Mary's Italian Trattoria - Tulsa

Mary's is my favorite restaurant in Tulsa. It does take time to get your food, but their house salad is good, simple, and the house dressing is great. It's a homemade ranch with dill, yummy. I love the chicken cutlets. The chicken Champaign is my favorite, but all the others are good too. This is where my family wants to go when they visit Tulsa. It's our tradition.

This place is like going to your grandma's house.  The atmosphere is cozy and eclectic and the food tastes like it was homemade.  The space is small and the hours are limited, though.

Forget Olive Garden! Come to Mary's, where you can feel like you're at your old Italian grandmother's kitchen again. I have worked here for almost a decade. There is usually only two people cooking for you at any point in time, therefore, sometimes it can be a long wait. Please be understanding and patient with us. If you order appetizers, wine, and bring good company, time flies right by! We want you to be happy. Prepare to spend a few hours here on a Friday or Saturday night, just like how the Italian's dine- taking their precious time and enjoying life. If you want to complain about a long wait, know that it is stated right on the front of the menu that the food can take a while on busy nights (especially if we have a large group- remember- two people cooking for a table of ten takes a while). Don't come starving, but moderately hungry, so you can enjoy your time while you wait for your homemade meal. All of our regulars know it's worth the wait, so they don't mind waiting!<br/ <br/ Most of the pastas, all of the salad dressings, the bread, and most desserts are made from scratch- so disregard any reviews that say that we purchase our tomato sauce or bread or that it's just been frozen and thawed before it's served to you. That's simply not true. I know from half a decade of experience working here that it is home made. Yes, you do have to ask for bread to come to your table if you want it before your meal, and that is because it is painstakingly made from scratch every day. That is also why we do not bring out bread to your table every fifteen minutes. But why fill up on bread when the main course is what you came for, right? The chicken champagne is my absolute favorite and I think is really our house specialty. Baked ziti and fettucine alfredo are to die for if you are vegetarian- I can never have store-bought alfredo again after eating here. My boyfriend loves the chicken parmesan, and the breading and tender chicken make it unforgettable. Puttanesca is also one of my top favorites- in fact, I've never eaten anything here I didn't like. I personally never tried it, but I have heard that the veal simply melts in your mouth. I could go on and on forever. The bleu cheese salad dressing, caesar, and red wine vinaigrette are my top favorites, although, most of the regulars do prefer the house dressing which is a blend of creamy Italian, ranch, and dill. Save room for dessert! The best tiramisu in town, lemon icebox pie, raspberry red wine ice, and the chocolate cheesecake with berries are some of my favorites on our long list of homemade treats. The wine menu is constantly being updated with new selections, and we sometimes have wine specials for you to try.<br/ <br/ All of the photos and artifacts on the wall are artifacts straight from the owners Bruce and Sherry, and their extended family- such as handmade table decor. Please take care with them like they were your very own.<br/ <br/ Support your local business, and take it from me, someone who knows what actually goes on at this beloved Tulsa restaurant that has been around for more than twenty years. Don't pay attention to the people who don't know what they are talking about when it comes to this amazing hidden gem. Negative people have negative things to say because they are unhappy with themselves, and I am shocked that anyone could have a bad time at Mary's. Enjoy!

Just like your grandmother would have made if she made pasta from scratch. I was in Tulsa to see the Monet exhibit at the Philbrook and picked Mary 's as my lunch spot based on the Tulsafood.com reviews, as well as other material I saw. I was not disappointed. I ordered the Fettuccini Alfredo because the noodles are made from scratch. I added chicken to it for protein. It was not plated in a fancy way, but it was prepared well, and was delicious. The bread is amazing also homemade. I 'm not even a big bread lover and I ate every crumb. It has the PERFECT crust on it not an easy feat. The salad was very, very fresh and their house dressing with the dill was exceptional. The had mushroom soup that day and I was torn between that and a salad. At another table I heard a regular say, 'You have mushroom soup today? I want some of that! ' so I know it must be a favorite. I was too full to have dessert but have read it 's wonderful. Mary 's is a homey place it is a family owned restaurant, run by a family, paying homage to their family from the photos to the doilies to the aprons on the wall. If you want everything fancy, this probably isn 't for you. It reminded me of being in small neighborhood restaurants in New York and Rome. If you want everything fast, fast, fast, go to your neighborhood Applebees where everything comes prepacked. This is food that 's actually prepared for you when you order it. That doesn 't happen immediately. But I was waited on by Mary and enjoyed conversation with her as I was finishing my food. I asked for a to go box and a cup of ice to put in my cooler for the four hour trip home. She sweetly offered to give me a bag of ice instead, which was very kind. I will definitely return on a future trip.

Love it. I love it here. I see people complaining about the 'grandma ' feel and the atmosphere, but that is my favorite part. It 's a tiny place with awesome food (the chicken parm is the best in town for me... the thin breading is to die for). This is a consistently great place.