Eataly Ristorante - Short Hills

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   Sam

   New York City

   3 reviews

   3.0

   3 reviews

   Dined today

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

   I went to eat at the Eataly restaurant for the first time last night and I have a mixed review! As far as the food goes— we couldn’t try quite a few things we were interested in because they were out of quite a few things! There was no bolognese, a few other dishes, and even no Diet Coke, regular coke, or still bottled water. As far as what we did eat: the autumnal bruschetta was okay, the chicken Milanese was AMAZING (would definitely recommend), and the margherita pizza was just okay (floppy.) I also had the Paloma-ish mocktail which flavorwise was okay but I think it could’ve used bubbles and a fun garnish. Our waiter was very kind and apologetic that they were out of so many things. As far as ambiance- it was quite loud in there and also a bit cold where we were sitting. The food came out quickly. Overall, it was just okay for me but maybe I would feel differently if I would have been able to try everything!
   

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   Matthew

   New York City

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined today

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

   There were numerous items unavailable on the menu. The restaurant does not make any substitutes which made it more difficult on a menu that was already limited due to being out of specific meals.
   

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   Jessica

   New York City

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined today

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

   We had a lovely experience at Eataly Short Hills! We started with drinks (Limoncello Spritz, & Negroni Bianco) paired with Pane Rustico and Calamari Fritti apps! For entrees we had Tagliatelle Al Tartufo Nero and Cavatelli con Salsiccia e Broccoli. We finished off our meal with the fantastic tiramisu! The timing between courses and service was perfect! Highly recommend!
   

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   Gretchen

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   New York City

   2 reviews

   2.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

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

   Slow service, small portions, bad cocktail- I was told that there was no salt when I asked for salt and pepper?? Salad was missing 1/2 the ingredients?? Apps and entree came out at the same time?? Cappuccino was lukewarm Just a bad experience.
   

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   Michael

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   New York City

   57 reviews

   4.0

   57 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

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

   Nice new restaurant. They are still working out some of the kinks with service and the menu and were out of several items and the service, while lovely, was a bit slow and irregular. We enjoyed the pizza and salad. Others on our table enjoyed the pasta.
   

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   Pamela

   VIP

   San Francisco

   4 reviews

   3.0

   4 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

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

   Very pleasant waiter, I think they still need to work out a few things, no ice tea, no Diet Coke, would not give us club soda from the bar we had to buy a bottle.. nice large salad but minimal dressing so we asked for more which took another 15 minutes and came back with wrong dressing, so we waited another 10 minutes.. overall it was good but I'm not rushing back for awhile
   

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   Imtiaz

   New York City

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined 1 day ago

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

   This place has a lot of hype but the food and service are mediocre at best. The pizza is good but sometimes inconsistent. The pasta was okay and definitely not with the price. I think the take out area is probably better value. Not sure I will dine at this place regularly in the future.
   

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   Stacey

   VIP

   New York City

   5 reviews

   2.0

   5 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

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

   I had high hopes for this highly rated chain in our mall as that space had a terrible expensive food court and the food was yuck. Previously was an american joes that is sorely missed. If you stick with the wine, pizza or pasta you are good here. Those are excellent but everything else is blah or mid as my kids have said. And the service, well, it's not good but that could be because it's new but the worst is replacing things without telling the patrons. And i never write reviews but this bothered me, the gave us fried chick peas instead of fried zucchini and they gave us grapefruit in my salad instead of blood orange both without telling us. Imagine if we were allergic is all i can say. Good thing i caught it because grapefruit interacts with medicine i take. In the end they did the right thing and took it off the bill however I still can't get over the fact that if one of us was allergic, it wouldn't have ended well.
   

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   Adrian

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   New York City

   8 reviews

   1.0

   8 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

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

   First want to point out that the server shawn is great. Not his fault that the restaurant was almost out of everything. There was no focaccia bread available from the restaurant so he comped one on the house for us. The store manager though is extremely rude and the host is not knowledgeable at all. We asked if there was any table available and he said “No walks anymore” only reservation is at 9. We looked on open-table and booked the table 2 mins later for the next available one at 7:30. Table layout is horrendous too. Granted there were many available tables open.. the waiters ran in my chair multiple times. Food is absolutely not worth the price. We got the black truffle pasta and it was cold and hard. Highly do not recommend. We also got calamari and the was barely any servings in it. It was 80% fries 20% calamari. If anything just get the pizza to go from the market.
   

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    Scott

    New York City

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined 2 days ago

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

    Amazing home made pasta and the steak medium rare was as good as proper steak house.
    

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