De Novo Montclair

“This place is absolutely on point. Everything that we ordered was impeccably prepared and served. The tuna special was a lightly seared Aji tuna. Very thick nice slices that had beautiful color. The artichoke heart starter was also really interesting. Never seen a complete artichoke heart deep fried and served the way it was. It was delicious. Not too heavy. We also enjoyed two of the flatbreads for starters. Also, really nice. Blackened salmon had great taste. And looked wonderful as well. We shared three desserts, family style. The bread, pudding, Tres, leches cake, and a pie dish that I forget the name. All were fantastic.”

“I originally thought this was just a train station but then someone told me there was a great restaurant here and I wound up trying it. It is a little expensive, so just be forewarned (we split the check between the 2 of us but I still paid over $100 for 1 appetizer, 1 salad, 1 shrimp pasta dish, 2 desserts, and 3 drinks) but it was totally worth it. Every single dish and every drink were superb and there are 4 or 5 other things I want to try from the extensive menu, so I will be back. I can't think of a single negative except that the 2 person tables were tiny ones and I felt like I had no space. But I was there for the food, and they really delivered on the quality and portions.”

“Super surprised at how delicious the vegetables were here. Not a vegetarian here, our group kind of happened on these items. Their broccoli rabe is incredible, buttered edamame, mushroom rissoto, and mashed potatoes. We also loved their linguine, cacio de pepe and lamb. Oh and the calamari has an incredible orange ginger dip (get extra!).”

“The food was amazing, and the atmosphere was great. Our server, Kevin, treated us like we were royalty. It was literally the best restaurant experience I’ve ever had. I will definitely come here very often. The sushi was outstanding, by the way.”

“We came in for dinner after a few years and let me say we were absolutely blown away! Diego was our server he was very pleasant. I took his personal recommendations from drinks to dessert. His selections were on point. He made us feel like we were at home. Definitely recommending this place!”