DiOrio’s Circle Cafe

Best wings in the area. Charlies does not live up to their hype anymore. Rumor has it the Charlies wing guy is now at diorios. In at this spot almost every Tuesday for tenders. Beers are cheap. Only complaint is the pool table could be in a better spot. Doesn’t stop us from shooting pool though. Do your self a favor and order a Jodie salad. Friendliest staff in the area. Call you by name and can remember what you drink.

Thanks bartender Jim for helping us get our beach spirits. On our way to ocean city.

We live in OC during the summer and go here often. They have the best wings period! Way better than Charlies! Look, this place is an old dive bar. The décor is old and it may smell but the food is great. Everything on the menu is reasonably priced and the food is always tasty and hot. Servers are generally friendly (there may be a salty one every once in a while but the food makes up for it). If you are looking for good bar food, this is the place.

Zero stars should be the rating! The midget owner thinks he’s «Tony Soprano». …bullies customers’ and treats them like sh – . Food wasn’t bad, but not worth the abuse from the owner. He’s quick to tell you that he has 35 years of experience, but it’s really 1 year of experience and 34 years of repetition! He hasn’t learned how to treat a customer yet! Doesn’t look like he’s reinvested a penny in 35 years either! If you like to be abused by a restaurant owner… hurry on down!

I never ate here before but I’ve stopped in for drinks. Either with a couple good friends or on my way home from fishing. Never had the thought «oh let’s all go there» it’s always just a random stop. It seems to be a low key older person kind of bar. One thing that needs to be done is move the pool table. It’s packed into a corner making it impossible to shoot, unless they cut their pool sticks in half.

5 stars? Hell yes. I rate based on what an establishment offers and how it meets my expectations. This place is a neighborhood/​locals gem and not one of the many tourist traps in the area offering the same SYSCO fare you can get back home at double the price Not much to look at décor wise and the accompanying Package Store may be off putting to some but some of the friendliest people and staff you could ever find. The establishment and, in particular, the bathrooms were immaculate. No bar smell although the bar takes up most of the place. Beers and cocktails reasonably priced and mixed drinks were well poured. Excellent, tasteful, homemade bar fare reasonably priced. Spinach and Artichoke dip was not overly creamy with well done artichoke as opposed to the usual soggy bits elsewhere and served with ample chips. Chicken tenders were home made and the sauces lived up to heir descriptions. For a main i had the Chicken Francoise and a friend the Florentine. Both a plentiful serving and delicious. Another member of the party had a Burger was hand made patty, lightly seasoned and done to perfection. No desert available here though. We were referred to he adjacent Wawa. A unexpected pleasure and fun place to dine with friends that I regret reviewing lest it become another tourist trap at the shore.

for the first time we brought some friends and didn’t sit at the bar. big mistake. the service sucked BIG TIME and the food was just alright. whomever was in the kitchen was not the normal person. i got the filet sandwich special that i’ve gotten before and it was a tiny peice of meat on a buttered toasted roll. that’s it. my wife got the same wings she always gets and they were marginal. weird.
save yourself the hassle and just sit at the bar. the bartenders there are a zillion times better than at least one of the waitstaff, ha.
and make sure the normal kitchen staff is in play, not just the lone spanish dude.

This place still looks the same as it did in the 80’s when my friends & i would hang out there & dance when they had a DJ. Stopped in here 3 times recently, thinking Id give it a try, after all this time, but just wasn’t feeling it. Older (quiet)crowd, very rude bartender/​Jim (thought he might have been having a bad day but I was told this is always how he acts) & The pool table very small & behind a half wall, making it difficult to shoot a decent game. Also why pay $ 3.50 for a beer when other local bars have $ 2.00 specials & their place is more fun?10 of us met there & left 45 minutes later. They’re loss. I think the owner, being older, is just happy to have his regular customers & doesnt plan on changing anything at this point. Its a shame because back in the day this place use to be packed & full of fun.

been going for years! Great bar food and quality service. Just a great place to meet friends have some drinks.

I agree with the previous reviewer. Good bar food — reasonably priced. The place isn’t much to look at, but it was clean. We sat at the bar and were immediately greeted and served by the bartender. When the waitress came by to take our food order, I knew I wanted some of thier boneless buffalo tenders (which are as good as any others in the area), but I didn’t know if I wanted to follow that up with a burger or another appetizer. She advised me to try the nachos so I went with that. Honestly, when they first came out, I thought «that’s it?» because I’m used to seeing mountainous bar nachos. But these were more quality over quantity. They make thier own chips, which makes a huge difference in taste. They had that cheese whiz — type nacho cheese, but also topped with melted shredded cheese as well. These were definitely the best bar nachos I have ever had.
The bathrooms were clean, but awkward. I am an average sized person, yet I almost had to contort myself to get into a stall and close the door.
The service was great. The bartenders and waitress were very friendly and attentive. This is a good locals kind of bar to grab a few drinks and some bar food.