Terrible experience. I understand they are closing for good in about a month so I overlooked the numerous menu items that were "sold out" in the name of history.We had a 630 reservation for 4 and we all arrived promptly. The only person that even bothered to recognize us was a hostess about 15 minutes later and simply snapped that there was a 7 top that would get seated first. We waited literally another 25 minutes and had to harass the female owner to finally get seated. We sat for about another 30 minutes with not even a glass of water and were just about to walk out when a waitess from the other room realized nobody had bothered even taking to us. She finally took our drink and food orders a little less than an hour after we were seated. I had shrimp parm with vodka sauce and my dinner companions had veal and chicken dishes. To a person the food was terrible. The pasta was very mushy and cut short like you would do for a child. The shrimp was average but the quality and type of cheese was disgusting. It seemed like a mix of cheap mozzarella and white American. The vodka sauce was quite a few steps below jar sauce also. All this after waiting until 840 to get our entrees! To add to our amusement one very nasty waitess dropped and broke dishes numerous times (they literally left the food and glass on the floor the last time) and the staff became involved in a loud argument in the kitchen with a couple saying they were quiting.None of us finished even half of our meals and didn't bother considering dessert. This place is reminiscent of every cheap bad "Italian" restaurant in the typical tourist towns. A shame considering the history here. But after this s&*# show all I can say is good riddance!
A6109ELlynnm
They dont know how to make shrimp parm use tiny salad shrimp & throw cheese on top was awful. Other food is way better. Staff & Cook have attitude problems.STAY AWAY from this restaurant unless u want it to go or pizza to go!
Pete Donna M.
71 years and counting. Serving great Italian food to generations! Calling people home from all corners of the world. A MUST stop!!
Alyssa Eschrich
My family and I came here for dinner for the first time to celebrate my birthday! Our waitress Olivia was by far the BEST!!!!! Helped us order accordingly since we had no idea the portions as far as the appetizers and she suggested some good entrees that we all chose from and loved!! The restaurant was short staffed like everywhere else right now… but even under some pressure Olivia stayed awesome and it was SO worth it!!! We’re already planning out next visit!!
Nick Eiler
Olivia was our waitress, very personable and a great server. Happy and pleasant. Food was outstanding and very large portions. Highly recommend
Vincent Spano
This is a tough place to review since there are some real pluses but also some negatives that are difficult to overlook. Overall I'd give them 3+ stars but can't quite get to 4 stars.First some advice... If you are going to order an appetizer, skip getting the garlic bread. It didn't have much of a garlic taste and the bread provided with your meal is far more delicious. We also had the stuffed mushrooms as an appetizer. They were fine just not to my liking but that's personal preference - you may think they are delicious. I'm not deducting any stars for what's written in this paragraph.The star deduction starts here... The guy who seated us was extremely unfriendly and came across as very annoyed that we arrived 5 minutes before our reservation. A very negative first impression. We were seated in the bar area that had an old water stain on the ceiling tile that should have been painted/replaced years ago. Speaking of which, the decor and atmosphere is straight out of the 1970's. The waiter was certainly rough around the edges and added to the negative first impressions. He came over to take our order but didn't ask if we wanted anything to drink - so we told him what we wanted. During the course of the meal he redeemed himself by splitting the entry we shared without being asked which was greatly appreciated and was very attentive.On the plus side, the chicken parmesan was quite good and certainly a very generous portion. In addition to the waiter being attentive, a woman who probably was the owner came over twice to ask how everything was and make small talk. We also had to ask for dessert and had the tartufo which was served at the right temperature and was very good.All in all not a bad place, but really not a great place either. I was expecting a bit more based on the ratings.
Crystal Rae
As a traveler on vacation with my family for Easter this was by far my worst dining experience, I was extremely disappointed and dissatisfied with my overall experience. We came to Tony Boffas expecting quality food and great customer service,the food was exceptional but our waitress Olivia was extremely rude and snippy upon first introduction and it only got worse throughout the night as problems between her and the rest of the staff became more persistent, I’d like to say I feel bad for the people she was working as she pocketed cash tips I hope they were shared equally among the rest of the staff. The rest of the staff I seen and interacted with in the dining room were extremely friendly and helpful. Between the rude waitress and the commotion in the kitchen our overall meal and time in the restaurant was unbearable and unpleasant i understand being “short staffed” and it “being crazy here” as our waitress explained but what I don’t understand is why that means take it out on the customer?, I appreciate the rest of the staff that was friendly and helpful as they tried to make what ended up being a horrible evening more tolerable and a little more enjoyable.
Joseph Grosso
Celebrating 100th birthday. Everything was well coordinated. All food courses and drinks were served promptly. All the 7 entries choices were great. Thanks to Nannette and staff.
Gwen M.
The restaurant was packed tonight, but our server, Olivia, was absolutely amazing! She handled herself well with a rude customer. She was great with us in making sure we had everything we needed at all times and got our food to us quickly. We are looking forward to going back for more delicious food.
First time here. Traditional old-school Italian American cuisine. Family managed, pleasant atmosphere, generous portions, friendly & efficient staff. Definitely will be going back! ??????
Donna Ruperd
I was looking forward to dining again at Tony Boffas had an amazing one of the best dinners. They were super busy but were seated immediately. Kia our server and all the other staff were attentive, friendly and accommodating. The owners and his beautiful Mom Donna making sure every thing is good and correct super nice. The food was superb delicious as always. My husband and I shared Coconut shrimp appetizer which I highly recommend. For our main I had chicken with eggplant Siciliano, Keith had Captains catch crazy good. If anyone knows me I'm a chocolate junky torn between their chocolate mousse cake or layer cake. Chose layer and couldn't leave without having a few bites. Loved every minute, we will be back. You don't have to look far Sullivan and Orange county have wonderful restaurant's. Donna and Keith Ruperd
Michaelmarc R.
Dirty Table cloths, rude staff- hostess with no charm. Dont waste you money the food was subpar. Very disappointing experience and messed up my meal. Owner did nothing other then offer to move us to a different table. Never came back to ask how our meal was, or checked, that we were taken care of! The food was ordered "gluten free" pasta and chicken grilled, what came out was regular pasta after we waited about 45 minutes for dinner and they were not busy. The chicken was placed back onto the grill and tasted burnt. Marc's meal was just ok, nothing special, or even mention-able. For the cost, a dinner would have done better, and cost half of what they charged. I don't mind paying for good food---but when it's like this you only feel taken advantage of.
Robin Carron-Muth
Just had the most amazing dinner here. Lasagna, pizza, potato bacon soup served with assorted fresh bread in a basket. Our waitress Olivia was amazing and attentive. We'll be back!
Taxi G.
Old school NY Italian food was good enough to skip the 2 stars for the waitress. Best eggplant parm I've had in ages at a restaurant The Italian wedding soup was very good though we believe it was canned broth.(a bit salty but delicious) Carbonara with chicken was meh as the chicken was wayyyy overcooked and dried out Skip the prixe fixe menu and order alacart The desserts with the prixe fixe were absolutely trash. Not even funny how horrible that chocolate cake was. Serve bus boy was a 4 star The waitress Super friendly but should be working at Pilot gas. Didn't want to bother leveling the wave table so moved us( she said she didn't want to be bothered) Brought the salads that go with the meal after the meal and only because we asked what happened? One didn't have the dressing She only had 2 tables and was complaining about work she had to do in the kitchen and she wants to go home. We asked for be dessert and she disappeared Finally the bus boy went to find out what happened and she eventually came out with the desserts to go? Why? Please you had 2 tables only 2 tables and we were only 2 people!!! Yes the dinners were enough to have us wanting to return even if it's an hour and 15 minutes away
The food was good. Nice size portions.
Terrible experience. I understand they are closing for good in about a month so I overlooked the numerous menu items that were "sold out" in the name of history.We had a 630 reservation for 4 and we all arrived promptly. The only person that even bothered to recognize us was a hostess about 15 minutes later and simply snapped that there was a 7 top that would get seated first. We waited literally another 25 minutes and had to harass the female owner to finally get seated. We sat for about another 30 minutes with not even a glass of water and were just about to walk out when a waitess from the other room realized nobody had bothered even taking to us. She finally took our drink and food orders a little less than an hour after we were seated. I had shrimp parm with vodka sauce and my dinner companions had veal and chicken dishes. To a person the food was terrible. The pasta was very mushy and cut short like you would do for a child. The shrimp was average but the quality and type of cheese was disgusting. It seemed like a mix of cheap mozzarella and white American. The vodka sauce was quite a few steps below jar sauce also. All this after waiting until 840 to get our entrees! To add to our amusement one very nasty waitess dropped and broke dishes numerous times (they literally left the food and glass on the floor the last time) and the staff became involved in a loud argument in the kitchen with a couple saying they were quiting.None of us finished even half of our meals and didn't bother considering dessert. This place is reminiscent of every cheap bad "Italian" restaurant in the typical tourist towns. A shame considering the history here. But after this s&*# show all I can say is good riddance!
They dont know how to make shrimp parm use tiny salad shrimp & throw cheese on top was awful. Other food is way better. Staff & Cook have attitude problems.STAY AWAY from this restaurant unless u want it to go or pizza to go!
71 years and counting. Serving great Italian food to generations! Calling people home from all corners of the world. A MUST stop!!
My family and I came here for dinner for the first time to celebrate my birthday! Our waitress Olivia was by far the BEST!!!!! Helped us order accordingly since we had no idea the portions as far as the appetizers and she suggested some good entrees that we all chose from and loved!! The restaurant was short staffed like everywhere else right now… but even under some pressure Olivia stayed awesome and it was SO worth it!!! We’re already planning out next visit!!
Olivia was our waitress, very personable and a great server. Happy and pleasant. Food was outstanding and very large portions. Highly recommend
This is a tough place to review since there are some real pluses but also some negatives that are difficult to overlook. Overall I'd give them 3+ stars but can't quite get to 4 stars.First some advice... If you are going to order an appetizer, skip getting the garlic bread. It didn't have much of a garlic taste and the bread provided with your meal is far more delicious. We also had the stuffed mushrooms as an appetizer. They were fine just not to my liking but that's personal preference - you may think they are delicious. I'm not deducting any stars for what's written in this paragraph.The star deduction starts here... The guy who seated us was extremely unfriendly and came across as very annoyed that we arrived 5 minutes before our reservation. A very negative first impression. We were seated in the bar area that had an old water stain on the ceiling tile that should have been painted/replaced years ago. Speaking of which, the decor and atmosphere is straight out of the 1970's. The waiter was certainly rough around the edges and added to the negative first impressions. He came over to take our order but didn't ask if we wanted anything to drink - so we told him what we wanted. During the course of the meal he redeemed himself by splitting the entry we shared without being asked which was greatly appreciated and was very attentive.On the plus side, the chicken parmesan was quite good and certainly a very generous portion. In addition to the waiter being attentive, a woman who probably was the owner came over twice to ask how everything was and make small talk. We also had to ask for dessert and had the tartufo which was served at the right temperature and was very good.All in all not a bad place, but really not a great place either. I was expecting a bit more based on the ratings.
As a traveler on vacation with my family for Easter this was by far my worst dining experience, I was extremely disappointed and dissatisfied with my overall experience. We came to Tony Boffas expecting quality food and great customer service,the food was exceptional but our waitress Olivia was extremely rude and snippy upon first introduction and it only got worse throughout the night as problems between her and the rest of the staff became more persistent, I’d like to say I feel bad for the people she was working as she pocketed cash tips I hope they were shared equally among the rest of the staff. The rest of the staff I seen and interacted with in the dining room were extremely friendly and helpful. Between the rude waitress and the commotion in the kitchen our overall meal and time in the restaurant was unbearable and unpleasant i understand being “short staffed” and it “being crazy here” as our waitress explained but what I don’t understand is why that means take it out on the customer?, I appreciate the rest of the staff that was friendly and helpful as they tried to make what ended up being a horrible evening more tolerable and a little more enjoyable.
Celebrating 100th birthday. Everything was well coordinated. All food courses and drinks were served promptly. All the 7 entries choices were great. Thanks to Nannette and staff.
The restaurant was packed tonight, but our server, Olivia, was absolutely amazing! She handled herself well with a rude customer. She was great with us in making sure we had everything we needed at all times and got our food to us quickly. We are looking forward to going back for more delicious food.
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First time here. Traditional old-school Italian American cuisine. Family managed, pleasant atmosphere, generous portions, friendly & efficient staff. Definitely will be going back! ??????
I was looking forward to dining again at Tony Boffas had an amazing one of the best dinners. They were super busy but were seated immediately. Kia our server and all the other staff were attentive, friendly and accommodating. The owners and his beautiful Mom Donna making sure every thing is good and correct super nice. The food was superb delicious as always. My husband and I shared Coconut shrimp appetizer which I highly recommend. For our main I had chicken with eggplant Siciliano, Keith had Captains catch crazy good. If anyone knows me I'm a chocolate junky torn between their chocolate mousse cake or layer cake. Chose layer and couldn't leave without having a few bites. Loved every minute, we will be back. You don't have to look far Sullivan and Orange county have wonderful restaurant's. Donna and Keith Ruperd
Dirty Table cloths, rude staff- hostess with no charm. Dont waste you money the food was subpar. Very disappointing experience and messed up my meal. Owner did nothing other then offer to move us to a different table. Never came back to ask how our meal was, or checked, that we were taken care of! The food was ordered "gluten free" pasta and chicken grilled, what came out was regular pasta after we waited about 45 minutes for dinner and they were not busy. The chicken was placed back onto the grill and tasted burnt. Marc's meal was just ok, nothing special, or even mention-able. For the cost, a dinner would have done better, and cost half of what they charged. I don't mind paying for good food---but when it's like this you only feel taken advantage of.
Just had the most amazing dinner here. Lasagna, pizza, potato bacon soup served with assorted fresh bread in a basket. Our waitress Olivia was amazing and attentive. We'll be back!
Old school NY Italian food was good enough to skip the 2 stars for the waitress. Best eggplant parm I've had in ages at a restaurant The Italian wedding soup was very good though we believe it was canned broth.(a bit salty but delicious) Carbonara with chicken was meh as the chicken was wayyyy overcooked and dried out Skip the prixe fixe menu and order alacart The desserts with the prixe fixe were absolutely trash. Not even funny how horrible that chocolate cake was. Serve bus boy was a 4 star The waitress Super friendly but should be working at Pilot gas. Didn't want to bother leveling the wave table so moved us( she said she didn't want to be bothered) Brought the salads that go with the meal after the meal and only because we asked what happened? One didn't have the dressing She only had 2 tables and was complaining about work she had to do in the kitchen and she wants to go home. We asked for be dessert and she disappeared Finally the bus boy went to find out what happened and she eventually came out with the desserts to go? Why? Please you had 2 tables only 2 tables and we were only 2 people!!! Yes the dinners were enough to have us wanting to return even if it's an hour and 15 minutes away