Eataly Ristorante - Short Hills

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   Andre

   New York City

   9 reviews

   4.0

   9 reviews

   Dined today

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   No bread or focaccia. They run out of it. C’mon is an Italian restaurant, and you run out of bread? The host was like they were doing you a favor, made me wait, despite me having a reservation. Service was very slow. Little disappointed, not the same experience I had at the Flat Iron or Lower Manhattan locations.
   

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   JoAnn

   New York City

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined today

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   They made us wait over 30 minutes for our “reservation“ and then when we finally sat they told us they had no bread products whatsoever. No focaccia, bruschetta, baguette, nothing. I thought this was an Italian restaurant. How do you have no bread??? They also had no seafood like calamari or fish. Horrible experience. We will not be returning.
   

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   Caryn

   New York City

   14 reviews

   4.0

   14 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   Food was pretty good just not as good as the city one. Price is pricy side. Should’ve been a tad cheaper for being in NJ. And vibe was just casual and not as sophisticated/luxe feel. Felt like a mall restaurant. I get they have fine dining pricing but the feel and ambiance is just not up to par.
   

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   Andrew

   San Francisco

   2 reviews

   2.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 3

   Been a couple times. The pasta was super bland. They did the Caesar with arugula which didn’t work. The supli were good. Service was underwhelming.
   

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   Deepti

   VIP

   New York City

   26 reviews

   3.0

   26 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Nice ambience. Pizza was good. Very Disappointed with the NY strip steak-had 6 small pieces of cut up steak for $40. Deserts were meh as well. Overall average food.
   

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   Shari

   Greater Boston

   6 reviews

   4.0

   6 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   Food was very good. Service has improved tremendously.
   

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   Brie

   VIP

   New York City

   4 reviews

   1.0

   4 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 2

   Everything took forever. We checked in for our reservation and there was a large group of people tons of empty tables and it took 15 mins to seat us. We sat and promptly ordered drinks and an appetizer. Our server had to make our cocktails, not sure who thought that was a good idea. He brought them and forgot our sparkling water. Food was mediocre at best, pasta needed salt, none was on the table. No one offered us cheese. You would think that they would just give you a dish if they are too busy to shred cheese. Salad had very little dressing. Pizza came out after two tables were seated 20 mins after us received theirs. Definitely not going back, what a disappointment on every level.
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   VIP

   New York City

   2 reviews

   1.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Calamari was not crispy at all very much just soaked in oil , last time I got calamari it was good this time terrible. I should not have to wait over thirty minutes for an espresso martini that sucks. Also had no water due to them not having any still water bottles not acceptable.
   

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   noel

   VIP

   Atlantic City

   4 reviews

   5.0

   4 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great experience. Server and management were awesome!
   

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    Mark

    New York City

    2 reviews

    3.0

    2 reviews

    Dined 2 days ago

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 4

    Waiter was very nice and good, but felt the portions were small albeit very good. Had a reservation but was really early. Told to come back at that time but probably should have said stick around or taken our number as tables opened up. Valentine’s Day menu was all small portions except the dessert. Wine pairing was good. Make bigger portions even slightly and get a better system at check in and it will be a much better experience.
    

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