The Restaurant

[Rosie]

We recently dined at The Restaurant,160 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, an upscale restaurant with luxurious surroundings. I actually sank so low in my chair that we had to move the lamp that was in the middle of the table so I could see one of my dining companions! Beautiful flower arrangements, banquettes and what looked like a two story plus ceiling all add to the elegance of the room.

We arrived before our friends and sat at the bar to have a drink and listen to the live piano music. Once our friends arrived our drinks were brought to the table--a nice touch. When a delicious selection of bread was brought to the table along with olives we commented that the bread was so good that the meal would definitely be a "winner." This turned out not to be true.

We started off with exemplary appetizers all of which were excellent. The roasted yellow and red beet salad with goat cheese and microgreens was beautifully presented as a tower with alternating colors of the beets. The hot pepper stuffed with a shrimp mixture was deliciously spicy and the shaved fennel salad with figs and prosciutto was tasty. Entrees were not as good. The lobster ravioli with a brandy cream reduction was no better than what I buy in the frozen food department of the supermarket; the Chilean sea bass was mushy and the Mojo rib was more rib than meat. The blue cheese horseradish crusted filet mignon was reported to be very good.

For dessert we had a fabulous apple sampler that consisted of tarte tatin, apple mousse and apple sorbet. Coffee was fair. With tax and tip the bill was $114 per couple.

[tommy]

lot's of blue hair and blazers at this place? that's always been my impression, although i've never been. reminds of the Sea Shack, also in hackensack. they have a commercial on local cable, espousing the virtues of their "steak, ribs, chilean sea bass, lobster, salmon, shrimp." they might even have "pasta" in there. can't be sure.

[nervousnelli]

Sounds like a rip-off to me.

[Rosie]

lot's of blue hair and blazers at this place?  that's always been my impression, although i've never been.  reminds of the Sea Shack, also in hackensack.  they have a commercial on local cable, espousing the virtues of their "steak, ribs, chilean sea bass, lobster, salmon, shrimp."  they might even have "pasta" in there.  can't be sure.

Tommy--Actually at 9 or 9:30 when the band started playing lots of ladies in leather were coming in to hang out at the bar. It looked like a watering hole at that point. The restaurant is quite elegant and nothing like Sea Shack.

[jhlurie]

I have an amusing mental picture now of Rosie in a REALLY low chair. For those of you who haven't met her... Rosie is... close to the ground already.

[menton1]

This place sounds like another restaurant anachronism, Stony Hill Inn. I love the more eclectic "New American" that has been mentioned in other threads, but they are hard to find and expensive.