A Salute Italian Restaurant & Bar Reviews Summary

Category: Restaurant

Address: 74 Main St, Matawan, NJ 07747, USA

Phone: +17325660267

Rating: 4.0
based on 230 reviews.

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "Super happy with the atmosphere."
  • "The building has a lot of amazing character."
  • "Beautiful restaurant. We sat at a corner table away from everyone it was fantastic."
  • "The building is an old church from the 18 hundreds."
  • "It has an old school type of atmosphere, full of character."
  • "The atmosphere is inviting and comfortable...the service is friendly and quick and the food is even better than the atmosphere and service if that's even possible."
  • "Upon entering the restaurant, I was in awe of the ambiance."

Cons:

  • "Patio had music blasting so loud you couldn't carry a conversation."
  • "For starters, it was VERY hot inside and the acoustics were awful. It was uncomfortably loud."
  • "The bar area for not being big though had music a little too loud."
  • "Star Wars movie on all the screens (weird) and music did not create a fun vibe in the bar area."
  • "We sat on lawn furniture, so uncomfortable, not even able to sit back in the chair."
  • "It was a 90 degree day and they had limited A/C everyone was sweating and miserable."
  • "The place was also filled with smoke, so it seems they were burning something in the kitchen."

Service

Pros:

  • "The owner and the entire staff were very professional, attentive and overall very genuine!"
  • "Our sever Greg was awesome, and gave the best food recommendations."
  • "The entire staff was very attentive and friendly."
  • "Our server Matt was exceptional... he was very attentive, checked on us often, even poured my wine when my glass got a tad bit empty."
  • "Staff was amazing from the hostess to Chad our server … so friendly and knowledgeable…"
  • "The staff are friendly and welcoming. You can sense their eagerness to serve and delight!"
  • "Our waiter Marc was very attentive, knowledgeable and answered all of our questions."

Cons:

  • "It felt especially toward the end that it took our waiter too long to come back and check on us and for us to get the bill."
  • "No one came to offer water, say hello, all the nearby waiters we're dodging my attempts to be greeted/served."
  • "They definitely need more staff... had to wait for a drinks."
  • "Service was slow and not what you would expect for what is trying to be an upper class restaurant."
  • "The service was extremely slow."
  • "They were by far the most disrespectful and uncaring staff members I have ever come across."
  • "Horrible slow service."

Food

Pros:

  • "This was hands down the BEST Italian I have had anywhere in NJ/NYC."
  • "The Detroit style pizza was excellent as an appetizer and one of the highlights of the evening."
  • "Malibu Bay Breezes are the best here too!"
  • "The Arancini, Pulpo salad, Frutta di Mare, and Cacio Pepe were exceptional, each dish bursting with flavor and expertly prepared."
  • "The food was excellent: the arancini, meatballs, eggplant parm, Detroit style pizza - all excellent."
  • "Everyone enjoyed their entrees."
  • "The food was delicious and not one plate had anything left on it."

Cons:

  • "Appetizers were Baked Clams Casino & Arancini. The rice balls weren't bad but the clams were inedible."
  • "The Gelato was literally soup and my cheesecake was room temperature at best."
  • "Good was awful chicken Marsala was like barbecue chicken. It was sweet and thick."
  • "The spicy rigatoni was okkkk, the chicken parm wasn’t it."
  • "The food is meh and expensive."
  • "The food took 2 hours."
  • "The food was terrible."

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