My first time here for lunch. Very lovely place and the service was great. I had the Cod Francaise…read moreand my friend the eggplant Rolatini. Both were excellent. Dessert was tartufo (excellent) and the apple crumb cake very good. I'll definitely be back if I'm in the area. Nice expressive lunch menu!

was in the area so finally made it here. beautiful clean place inside…read more they gave us garlic balls to start with. they were ok. seemed to be reheated with microwave. i ordered cavatelli with broccoli rabe and sausage. it was just ok. not much pasta but too much sausage. broccoli rabe was mostly stems. also way too much oil wife ordered salmon over salad. Salmon was little over . salad was nice and fresh. probably would come back for lunch. prices are way overpriced for the ingredients they use. plenty of parking

Tried El Toro Steakhouse for the first time today and unfortunately, my party and I weren't super…read moreimpressed by the end of it. First off, inside is very spacious with lots of indoor and a few outdoor seating. The place is well maintained and clean. It gives off a western vibe with its wooden interior and bull decorations. At the same time, it maintains a form of elegance with the nice tables. Ambiance rate 7.5/10. My family and I ordered... 1. Fried Calamari: This appetizer was okay, tasted like it's classic dish. Rate 7/10. 2. Filet Mignon Quesadillas: This appetizer was very delicious! The meat was very tender and the tortilla wrap was nice and crispy! Rate 10/10. 3. Rack of Lamb: This dish was upsetting because there wasn't a lot of meat on the rack. Plus, it wasn't cooked to my liking. The sauce was okay, nothing special. Rate 5/10. 4. Rib Eye Steak: This dish was very disappointing since it wasn't cooked to our liking. Plus, the meat was very chewy. However, the presentation of the dish was nice. Rate 3/10. 5. Porterhouse Steak: This dish was mediocre considering it wasn't cooked to our liking. Plus, it was very bland. However, the way they presented it by cutting, grilling, and serving it at the table was great! Rate 5/10. 6. Creamed Spinach This side did not taste good because the cheese tasted spoiled, and it had a very soupy like texture. Rate 4/10. 7. Parmesan Truffle Fries: These were very unsatisfying since I didn't even taste a single drop of truffle. Rate 2/10. It's important to note that all our specialty meats were all cooked well done when we ordered it to be medium to medium rare. The staff were very nice. However, the service was extremely slow. It took about 45 minutes for our main entrées to come out. This was surprising considering we were the only people in the restaurant during our meal. Staff/service rate 5/10. Overall, I wouldn't come back to this steakhouse due to the mediocrity and insipid taste of the dishes we ordered.

Great place for steak and seafood too. Great service. Clean and spacious dining rooms. Fireplace…read more Easy and plentiful parking. Definitely a repeat

love this place nothing but the best ingredients made perfectly and with love. every dish was…read moregreat. zucchini flowers were best ever Frutti Di Mare was insane. chicken Marsala super fresh. nice big portions and pretty readable only downfalls hard to find parking place is super tiny worse chairs. very loud. but the food makes up for everything.

Not a great experience, I had high expectations due to some clearly payola press about the place…read morebeing one of the best restaurants in Rockland County. So I booked it for my wife's birthday and was excited to take her and our two kids. This is not a family friendly place. My kids are very well mannered and yet it seemed not welcomed there. Clearly you're under a ticking clock (1.5 hr limit)and the wait staff is impatient, the menu is dense which is great because there's a lot of interesting and unique dishes. But they don't give you time to understand and decide. We had soft shell crab, was very good, fried zucchini blossoms were decent but needed salt, the meatballs were good but needed salt. Pizza was good. I had the porchetta which was good. The squid ink pasta was solid. Wine was great value at $60 a bottle for all Italian wine. We had the Chardonnay and it was the highlight of the meal. But it was hard to enjoy it with the vibe that we somehow were imposing. Honestly it was all male servers plus the owner and I think a woman's touch for hospitality would go a loooong way here to help this place be more convivial. The weirdest and off putting ambiance thing is that they were playing country music which did not vibe with the joint at all. We didn't stay for desert, and glad we didn't.

good food, great drinks, nice ambiance and pleasant service…read more the food is a bit average. but I've been twice and enjoyed my food both times.

cute local eatery serving italian food. it was super busy and i forgot to make reservation. but…read morethey did find seating and accommodated us. food was good my mom liked her fra diavolo seafood pasta. came with lots of seafood. i got the risotto- kinda taste weird with tomato reduction. perhaps a cheese or truffle sauce would have been better. my sister had the salmon which was pretty standard. service was good waitress was busy but never failed to refill water and checked in with us regularly.

Traveling for work from the west coast and this was close. I ate there 2 nights in a row and it was…read moreexcellent both nights. Great seafood medley in lobster sauce. Prices are reasonable and very friendly place.

we love this place and come whenever we're in the neighborhood. The Neighbourhood is absolutely…read morebeautiful during this time of year. The place is always staffed with friendly people and always has a warm atmosphere. The food is always yummy. I always get my French onion soup, And I'm never disappointed in it. My daughter tried their New England clam chowder and she said it was excellent. We got the calamari to share. It was perfectly fried. I Tried their sauerbraten and it was so good! The cheesesteak is always good and that's what my guy usually gets. We ended our meal with some dessert which was also very good. This is definitely the way they end a nice day popping around in this area.

Been a while but last night 6/25 we came to del arte for an after graduation dinner and had no…read morereservations but they still accommodated the five us and the food and service (Nelson) were exceptional and top notch. We had calamari and mussels for apps and flr entrees: steak, bolognese, eggplant, stuffed salmon, shrimp fettucine and everything was very good! Thank you Del Arte for memorable dinner!

Nice Italian restaurant. Great service and nice ambiance. Calamari was excellent as was the clams…read morecasino and garlic bread. Enjoyed my shrimp parmigiana.

We went to Ella's Saturday night. I'd rate it as mediocre. We had a table in the middle of the…read morerestaurant, close to other tables on the sides, so we couldn't move our chairs. I had to glance directly at the setting sun. The manager came and said "the sun will set soon", but it didn't. Thankfully my husband moved his chair to the side and blocked the sun for me. We'd rather have waited for another table had we known of the sun. Our waitress never read us the specials, which we later heard at nearby tables. Our water had no lemon in it, while everyone around us had lemon. We enjoyed our appetizer of Zucchini chips, and the Tzadiki was fantastic. The dinner rolls were also nice. My husband ordered Fettuccine Alfredo, which he liked, but the portion was small, & he had no problem finishing all of it. I ordered Chicken Milanese. The Milanese wasn't crisp enough, so when they piled salad on top with Balsamic Vinaigrette, it got a little soggy, even though I immediately took the salad off. My chicken cutlet had a large cut halfway across it. Possibly it was cut to see if it was done, but don't they have a meat thermometer? Maybe they figured that with a salad on top, the large cut wouldn't be seen? I noticed it though. Worst for me though was the vegetable side dish. Instead of a healthy vegetable, I was given a mushy, over-cooked Cauliflower covered in Buffalo Hot Sauce and butter. I'm guessing that they had made Buffalo Cauliflower for an appetizer another day, and had some leftover, so they decided to use it as a vegetable side? Hey, if I wanted leftovers, I'd have eaten at home. The waitress who never read us the specials also never came by to ask if everything was okay. I'd like it if someone at Ella's realizes that good customers can recognize when things are not up to the usual high standards. We notice when leftovers are served as side dishes. We notice when entrees are cut into. We don't enjoy being given tables with sun glare. We used to enjoy Ella's, and we hope that this was just an off day.

I came back after a long time of not eating here, and I have to say that the food has reached the…read moregreat level that it used to be when I came many years ago. I don't know if they changed something, but it's much better now and I love it!

This is really a solid diner, not a cafe: large menu with the typical breakfast, lunch and dinner…read moreitems; and usual booths and seating (slightly cleaner and better than an area diner). Located in a small plaza with 7-11 and a few other small stores, we were greeted right away upon entering. There were a few customers but it was not packed which meant we got a booth, yay. The waiter informed us of the specials, most of which I hesitate to order at a diner: paella, octopus, steak, etc. The menu is plentiful with the usual items as well as more Spanish dishes like empanadas, Spanish breakfast, etc. The Italian vegetable panini with salad was not bad but it was odd that the salad had the same ingredients as the panini (sans portobellos), leaving the while dish feeling one note. The burger was the typical diner burger. Overall pricing was okay, given rising costs, though some of the entrees were $25-30+, which i wouldn't do. I wonder what the Spanish dishes would have tasted like because perhaps those are their stars. Service was attentive, though it felt like they were trying to make this more into an elevated experience vs. what it was. I did like the bathrooms a little better than other diners, and I felt pretty comfortable in the little restaurant space.

Pretty good. I should have gotten an omelet. Everyone there, and most appeared to be regulars, was…read moremunching on an omelet. Should have gone that direction. Got a triple-decker chicken cutlet sandwich, which was pretty good. Sister got a chicken and eggplant thing on a pita. Also OK. The portions were generous. The waffle and regular fries were standard diner fries, which is a good thing. Now for the chili. It is straight up marinara bolognese. I guarantee this is the exact same stuff they serve on spaghetti. They just throw some cheddar on it and serve it next to some chips. Pretty bad. Other than that, not bad. Again, should have gotten the omelet