La Dolce Vita Reviews Summary

Category: Italian restaurant

Address: 400 Ocean Ave N, Belmar, NJ 07719, USA

Phone: +17327493177

Rating: 4.2
based on 205 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "Overall attentive wait staff."
  • "Service was friendly and attentive."
  • "Great service with Daniel."
  • "The staff was very attentive and made sure that we all enjoyed ourselves."
  • "We had a wonderful experience with Daniel. Wonderful and very accommodating."
  • "Our waitress, Katie, was charming and attentive."
  • "The staff is friendly and kind."

Cons:

  • "Dirty plates left on our table and wrong appetizer brought out."
  • "Everything was excellent except when our table became available the host asked us to carry our own drinks from the bar to the table."
  • "Food is great, atmosphere is fantastic but the hostess has a nasty disposition."
  • "Waiters were non-existent after dropping off our first drinks."
  • "We asked to see a manager and that even took a while."
  • "When I called to speak to the manager and ask for a refund, he was nasty."
  • "Terrible service, rude waitress, mediocre food."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Strong drinks, delicious bread."
  • "Food was delicious and portions were huge!"
  • "The food is always delicious."
  • "The selection was diverse enough to provide sufficient choices, and was a good value for the money."
  • "The food was and has always been delicious."
  • "The calamari app and the chicken rollatini is always my favorite!"
  • "The pesto burrata dish was so flavorful, and my son's gnocchi was so light and good."

Cons:

  • "The vodka sauce was not anything special."
  • "The dessert trays we ordered were very disappointing."
  • "The pasta was not great and lacked flavor."
  • "Food was just average."
  • "No fresh oysters."
  • "Lobster was broiled hard and tasteless."
  • "Apps were boxed frozen food."

Ambiance

Pros:

  • "We love the sunroom across from the beach.. you can feel the ocean."
  • "Excellent food excellent service, wonderful atmosphere."
  • "The atmosphere was pleasant."
  • "We look forward to dining there in the future."
  • "La Dolce Vita has always been one of my favorite places to dine. The options are endless and the food is great. There's always a fun energy there as well."
  • "Our dinner last night at La Dolce Vita was the best I’ve had at the Jersey shore ever!"
  • "The location is fine; the interior space is elegant."

Cons:

  • "We were escorted to a hallway type area that was under construction with no heat and no ambiance."
  • "The room was overwhelmed with red and green Xmas decor."
  • "I think the music was an uncreative Italian restaurant mix that was slightly too loud."
  • "The restaurant has too many tables and seated too many customers beyond what the kitchen can handle."
  • "Very rowdy today in the restaurant... too loud!"
  • "This is a lovely Italian restaurant by the boardwalk."
  • "Huge tacky red and green Xmas balls hid the beautiful chandeliers, dying poinsettias hid the beautiful fireplace."

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