Locale Cafe
“The food goes from very good to outstanding and the outdoor patio is simply unmatched.”
“In more than a dozen visits over the years, we have always been greeted with genuine warmth and hospitality — something you should expect at any restaurant but we find increasingly rare.”
“I'm always wary of the service and food quality when I find out that the italian restaurant is not owned or staffed with italians (the establishment is run by Albanians).”
Locale Cafe
Takes Reservations: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$$ Price range $31-60
4 reviews
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NJ restaurant trying to be a New York restaurant. The location is perfect with plenty of parking. The interior is nicely decorated and could pass for high-end restaurant.
We ordered pasta, calamari, crab cakes, chilled seafood platter, salmon, lamb and steak.
Here are somethings that they could totally do better:
1) Stop being a push waiter – if the customer does not want it, then it means they don't want it. We asked for 1 fried calamari and 2 servings of the chilled seafood platter. He brings 2 calamari plates. When asked about the extra, he insisted that 1 was not enough to feed the whole table. We insisted that we only want 1 calamari. He said that it's already out so he can't do anything about it. Then he turned around and said no charge.
2) Medium does not equal slightly pink in the middle. That's called well done. – My lamb shank came out dry and overcooked. The waiter insisted once again that I have no idea what medium style is. He told me to look again and pointed out the slight pink in the middle. I told him to take it back and I did not want anything else on the menu. He came back after 5 minutes and apologized. He would bring another one in about 15 minutes. What a joke.
3) Overpriced wine is overpriced wine – I would not pay $360 for a bottle of Malbec anywhere no matter how good it is. Once again the waiter pushing for this incredibly expensive wine with the steak.
The best thing that I had that night was the garlic spinach side dish. SMH.
We had a graduation party on a gorgeous early summer night and the venue turned out to be perfect. Very good food, apps, and drinks. I would go back!
Again another fabulous meal with great service and great food, this time I had the carbonara as I was craving carb and fat….imagine that. I picked the perfect place and the perfect dish.
Ugh. Hate this place. Been here several times, and the food is always merely mediocre. The decor and atmosphere are straight-up New Jersey tacky, trying sooooooo hard to be "sophisticated".
Just not good.