Spiaggetta, Italian Seafood Trattoria
| Address: | 9800 3rd Ave, Stone Harbor, NJ 08247, USA |
| Phone: | +1 609-368-9400 |
| Site: | spiaggettanj.com |
| Rating: | 4.1 |
| Working: | 5–10PM 5–10PM 5–10PM 5–10PM 5–10PM 5–10PM 5–10PM |
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walter stiehm
When we initially entered the restuarant, we were not greeted and I was unable to get the attention of any of several staff members. My wife and I decided to leave and walked back outside. At that point a man outside asked if wed like to be seated and directed another staff person, who was socializing outside, to assist us. I wish I could say the service got better, but it didnt. After we were seated we were forgotten about. We had read the menus, laid them down, and waited, ... and waited. Finally, a waiter asked if wed been helped. We said no, he apologized, introduced himself, and took our order. We were offered wine, bottled water, Perrier, or just tap water. We said tap water was fine and ordered no other drinks. Our sin was immediately apparent. Our waiter turned to a young woman and told her, "they would like tap". She quickly returned and stated, "Here is your tap." My wife and I laughed at how exaggerated this all sounded and made fun as we sat with our "tap." In addition to our "tap," we received a very small piece of a baguette, some oil, and waited again. A second server came and refilled our "tap" before I had even taken a sip. That was the only time our water was refilled. During the meal, I finished my water but was never offered, or able to get, more. (This was my only drink). Three times during our meal a different staff member came by the table and grabbed my plate, attempting to clear our table. Each time I saved my meal, telling them I was still eating. It was amazing. We couldnt get their attention to seat us, take our order or offer us water but everyone that walked by attempted to take our meal from us. I told my wife if one more person grabs my plate Im going to gnaw their arm off at the elbow. Guarding my plate, I finally finished, still unable to get more water, excuse me, "tap". A waitress took my empty plate as she walked by, leaving us with only two empty water glasses. I kept looking around to get someones attention. Eventually, our waiter came and asked if we would like dessert. I said no, just the check please, having decided not to prolong this awkward drought by asking for more water when the meal was now over and the dishes cleared. He brought the check and, for the next 10 or 15 minutes, our superpower of invisibility took over. Our table became a ghost town, except for us. Two people, sitting alone, nothing but empty water glasses on the table and a small black folder with my credit card sticking out of the top, waiting to pay. I asked my wife if we were supposed to take the check somewhere to pay. She assured me they were supposed to come back for it. After several more minutes, I stood up, determined to figure out where to take this check so we could leave. The waiter saw me then and came for my credit card. Wouldnt you think that since I had to ask for the check and our table had been cleared, except for the empty water glasses, that it would have occurred to someone that wed like to pay and leave? Apparently this occurred to no one. My credit card was brought back to the table, I signed the receipt, and we stood to leave. At no point did anyone acknowledge us as we left. No comment such as Have a good evening, Thank you for coming, or Please come again". We had once again become invisible. Other than the very small baguette that was brought to the table while we waited for our meal, the food was good. The service was exceptionally poor. We were ignored when we entered, to the point of leaving. We were caught on the sidewalk by a man outside and brought back in. We had difficulty getting anyone to take our order, could not get a refill on our "tap" during the meal, struggled to keep staff from taking our plates while we were still eating. The food is good. Atmosphere is very noisy. Prices are too high. Service is the worst. Do yourself a favor, get your tap somewhere else. Avoid the false sense of sophistication and poor service.
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Laura Humphries
This place has good food overall and a nice atmosphere. Theres a nice selection of Italian food and some of the pastas are homemade. I was not crazy about one of the dishes we got but most of our food was quite good. it was super crowded so we were given a table that was literally right next to the crowd of people waiting to be seated - so it was a bit annoying (they jam too many tables in - we could practically touch the people standing up waiting, and no one should really be put in that situation for a nice dinner out) -- i wouldve left but I was starving so I didnt want to. Our server was just excellent though and she really made us almost forget we had a very lousy table. I would eat here again but probably not on a Saturday night in the summer. Off season and some weeknights theyre a bit quieter. During the season be sure to make a reservation.
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Chris Lundquist
Had a great meal here in choosing pasta with sausage and spinach. Everything else that the table ordered was enjoyed as well. It being BYOB means that youre set if you stroll in with a few bottles of wine. And they were happy to accommodate our unique seating requests and had our table all ready to go as soon as we came in for our reservation.
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George I
Definitely worth the walk is about 2 small blocks from the main strip definitely worth walk food was great nice waiter we had chicken parm sliced mozzarella and tomatoes for the appetizer people were dressed nice nice place to go dressed up not too dressy but just enough
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Sarah Hastings
This is my favorite restaurant in Stone Harbor. Homemade Italian food...it doesnt get any better than that!!! Only, the owner and the entire Spiaggetta team is so accommodating. The best of the best!!!!! Everything is delicious...my fav is everything!!!!
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Kate S
Loved that the owner Marco greeted us and introduced himself to us as we entered. The service was excellent and the food was delicious. We highly recommend their salads, fresh pastas and seafood for vacationers! Well be back again next summer.
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Maureen Mchugh
Great food and service especially the staff was great.. If i remember are waitress name it was Christina M, she was wonderful to me and my family. Great place to eat would recommended this establishment to all.
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Paul Rybin
Staff is bad. Dishes suck. Owner suck. The building suck. Used to be on the kitchen for a while, its normal thing for them to pick up meat ball from the floor and put on your dish. Bon appetit monsieur.
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Tanya Maier
Morgan, our waitress, was amazing! She went above and beyond for us and made us feel especially welcomed. The food was amazing! I highly recommend this restaurant.
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Ray M
outstanding pastsa, make sure you order the fresh homemade, Marco is an engaged owner and host.. its my new favorite place.
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William Metzler
A local gem for delicious seafood and pasta. Even some of the more adventurous dishes are excellently executed. A must-try!
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Caroline Givnish
Absolutely delicious!! It was our first time there and we would definetly go back again! Chicken Parmesan was the best!
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annette awe
Delicious food selections. Fabulous wait staff and owners. Reservation definitely needed during peak times in season.
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Stephanie Shelton
Very dark inside, friendly service, decent food. Wasnt blown away, would not return but not terrible.
