Food, ambience, service made my husband's birthday celebration with family absolute perfection! We had been to their dister restaurant in Tribeca... this was just as wonderful! Will come back...hopefully soon❤️
Shawn McConnell
Well, it's a mixed bag.Service and atmosphere are spot on.However, Veal Chop dinner (with a $10 added cost) is described as a boneless veal chop milanese. It certainly was milanese. However, no veal chop arrived. Instead, I received a breaded and fried veal cutlet. This is a meal that you'd expect to see at your local pizza restaurant and not at #1 favorite in NJ; as mentioned on their website.While the waiter was extremely attentive and experienced and the other courses of the meal were better than most, the portions were lighter than expected. Good flavor, great service but you've not impressed me enough to return for a 2nd chance.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
Horacio Pellegrino
Food is overpriced for its quality , and seems the chef took the day off this Friday night. Food is salty and sauces overrated. Ingredients quality seems from a regular supermarket.Service is ok. Decorations are ok, and that is probably their best asset. Oh and don't forget the "valet" parking guy that will let you freeze till he can get your car and ask for the tip.Parking: the guy let you freeze till he gets your car
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
WayneM
Fantastic upscale Italian dishes with great service. The Raviolo was cooked to perfection. Short rib was tender and the puree was very light and flavorful. My only regret is not going with more people so I could share and tase more of the dishes. See you soon.
87thbirthday
A party of four, we arrived on time but had to wait with two other groups of dinners for our tables to clear. We were seated after about 10 minutes and were served by Gus, who is a gem. He worked with the vegetarian diner in our group and made us all feel like family. The opening course was not the best as the shrimp was tough, but the rest of our respective meals were top notch. In particular the soft egg yolk raviolo and the pappardelle were great as were the short ribs and a pork medallion special. The berries with cold zabaglione and the ricotta donuts were a sweet treat. I'd initially dined at SF over 25 years ago and was impressed. I only wish I'd returned sooner!
Reeester
Made reservations to celebrate my sister's milestone birthday. Upon arriving I took out our wine and also a cosmopolitan cocktail for celebration. I learned from our server that based on the license that the restaurant has that they could not allow us to open our cocktail. So we moved onto our Puligny-Montrachet. The upsetting part was that I didn't know that the restaurant could have made us an opening cocktail. The server only offered this upon my signing the check when I questioned, I didn't realize you have a full bar now. He commented do you want it now to which I responded no. It would've been nice to have it earlier. Very disappointing from that perspective..
Neil Donnelly
A little dark in the dining room late at night, but don't let that stop you from enjoying the food or the atmosphere. PERFECT place for date night!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Banana Tart, Lemon Lime Sorbet
Greg Nemec
Food was outstanding as always. Service was excellent. Wait was 50 minutes which will make us not return for a while. No excuse for making us wait to be seated for almost an hour. Unacceptable even when the food is exceptional.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Nancy O.
ALWAYS amazing. Take a moment from everything going on around you at the table and taste your first bite. You will begin to understand what food should really taste like. And the service will not disappoint either! Busy nights they have a free valet which is a real bit of luxury for their parking lot :)
Jessica L.
My husband and I went for our anniversary. Let me start off by saying restaurant (though dated and older) is very nice, romantic. We loved where our seat was it was intimate and we could still people watch. The food was very good, we didnt mind the pri -fix menu and the drinks were also good. What bothered me, was the utensils, drinking glasses and plates all had a funny odor, keep of like raw chicken or egg. My husband who usually makes fun of me for my strong sense of smell agreed, and having worked in the food industry said it was probably from the dishwasher. I would go back, to try it again, and hopefully the smell is gone.
Ravioli appetizer was excellent. The veal milanese was a little dry, had no balsamic dressing, and the chocolate souffle was nothing special. The atmosphere was charming, and the service was excellent. We brought our own wine and paid the $25 corkage fee.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Egg Yolk Ravioli
RusQueen
What happened to food at Scalini? It is sad to see the quality going down so much. Introduction small course used to have excellent sauce. Yesterday it was not even in category 'good'. Red snapper was tasteless dry and seated on top of nearly raw mushrooms. Sauce reminded a light broth. I left most of this entree on the plate. Pork medallions were poor version of veal Milanese with simpler ingredients. Desert needed much better execution in every layer. Sad, we used to love dining at Scalini.
Justine D.
Consistently good for at least once a year visit. Professional wait staff and extensive menu options. The decor is getting old / stale but still very nice.
Ellen P.
Formerly Great, now simply average. We went for a special dinner recently - the food was undercooked or overcooked. The waiter was nothing short of aggressive, hovering over my daughter in law as she perused the menu, telling her she "had to" pick what he recommended. I'd never go back. For the price, a complete ripoff
Joseph Jacoby
This restaurant checked every box and the quality of the food and dining experience was beyond expectations. Highly recommend this place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: And Served with Caramel Gelato
Food, ambience, service made my husband's birthday celebration with family absolute perfection! We had been to their dister restaurant in Tribeca... this was just as wonderful! Will come back...hopefully soon❤️
Well, it's a mixed bag.Service and atmosphere are spot on.However, Veal Chop dinner (with a $10 added cost) is described as a boneless veal chop milanese. It certainly was milanese. However, no veal chop arrived. Instead, I received a breaded and fried veal cutlet. This is a meal that you'd expect to see at your local pizza restaurant and not at #1 favorite in NJ; as mentioned on their website.While the waiter was extremely attentive and experienced and the other courses of the meal were better than most, the portions were lighter than expected. Good flavor, great service but you've not impressed me enough to return for a 2nd chance.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
Food is overpriced for its quality , and seems the chef took the day off this Friday night. Food is salty and sauces overrated. Ingredients quality seems from a regular supermarket.Service is ok. Decorations are ok, and that is probably their best asset. Oh and don't forget the "valet" parking guy that will let you freeze till he can get your car and ask for the tip.Parking: the guy let you freeze till he gets your car
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Fantastic upscale Italian dishes with great service. The Raviolo was cooked to perfection. Short rib was tender and the puree was very light and flavorful. My only regret is not going with more people so I could share and tase more of the dishes. See you soon.
A party of four, we arrived on time but had to wait with two other groups of dinners for our tables to clear. We were seated after about 10 minutes and were served by Gus, who is a gem. He worked with the vegetarian diner in our group and made us all feel like family. The opening course was not the best as the shrimp was tough, but the rest of our respective meals were top notch. In particular the soft egg yolk raviolo and the pappardelle were great as were the short ribs and a pork medallion special. The berries with cold zabaglione and the ricotta donuts were a sweet treat. I'd initially dined at SF over 25 years ago and was impressed. I only wish I'd returned sooner!
Made reservations to celebrate my sister's milestone birthday. Upon arriving I took out our wine and also a cosmopolitan cocktail for celebration. I learned from our server that based on the license that the restaurant has that they could not allow us to open our cocktail. So we moved onto our Puligny-Montrachet. The upsetting part was that I didn't know that the restaurant could have made us an opening cocktail. The server only offered this upon my signing the check when I questioned, I didn't realize you have a full bar now. He commented do you want it now to which I responded no. It would've been nice to have it earlier. Very disappointing from that perspective..
A little dark in the dining room late at night, but don't let that stop you from enjoying the food or the atmosphere. PERFECT place for date night!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Banana Tart, Lemon Lime Sorbet
Food was outstanding as always. Service was excellent. Wait was 50 minutes which will make us not return for a while. No excuse for making us wait to be seated for almost an hour. Unacceptable even when the food is exceptional.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
ALWAYS amazing. Take a moment from everything going on around you at the table and taste your first bite. You will begin to understand what food should really taste like. And the service will not disappoint either! Busy nights they have a free valet which is a real bit of luxury for their parking lot :)
My husband and I went for our anniversary. Let me start off by saying restaurant (though dated and older) is very nice, romantic. We loved where our seat was it was intimate and we could still people watch. The food was very good, we didnt mind the pri -fix menu and the drinks were also good. What bothered me, was the utensils, drinking glasses and plates all had a funny odor, keep of like raw chicken or egg. My husband who usually makes fun of me for my strong sense of smell agreed, and having worked in the food industry said it was probably from the dishwasher. I would go back, to try it again, and hopefully the smell is gone.
Restaurantji Recommends
Ravioli appetizer was excellent. The veal milanese was a little dry, had no balsamic dressing, and the chocolate souffle was nothing special. The atmosphere was charming, and the service was excellent. We brought our own wine and paid the $25 corkage fee.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Egg Yolk Ravioli
What happened to food at Scalini? It is sad to see the quality going down so much. Introduction small course used to have excellent sauce. Yesterday it was not even in category 'good'. Red snapper was tasteless dry and seated on top of nearly raw mushrooms. Sauce reminded a light broth. I left most of this entree on the plate. Pork medallions were poor version of veal Milanese with simpler ingredients. Desert needed much better execution in every layer. Sad, we used to love dining at Scalini.
Consistently good for at least once a year visit. Professional wait staff and extensive menu options. The decor is getting old / stale but still very nice.
Formerly Great, now simply average. We went for a special dinner recently - the food was undercooked or overcooked. The waiter was nothing short of aggressive, hovering over my daughter in law as she perused the menu, telling her she "had to" pick what he recommended. I'd never go back. For the price, a complete ripoff
This restaurant checked every box and the quality of the food and dining experience was beyond expectations. Highly recommend this place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: And Served with Caramel Gelato