Al Di La
Italian
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Location and hours
Location
1 Hoboken Rd , East Rutherford, NJ
(201) 939-1128
Hours
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Reviews
Overall rating
(137 reviews)
Great ambiance. The owner is very friendly. It's also a wonderful place for parties.
tasted great, but served lukewarm. place was not crowded.
Everyone working there were very pleasant and helpful. Service was excellent
Food was delicious! Huge portions! The server was very nice and answered all our questions and made suggestions. The decor was lovely.
Not enough servers. Ordered a $36 steak, medium, and it arrived over done. Simple things like, no salt and pepper on any tables, had to ask for water refill a couple of times.
The staff was incredibly warm, welcoming and so very friendly. The food was excellent and the choices were numerous. We all thoroughly enjoyed our dinner.
Very good service and pleasant waitress! Portions were very big!
Food was excellent but not enough help for the crowed since there was entertainment. Service normally is very slow.
Food and service excellent. Location very accessible.
We were at the restaurant for 2 hours. Loved every minute of it. Exactaly what we wanted. Great service. Unbelievable food. Tried several different dishes. Some were new to us. All cooked to perfection with tastes that made the occasion.
The food was enjoyable. The service was good. Our waiter was pleasant & attentive.
Food was good. There was an event in the party room. The service to the dinner room was slow. Our table was not completely set up. We had no napkin and need to get up to take from the other vacant table. Appetizer was warm. We ask for plates to share the food and salad. Waiter took my bread plate but never return with the large plate. We again got them from other empty table. Luckily, the food taste good.
Server (I believe her name was Nancy) is outstanding!! Very personable and helpful. Food, as always, was great. We had this special salad....Jesse salad...was fantastic!
This particular visit the service was slow due to a large party, and my pasta sauce was very salty, but overall it is usually a great restaurant with good food.
I ordered the sizzling steak. One person at another table said that it smelled delicious! It was perfectly prepared and tasty.
The food, service and atmosphere we're excellent.
excellent, courteous staff: waitress, bartender
lovely atmosphere; clean; attentive wait staff
we enjoy the food and friendly employees.
the food and staffare very good
Ordered the double pork chop. The roasted vinegar peppers were outstanding! Had clams casino for an appetizer and they were tasty and moist. My wife ordered the penne pasta with sausage and broccoli rabe and that was very good also. Try the tiramisu for dessert.....you won't be disappointed.
the staff food service are all very good.
Loved the entire experience. The atmosphere was charming with great background music and great servers.
One of the best dining experiences ever. The food was outstanding, the atmosphere was beautiful and the staff was so friendly and accommodating. I felt like I was dining with family.
efficient wait staff; excellent food, pleasant atmosphere
Food was awful and not fresh. Couldn't even finish. Was begging for check so we could get Wendy's instead. Bad when Wendy's is tye highlight of your dining experience for the night.
waitress great personality
Generous portions, great service
Service fell short.
Solid food
Lovely waitress!!
The food was too salty
From the moment we walked in, the hostess was very nice.Our waitress was very nice, pleasant, extremely attentive.Also the busboys were good.The food was delicious. From the appetizers, salad, entrees, dessert. All delicious.
My wife had the salmon and I had trout over linguine. Excellent For appetizer we shared calamari. with a ginger source. They have great pasta dishes. There is a bar so if you want a cocktail or wine it is available. We had a bottle of wine for $20.
Service very good.
Great service and the food is outstanding.
This restaurant is exigent. Wonderful ambiance, staff is always do kind and friendly and the food is amazing!
The chef and our waitress were such a delight.
excellent selection of meals; attentive service
The staff is very attentive, but not overbearing,and very friendly and engaging.
Did not need the karaoke during dinner.
The ambiance was great and so was the food and service.
The bread was cold, the eggplant appetizer was cold, both the stuffed scallops and the Ahi tuna entrees were blah.
The bread was cold, the eggplant appetizer was cold, both the stuffed scallops and the Ahi tuna entrees were blah.
Our server was so knowledgeable, friendly and professional. She took pride in the restaurant's food. The food was simple but well executed and delicious.
rice balls!
Exceptional service and food.
The service was great and the food was excellent.
good selection of entrees, nice atmosphere
Great restaurant and Joe was the best server we've had in forever! Delicious food! Excellent portions!
The order of scallops were undercooked.
good selection of entrees at reasonable prices
The food and the atmosphere was very good.
Food and service was excellent
Food was not very hot, my dish was decent but other diners I was with enjoyed their meals.
Service was slow but we were not in a hurry, so it was not an issue. We noticed tables leaving and/or complaining for the same reason
Food and service were exceptional. Our waitress was new (1st day) yet well versed on menu and handled things with little help. Shows service staff is trained well.
Our waitress Rachael was awesome.We receiver our dinner amazingly fast. Very impressed.
the service was good and so was the food...
"Murphy" dishes.......wonderful!
The food was excellent, probably the BEST MEAL we have had in a restaurant WORLDWIDE in the last 10 years ! Just unbelievable, and something my wife and I will NEVER forget. We will recommend it to everyone and KAREN the service was top notch, very efficient and professional and a true asset to Al Di La. The owner overseas EVERYTHING here at Al Di La and his perfectionism and attention to EVERY DETAIL is worthy of a 5 star rating ! He should be very proud of what he has at Al Di La and the exceptional dining experience. Thanks !!
The food was delicious and had nice portion. The place has traditional look and is very clean and charming.
great menu bronzini and osso bucco excellentFred was a great server
delicious food - excellent service -friendly
Good food.....great waiter.
both the food & service was excellent!!they have a wonderful happy hour & Donna the Mgr/barmaid & the owner were both a DELIGHT!Super fun time.
Delicious food, personable server.
Saturday night dinner had loud DJ music. Good food, good service. Fair Pricing.
the meal wasnt what I expected. the signature dish was too vinegary and not to my liking. The waitress did describe how it was made, but the actual dish was too vinegary.
Great food !
Food was good. There was live music on a Saturday night that was very pleasant.
Food was good. There was live music on a Saturday night that was very pleasant.
Food and service was excellent.
Our waitress was very accommodating and knowledgeable. The food was well prepared. The overall experience was enjoyable and we would return to the restaurant.
The atmosphere is beautiful, the staff is very friendly and accommodating, and the food is creative and delicious.
The food and decor were a big surprise. Have passed this restaurant many times over the years and never thought to try it, but we will definitley return.
Staff was very friendly and courteous. It took a while for someone to come take our drink orders, but after that, service was very prompt.
This was an experience as opposed to dinner. The service was impeccable, the food delicious,the atmosphere was terrific especially when the entertainer Jerry began singing.
Great staff great entertainment
Great food, great bar, great waiter, everyone friendly
Great service. Staff was very pleasant and attentive. The food was very good. I would definitely go back. Seems to be a hidden treasure that not enough people know about!
Staff was agreeable, experienced and always available.
excellent food and service!
Loved it !
Wonderful food, everything tasted great.
It was nice.....decor and food.
The food was good but the service was very slow.
Everything was very good.
Food was ok, had to send back a dish, wine was stale and no one said goodnight to us when leaving.
The ambiance is great - and the food was delicious - recommend they get a drink menu to assist those that want to drink something other than wine.
Friendly place.
The service and food quality were very good.
Everyone was very attentive, food was delicious, lovely atmosphere.
Everyone enjoyed their entrees, but one appetizer was sent back and taken off the bill. service was satisfactory, and all agreed we will try again.
Service and atmosphere were perfect.My meal was incredible (Chicken Murphy).Everyone in the party was happy with choice of restaurant.
Everyone enjoyed their entrees, but one appetizer was sent back and taken off the bill. service was satisfactory, and all agreed we will try again.
Bartender confused a Manhattan with a Rob Roy.Will return to this restaurant often.
The food was excellent and the service was very good.Looking forward to going again.
The staff and the owner DOminick could not have been nicer or more accommodating to us. The food was superb. We all had a great time....-:)
Great people working there and great food! pasta was cooked perfectly and the fried mozzarella with red peppers was great!!!
The atmosphere was nice. Restaurant was quiet and conversational. The wait staff was attentive and very pleasant. Although I found my meal very good, my husband was not really pleased about his steak with peppers. He found the meat tough. And the bread was not warm from the oven like waitress said. The bread was tough too. I don't the think the prices on the menu matched to what we were actually charged for items. It was only 1 or 2 dollars difference, but still not the price listed on our check I didn't realize this until next day, when looking at receipt. My husband doesn't want to visit again.
The online menu sounded great, we both wanted red snapper. In person there was no red snapper on the menu. I ordered the seabass but had it blackened (I didn't mean to fry the fish and burn it, I meant the seasoning). DRY! BURNT! My boyfriend ordered a chicken dish that said light cream sauce but everything was swimming in a cream sauce!
The service and food are always outstanding.
Good food and good service. Owner is the cook.
Food was excellent
The menu has become more resstricted. The owner tells us he is changing it.
we ate mat al di la when they were in Montclair and food was always good
The atmosphere was very nice....music was entertaining as well. Overall, great place.
food is allways great, however it was a bit on the cold side being we were the only table in the resturant. service took awhile, and the waitress had no personility.
food was excellent service was superior atmosphere is comfortable
Very friendly, great food
service was super slow. it took more than 45 minutes to get food. people were arriving way after us and received their food before us
We enjoyed the atmosphere and attentiveness of the staff. We thought they were having doowop music but it turned out to be 70/80music and were disappointed.
The food and service was excellent. The Italian music (band) was a nice surprise.
I felt we were rushed to order when first sitting down and there was only 1 other table occupied. The waiter came over 3 times to ask for our order and finally when we agreed, he told us there were specials he forgot to mention. Calamari was rubbery. Expensive for my taste!
The owner came to say hello and was very cordial.
only dismay was with the decor, very dark, columns old-fashioned. Everythng else was fine
Very accomodating. It was my boyfriends birthday and they sang to him. The waitress was great, and so was the food!
Service was horrible...took over 35 min to get drinks and bread, and the service was a problem
The food and service was very good but the atmosphere was unsettling. The staff kept walking back and forth on the hardwood floor and I could feel the vibrations of each step. Sitting in another section would have been better.
We absoutely LOVE this place and of Course, the owner Dom is amazing!!
food was great ,will return in the near future
The place was remodeled and they did a good job but more attention should have been placed on remodeling the food to get repete customers
Wonderful food. Love the Gluten Free option. Need more Vegetarian options. You were out of the artichoke appy's that night :(.
the service was terrible, probably due to a catered party event simultaneously being attended to. entertainment was very good.
The support staff was terrible and slow, but the bar tender was wonderful. More helpful and friendly then any other staff member. He was the only one who did not move at a turtle"s pace or argue with other staff members.
enjoyable experience
Normally our experience at Al Di La is terrific... great food, wonderful service, lovely atmosphere... this last visit, the waitress was rude, exceptionally rude, to myself and the rest of the party-- the food mediocre, at best, service slow-over an hour to receive meal. Very disappointing experience at a usually great place- not likely to return.
Al Di La is wonderful..the food and service is excellent! They make the best Vodka Pasta I've ever had!! The manager is warm and welcoming and never fails to come over to the table to talk and check that everything is perfect. It was my friend's birthday and he gave us both desserts "on the house" and sent her order to the table with a candle in it! I recommend this restaurant to everyone!
Chicken francese was dry. veal saltimbaca was cold. Service was slow. Parking was difficult. DJ played very old music for a Sat night. Exspected a better experience.
I really like Al Di La's. Been here many times with groups and as a couple. Will be back!
Use to go to this restaurant when it was in another location.
A very pleasant and friendly atmosphere exists here.
We all thought that the prices were too high and also didn't like that the gratutity was added on to our bill.
Great place and food!
We use to go to Al di La when they were in Montclair and was so happy to find out they are now in East Rutherford. Food was great. Can't wait to go back.
Drinks were pricey.