I decided I wanted to have my birthday dinner at Ristorante LUCCA so we made the reservation…read more It was a really rainy night so we were thrilled when we saw they had complimentary valet parking. Walking in the hostesses greeted us and asked to take our coats and umbrellas. They were very complimentary of us and also gave me a single stem rose when they heard it was my birthday. Walking to our table we were able to take in the overall beauty and romantic ambiance in every room which was exactly what I hoped for. Our waiter and the staff were very attentive throughout the night and wanted to ensure we wanted for nothing. The food from the complimentary bread, olive, olive oil and prosciutto to the cocktails to the entrees and cannoli for dessert were a 10/10! We had not a single recommendation for improvement. After dinner we popped into the piano lounge for a night cap and to listen to the band. The lounge itself is sooo chic and plush!!! And the wait staff and bartenders are all top tier...they truly know how to create and overall start to finish fine dining experience. Oh and the band was fun! They asked for (& got) crowd participation which was fun to watch. This was 100% an overall romantic and fun fine dining experience and we already said we're coming back!

Entree and soup were aesthetically pleasing, but flavor mediocre AT BEST; in sync with Cracker…read moreBarrel quality...nothing bad about Cracker Barrel, but prices should be commensurate, being prices at this restaurant are set for royal dignitaries. When asked about the food, then very politely gave them my reflection after eating a few bites, they didn't even offer to take it back or make a change. I'm sorry, but when meat tastes just like it came out of a freezer, defrosted and freezer-burned, paying $100 for a sitting is just not professional quality or management. What was going for them was great high-level ambiance, and amazing performance by singer & guitarist Sunshine Jones! I would return for her performance and drinks, though not an entree. Their bread and drinks were PHENOMENAL. Would have preferred this to my meal....bread was delicious; perfect texture and freshness!

Our chapter held its annual summer event at Amalfi's, and it was a complete success!…read more From planning through the day of our event, Dario, Jessica, and the entire team made sure every detail was handled seamlessly. Dario was responsive and easy to work with as we planned our menu. Our guests enjoyed delicious buffet-style Italian cuisine and desserts, and we especially appreciated the care he took to accommodate specific dietary needs so everyone had something to enjoy. On the day of our event, Jessica and her team were professional, attentive, friendly, and provided excellent customer service. Our needs were met from beginning to end, allowing us to simply enjoy our time together. On behalf of the ICF New Jersey Charter Chapter, thank you to the Amalfi's team for helping make our annual summer gathering such a wonderful experience. We truly appreciated your hospitality and look forward to returning! - Dorisse Shakir-Ullah, Community Networking

Excellent food, And varied menu although way too loud to…read moreenjoy the meal. Service can be iffy

This was the first time at Rossi's. My husband and I sat at the bar. The bartender Micky was…read moreAMAZING! She was so personable and gave us great suggestions on what we should order. My husband had their hamburger. He couldn't stop raving about it! Definitely recommend!

I went to Rossi's Bar and Grill in Hamilton with an old friend who still talks about hamburgers the…read moreway some people talk about first loves and lost wars. Years ago I took him to the original Rossi's in Chambersburg after they won WIP radio host Glen Macnow's best burger contest. The place felt smoky and cramped and alive, a beating heart of the local community. So he came back to town and said, Take me to Rossi's. I want that burger again. The new Rossi's is bigger and brighter and very aware of its own legend. The website still shouts proudly about the award winning burger, the kind of pride that lingers long after the parade has packed up and the confetti has been swept into the gutter. The official burger of Polk High. We ordered the famous burger. It arrived on a soft roll, thick and respectable, cooked properly enough. The beef had that loose packed texture that once made it special, a little craggy, a little juicy. It was, in a word, fine. It didn't part the heavens, and it didn't cause my friend to close his eyes and whisper my name in gratitude. It was just a hamburger. The fries were plentiful and hot. There is still a sports bar soul here, sort of. Televisions glow and beer flows, albeit very VERY slowly. The menu stretches wide with wings, sandwiches, steaks, things for people who want something other than beef on a bun. It feels like a place that knows how to feed a crowd after a Little League game or a retirement home on an afternoon outing. The service was friendly in the way a distracted and rarely seen cousin is friendly at Thanksgiving. Smiles, sure. Refills, eventually. Our server moved with the gentle chaos of someone juggling too many plates and not enough time or help. Nothing disastrous happened. Nothing especially polished happened either. We waited, ee watched and we ate. When my friend took a bite,he nodded politely. He said, "It's good." This is not what he said all those years ago in Chambersburg when grease ran down his wrist and he declared it the best burger in the state with the certainty of Biff Tannen with a Sports Almanac in his back pocket. Restaurants age and legends settle into routine. Rossi's feels like it is living comfortably on stories of past glory. There is nothing wrong with the food, but there is nothing thrilling about it either. If you are nearby and hungry, you'll be fed and you'll leave full. If you're chasing a memory, you may just find that memory tastes better than the present.

We came here for a work dinner one evening, and they have pretty good Italian food here. Full…read morecourse dinner with different options, as well as daily specials and tasty dessert. I ordered veal chop, which was really nice, and everything tasted great. Good service overall, and very charming setting inside. Nice that we had that section of the dining room to ourselves too. Ice cream for dessert was really great - peanut butter Arctic ice cream.

Top notch dining experience all around! My wife and I visited for a date date night based on…read morerecommendations and we are so glad we did. The vibe is old school and cozy and was beautifully decorated for the season. We started at the bar with vodka martinis that were made perfectly by the friendly bartenders and generously filled as well. We asked if we could move to a table for dinner and they accommodated us immediately telling us to take our time at the bar and showed us the table they reserved for us when we were ready to sit. Once we sat down our server, Tony, came over immediately and introduced himself. He told us about the restaurant and also about the nightly specials. We decided on the clams casino appetizer. While we were waiting he brought us fresh baked Italian bread and homemade butter. It was delicious and when we were down to the last piece a new loaf was put down without even asking. The clams and lemon wine butter sauce were delicious. Salads came soon after in a light vinegarette with fresh sliced cheese. The entrees we ordered were the Roebling Veal Chop milanese style and the seafood pasta. Both were delicious and the chop was giant! For desert we shared "A little of everything" which consisted of a tartufo, a tiramiso, and a canoli. They gave us 2 complementary limoncellos to have with desert. The owner stopped by to see how everything was and kicked up a conversation about the restaurant and how it owned it for 39 years. It started in Chambersburg, a once vibrant little Italy in Trenton that no longer exists. Throughout the night we were treated like VIPs and truly like family. This date night at Marsilio's kitchen was more than a meal. It was a dining experience and we will certainly be back soon.

I've been here twice so far and it is located walking distance from my office. I've only ordered…read morethe Spanish meatballs but they are absolutely delicious! They are definitely homemade and not skimpy in size at all. However do not ask for a side salad. It is $4 and the lettuce was all lined with red (meaning it's old) and was also just spines of iceberg lettuce. I ended up throwing it away and didn't even eat it. My coworker had the Caesar salad and said it was excellent and that the chicken tasted very good. The inside of the restaurant is so cute and inviting. They decorated it very well. I have only ordered takeout but will one day try eating in. Service is friendly - not overly friendly, but not rude - so no complaints there. I will certainly be back and I'm glad to have a place downtown by my office to go to now and then.

This is such a cute bar/restaurant in Trenton, NJ. The food is delicious, I highly recommend the…read morecaesar salad, and the drinks were perfect and reasonably priced. The service was fast and all of the servers were kind and attentive. They even gave us an order of churros on the house! They were delicious and came with a chocolate dipping sauce. We will be going again.

lunch specials 12.99, get the antipasto and parpadelle and sausage. escarole and beans gives your…read moreitalIan grandmothers a run for her money!

After hearing about JoJo's bar pies for so many years and how good they were I decided to finally…read morego in and get one. The pics on Yelp looked pretty good like New York style pizza which I like especially growing up in New York. I specifically asked for it not to be well done (not that they are normally well done I just tell that to every place I order from) I hate burnt pies but some people like them so that's subjective. I have to say I was not too impressed with mine. It was slightly well done, couldn't taste really any sauce (a good sauce is really important to add flavor) and there wasn't any ooey gooey cheese because it was a little well done. My rating is only based on this pie, I'm sure there are other food is very good based on other reviews.

The bar tender was really nice. I went here for a business meeting, and the food was average, the…read moredrinks were ok, nothing out of the ordinary. The waitress that served us took her time getting to certain ppl, not really sure what that was about. Would I go back for a quick bite and drink yes. The place was clean and a nice place to hold an event at.

their portions are huge, the food is wonderful. Now that they offer delivery thru Uber Eats and…read moreDoor Dash I don't know why everyone isn't eating there ! It really is great fresh food. You absolutely get your monies worth, not like many other places that charge alot and don't get much. That is not the case at this restaurant.

We were faithful customers at Mamma Rosa's, but when they closed down in '21, we were left in the…read morelurch and without a neighborhood Italian joint to call our own. We just quit going out for Italian other than for tomato pies, but now we've begun actively looking for a place to enjoy simple Italian food--outside of the ubiquitous tomato pies. Gennaro's was our first stop, with the menu definitely reading more New World Italian than Old World. We started with a couple of appetizers: The Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms in Scampi sauce and the Antipasto Salad. I'm not a fan of Antipasto salads (I've a three item max addition rule for salads and tomato pies), but my wife enjoyed it. It was your standard antipasto salad for the area--perhaps more generous with the meat and cheese than the last one we ordered up the street at Papa's. The stuffed mushrooms had a good flavor, and although the sauce didn't really hit me as Scampi (the garlic wasn't really there), it was still good on its own, and I'd order it again. My wife ordered the Pork Chop Giambotta, which she truly enjoyed. It was a thick, good sized pork chop covered with a sauce that included potatoes, sausage slices, and sautéed peppers. The menu said that the peppers were hot and sweet, but they were pretty much 99.9% hot peppers. If that's an issue for you, I'd make a point in mentioning it to your server first. My wife doesn't do spicy, but luckily I was there to find a home for the hot peppers, and she said she'd order it again if we returned. My Veal Saltimbocca, however, was a letdown. The veal was overcooked and had lost its tenderness, but most surprising to me was that it was very different from the standard version I've known for years. Had I read the description more carefully, I'd have caught the fact it was in a tomato demi-glace rather than the white wine and butter emulsion I know and love. Also, the ham that was used was not the thinly sliced prosciutto one normally sees, instead it was a thick slice of something that I can't honestly tell you was prosciutto or not. The use of spinach instead of a sage leaf wasn't a complete shock, as I've seen that before. Overcooked veal, the prosciutto mystery, and tradition straying aside, the flavor almost bordered on being alright, but it definitely wasn't what I'd hoped for when I placed the order. To add insult to injury, I asked for pasta as my side, and was given a couple choices--I chose the linguini and got served a dente-less spaghetti. When I asked the waiter (who was otherwise extremely conscientious and attentive) if they were out of linguini, I was told that there's really very little difference between the two, which so blew my mind that I just shrugged and ate. While we were there, we could see that there were many people who acted like regulars enjoying their meals, and many of them were also eating tomato pies, however, we're on the hunt for a place that's going to satisfy our need for an Italian place that provides beyond the pizza oven. I'm up in the air about a second shot--my wife was much happier than me with the location (which means we'll likely go), but I'll definitely ask our server more questions about what I'm ordering next time to avoid any surprises.

Absolutely fantastic! We celebrated our son's college graduation here, and I cannot say enough good…read morethings about the fantastic food and service we received at Genaro's. The ambience is smart casual, and not fussy, but with food and service that you'd expect at a place that charges double the prices. All of the food was top notch. Standouts are the artichoke heart Francese, mozzarella en corrozza, and fried calamari appetizers; and chicken Italiano, chicken marsala, and salmon Neapolitan mains. Their tiramisu and tartufo capped off the meal perfectly. If you're in Trenton or Princeton, Gennaro's is worth the drive.