Food is great and so is the service. Real good Italian food made by Italians. I especially like the clams casino and chicken Parmesan.

Went here for Mother's Day lunch and it was honestly one of the worst dining experiences we've had in a long time. The service was slow and disorganized, but the food was even more disappointing. $5 for a Coke is absurd to begin with, but the real offense was a $32 "stuffed ricotta pasta in bolognese" that turned out to be what looked like manicotti covered in sauce that tasted straight out of a jar of Ragu. For the prices they charge and the reputation of Ho-Ho-Kus dining, this place was a complete miss. We couldn't wait to leave. read more

Always having great experiences, fresh and delicious pasta with seafood and home made dessert , I highly recommend. read more

081 Cafe - Italian Near Me - Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey

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Love coming here! I always get the Vodka Pasta (in image). If you come during lunch, there's usually no need to make a reservation. Service is wonderful here as well. read more

081 Cafe - Vodka pasta - Italian Near Me - Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey

More like a 3.7 I read many reviews where people were disappointed with the service but i have no complaints about the service. The food was okay. For apps we had meatballs and fra divolo mussels. Both were decent We split a prosciutto pizza which was just okay. I expected better. Dad has a braised beef pasta. He said it was good. Bro had the chicken parm. He said it was decent. Mom had a Braciole over polenta. She said it was ok It seems like i was the only one who really enjoyed the entree. I went for the Truffle Pappardelle. If i had to rate that dish i would say it was a well deserved 8.3. We were stuffed for dessert but out server praised this cream puff like. I forgot the name of it. It was alright. It's nice inside, it's clean, parking might be a bit challenging, BYOB, service was good but i did go midweek. Will i get the pizza again? Yes maybe takeout and not bianca. Do i highly recommend this place? No Will i come here again? Sure i didn't have a bad experience so i will give this place another try. read more

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Super disappointed in this one. Was told it was authentic Italian, it definitely was not. I had seafood with linguine. The sauce had no seafood taste at all. It tasted like they dumped a can of red sauce on top and called it a day. I originally went for the pizza but was told the oven was broken. Definitely wouldn't recommend or go back. read more

Street parking. Beautiful decor. Reservations needed for weekends because it gets very busy. Its byob. Appetizer we ordered the burrata with prosciutto (tasty) and calamari (okay). I ordered the Truffle Pappardelle, which i loved. Was creamy and delicious. Unfortunately my cousins entrees Pennone Short Rib and Orecchiette were both salty. We ordered two desserts. Service was not good. Had to flag her down every time. But wanted to rush us to leave although we just got our desserts. Which wasn't the waitress fought i could see the manager being pushy. We ordered a lot of food so there was no need for the rush. read more

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Website doesn't reflect real menu. No gluten- free choices. Very disappointed. Place was empty but slow service. Exorbitant credit card fee was unexpected. read more

081 Cafe: Good Food, Disappointing Service Visited 081 Cafe on Friday night, November 29th. The restaurant far from packed, only two other parties were there; plenty of empty tables and no real pressure on the floor. The food was good: well-executed, tasty, and generous portions. Kitchen is doing everything right. Service was the letdown. Our male server took the order promptly, then vanished. He checked on us a couple of times the entire meal. Water glasses stayed empty, brought my own bottle of wine, he simply left a couple of glasses and walked away. The overall vibe was oddly dismissive, like we were an inconvenience and should feel grateful just to be served. The food is good enough to maybe bring me back, the indifferent (almost rude) service was hard to excuse. Great cooking, shame about the "you should feel lucky we're serving you" attitude. read more

Me and my boyfriend tried 081 cafe last night ( on a Monday) for the first time. Although we were the ONLY people in the entire restaurant, It was still a great experience. We both enjoyed everything that we ordered. It was tasty and cooked well. I personally love that it's a byob too. Their homemade tiramisu was very good and the waitress was very nice and knowledgeable about the menu. Looking forward to going back soon! read more

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Menu was amazing previously and now has gone superstar with this addition and many more read more

081 Cafe - Baby Lamb Chops cooked to perfection! - Italian Near Me - Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey

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Such a cute, cozy Italian place in Ho-Ho-Kus! We loved our meal here last night. As soon as you walk in, you know you've landed a neighborhood favorite spot. The food was great - my favorite was definitely the squid ink pasta, but everything we ordered was delicious. Really friendly service, decent portions/prices, and BYOB! Can't wait to be back soon. A hidden gem. read more

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Food was average. Service was poor. Didn't acknowledge our birthday and it was requested in reservation notes. Waited and waited.. workers standing around, plates piled up on the table. Owner could care less what was happening. They had one large table and three other tables in the entire place. Not even busy and complete lack of attention. Don't waste your money. read more

Food was amazing but the service was absolutely horrible. I rarely leave negative reviews, but my experience at 081 Cafe was truly frustrating. The service was slow and inattentive. The restaurant was not busy. Appetizers arrived quickly, but the food took a long time. Once the food came the waiter never came back to check on us. We were never offered dessert and it felt like it was a hassle for them to give us some coffee. The dishes were never bussed of the table. Overall, the lack of customer care and poor communication left a bad taste, and unfortunately, we won't be coming back. If you're looking for great service, this is not the place. read more

Great food. I loved the risotto scallops. 3 more dishes outstanding. A mix of appys and even that was elevated because the server (Oscar), who put together sharing plates. Talking about service, as good as the food. Oscar. Oscar. Oscar. Close by and it was a 1st for us and it won't be a last. read more

081 Cafe - Buffet of Appys from Oscar - Italian Near Me - Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey

i don't get it boring food uninterested staff small portions High prices snobby appeal read more

Not a family friendly restaurant. They have a high chair but no kids menu options and seemed annoyed that we were there. The service was poor- never brought another setting of utensils when we sat at a table of 4 but we were 5 and barely came back to the table so I had to steal them off another setting. We had to get up and find someone to get another drink or if we needed anything. The food was pretty good but the service was so weird it took away from that. read more

A few things I really enjoyed... BYOB - y'all know this is my favorite! The atmosphere was so inviting. From the flowers and lemons on the ceiling to the wall decor and even the chairs. The service was great! Very attentive and friendly! The food is where I am torn. My friend had the truffle pasta and it was AhhhMazing! I tried some and wish I had ordered the same. I ordered the eggplant parm app and a ceasar salad for my meal. The eggplant was covered in cheese, a lot of oil and not a ton of flavor. The salad was good. Overall - I would go back and order a pasta since it looks like that may be their specialty but for the prices...I wasn't sold. They also have pizza which I may want to give out a try for @pizza_snobs_ read more

081 Cafe - Eggplant parm app - Italian Near Me - Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey

Seriously, seriously good Margherita pizza. It is Neapolitan-style, so if you go in expecting NY-style pizza you will be disappointed. But if you're a fan of Neapolitan-style, this place does it extremely well. We also really enjoyed the Shrimp Casarola and Vegetable board appetizers. Our view is that the service was very good -- but we didn't go in expecting Four Seasons service at a moderately priced BYOB restaurant. So I think again it is a question of expectations. We are big fans. This was our third or fourth visit. read more

081 Cafe - Margherita Pizza. Killer. - Italian Near Me - Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey

Good food, but going on a Saturday night is not a good option. Not enough servers and wait staff, long waits for ordering and food to be served. Go on off week days. read more

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The food was good but the service was horrendous. 5 tables of patrons came in ate, had dessert and left before a waitress or waiter took our order . It was like we were invisible. read more

We tried 081 for the second time tonight. We were customers at his old place in Rochelle Park but he has dropped the ball here. The clams oreganata were ok but when it came to dinner, it went downhill. The Pasta with short rib ragú was a bit too sweet. My husband ordered a pork chop, medium with cherry peppers that came out well done with no cherry peppers. When the waiter, Camilo asked if everything was ok and we explained the issues he didn't even try to resolve the issue. He shifted the blame to the kitchen! We were hopeful that this place would be good but, not sure that we will return. Bergen County needs some good Italian restaurants. Such a shame. read more

081 Cafe - Best part of our meal. - Italian Near Me - Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey

So incredibly overpriced for basically better-than-average pizzeria style Italian food. The chicken parm was a frozen cutlet with a Raos sauce clone for $28 and my porchini mushroom risotto was soup and had no mushrooms. Never again... read more

Went for dinner with a group of 7 on a Friday night. We had a 6.30pm reservation, so not super early but not exactly peak dinner time either. The food is good - pizza is a good size for one adult or two kids to share. Pasta is tasty. Grilled octopus appetizer was excellent. The layout is a nightmare. I don't remember it being so tight the last time we went, but it was like, "We will jam in a table wherever we can, and leave limited room for people to actually move around the chairs." The service was bad. Not rude bad - when the staff appeared, they were perfectly pleasant. But we went for long waits without seeing our server, and the food came out in a piecemeal fashion, and it's not a tapas restaurant where plates are shared and brought table side as prepared. One pasta dish came out 10 minutes before everything else! And at the end of the meal, it was almost impossible to find our waiter and get the check. It's like they need a massive retraining in how to run a restaurant. read more

So the food was outstanding. So good there. I don't understand why the menu price is different from the check price. Chicken parm vodka was $2.34 difference. All other dishes were $1.00 to 1.50 different on check. Has nothing to do with cash price and credit price. Apparently that's what they do. Read a few reviews that they do this. $5 for a can of soda is ridiculous too. Not going back to this establishment. read more

We have now ordered twice from here and both times the food has been delicious Highly recommend their brick oven style pizzas, chicken francese, pennone shirt rib pasta dish! read more

The food was delicious, Italian ambient, it felt like we were in Amalfi coast. The service was good. We had lasagna di peace and frutti di mare. We wait 15 minutes, it was worth the wait. read more

081 Cafe - Lasagna di pesce - Italian Near Me - Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey

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The food is great here! we split pasta and pizza and all were very happy.. Will definitely come back.

I am not sure what happened here. My husband and I have been a few times but last night's experience was totally different. First of all, we noticed they took all of the pizzas off of the Menu. They still let us order one - but that was strange. And only because we knew they had them on the menus before. In fact we specifically went for pizza! We arrived around 7:45 and immediately asked us to order. We added for more time and then ran into some friends. At 8:05 they told us we had to order now because the kitchen was closing. I literally ordered the first thing I saw on the menu because I felt so rushed. I won't be going back. read more

Ho-ho-kus has a nice variety of restaurants so I have been trying everything they have to offer. 081 Cafe is easily located, with street parking that was easy to find. We didn't have a reservation but they seated us quickly. It's got a lot of seating, but it is very loud in there. I am not sure how they could change it, but I found it really hard to have a conversation because it was so distracting. Service was a slow, but they didn't seem to have many servers and everyone just seemed to do a little of everything. We tried the artichoke special, it lacked flavor and the breadcrumbs weren't that toasted. For entrees my friend did the truffle pappardelle and I had the tagliatelle bolognese. They were good, the truffle had a lot of regular mushrooms and then the truffle was chopped finely on the top. I perhaps would've considered coming back for the food, but honestly it's just too loud in there to be able to really enjoy yourself. read more

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The food was great and Italian for real. The service was good. Friendly atmosphere. We will go back soon. read more

081 Cafe - Rib eye - Italian Near Me - Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey

Everyone mentions the service and the loudness of this place as a negative. I went at 5pm so it was really quiet and the service was decent as no one was in there. I wouldn't expect crazy service but they take your order and give you your food. The food was very good though! I loved my pasta and my husband loved his. Our appetizers were also delightful. I can imagine with how our service was with no one in there that it could be bad on busy nights. read more

#1 ordered rice balls came out cold as a appetizer. We were only customers in restaurant at time. ????? Food presentation was just slapped together, looked like a child made grandma's gravy and the orecchiote entree which was swimming in olive oil. Is thev chef qualified to cook. Lastly my favorite complaint was instead of brocoli Rabe, we were served regular brocolli which seemed frozen. Horrible dining, sicilian sun 10x better. I would give zero stars if I could. read more

Loved this place. The seafood salad was amazing! Especially love the desserts. Wasn't a fan of the bread but all else was good. This may be our new spot. read more

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I was with my friend visiting New Jersey. We decided to dine at 081 cafe. I would give 100 stars. The one of the best and most amazing pasta and scallops dish read more

Had dinner with my mother, daughter, wife, and niece last night and Saturday round table in the main dining room. There were probably four other tables and the noise level was low. First time back since Sicilian sun closed, and we were pleased with the choices on the menu, and even more with the food when it arrived large quantity on our plates. We had eggplant and sausage pizza as an appetizer, which is delightful, but for us, the crust was little wet, but some people like that and all the flavors were terrific. Orrecheti with garlic and brocolli was great as was Sunday Grandmas sauce with 3 meats, eggplant parm was fine for mom. Accomodated changes. Focaccia bread with oil and spices was very good at start. Prices higher than expected. 2 sons up front and father chef in back. BYOB of course.. HHK is RidgewoodNJ North. read more

Friends have been raving about this restaurant for awhile, so we thought it was time to check it out! Our reservation for two was honored at 6 and we sat at a great table in the beautiful main dining room. Tried the octopus appy at the advice of our host, Francesco. AMAZING and huge portion! It melted in our mouths! Then I ordered the Truffle Pappardelle. It was heavenly. Perfect flavor, and not cheap on the delicious fresh truffle embedded within the ribbon pasta and generously shaved upon the top. Looking forward to going back to try the delicious brick oven pizza! We found our new favorite restaurant! read more

Came here with a large party. The place was cozy and well decorated. It took a while to get attention from the servers. When we ordered it felt rushed. The server was rude which really took away from the experience and added a level of stress we didn't need. He had the nerve to correct my friend over the way she pronounced "bruschetta" in which she laughed it off and said "I'm Irish" but the server remained stone faced. We asked him for a bottle opener and for some water in which case he gave an attitude and made us feel stupid for even asking. We then sat another 10 minutes without water or a bottle opened and had to grab the attention of another server to get the water and opener. The food was pretty good. Everyone was pleased with their meal. I would not come back or recommend this place based on the service alone. I don't ask for much when I go out, but when a server has a negative demeanor, seems bothered during interactions, and doesn't perform his basic duties, that really takes away from the experience. I'd rather spend money somewhere that gives a hoot about their patrons. read more

The service. The owner needs to hire a hostess asap! That's all I have to say! You can't lie to customers saying your table is ready and then have them wait by the door for 45 minutes and just walk away. On a positive note the food is good. But we won't be coming back. So sad because my family has been going to Sicilian Sun my whole life since I grew up in HHK. :( read more

The service was friendly and the food was ok. Pizza was soggy in the middle...with brick oven pizza I expected it to be a touch more cooked at the center. Biggest problem--The dining room is way too packed with tables. I had to move several times so the waiter could slink next to me to reach behind another person to deliver to a table squeezed next to an exit...too close to an exit. Has to be a fire hazard with how packed it is.. And the NOISE. It is entirely too noisy to enjoy anything else. I couldn't hear the person sitting next to me. My ears are still ringing. read more