Love this place; friendly service, good food and wines. Overall, a very positive experience.
Calandra's Italian Village
973-226-8889
Listing Manager:
Thea
The Village houses everything you'd want in Italian food: a 170 seat restaurant with outdoor seating, bar, cafe, bakery, market, deli and more, including: clothing, gift baskets, serving platters and espresso. A wine cellar features the family Sicilian wines. It offers a full catering menu for special events and weddings. The Calandra family is known in the metropolitan area for its fine breads. The best sellers here are the Calandra Olive Oil, Sicilian wines and homemade pastas. Chef S. Mainera was voted one of the 2009 Top Ten Best Chefs by the New Jersey Star Ledger. Eat here or grab and go.
- Hours: Open 7 Days, Bakery hours: 6am - 9pm Restaurant hours: 11:30am - 10pm
- Handicap Accessible: There are no stairs from sidewalk or inside complex.
- Payments accepted: American Express, Cash, Debit Card, Discover, MasterCard, Personal Check, Visa
- Products: All types of Italian foods, wine, coffee, build-your-own gift baskets, catering, weddings and more.
- Services: Gift certificates, Gift wrapping
- ATM: No
- Public restrooms: Yes
- Parking: Free lot
- Lost & found phone: 973-226-8889
- Valet parking: No
Not only is this place is expensive for what you actually get (couldn’t believe a salad with cheese/chicken and some peppers would be $20.00!) The staff, a waiter named Joe who I had twice was beyond rude, we needed time to decide what we wanted and we told him this 3 TIMES! Every 2 min he was asking us if we knew what we wanted, we told him we would let him know when we were ready but no that didn’t keep him from coming back and at the end I realized why.. He then dropped our bill at the table and asked us to pay since he was there all day and would love to "get the hell out of here" so inappropriate! oh and to top it off the waiter that was working that night stood there with Joe and claimed what "bullshit" it was that we were still there, no offense but they were seating people in the dining room while we were paying so clearly they weren't closing! Just a horrible experience would never recommend or go back! Forte is just down the block with better food & better service!