This place is impressive. Staff and service has been great both times we went…read more Some of the best chicken parm we've had. My Frances's dish was excellent and the tiramisu is delicious! Ambience is perfect and outdoors is nice too.

Had a memorable dinner at Trama's Trattoria last night. The best Italian food in Long Branch for…read moresure! Went on a whim and they kindly seated us with no reservation. We ordered the calamari to start and I'm shocked to say the marinara and side of tomato salad outshined the calamari itself. The tomatoes were perfectly dressed, and the marinara was TASTY - I could drink it on its own (and I did lol)! For our mains, we got the bolognese and carbonara. Both delicious and rich. The pasta was cooked perfectly al dente. Service was top notch. We were tended to by multiple servers throughout our dinner, even after we paid the bill. Incredible hospitality! There is no parking lot. Street parking was ample when we went, but it's currently winter. I imagine it would be a nightmare to find parking during peak season.

I want for lunch with my twin brother to take advantage of the half price eat in only on Thursday…read morespecial. I had the Double Trouble sub; Fried chicken cutlet, fried eggplant cutlets, buratta cheese, lettuce, tomato and onion. It was the best sub I've had in years. As good as anything from Brooklyn or Staten Island. This is scratch cooking. The chicken and eggplant were crispy hot. The bread slightly toasted in the oven. The buratta cheese melted on the hot cutlet. The veggies were fresh. It also came with additional salad greens, Cherry tomatos halved and onion. It took almost 15 minutes for my sandwich and twenty for my brother's shrimp scampi dish. Well worth the wait. As I said cooked from scratch. A younger couple came in after us and the gentleman commented on the size of my sandwich. I'm 71 and I had to take over half of it home; it was ginormous. You get an additional discount if you don't use your credit card. You can't beat the quality of the food, especially on the half price Thursday discount. They also have pizza discounts on Tuesday after 5PM. $8 for a large pie until 6PM. $10 from 6 to 7PM and $12 from 7 until 8Pm. You will not be disappointed. P.S. The staff is awesome!

Peel has one of a kind pizzas and dishes! They believe pizza should be fun and creative, and they…read morereally delivered! We started off with the meatballs. They come with whipped ricotta and crostini. Each bite was nice and tender, super savory and melt in your mouth. Their honey mustard chicken wrap was a perfect harmony of sweet, tangy, and savory flavors. With the different textures, it gave a nice crunch. Perfect item for takeout for a work lunch! Peel is always creating speciality pizzas to try, so we tried the Bombshell pizza (April 2025)! This lives up to its name - it is fiery, oozing with passion, and an explosion of bold toppings (fresh mozzarella, prosciutto, Calabrian chili, hot cherry peppers). And of course, you can never go wrong with the vodka rigatoni. Their pasta was al Dente and the sauce was rich and creamy with just the right amount of heat. So comforting and irresistibly satisfying! We polished off the night with a yummy little brownie sundae. This satisfied our sweet tooth and was the perfect serving size after indulging in all these carbs. Peel is the ultimate comfort food spot. Whether you're dining in or taking it to go, this is a must try spot down the shore!

Friendly and engaging service. Super authentic atmosphere. Food was excellent we got Calamari…read moreappetizer, and chicken Parmesan and clams for dinner. Good size portions perfect temperature. Would highly recommended when looking for Italian in long branch.

Old school Italian atmosphere where you feel like they are taking care of you! Food was…read moreoutstanding, salads fresh & crisp - burrata prosciutto salad & pear salad well dressed with olive oil. Apps - artichokes Frances were tender in a light lemon sauce. Branzino was crispy with olive tomato sauce that was so tasty over polenta. Portions are generous and well prepared. One of the best meals I had in a restaurant & planning to go back.

Illiano's is a little hole in the wall, Italian, family restaurant in Ocean Township, NJ. My…read morefriends wanted to take me to one of their favorite local places and the food was divine. The atmosphere is very casual. We ordered up a storm and ate like royalty! We started with a big mixed salad with provolone and shared a large plate of broccoli rabe in garlic and oil. Delicioso!! I had shrimp parmagianio over linguine, my one friend had sausage, onions and peppers over linguine and my other friend had chicken saltimbocca. We rolled out of there sated and happy with a ton of leftovers. Such a great homestyle Italian restaurant!!

First timer. Very pleasant cozy place that does a robust take out and delivery. We thought we'd try…read morea more local Italian spot. Great service, friendly, super fast service and food preparation. Has the chicken parm which comes with salad and pasta if you choose both. Or just a salad. Garlic bread was yummy. Portions were nice size. The red sauce was just okay, lacking something that makes it stand out. Will try again.

Excellent as always!! The cuisine, friendly staff and Manager Freddy always come through…read more Highly recommend!!

Friday night special menu. Bargain of the Jersey Shore. Appetizers: Eggplant Rollatini or…read moreArtichoke Franchise or soup, plus Salad, plus Entrees to numerous to list. $45.00 +|- Full bar. Great service.

Judy's is everything you want and more for a perfect dining experience. I highly recommend arriving…read moreearly to your reservation so you can also experience Harry's, the dark and sophisticated cocktail lounge directly attached to the restaurant. Here we were given a small welcome drink immediately upon arrival, which set the mood & expectations for the rest of the night. Our drinks were unique and absolutely fantastic. The manager let us know our table was ready, and carried our drinks over and took our coats. Judy's is bright and beautiful, and I loved the contrast between the two concepts. The menu is brilliant and each dish we ordered was incredible. An absolute MUST order is the latke. Another standout was the lumache seafood pasta, which had the most perfect, light yet creamy sauce. Throughout the night, service was nothing short of perfect. Special shout-out to Emily and Mike for making the night truly special. All of the staff is kind and funny and really make you feel like family. Judy and Harry's hits all the right notes and easily made a spot for itself amongst my highly recommended restaurants.

Planned to go to Judy's for a date night with wifey. Made a reservation over two weeks in advance…read morefor an early Saturday night dinner. Arranged the babysitter to watch the monster. Etc, etc. A little over a week before, received a call saying they couldn't honor the reservation due to a "booking system oversight" with Resy. They first offered to move my reservation to Friday or Sunday, which didn't fit our schedule. I requested a different time on Saturday night, and was told they were not accepting guests at all that night. Then they offered to move us to a completely different restaurant a few towns away, as in not the beach town we were hoping for. The whole experience was shady, and I don't buy the "booking oversight". It just seems like my reservation was bumped for another party or event. It would've been better to simply be honest. I understand the efforts to still get my money, but if you won't honor the original reservation to begin with, why would I trust you enough to make another one? At the very least, compensation for the disappointing experience would have been nice - drinks on the house, free dessert, anything really. I wanted to go here to try food by the up and coming Chef Viana, but it seems he cares more about being on the Food Network than his actual customers.

I ordered the bar pizza and, for a $22 price point, it honestly felt comparable to something you'd…read moreget from Wawa. The chicken parm was also underwhelming and didn't meet expectations. I rarely leave reviews, but I'd recommend skipping the bar pizza.

Super conflicted with this post as to whether I should give them 5 stars or 1. The entire…read moreinteraction was solid, great communication on the phone, cool vibes at the shop, it even looked TOP NOTCH and smelled even better on the ride back to my hotel. Detroit style pies are not to be played with, like don't do it if you can't master it because getting the mass of dough cooked thoroughly throughout I empathize is tough but just like putting a steak on your menu, don't do it unless you're ready to cook it perfectly. The smell of this thing had me salivating, the look got me excited, but when I bit into it my heart immediately sank because it was not cooked through. I'm not talking soggy I'm saying raw dough, like major rookie move. It kills me because when I chowed through to the crust, where everything was cooked correctly, it was PERFECT. That's why I'm conflicted because the crust was FIRE; airy, fluffy, perfect everything tasted spot on but they effed up the cook through. I respect how challenging it is to master the delicate balance of that PERFECT THICK CRUST and some how magically making the center perfect too. I've had it and it's like a unicorn of pizza but I've also encountered this rawness so many times which is why I typically stay away from these types but I had gone to BELO a few nights prior which was terrible so I figured this spot could make up for it and it sure did but the raw dough really made me sad because this could've been a 5 star spot and I do want to go back though in disguise because I don't want them to spit on my pie for the 3 stars but I do want to revise this post, round 2, to 5 stars.

Excellent service from Angelina. Great food and portions are plentiful. Still making a serving 2…read moredays after our visit. Had the veal saltimbocca. Four giant stuffed shells, delicious meatballs. Stromboli and fried calamari. If we lived there, we'd probably be there at least 2x months if not more. For dining in, byob wine; they'll give you a glass. They don't serve alcohol. Loved it, loved it.

Ordered DD from here & got shrimp scampi with chicken noodle soup as my side. Sadly enough, the…read moresoup was the only slightly enjoyable thing, but the broth was on the bland side. The shrimp in the scampi were also bland, & the sauce was, you guessed it- bland. It had fried garlic which is weird addition to shrimp scampi as opposed to diced fresh. I had to add a lot of lemon juice, black pepper, & capers just to give this dish any sort of flavor. Very disappointing. The "Scarpetta bread" would have had good flavor if it wasn't as hard as a rock. First and last time ordering from here.