasant. i am a talker, and ended up speaking with the owner, as well as 3 other waiters/waitresses on different topics. very pleasant staff. i will be taking my girlfriend here again for sure! (and we drove 45 minutes to get this meal). highly recommend!

bad service and mediocre food. a group of about 15 people met at marco's for dinner at 7pm and our dinner was not served until 8:30pm. our waitress had large parties both inside and on the outside patio where we were seated. the restaruant seemed to be overwhelmed with business on a tuesday night due to "steak night", a $10 filet dinner promotion. it took forever to get drinks, order appetizers, order meals, get our meals and then to wait for the checks. to add insult to injury the restaurant added a 20% tip to the bill (including a tip on the taxes which i never include). we finally left just after 10pm having eaten mediocre and overpriced food with terrible service. i've eaten at marco's for probably close to 30 years but will not return anytime soon.

legendary tuesday nights. tuesday night specials the best value in indy!

i see a pattern here.. does ownership/mgmt even care? seems to me this place would do something about fixing there bad service and not that good/cold food for the price. hmmm.


-----02 jun, 2011-----

we were there last night for over two hours your service/server sucked. food was overpriced and not that good and you didnt even bother to knock any money off. if this continues i don't see this place surviving. def lost about 10 customers last night.


-----02 jun, 2011-----

seriously been here an hour and a half and we still haven't seen our entrees. will not come back!!!!


-----01 jun, 2011-----

got here at 1830. just got our bread at 7pm. still havent seen our salad or appetizer. need a sense of urgency the service is atrocious its 730 now don't be in a hurry at this place. jesus.

terrible service, cold food, and a manager who could care less. i hadn't been to this restaurant in a little over a year but when i had family in for thanksgiving, i decided this place would be perfect and close to home. we got there and no one even greeted us for at least 5 min. we got a table and had to wait about 10 min. for someone to come to take our drink order. the staff was standing around talking and laughing very loudly and this went on through most of dinner. we finally got our drinks but only after our waiter had a long conversation with the others that were standing around. when we got our food, it was mediocre at best. it was not hot (we all ordered steak) and the sides looked old. they were not busy so it is a good possibility that they were. our waiter did not come back until we had finished our food...so we sat without drinks even after stopping someone who said he was the manager or owner (can't remember which) and we still never got refills. i was embarrassed to have brought my family to this establishment and we will not come back. we did complain but we felt like they didn't care. we spoke to the same man who was the manager/owner?? and he seemed like we were distracting him from talking and laughing with the staff and really didn't seem to care that we were disappointed. i would not recommend this place.

great lunch special. had lunch special of cajun black bean soup and grilled chicken caesar salad for $6.95. soup was tasty and conservatively spiced. salad had perfect amount of excellent caesar dressing, ample portion of chicken, and was a huge portion for the price. best feature of the salad was the fresh shaved parmagean on top (there had to be a 1/2 cup of it). service was quick and i was glad i got there at 11am because they definitely have a busy thursday lunch crowd. i will be back for their lunches. i will recommend to anyone asking for great lunch spot.