Top Restaurants in Wood Ridge
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Discover the best restaurant in Wood Ridge, United States including Cafe Matisse, B & W Bakery, Segovia Restaurant, Martini Grill, Casual Habana Cafe, Ice Cream Charlies, Matthew's Italian Restaurant, Biggies Clam Bar, Vesta Wood-Fired Pizza & Bar, Lyndhurst Pastry Shop
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1. Cafe Matisse
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 202 reviews
Cafe Matisse’s mission is to provide our patrons with a fine dining experience in an elegant yet casual, convivial atmosphere. We strive to address every detail and exceed expectations to create an experience that is truly a departure from the ordinary. Chef Owner Peter Loria’s hand crafted dishes are presented in either a three or a four course grazing menu option. We look forward to providing you and your guests with a special evening to remember! Nestled in a renovated circa 1898 firehouse, Café Matisse’s elegant dining room is adorned with Matisse silhouettes and bejeweled chandeliers. Our European courtyard, complete with romantic water features, is open each summer season from May 15th through October 15th.
Reviewed By careertutor - New Jersey
It's been over a decade since I dined at this restaurant, just too expensive for frequent visits. Intimate setting, nice ambiance, quiet without being stuffy. Our waiter was friendly and knowledgeable, the wine service was impeccable as four of us celebrating a birthday drank our way through three bottles. You have to appreciate the very limited menu choices as a tradeoff for quality to enjoy dining here. The 2-savory, 1-sweet prix fixe was definitely enough food, and I can recommend the fried artichoke and the crab cake; my friends also raved about the duck, the sirloin, and the tuna; each dish had many other side tastes and different items to accompany them. Food was original, and there were bursts of several tastes and flavors and textures on every plate, but curiously, the presentation of each was the same, a pile of circles in the middle of the plate. Both the duck and the crab cake had an onion ring circling the main protein. The server not only did not know which diner had ordered which dish, he could not identify which dish was which, making for confusion. At this price point, I expect the sang-froid and precision of a seasoned diner waitress, at least. I applaud that no one tried to remove a plate until all of us had finished, halleluljah someone still trains servers for that. Then we ordered coffee, and one of us asked that hers not be served until after dessert, the French custom, and that it be served hot. That request was honored, but no one asked when the rest of us wanted ours; I expected my coffee to arrive with dessert and was disappointed it wasn't. Worse was that having chosen a $9 hazelnut cappuccino, I was expecting unsweetened hazelnut-flavored coffee; instead it was clearly flavored with a hazelnut syrup that was sickeningly sweet. A bit of a disappointment to end a festive occasion. Call me a prickly fuss budget, but at over $100 per person, I want perfect everything. We were pre-disposed to have a great time, and we did, but it was carried more by our celebratory mood than by the experience, at least for me.The 10% cash discount was an unexpected plus.
2. B & W Bakery
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 207 reviews
Reviewed By Jesse P - Hackensack, New Jersey
They're famous for their crumb cake- and it may be the world's best.
We also love the Rainbow Cookies- they are also one of the best we've ever had!
Numerous other cookies & pastries we have had are excellent!
On the negative side we don't love the spice cake or the small hand-held fruit pies- but maybe we just don't care for these items in general.
3. Segovia Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 199 reviews
Segovia where enticing cuisine, inviting ambiance and impeccable service effortlessly combine to create a rich and authentic Spanish dining experience. Our menu is based on only the finest seafood and meat and the freshest seasonal produce, all meticulously prepared and pleasingly presented. Our talented chefs add a fresh, modern approach to traditional favorites creating a menu perfectly balanced between rusticity and refinement. Family owned and operated for more than three decades, it is our commitment to the true spirit of hospitality that has earned us a place in the hearts of our very loyal customers. We invite you to let us be your hosts again - or for the first time. We look forward to welcoming you soon.
Reviewed By Larry B
Love this restaurant for so many reasons. First the quality of food is excellent but the quantity of food is overwhelming. Most of the time when I go I have to take some home for leftovers.
The atmosphere is inviting and I love the culture of it all. The waiters are professional and helpful.
The sangria which you can get in pitchers might alone be the reason to go.
It’s just a few miles down the road from MetLife Stadium on a road that I never even knew existed until a few years ago because of this restaurant.
If you go into a giant or Jets game and you’re not tailgating and need a bite, give this place a chance ...you will not regret it.
4. Martini Grill
Overall Ratings
4 based on 63 reviews
Reviewed By SAILSOC381 - Haworth, New Jersey
The second visit was as satisfying as the first.....especially with a GROUPON. The food is excellent: the service is very good, the décor is comfy but not especially overwhelming, music in the bar did not overwhelm conversation. The place is an anomaly: gourmet dining in what appears to be a blue-collar neighborhood.
5. Casual Habana Cafe
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 159 reviews
Reviewed By Douglas F - Garfield, New Jersey
If Cuban food is your thing then this is the place. All of the typical dishes are here and they're cooked to perfection. The Ropa Vieja is top on the list followed by the churrasco. Great home made empanadas with several typical of fillings. It's a bring your own bottle and the sangria is definitely worth an order. Prepare for a nice night out but make a reservation especially on the weekends because this place fills up quickly.
6. Ice Cream Charlies
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 47 reviews
Reviewed By Maribel5951 - Rutherford, New Jersey
Terrific ice cream is served in a really nice setting. The portions are HUGE so you may want to ask for a kid's size or a small
7. Matthew's Italian Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 179 reviews
Reviewed By reenie532 - Passaic Park, New Jersey
Short version: Matthew's deserves all the five-star reviews it has received.
Long version: I'm not from Jersey, but have grown to love it here. Well, North Jersey to be clear. Part of it is the southern European enthusiasm for food - Italian, Portuguese, not foodie stuff - although plenty of that - but the ability to take a concrete block of a nondescript building next to a state highway with a sorry excuse for parking and turned it into a fabulous place to have a meal through energy, enthusiasm, great cooking and a desire to do good for people by feeding them well. The night a friend and I arrived for a late dinner on a lousy weather, mid-week evening in early February, Matthew's, a smallish restaurant, located in a nondescript building next to a major interchange off Route 3 in Clifton was filled to the brim. We waited a cheerful 15 minutes as a hostess brought us each a glass of wine as we sat in the cramped wait area, accompanied by a passed hors d'oeuvre, and updated us about the wait, swung by to chat with us and other patrons who were waiting - in short, even though we weren't yet seated, we were welcome and included. At the table, the owner, Matthew, who I was told is there almost all the time, stopped by to say hello and welcomes us as new patrons - obvious since so many of the other ones addressed him by name, including the two cute kids with their father sitting at the table next to us who told us openly that when mother has to work late, they love coming to Matthew's. Don't misunderstand, this isn't a diner - this is white-tablecloth, candle-in-the-center restaurant, but it still has the feel of a happy, family, good China, Sunday dinner kind of place. The place is intimate, but alive - people eating, conversations happening, wait staff helpfully serving and advising. And the food was great. Well-known Italian, but good Italian. Not fancy, but the pasta fresh, light, not sticky or starchy - the veal marsala - or as the menu lists it - vitello marsala - so easy to mess up - was excellent. Eggplant rollatini - another one of my favorites, fortunately was soft, but not soggy and the ricotta smooth and creamy, the eggplant not bitter (yea for that extra step!!). Some people may think that writing vitello and pesce and zuppa on the menu is a bit over the top - why the fancy/shmancy names? - but it reminded me of the way that so many immigrant families (including mine which is not italian) tie their family heritages together here in north jersey - nonna says zuppa, tony jr says soup and whether it's polish or hungarian or portuguese - you blend the home country with the jersey suburbs and whether here or there, it's about comfort, about home, about family, friends, fun and great food. Matthew's Italian Restaurant nails it.
8. Biggies Clam Bar
Overall Ratings
4 based on 120 reviews
One of three New Jersey locations of the Biggies clam bar chain.
Reviewed By MenschinNJ - Wood RIdge, NJ
If you like fish (whether fried, baked or raw) this is a good place to go. Of course there are non-fish items also.The atmosphere is pub-like, and nicer on the inside than outside. It is a bit noisy, especially near the bar. We went during the week, yet it was still crowded, that is a good sign. The wine list was far from extensive, but fairly priced. The raw oysters were delicious, nicely presented and also fairly priced. The fried clams were the best I ever had. They were clam bellies served on the shell. Recommended.
9. Vesta Wood-Fired Pizza & Bar
Overall Ratings
4 based on 138 reviews
Reviewed By Number1NolesFan - Cape Coral, Florida
An upscale Pizza/Italian restaurant. Had a business dinner here, great pizza choices, expertly prepared, an extensive wine/beer list, with a full service bar. A full Italian menu that will take many many visits to try all the choices I want! Second visit was a holiday party in the downstairs private room. A bit small for the 21 we got in there but a very pleasant venue with dedicated staff. The bartender even went upstairs to get my draft Peroni's!Will be coming back many, many times. By the way, try the buffalo chicken pizza! Oh, and the calzone! Oh, and the meatballs......fried mozzarella...
10. Lyndhurst Pastry Shop
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 74 reviews
Reviewed By BankerT27 - New Jersey
Chocolate dipped jelly cookies cannot be beat! Actually ALL of their cookies are great....wont be disappointed.
