Extraordinary food and service!!! I really enjoy the live entertainment on weekends! The penne and pesto is the best I have ever eaten!!! We love this place!!! Highly recommend read more

Had a good size dinner party for my daughters HS graduation last night. A young man named Keith took care of us from planning to dessert and I have to say it was phenomenal! The food, the service, the cleanliness, all 5 star. Pulling up reminded me never to judge a book by its cover, try em, you'll love em. See you again Keith and staff! read more

The wife and I found ourselves a little far from home and needed a late dinner. Well we stopped in here and were very pleasantly surprised. The food was excellent, much better than to be expected at a pizza place. Large portions and everything was tasty. We had a wonderful waiter that was very attentive and we thoroughly enjoyed our dinner. Thank you! We will definitely be back. read more

Super friendly staff.. EXCELLENT food! Definitely on of the real gems in Southern Ocean County. read more

This food is the best. Very nice owner. Gives a cup of water if I walk in. The food is great

Very nice atmosphere, staff was very attentive, food came out on time, the veal was very tender and delicious.

Love their food.Always consistent and service is friendly and attentive. Weekends have Italian music with authentic Italian singers. A very fun atmosphere. Can be a bit loud but creates a fun and happy time. Dancing included free of charge. Try it if you are up for a fun night of great food and great live Italian music. Buen Apetito read more

Wasn't very happy. First time going there .. not a good welcoming from staff, garlic knots were full of grease , not appetizing at all .. didn't feel the warmth at this place. read more

Best Italian food that I have had in Ocean County. Very pleasant atmosphere, the hostess [owner] seated us promptly and the waiter introduced himself and opened our wine. The kitchen sent out an little starter plate then some excellent rolls and 3 dipping sauces. Soup was outstanding, house salad was ok, dressing was very good. Veal saltimbocca was amazing . Go, you will not be disappointed. read more

Let's just say this place is BYOB.... And we didn't even care... They bring you out a basket of fresh baked rolls with olive oil infused with red pepper flakes and rosemary.. Shortly after they brought out fresh baked bread with fresh tomato sauce... YUMMMM We ordered the appetizer special of Balsamic Calamari... A bit skeptical but after our beetle waiter Bobby said it was good we had to try and let's just say WOW. They were great by themselves but we asked for some sauce and Bobby said "sweet, mild or hot" obvi hot... Amazing fresh hot sauce. It had whole cherry tomatoes stewed perfectly with the red peppers and deliciousness. Onto the salad... Fresh fresh field greens drizzled with their house lemony vinagrate... fresh ground black pepper Bobby asks? Why yes thank you. So full already and we haven't gotten the entree we're sharing... Chicken Saltimbocca... So full we couldn't even finish a half portion. We each had two bites and Bobby had to wrap it up... It was amazing, perfect layering of chicken breast, procsutto, spinach and mozzarella... Everything so fresh and delicious... And a plus was having asked him of we could have farfalle instead of penne and they had it! Awesomeness (Written July 2012... Forgot to post) read more

This is not your typical pizzeria with a dining room, service, quisine, specials were amazing! My Mom had the shrimp cocktail appetizer and the filet mignon with a merlot brandy sauce, with a portabello mushroom and black orange and white carrots, I had the capresse salad and pasta putnesca, everything was excellent! read more

Nice quaint little place with great service. By great service I mean a polite and friendly staff that will make every effort to accommodate your requests. I have been here 3 times now and the food never disappoints. Between my girl and I we have had seafood, eggplant , rigatoni vodka sauce, it's all been amazing. They have live music on certain nights which is a nice change of pace for the area. If your looking for a new place to try with great food go for it. read more

Buon Appetito - Appetizer- Hot antipasto for two. Delicious!!! - Pizza Near Me - Bayville, New Jersey

Outstanding why isn't there a huge line here. Your missing out Bayville. Who needs a view Of the bay with this good. read more

Buon appetito saved my wedding day! Unfortunately the catering for my wedding fell through the day of my wedding, specifically right before I was going to serve dinner. My brother in law called buon appetito and explained the situation and they went above and beyond to save my wedding. From ordering 10-12 pizzas, to pick up, and having my BIL back at the wedding couldn't have taken more than 30 minutes! It was so fast, they really turned out pizzas for us so quickly I was amazed. My guests didn't even know there was an issue. Plus the pizza was absolutely delicious! So from the bottom of my heart, thank you so much for coming to my rescue and being so accommodating! read more

Chicken parm should never be served with a frozen ribbed meat patty. Terrible. Never again

New Owners (well one owner is a family member), but same Chief. Had a really great dinner, same menu, same food, some minor chances. They serve very GOOD italian food in a quiet setting. One of the things we like is you can order something not on menu in most cases. Prices are reasonable and we always enjoy our meals there. BYOB, Try it you will come back read more

Excellent pizza. My child loves the chicken Francesca Over pasta & The mile high carrot cake is absolutely delicious

My favorite pizzeria. I love their cauliflower pizza. My family usually orders the extra cheese pie and pepperoni pie and mild chicken wings with blue cheese. read more

Got a brochure in the mail from here saying the original owner is back. Wife and I had eaten here a couple of times a few years back and always liked it. Then found out new owners had mismanaged the place so we never tried it again. Well thanks to the brochure we tried it for a quick lunch. Much to our surprise the restaurant had a nice makeover and we had a terrific lunch. We're both salad eaters and Anna, the original owner, came out to greet us and welcome us back. She recommended the Buon Appetito salad which was excellent! I also had pasta fagioli which was delicious. Anna and her grandchildren (working as waiter and maitre d') were super friendly and provided great service. So glad they are back!! We will be back. read more

Just left this restaurant. I had the cod chef special. Excellent!!! My husband had a shrimp scallop off the menu also excellent. A little gem. Good food great service. We will definitely be back every Friday. Tiramisu wow!!!!!! read more

My boyfriend and I went there for my birthday dinner on a Saturday night. The food was AMAZING! We got the antipasto tasting board, chicken saltimbocca, and veal and shrimp. The staff was attentive and friendly and so accommodating. I highly recommend checking this place out. You will not be disappointed! read more

Anna the original owner is back, food is amazing, had salmon with risotto it was fantastic. My husband had scallops with cauliflower puree he really enjoyed his. The presentation of the food was outstanding. The cappuccino and espresso were great. The entertainment was great.... This is a fabulous restaurant...... read more

There were 18 of us for dinner this evening. They set us all together in a big horseshoe. Food was delicious and our servers Keith and Youssef were fantastic! The white bean soup was a big hit, but the Vanilla Bean cheese cake is a must try for dessert! Quite a variety on the menu! read more

i order the grandma pie, you should too. thin and crispy with a fresh taste due the herbs and fresh mozzarella, nowhere else does grandma pie as well except for my grandma. read more

Ugh!! What has happened to this place? We have been there a few times since our 1st in July and it is just going down hill faster and faster with each visit. Where are the sisters? Where is the owner that greeted us every time we went in. Where has the singer been? Even the food has been different. I'm so upset, we loved this place. We have taken family and friends there but man were we disappointed each time. Rachael was our favorite waitress! This is such a bummer...... read more

Order here all the time. Food is always on point. There delivery is super quick. Love there garlic knots with meat. Will keep ordering from here! read more

I wish I could give ZERO stars! There was a wonderful Italian singer this past Friday (11/30/18). He usually sings beautiful Italian songs along with a few American classics. However, I was mortified and unpleasantly surprised when "God Bless America" was requested by a guest. THE OWNER OF THE RESTAURANT TOLD HIM NOT TO SING GOD BLESS AMERICA!!! (Shame on you Anna) Apparently only 1 table in the restaurant did not want to hear the song. It disgusts me that the owner does not take pride in this beautiful country or recognize the sacrifices that were made to live here. What breaks my heart the most is there were two veterans who respectively took off their hats ready to rejoice and listen to this beautiful song. I found this extremely disrespectful to not only the two veterans at the restaurant, but also to all of the families of those to sacrifice for us to live in this country peacefully. I will not be supporting this business ever again! There are way too many other Italian restaurants in the area with better tasting dishes. Thank you to our veterans and their families who sacrifice for this country. read more

Subpar food, Such as disappointment. The Penne Vodka was just below average in my opinion. The Alfredo was alright about average. I got it delivered so it's whatever but some very effortless poor execution. read more

If only one great app (portabella mush stuffed with sausage and greens) made up for horrible service and poor meals.. Faux pas 1: watching staff flick food off a 'clean' plate, polish with shirt and set table using plate. 2: service stands over us with new dishes in hand, glares and huffs until we move dirty plates to make room for new ones. service doesn't bus our table. We must ask for dirty plates to be removed. 3: doesn't bring app plates with our apps. We wait over five minutes almost finishing apps by the time plates arrive. 4: service doesn't bring water refilled after asked. Must ask again. Mind you, we were one of three tables in entire place. Not a busy night.. 5: lemon pepper grouper special, $23, encrusted with the faux lemon pepper artificially colored, flavored and severely over salted stuff. Absolutely terrible dish! Never do i expect that crap seasoning when dining at a $20+ per plate place. When service finally came over to ask how everything was i let them know it was way too salty. Barely got a response and manager never bothered to follow up. 6: rushed us out the door after dropping check. Overall terrible. Never again! read more

Buon Appetito has recently reopened under new management and I was truly surprised by the transformation in many ways. In conversations with people that frequented the establishment before it's recent closure, I gathered that while the food had been very good in the distant past, the places had lost a lot of business the past few years due to poor service and decline in the quality of the products offered. About a couple of months ago, I herd there was a change of ownership and I and my fiancé decided to try the place out on a Saturday evening. I believe I saw a renaissance of a restaurant. Very good appetizers great dishes in abbondanza, looking at the plates coming out of the kitchen. I had a hard time deciding what to order, I had the broiled whole fish and my fiancé had the pork chops (huge) with peppadew peppers and othe veggies. We enjoyed the great food and what made it fabulous was the Italian singer that entertained us with a good mix of Italian and American songs. We do intend to go there often and will be posting more. I am not related nor do I have any special or financial association to the restaurant or owners. This review is solely my opinion and I have not receive any remuneration from anyone. Go there and enjoy. read more

My husband and I have been ordering from here for a long time since we moved to Bayville in 2016. We ordered from them quite a few times. Most of the time, they screwed up our order or Food wasn't that great. This time I know for sure I won't come back. I ordered the chicken balsamic entree through the slice app. 1) The delivery guy shows up, the box is covered in balsamic sauce. 2) Pasta was drenched in balsamic to where I can't even eat it "without coughing". I called them up to complain about what happened. They send me back another pasta...without sauce this time.(what I thought I was getting anyway). And then few days later notice they charged me $2 extra for cheese on the chicken...ya right probably for the xtra side of pasta they had to send me back for their mistake. Will never come back nor will I recommend coming here ever again! What a shame! P.S. I will MISS their mozzarella sticks....those were my fav. read more

Yum! Yum! Yum! This homey BYOB has excellent food, great service, huge potions. It is one of the best Italian restaurants I have been to in a long while. We started with warm bread served with herbed olive oil, complimentary homemade focaccia was yummy. The entire staff is friendly and so welcoming. We had the hot antipasto, delicious. Shrimp with pasta, Veal Saltimbocca and linguine with clam sauce. All were fantastic. The Homemade tiramisu for desert was to die for. We will be back!!!! read more

Ever since new owner it's been terrible service. Something as simple as what type of bleu cheese they choose is a cheap brand you can tell. Requesting 5 dozen wings extra crispy which is beyond simple and comes mushy. They can't get it right. Officially our last time ordering in 9 years as a resident read more

Purchased a voucher from Groupon for $20 for $40 worth. Was very impressed how fresh and authentic our meal was . Friday night they have live music . It was a nice touch and entertaining. read more

I attended a buffet luncheon in their party room with about 50 people. The food was excellent. Every item was really delicious. I usually judge an Italian restaurant by their sauce. They served pasta with vodka sauce, and it was one of the most tasty sauces I've ever had. The chicken francese was also delicious. I plan to return to this restaurant to dine with friends, especially on a Friday night, where I hear they have a great Italian singer. They compare it to attending an Italian wedding without having to bring a gift! read more

Food is average. The staff thinks this place is a frat house and Camillo lets it continue unabated. He seems to truly care but the employees are rude and incompetent. I spoke to the owner Camillo directly twice about the problems with order taker, delivery times triple what was given at order time, errors in orders, orders lost etc.. The primary offender seems to be the order taker, when you finally get rid of her Camillo call me we will come back. read more

One of my favorite restaurants to go to! Food is always fresh and taste delicious and servers are always friendly! So glad Sal and Anna took over again! Never a disappointment read more

Picked up a pizza tonight. Large pie thin crust with peppers and onions. The service was horrible. I waited 10 minutes before anyone even asked why I was standing there. Several people o assume were ahead of me also stood there waitron with no interaction from the many cashier workers. The pizza was good but pricey at 20$. I probably won't go back because the service stunk! read more

We decided to change things up a bit and ordered the Tasting Board appetizer. Thankfully, the original owners are back! At 5:30 on a Sat, nearly all tables were reserved, but we were able to enjoy the variety of meats, cheeses, fruits, olives and delectable roasted pepper jam with artisan bread appetizer. BYOB and live singer and an even more lively dining crew! Fun! Owners present and walking around to talk with diners. Very enjoyable experience. Will be back! read more

We live in Central Jersey and we drive down just to eat here! Cant say anything but GREAT ! great food , great atmosphere, wonderful staff, Owner is a Beautiful Warm Person, Friday and Saturday Leonardo sings, and people have tons of Fun! read more