This place was amazing had the black ocean for dinner it's Byob staff is very friendly and accommodating will be back for sure

Just had Mother's Day dinner here. Great job all the way around. Kate was our waitress and she was attentive, pleasant and professional. Terrific zucchini sticks, flavorful stuffed clams, Flounder "Veronique" was excellent. Definitely recommended. read more

New Year's Day we headed into downtown Westfield for lunch. Just being able to park, let alone easily, was novel; if you know that downtown, you know what I mean. But when we found Cosimo's was open despite the fact it was a holiday, it would be more than a parking space that would be filled. It was our first visit here even though we've lived in Westfield since 2008 and I wish we had tried it sooner. The greeting of the hostess (who may be the matriarch, as Cosimo's strikes me as family-owned), our table near the fireplace, the ambiance, and the attention paid by the staff (in particular, the personable waitress Angelina) were all warm. The food? Hot and tasty, with generous portions to boot. The restaurant was dead quiet as we got settled; we may have been the first customers of the day. Just I started to feel bad for the employees, working on a holiday only to have so few tables to serve they may as well have stayed home, business picked up. It would seem others have visited Cosimo's more than once. read more

Meh. We sat outside and the service was alright, but it was pretty overpriced for what I got. I ordered the shrimp scampi and they asked me which side I wanted, pasta, veggie or salad. I asked for salad, because in any other place I've ever been in, including other Italian restaurants, getting shrimp scampi implies it'll be served over pasta. I thought, why would I need an extra side of pasta? The salad comes, it's drowned in house dressing. Then the entree shows up. Six okay sized shrimp, in a deep pool of sauce--no pasta. This is a $19 dish. I apologize to the waiter and told him I misunderstood the menu, and could I please have a side of plain pasta--after all, the scampi sauce is the best part but I'm not going to just eat it straight. I did indeed get my side--a painfully small bowl of plain penne for another eight dollars. O.o That said, the scampi was delicious. But total it turned out to cost me nearly 30 bucks. I felt a little cheated. Three stars because the food was honestly good, and the service while a bit slow was just fine--after all it was a Saturday night. But I'm sorry, even for a downtown Italian place I feel like that is a little much for the amount of food I ended up getting. read more

I'm a little iffy about this place. We used to get pizza from here, which we loved, but I feel like the dine-in experience is a little below average. The only reason I gave this 3 stars, instead of 2, is because my parents always rave about the food. I, however, had a pretty ambiguous experience there. I went here for a late dinner with my girlfriend in the spring. First off, the bread they gave us was stale and hard to eat. Granted, it was late into the night and probably the last of the bread, but this is unacceptable. Not a great start to our evening. We ordered a lasagna appetizer in a light tomato cream sauce. The edges of the lasagna sheets were hard and crunchy. So we have stale bread, and undercooked lasagna. For an italian restaurant, this is honestly miserable. These are two componenents of an italian meal that you simply cannot mess up. Our appetizer course was an abysmal start to our experience. The meal that saved this restaurant from getting a 2 star rating is my entree. I ordered the chicken florentine, which is similar to chicken francaise, but it has melted mozzarella cheese on top. This was a pretty decent dish as the chicken was tender, the sauce was lemony and well seasoned, and the spinach on the side was not too bitter. The only downside is the mashed potatoes served with the meal were a little on the dry side. Although, the excess sauce and potatoes left were good companions for the stale bread. My girlfriend ordered a pasta dish that she thought was mediocre. Overall, our restaurant experience was undoubtedly below average. It is simply not worth going back to this place for a sit down meal with all of the other great restaurants in downtown Westfield. I would urge you to proceed into Cosimos with caution. The only thing that will save you is if you just so happen to order the right thing. If you do decide to go, I would suggest to go early in the evening, as you do not want the bottom of the barrel bread (or anything else for that matter). A better option would be to try their pizza, as it is how they started as a business. I sure do hope that your experience is better than mine. read more

Cosimos for my money is the best Italian food place in the area. The service is great. The menu is loaded with variety and good specials and they do seafood and pasta especially well. Next time someone says let's go to Ferraros walk further down the street and save 20 dollars and go to Cosimos. read more

Been here many times for lunch and dinner and never a complaint! Food and service is great and quick. The balsamic chicken dish is my favorite item off the menu! It's a BYOB too which is always good!! read more

Good service, terrible food. Beets salad was disgusting no fresh ingredients and dressing taste terrible, bad combination of ingredients. Also, I ordered the pasta special, the description looked good but the result was algo really bad, they cut the pasta in half, NEVER cut linguine or spaghetti or papardelli in half. That pasta special had smoked sausage that maybe they buy in the dollar store and artichoke was not fresh either. NO ANY MORE! First and last time there. My stomach still feeling funny besides the fact that I retuned my order because I couldn't eat it at all. No recommended at all. read more

This is a great local place for lunch or dinner. Good pizza, good all around Italian food but the specialty is the wraps and focaccia sandwiches. Plus thy have an awesome fireplace you can sit near in the main dining area, plus sidewalk service for when the weather is better. Worth a visit for sure if you're around Downtown Westfield! read more

I was in the area getting an massage and found this place on Yelp of course it was a quiet afternoon so there was no wait, we got seated right ways and had a few glasses of wine and shares a pizza and spaghetti and meatball that was absolutely delicious TRY IT read more

Absolutely love this place! My fav is the grilled chicken focaccia. The black ocean is a hit too!

We are transplanted New Yorkers. If you are looking for NY style pizza, this is as good as it gets! The sauce is soooo good, crust is thin, cheese is good. Don't know about the rest of the menu. read more

I love Cosimos. Their buffalo pizza and their bruschetta pizza are fantastic. I'm a big fan of their foccacia bread too. Pretty much everything I've ever gotten on it has been great. I'm surprised to see there's not more positive reviews. I've never had any complaints about the service or the food. read more

Overall very good food. Delivery is super fast every time. Chicken parm hero is solid.

I hadnt been here in awhile and im hesitant to go back. First off, it took awhile for the waiter to take our order. When dinner was served they missed one. So we had 3 people sitting with hot food in front of them and one person waiting for his meal. It took a good 10 minutes for the other meal to come out. I had a Veal Parm dinner ($23) and expected it to be better for that price point. I dont mind paying but it better be worth it. Overall the food was decent, the service wasnt- Maybe awhile before i head back. read more

Ordered from here tonight. The food was ok not great at all. Our bill came to $68.50 for eggplant rollatini app, chicken ceaser salad, ravioli, 2 meatballs, chicken parm dinner and 2 plain slices of pizza. Price seemed quite high. When I checked the menu online it added up to $58.50. When I called and asked for an explanation they told me the prices on the website were not up to date. Seems pretty odd. I wonder if the prices went up because of them being closed for a week because of hurricane sandy. read more

No. TONS of competition for great food in this area, go elsewhere. Many of the good reivews here seem completely cooked to my eye. The objective ones are much more in line with my expereince which was soooo bad that I'm afraid writing it will be offensive. No suffices. read more

Not accommodating. Nothing special about the food there either. Over priced. Bad service. I think I said enough. Definitely wouldn't recommend this place. They also don't value their loyal customers. Today was my last time setting foot in that place. I read more

Cosimo's is the best Italian restaurant in Westfield! I've been eating here since it was a hole in the wall pizzeria, and it has only gotten better with time. All the food is excellent - you can't go wrong. read more

Great comfortable place in a great town. For all you Ferraro fans, THIS is what Italian food is to those who know Italian food. Excellent.

Food was just alright. I had a pizza margarita which had very little of everything, very little sauce, basil and mozzarella. Others I was with said their food was nothing special. read more

Went on a Friday night during the summer with my girlfriend, ordered the balsamic calamari for an appy which was a special for the night and it was chewy and fishy. I am a lover of calamari and could tell that it was most likely frozen from a box. I never send anything back but I had to it was that bad. My girlfriend ordered the beat salad with jumbo shrimp as an add on. Her shrimp was tough, fishy, and dry. No doubt was it reheated and old. I felt bad for the server because he was nice and attentive. I would not waste your time or money on this place. It is an atrocity that this place is still open and serving anything food related. To end the rest of this poor experience I did not feel well for the rest of the evening read more

The service was below par. The food was not as good as it use to be. My salad was drenched in vinaigrette. Sadly this was one of their slow days. read more

Ate here (the restaurant side, not the pizza parlor) on a Monday night in January 2013. There were a decent amount of people there, for a Monday, and the service was appropriately attentive. The ambiance was nice for a winter evening with floating fireplaces in the middle. The food, however, was not very impressive. My eggplant parmesan was under cooked and tough and the cannoli we shared for dessert had delicious filling but the cookie part was too hard. 2 stars for the ambiance and service, but nothing good to say about the food. read more

Loved it. Came back for more the following weekend. The fried cheesecake is a MUST! Avoid the raspberry cheesecake.

OK so I have been back to this place a few times since they renovated it. And I think the old cook left because the food is very very good. The new menu has fair prices and great tasting dishes. I love how they have different twists on Italian staples for example their Calamari. The area desperately is need for family friendly places with good food at a fair price. Thank you Cosimo. read more

We went there yesterday and sat outside on a warm May Saturday evening, very nice. My son and I got the specialty pizzas, my wife and had a salad, all good except my wife said the steak in her salad was overcooked. For an appetizer we had the Italian hummus which was excellent. The service was friendly although a bit slow. It was our first time there and I would definitely return. read more

I am also surprised by the bad rating. Place is clean and very nice inside. Friendly staff and they were very accommodating to our 16month old - they actually didnt charge us an arm and a leg for a piece of grilled chicken for him. Most places over charge when trying to order something healthy for an infant. My wife enjoyed her salad and I enjoyed my pizza - should have gotten a pie to go! We will be back! read more

We are regulars at this beautifuly renovated Italian restaurant. Pasta dishes are only ok, but other entrees are delish. Great for groups and BYO, which keeps my large Italian family coming back time and time again. We even had our rehersal dinner for our wedding here. Service is very good and the wait staff always remembers us and greets us very warmly. I strongly recommend the chopped antipasto salad. read more

I ordered a simple dish of eggplant rollatini with a side of penne. Both dishes were lukewarm and the penne under cooked. Al Dente is one thing, but this could've used one or two more minutes to get to Al Dente. The pricing was high in my opinion. The cheesecake was definitely not homemade. The best thing on the table was the bread and the oil. read more

Well the delivery service is still not great but a family member invited my fiancé and I to dinner, we were already hesitant. He ordered the special salmon and low and behold there was a hair in his food. Repulsed and further turned off by the food... We now swear to never bother again with this once great establishment. So gross. 3 dark brown hairs in his food!!!!!!!! read more

One thing you need to know about me: I love pizza and wings. Two things you need to know about Cosimo's: 1) Hands down the best wings I've had in a very very long time, if not ever. 2) The best pizza I've had in NJ in a while. read more

Finally! A pasta dish that is flavorful and NOT salty. Thank you, thank you. I had a simple spaghetti with meat sauce and it was really delicious. Only 3 stars because the bread was unacceptable. It came first and I thought about cancelling the meal BECAUSE how good can an Italian Restaurant be if the bread is awful. I am glad I stayed because the sauce was good, but next time I will BMOB (bring my own bread). read more

Food is delicious! portions are good. I recommend for a nice occasion. The ambience is very nice; modern and brick. I always leave with a full stomach! Service can be slow for no reason, which is annoying especially because they were not crazy busy when I went. Tip for staff: should be more friendly and conversing. In my experiences they were not very welcoming. read more

We came here for a dinner with friends. Love that the place is BYOB and somewhat kid-friendly. I had the stuffed avocado as my entree, the portion is big and is definitely enough food for one; the sauce is a bit over powering but it is loaded with seafood. The creamy gnocchi dish is very heavy and I can only take a few bites before feeling stuffed. It is great for a large party gathering. Overall a decent Italian restaurant but not exceptionally special. read more

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Have no idea why the reviews for this place are so low. I have been here multiple times and every single time the food is amazing. From the pasta to the pizza to the salads in between it's all very very good. Do not miss out on this Westfield gem. read more

Not fancy food, but always good food. When unsure of people's tastes I know there's just good basic food that everyone likes. I always like the Panzanella Salad with Salmon. read more

Nice place. Decent food. Service a bit slow. With other nearby options, not sure we would go out of our way to go back any time soon.

This was great had 11 relatives all satisfied with food Great that it was BYOB. Food and service was great

The food was good and served up quickly. Prices were not bad, either. The wait staff was friendly. My only complaint was that I couldn't buy wine by the glass. One can, however, bring his or her own bottle. read more