Freehold
La Cipollina

La Cipollina

16A W Main St, Freehold, United States Of America, 07728

Cafés • Pizza • Seafood • Italian


"Extremely disappointing experience. Came in as a group of 4 on a Sat night to celebrate a birthday. The restaurant is advertised as being open until 11pm and so we made a reso for 9pm. This restaurant fancies itself as fine dining, however, they miss the mark on all necessary qualities other than the server wearing a suit. To begin, the underaged back server could not answer any of our questions and did not have the ability to open the spring water that we ordered, so I opened it for her. We then had to ask for bread, or it would not have been served. We attempted to order appetizers first but were told by the 16-year-old waiter that we had to put in our entire order, so we did. Minutes later, everything other than the entrees was brought to the table. We asked for the kitchen to slow down the pace, and we were told no. We had so many dishes on the table there was no room for anything else. We were forced to utilize the unoccupied tables next to us. I personally ordered a pasta course, prior to my entrée and of course they were both brought out simultaneously. The entrees were unpalatable. The chicken Milanese tasted like it was deep fried in the same oil that McDonalds cooks their French fries in. The seafood over parm risotto dish was swimming in so much water that it should have been advertised as a soup. The rigatoni was just bad, and the filet was flavorless and they were sure to top it with extra mushrooms after it was asked to have no mushrooms! We brought our dissatisfaction to the attention of the waiter who then admitted to us that the staff had purposely rushed our service because they were tired from working a party at 9 am. We offered our constructive criticism to the young boy who seemed to be the only staff member left in the restaurant. There was no supervisor or adult present. I paid the nearly $500 tab, the surprise 4% credit card fee, left 20% for the server, and did not even bother to order dessert. This restaurant is an embarrassment to fine dining. Overpriced, unpalatable food, and they have 16-year-olds running the place. How embarrassing. Will never return. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $100+ Food: 1 Service: 1 Atmosphere: 2"