Café Rustica | New Jersey

I can’t believe how long I’ve lived here and never tried this place. Had lunch with a friend and the food was excellent. Service was good but it was pretty empty so not sure now they are when it’s crowded. Good portion sizes and nice variety. The almond joy dessert was perfect. Will definitely be back.

Cafe Rustica is a Basking Ridge secret. Hidden away from the town, not exactly in the middle of a destination. But, the food is great, service is great. When you're here, you feel like you're at Mom's house. And aside from the fine Italian dishes, the kids love the pizza. We often order here when we're at the Pleasant Valley Pool.

Food with love and flavor. We drove pass this place with our windows down and it smelled so amazing we turned around and decided to have dinner here instead of the place we were headed to. I had the filet miñon and my hubby had the veal parm. Out of this world flavorfull. Our waiter was on point with her recos with food and wine. Service was above par. We will be back!

We were there for my daughters birthday this past Saturday. My wife and my daughter's boyfriend had the seared salmon which they loved. My daughter had the chicken parm, which she said was good. Her only "complaint" was that the sauce was a bit too sweet for her taste, but the portion was good and the chicken was cooked well. My son enjoyed his pepperoni pizza. He's not very adventerous. I had the Capellini Napoletani. It was very good. The capellini was cooked perfectly for my taste as was the shrimp, clams and calamari. Very tender. The sauce was great. This is our go-to for great food and is my wife's favorite. She is returning with coworkers for lunch on Tuesday. Service is top notch. Keep up the good work. We'll definately be returning.

Keeping this short, the pizza is out of this world! Get the #4 you can’t go wrong. The dough is the best around absolutely love Cafe Rustica

One and a half hours is just too long to sit there waiting on your entre. No apps, no special order just 35 minutes for salad, another 50 for entre. Ridiculous.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 2

Best take out pizza pie in the area. At this point we won’t even try another place because anything else would ruin pizza night. My wife essentially grew our baby on their pepperoni pizza and Caesar salad, and the kid turned out to be an absolute stud. Now he’s our delicious little pepperoni!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pizza, Caesar Salad

I like this place. It's always quiet and easy to get in and the food is very good.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

A lovely place, good vibes and great menu. We went for lunch, just the girls and had a relaxing, fun time. We were all happy with the menu, and the outdoor sitting. A perfect day. The food was delicious and plentiful. Two of us ordered Cosmos, and they were also perfect. I only wish I knew about this place years ago.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

the service and quality of food is amazing. our office has been eating there since we've been in business. we highly recommend Cafe Rustica

Been coming here forever. Food was always top notch, but tonight they took a step backwards. Cold mozzarella, stale bread. Pretty sad. Even worse was a table of 10 with uncontrollable children with parents who thought they were at Chuck E Cheese. We couldn’t talk at our table amongst ourselves because the kids were acting as if they were at a playground, and ownership didn’t care because they were locals and need the business. I was a local for 25 years and never saw anything like this. Sad to say I won’t go back. Great bartender and a newly hired Waitress did their best, but the playground atmosphere made it an expensive, pathetic evening.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 4

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Pizza

Owners for many years in this quaint restaurant. Love their pizza and their menus. Try it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Salad, Veal Fantasia, Calamari Marinara

Food was good and the service was excellent. It could use an update, and the bartender was grumpy.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 5

Out of state visitor, first time eating there. The food was delicious. Everyone was very friendly and the place was packed. No parking spaces were available, which says a lot about the food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Cozy restaurant, a great find, food was true Italian comfort cuisine. Our waitress was super nice as well! Generous portions.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fried Calamari with Marinara Sauce