Grandma's Meatball - MANASQUAN

1. Very small portion for the price.. not worth it! 2. If a restaurant offers gluten free anything, they a. Should have it in the menu (no gf meatballs? That’s why we went!! and b. Know how to cook it. We were hoping that they’d at least get the pasta right but my dish had pasta that was literally uncooked. I tapped it in the plate. The owner looked insulted. Really? Then she brought it back to the chef, came out and said, “The chef cut a piece with a fork. He said that’s Al dente.” My husband said “Some of it was raw, I could’ve jabbed someone with it!” No accountability nor apology offered by the waitress, chef nor owner. Take your chances if you like but that was money wasted and insult to boot. The waitress actually had the gall to ask if we’d like dessert… wha????

Used to come here all the time pre child. Food is great, service is great. Called the other night asking about reservations for 2 adults and an infant. They asked the age of the child and when told, they stated we are not kid friendly and hung up. Pretty disappointed.

You need a reservation!! The restaurant is next to a liquor store and you can BYOB. I got the special flounder franchise and it was extremely delicious. The dining partner got spaghetti and meatball with one large. very delicious meatball. All desserts are made in house and I got the tiramisu. It was an excellent meal. absolutely worth it.

Very disappointed in this restaurant. Went on a Friday night at 5:30 with a friend and my 6 year old. When we arrived there were maybe 2 tables occupied and the host asked if we had a reservation. We didn 't, but he was very nice and said that 's not a problem and showed us to a table. From there everything felt very rushed. The waitress at first seemed cordial but wasn 't very warm. Asked what we wanted to drink and threw down a basket of bread on the table. She told us the specials before even bringing us menus, which were a piece of printer paper. I barely started asking if they could make a child 's size portion of pasta and I was instantly shot down with we can 't do that. Again, there were only 2 other tables so it 's not like it was SO busy that they couldn 't throw a little extra pasta in a pan to cook for my daughter. She asked the kitchen and I was again served with a firm no. I was clearly frustrated and said forget it I 'll just share with her. After we ordered she whipped the menus out of our hands. It took about 15 minutes to get our dishes, and the saving grace here is that the food was very good. But my pasta dish and my friend 's salad were $25 each. The cost was outrageous. I understand inflation and making ends meet but not to that extreme. Lastly, our bills came with a $1 credit card processing fee. Again, understand that this is the norm now but $1? That 's petty. We weren 't served with a goodbye or a thank you as we left. Horrible service and an unwelcoming atmosphere. Absolutely will not be going back. Do yourself a favor and don 't waste your time or money. There are much better Italian restaurants up and down the coast that would gladly welcome your business and give you child-friendly food options.

Went last night with a friend and her daughter who is 6, have been wanting to try this place for months, asked if we had a reservation which we didn’t but the gentleman was very nice and sat us. Was told the specials, ask if we could have separate checks as I planned on doing a take out order as well. Placed order, I got a beet salad, my friend got rigatoni and went to order for daughter and asked for kids menu and was told they do not do kid portion so she split her meal with her daughter. There was no attentiveness, asked for lemon with our water n never brought, made us feel if we didn’t order a lot we should just hurry up and go. We declined dessert, never offered us coffee, more water, nothing. I declined my takeout order as we would get no bread and salads and cannot see spending 25 for rigatoni with nothing with it so we asked for our checks. Well it cost us 50 for a salad, plate of rigatoni and a bottle of water, 7 for water!!!! 19 for a salad, and to add, an additional up charge for using cr card and was rudely told I should have read this on the menu, where????and why wasn’t it pointed out???? So I could have been given the option to pay cash… I refuse to leave a tip, my friend left her6 I said that can be from both of us since I paid for the 7 bottle of water and not enough for two let alone three people. Never, never again on principal alone but it’s a shame because the food was very good, even for a salade