Grandma's Meatball - MANASQUAN

Was voting from out of state. They said they were booked for the night but at the moment when I walked into the restaurant, they only had two tables that were being served and all the other ones empty 15 empty tables and all outside dining was empty as well. 2 waitresses one whom was on her phone. they turned me away with my family. Not a good practice for family owned businesses. I don’t support these types of businesses who discriminate. They don’t deserve our ! And I will always speak up when it comes to wrongful treatment.

We went out first time the food was delicious and the service was great we will definitely go back again

We were at your restaurant on 2 separate occasions. We have heard nothing but good things. And we love Italian food so much we figured we definitely give it a try. Your places very small and surprisingly quiet which is wonderful. First time we were there; we did have a reservations for a party of 2 and you sat us right next to the bathroom door with many open tables the entire time we were there. There was still available seating, so this obviously had nothing to do with other reservations. Service was pretty good. However, I have a major complaint about the rigatoni vodka. It was so spicy my throat was on fire, and I don't mind spice, but this had so much heat there was no flavor which goes to show me that it's not a real chef doing this, or they really made a major mistake. After bringing this up to the waitress, she apologized and said, everything in the restaurant is made to order so we can adjust it for next time. Nothing to do with the time I was there. Which kind of upset me but not a problem? We said we try again because accidents do happen. We were just recently there again for a small birthday party of 12 on a Friday night. Again, the place had a few open tables when we got there at 7:00 and never filled throughout our stay. I understand when businesses slow everybody wants to leave, but the restaurant closes at 10 o'clock and by 9 o'clock, we were pretty much finished all but our dessert. They dropped the check which we paid but we did still have some bottles of wine open on the table and we were enjoying the conversations. There was nobody else in the restaurant at the time and they decided it would be a good idea to turn the lights on bright Basically telling us it's time to leave at 9:15. This is not good business end upset us all. We were not being loud or rowdy. We left more than a 20% tip (not like it should matter but was well over $100) and yet the waitress came up took the wine glasses off the table and stated “sorry the dishwasher wants to leave” so we have to take all this away. You're open till 10:00 we were going to leave very shortly we're just finishing our wine it’s 9:15 and we were thrown out. They upset all of us trying to celebrate our dear friend’s birthday. The food was about average for the most part, slightly above average price, desserts very expensive for store bought. Needless to say, they just lost 12 customers

I had an absolutely delightful dining experience! The meatballs were delicious, and the chicken francaise was outstanding. The BYOW option added to the overall enjoyment, and the service was top-notch. A perfect blend of flavors and excellent service made this visit truly memorable. I highly recommend it!

Easy to make reservation, dinner was delicious, staff was awesome. We will be back!!