Nonna’s Place Ristorante Italiano Reviews Summary

Category: Italian restaurant

Address: 108 Lacey Rd #17, Whiting, NJ 08759, USA

Phone: +17327160002

Rating: 4.2
based on 186 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food is amazing, fresh daily."
  • "Everything we've had here is delicious, chicken parm, meatballs, salads, etc."
  • "The food was phenomenal!"
  • "Just really good, fresh Italian-American food. The scungili and calamari marinara was outstanding."
  • "The gnocchi was soft and tasty and the marinara sauce it came in was absolutely fantastic and tasted homemade."
  • "The food was delicious. Veal parmigiana was excellent, veal Sorentino was very good, shrimp scampi and shrimp franchaise also terrific."
  • "Every single thing they make is delicious!!!"

Cons:

  • "Calamari was oily and tough."
  • "The sausage was dry As hell. It was way over cooked and it was like it sat out for two days."
  • "It was so very salty and second Bute left a bad fish taste."
  • "All noodles with a little bit of cheese in-between then. A hunk of hamburger that was dry in the corner, and burned on the bottom."
  • "Side of sausage was disgusting - weird color/smell and overcooked."
  • "Food was very ordinary, unremarkable, bland and over-priced."
  • "What they delivered was a nightmare. Under cooked, lifeless dough with zero flavor due to low quality ingredients."

Service

Pros:

  • "The service was excellent and the food was good."
  • "Quiet dining area, courteous and attentive wait staff."
  • "The staff is always friendly and helpful."
  • "Our waiter was very good and we met Chris, the owner. They couldn’t have been nicer!"
  • "The staff were so friendly and very patient with our 2 year old."
  • "We visited Nonna's twice this month and both times the food was excellent."
  • "The service was amazing!"

Cons:

  • "Nobody had masks on only one of the girls there did.Nobody smiled,the guy at counter was so serious and seemed annoyed that we didn't know what we wanted."
  • "We had a bad experience with the waiter and the manager or owner."
  • "Absolutely terrible customer service from the owner and an employee."
  • "The waitress some little lady, with a nasty attitude was our server."
  • "The delivery drivers are very rude. They were nasty too my wife when they weren’t happy with a four dollar tip."
  • "No gloves for food prep. Eating while making pizza!! Seriously? Yuck!!"
  • "Rude staff especially the guy in the front taking order, he doesn’t pay attention to the order."

Price

Pros:

  • "The portions were also very healthy and the prices were reasonable."
  • "Also very reasonably priced food considering the portions."
  • "Great prices too as I can’t make a veal meal at home for what they charge."
  • "The prices were also very reasonable and don't break the bank."

Cons:

  • "I ordered a small broccoli rabe and sausage sandwich from Nonno’s in Whiting it was $17 which was way over priced."
  • "The food is too expensive vs it's quality."
  • "Pizza quoted in menu handout and on their board as $14.95 when we picked up pizza it was charged as $18.95."
  • "The pizza was good but to charge $3.00 for 20 cents worth of canned mushroom and $2.50 for .05 cents of onion that is just not right what a rip off."
  • "Be advised the prices posted on their website are incorrect."
  • "Will take my business elsewhere. Almost $42. for 2 pies and fries, felt like I got seriously ripped off."
  • "Planning to pay one amount and then being charged a higher amount puts the customer in an awkward situation."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "Very nice, casual atmosphere and byob."
  • "It's cozy!"
  • "Bringing your own bottle of wine will just add to the flavors."
  • "This is a quiet little restaurant with great service and food!"
  • "Such a friendly environment."

Cons:

  • "The only deficit are the empty stores surrounding it."
  • "The dining area smelled of a mix of old food and urine."
  • "Walked into dining room and wanted to vomit from smell...the carpet has not been vacuumed or cleaned in years."

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