Great food. Service was good albeit slower than expected for a Wednesday but overall a great place! Enjoyed the calamari, garlic knots, and chicken Parm.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Kayla Capito
Very disappointed. Food was beyond overpriced.. this antipasto salad was $22… not even close to being worth that price… also ordered meatballs which were eh. Won’t be ordering from them again.
Food: 1
Service: 1
John Orozco
Hmmm not good chichken was like rubber calamari was was from a bag and small never again.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 5
Brian Sodano
Great place. Excellent food and atmosphere. The service I got from the little kids helping out was better than I get regularly from normal servers.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Glen Humbert
1st time but came recommended so my wife and I went 01/19/23 and loved it.The service from tiffany was a 10...food a9.5..their fried calamari was the best.A year later and this place went downhill.I would change my opinion and go to Dolce Liberta in manahawkin better food and better pricing and atmosphereKid-friendliness: Tiffany said it was her first day but was the best service we ever had maria was the best waitress ever she knows me as the wine guy
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 4
Kimberly Nardone
Food is authentic, fresh, homemade, made to serve and absolutely delicious. This is a very cozy, warm, and inviting place. Not very big so make a reservation. I had the homemade egg noodle pasta with the creamy mushroom sauce (paparedelle)and it was fantastic. We also had dessert and the cannolis were delicious. The only other thing I would recommend is a third waitress....we waited awhile for the check to get paid. And by then we were stuffed and wanted to go home.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Fettuccine Della Mamma
Mark R.
My wife and I met 2 wonderful friends at Biagio's for dinner on Saturday evening. Always a delicious meal. Always an affordable price. Always fantastic service. Biagio's gives a 5 star menue with a 5 star staff! Thank you. Mark and Kathy.
First time there. I was put off by the mildew smell when I entered, but went in anyway. The eggplant parm was ok. Sauce was a little too sweet for me though. The cavatell and broccoli were good, and my husbands scallops, shrimp and pasta in a red cream sauce were good, but a little too heavy. I would go back and try other things if the smell wasn’t so strong.Had my sister's repast there in July. Smell was gone and everyone enjoyed their food. Will go back!
Allison K.
I hope the employees at this restaurant finished their shifts, and immediately quit working for this place after the Christmas Eve spectacle my family and I witnessed this evening. It was made abundantly clear that the managers/owners of this restaurant DO NOT care at all for their employees nor do they have any clue how to do proper customer service. Let me paint you a picture: waiters running around spreading misinformation from the kitchen to their tables; hungry patrons waiting hours for food; patrons told after ordering their food that the restaurant was out of chicken, salad dressings and that all fried foods were unavailable, etc; tables of people clearing out without having been served dinner; a 15-year-old child turning away people at the door arriving for their 6PM reservations. It was truly the most embarrassing and unprofessional restaurant experience I've ever witnessed. The owners of this restaurant must be greedy beyond all human comprehension. All they had to do was simply calculate the number of people that had catering orders and then calculate the number of people who were going to be dining in person and then get enough food to feed everybody. Instead, these geniuses decided to ballpark the whole thing and ended up ruining what was supposed to be a special Christmas Eve dinner for many families. Here's some genuine advice for next time if anyone decides to give you another chance (won't be me!): - make your menu smaller - don't be greedy: you clearly are not competent enough to execute at the scale that you tried to with both in-house dining and catering. Pick one or scale it all back (i.e., don't do 3 seatings, do 1) - rally your employees when things are going wrong in the kitchen and equip them with the information they need to do their jobs; don't let waiters spread different bits of information to different tables. It only makes things more stressful for them - don't put your teenage employees in charge of turning people away; be an adult and admit you messed up and do it yourself Best of luck next year.
Wesley E.
This was a WILD experience. We had a reservation for 4pm on Christmas Eve. The entire restaurant derailed about 30 minutes in. No food was coming out. Generally a restaurant needs food. Half of the tables walked out. We ate around 7pm. I could have binge watched an entire Netflix series in that time. No efforts were made to correct the situation. I would say it was poorly managed, but seems like there was NO management.
Jody M.
Ordered food for Christmas eve dinner pick up time was 4:30pm. The line in the tiny hallway was very long with everyone complaining about how long they have waited. We checked in our name and waited. Finally around 6:45pm we were told that our side dishes were ready but none of our chicken dishes were and that they hadn't even been started. We had a house full of family and lil kids waiting to eat. We took the sides and left. We had to order pizza from somewhere else. Very unorganized and completely unbelievably not acceptable for a restaurant. I have never ever had something like this happen. The sides were cold and not that good.
Frank Vulpis
If it's Italian food and fresh fish you want, then you'll love this place. The owner is always there and 'visable' to ensure you are totally
Great food. Service was good albeit slower than expected for a Wednesday but overall a great place! Enjoyed the calamari, garlic knots, and chicken Parm.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Very disappointed. Food was beyond overpriced.. this antipasto salad was $22… not even close to being worth that price… also ordered meatballs which were eh. Won’t be ordering from them again.
Food: 1
Service: 1
Hmmm not good chichken was like rubber calamari was was from a bag and small never again.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 5
Great place. Excellent food and atmosphere. The service I got from the little kids helping out was better than I get regularly from normal servers.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
1st time but came recommended so my wife and I went 01/19/23 and loved it.The service from tiffany was a 10...food a9.5..their fried calamari was the best.A year later and this place went downhill.I would change my opinion and go to Dolce Liberta in manahawkin better food and better pricing and atmosphereKid-friendliness: Tiffany said it was her first day but was the best service we ever had maria was the best waitress ever she knows me as the wine guy
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 4
Food is authentic, fresh, homemade, made to serve and absolutely delicious. This is a very cozy, warm, and inviting place. Not very big so make a reservation. I had the homemade egg noodle pasta with the creamy mushroom sauce (paparedelle)and it was fantastic. We also had dessert and the cannolis were delicious. The only other thing I would recommend is a third waitress....we waited awhile for the check to get paid. And by then we were stuffed and wanted to go home.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Fettuccine Della Mamma
My wife and I met 2 wonderful friends at Biagio's for dinner on Saturday evening. Always a delicious meal. Always an affordable price. Always fantastic service. Biagio's gives a 5 star menue with a 5 star staff! Thank you. Mark and Kathy.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Parmigiana, Veal Saltimbocca
We took out our dinner. It was delicious. I haven't been there in several years. I definitely will go back .
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mozzarella Caprese, Crab Stuffed Mushrooms
We love Biagios!!!!! Food is excellent, owner is so nice. This is our go to . Love everything !! Sharon and Dan
Everything was great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Calamari
Restaurantji Recommends
First time there. I was put off by the mildew smell when I entered, but went in anyway. The eggplant parm was ok. Sauce was a little too sweet for me though. The cavatell and broccoli were good, and my husbands scallops, shrimp and pasta in a red cream sauce were good, but a little too heavy. I would go back and try other things if the smell wasn’t so strong.Had my sister's repast there in July. Smell was gone and everyone enjoyed their food. Will go back!
I hope the employees at this restaurant finished their shifts, and immediately quit working for this place after the Christmas Eve spectacle my family and I witnessed this evening. It was made abundantly clear that the managers/owners of this restaurant DO NOT care at all for their employees nor do they have any clue how to do proper customer service. Let me paint you a picture: waiters running around spreading misinformation from the kitchen to their tables; hungry patrons waiting hours for food; patrons told after ordering their food that the restaurant was out of chicken, salad dressings and that all fried foods were unavailable, etc; tables of people clearing out without having been served dinner; a 15-year-old child turning away people at the door arriving for their 6PM reservations. It was truly the most embarrassing and unprofessional restaurant experience I've ever witnessed. The owners of this restaurant must be greedy beyond all human comprehension. All they had to do was simply calculate the number of people that had catering orders and then calculate the number of people who were going to be dining in person and then get enough food to feed everybody. Instead, these geniuses decided to ballpark the whole thing and ended up ruining what was supposed to be a special Christmas Eve dinner for many families. Here's some genuine advice for next time if anyone decides to give you another chance (won't be me!): - make your menu smaller - don't be greedy: you clearly are not competent enough to execute at the scale that you tried to with both in-house dining and catering. Pick one or scale it all back (i.e., don't do 3 seatings, do 1) - rally your employees when things are going wrong in the kitchen and equip them with the information they need to do their jobs; don't let waiters spread different bits of information to different tables. It only makes things more stressful for them - don't put your teenage employees in charge of turning people away; be an adult and admit you messed up and do it yourself Best of luck next year.
This was a WILD experience. We had a reservation for 4pm on Christmas Eve. The entire restaurant derailed about 30 minutes in. No food was coming out. Generally a restaurant needs food. Half of the tables walked out. We ate around 7pm. I could have binge watched an entire Netflix series in that time. No efforts were made to correct the situation. I would say it was poorly managed, but seems like there was NO management.
Ordered food for Christmas eve dinner pick up time was 4:30pm. The line in the tiny hallway was very long with everyone complaining about how long they have waited. We checked in our name and waited. Finally around 6:45pm we were told that our side dishes were ready but none of our chicken dishes were and that they hadn't even been started. We had a house full of family and lil kids waiting to eat. We took the sides and left. We had to order pizza from somewhere else. Very unorganized and completely unbelievably not acceptable for a restaurant. I have never ever had something like this happen. The sides were cold and not that good.
If it's Italian food and fresh fish you want, then you'll love this place. The owner is always there and 'visable' to ensure you are totally
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Parmesan Panko Crusted Scallops on Lemony Linguini, Veal Saltimbocca