I got the chance to stop in this restaurant and lounge for dinner. When I arrived I parked on the street nearby. We walked into good music! We sat and started with drinks of the margarita and vodka martini and they were good. For food, we had: Sweet Chili Chicken Spring Roll Meatball Parm Sliders Rasta Pasta with Chicken Jerk Chicken Oxtail The food was really good and my favorite was the rasta pasta! I had a really good experience! read more

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Groovy place, great vibe. Late night crowd, and bigger than you'd think, considering the frontage. I had GREAT service on two nights there, both with Melissa behind the bar. Strong drinks, good pricing, loud music, and GREAT BBQ chicken wings! read more

Haven't been here in over 5years, was in the area so I brought a friend. Nothing has changed (hasn't been updated) however the food still didn't miss a beat, still so tasty and delicious. They offer some great happy hours throughout the week , the one we stubbled upon was 50% off the whole food menu all day !!! Great. the service at first was good but they seemed to be changing shifts and the next bartender was not as helpful. Overall dolce, is still standing strong, I want to come try the rest of the menu. read more

Dolce - Coconut shrimp - American Near Me - Elizabeth, New Jersey

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It's like I like the spot, I like the food, but shit the bartender staff is inattentive. Granted it's a slow night (Wednesday) but she only catered to the people she knew while she enjoyed her dinner. She would be mad if I left no tip but I'm not that type of guy and I'm a tourist from Texas. I could have my whole staff pull up but I'm not. I'll try another night and see if it gets better. Plus they added a 15% gratuity tax to a party of one. Wouldn't have mind paying it if she deserved but she didn't . I had to signal her coworker to flag her down to pay for my meal. Yeah I'll pass on coming back here on a Wednesday. read more

Really nice place. Ambiance, friendly staff and really good food, but the music was very loud. Maybe going earlier in the day would have been better. read more

After a failed brunch at Noah Osteria, bestie & I came to Dolce hoping to turn up the fun. It was Sunday, about 4:30/5pm when we arrived and it was mostly empty. There were a few tables of people in the back who had just finished eating and were dancing to jersey club music. We ordered shots which did take a while to come. We ended up going to the bar to ask about them and to order food. One girl most have asked the DJ for some Caribbean music. Lol he didn't have anything new. I felt like I was at a backyard party with my grandma and her friends. Our food was finally ready around the same time that we started to leave. We had both types of the empanadas. Both were good. I'd come back as a last resort. read more

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A well known common bar and lounge in the Elizabeth area. It's a good time with good music. However, service could be better and the bartenders can only make simple drinks. read more

Went here for my brother in laws birthday. The DJ was good, our waitress was nice but the food was terrible. I ordered the jerk chicken, it was not jerk chicken. It didn't even resemble or taste like jerk chicken. They need to go next door to the Jamaican restaurant and get their recipe. Also, my chicken was dry and stale. It stunk, smelled like they found some chicken in the back of the fridge and served it. I won't be back. If you go, DO NOT order the jerk chicken. read more

Dolce - Jerk Chicken - American Near Me - Elizabeth, New Jersey

Went here last night for a Christmas party. Everyone in my party was allowed in for free but my friend and i had our ID held until we paid $20 each. I was challenging them on the bogus $20 charge to get my license back. The door staff is shady, she couldn't explain why we paid and no one else did. Then she started being hostile. Do yourself a favor and take your business elsewhere . read more

Came here for Sunday Brunch the place was empty the Dj didn't even set up yet and it was past 3. The food was really Good so was the sangria and the Hennessy sidecar. I'm only giving this place 3 stars based on how empty it was I wanted to party and hear good music! The music was ok. I would like to go back read more

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I've come here on a couple different occasions. Happy hours are good and bring in the after work court crowd. Weekends are lit. Once they open the back. They can run out of hookah which is annoying to experience. read more

Dolce - Saturday night dance floor area. - American Near Me - Elizabeth, New Jersey

We stopped by after a wedding to grab some food and hookah. I was honestly pretty wary of the ordering food, since we walked by the kitchen on the way to our table and I saw how nasty and dirty it was. Our group ordered 4 hookahs total and it was some of the worst hookah I've ever had. None of the flavors came through and it just tasted like crappy, harsh smoke. My boyfriend and I got southern and philly empanadas since they seemed to be the safest choice. The southern empanadas were decent; however, the philly empanadas were practically empty. Service is extremely slow -- one of our friends didn't receive his meal until after the entire party ate, and he had to ask the server multiple times for it. read more

Relatively small place and what was disappointing is that they advertised their happy hour as if it would be jumping on a Saturday. We showed up 2 hours into happy hour and the place was empty! The gracious bartender asked us what type of music we wanted to listen to and played good music for us. We understand the evening crowd is lively and are inclined to stop by again but it was really disappointing that it was completely empty! We ordered food anyway and it was tasty and the portion was plentiful. However, two entrees and 4 drinks later (during happy hour) and our bill came out to $100. I thought that was a bit much for happy hour lunch! read more

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The music food drinks and hooka are great l Had several events there always a great time!

Writing this before I eat Today's barkeep, she was high-strung. I brought food in and also ordered food. She did. Not like I was eating my fries while I waited. OK but then she told patrons who decided to stare me down and when I confronted this these "girls" threatened to "beat you down before you get to the front door" HA I invited big mouth to it as I told this unprofessional keep she what she was not. No one touched me. I am afraid of o eat my togo order LOL read more

This place was ok.. came for a bday celebration. Idk what I was expecting but since we are in a pandemic I thought that the seating would be socially distanced from other parties but that was not the case. The food and service was decent. The waitress tried but I think we were a bigger group than she could handle. I got the NY strip but it looked more like a super miniature version of a New York strip.. I was kinda disappointed in that. The drinks were ok and the waitress made sure to keep our pitchers full. Glad I got to experience this place but it's a one and done for me. read more

Customer service/Phone person very rude and disrespectful. Hung up the phone while trying to get simple information about the cover charge. Starts at $20 then goes up. What time I asked? I don't know and didn't want to say. Hangs up. Trashy place and should not be supported!!!! The associate was Tyler female. The "manager" Nick(hung up me). Please correct your staff or get rid of the grumpy one!! read more

My lady and I decided to come to Dolces for their Sunday Brunch. Nick held me down with a reservation and our server I believe her name was Adriana, she was very nice and helpful. Their outdoor seating gets the job done. Food is delicious, portions are huge. Hookah was pretty good too. Service was very good. We will definitely be back. read more

Dolce - two plates of food on a red table - American Near Me - Elizabeth, New Jersey

This spot used to be very popular and fun. It's definitely gone downhill. Management is not to par and customer service can be better. They have decent food being that they occasionally have a well known chef. If you are looking to have a strong drink with a group of friends this Is your place. Make sure you get there early because there is never parking on Broad street...it's a very busy street. read more

The ambience was decent. That's actually what the stars are for. The customers were all there having a great time drinking, singing and dancing. I believe the DJ's music played a great roll on that. The bartenders were nice and got our drinks quickly. Though they should of came back more frequently to ask if we needed anything. We ordered a hookah and that as well came rather quickly. Yet towards the end of the night they took it. I explained to the guy taking it that we weren't done and he stated it was almost closing time and he was taking it. Ten minutes later on the other side of the bar two customers still had there's and they were not taken away. Talk about treating customers fair. The cleaning of the place needed a bit more maintenance. The bar section that were sitting by was disgusting. Someone must of spilled a drink before our arrival as it was super sticky every time I leaned my arm down. The bathroom was just excessively disgusting!! There was about a total of twenty people when we went. Five were of my party. There's no reason to why the above mentioned scenarios weren't corrected. read more

Great COVID football Sunday. GREAT food. Bartenders are chill and nice. Not too packed but a great time out. Great DJ made me miss the pre Covid days! read more

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This place is great. It's very urban and you must make a reservation(because of the pandemic) . They play pretty good music and it's a great vibe. The most surprising thing was how great the food was and how strong the drinks were. You definitely get your money's worth and I love that. They even serve hookah as well in a good variety of flavors. If you're look for a fun night out o highly suggest stopping by read more

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Ok so we came into this place with some friends and family for some me adult beverages after my daughter's final exam. We ordered the Blue Sangria and it was way too strong. It was mostly rum! Sent it back and ordered a pitcher of regular sangria and were pleasantly surprised. N tx we ordered freed sliders, calamari and chicken quesadillas. Everything was off the hook great. The calamari was fresh and crunchy. Excellent. The sliders were juicy and tasty. Quesadillas were very authentic just the right amount of chicken to cheese and tortilla The employees are so very friendly! read more

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Horrible service. I did not place my order until one hour after sitting. All food was not delivered and I was told that the waitress did not know they didn't have what was on the menu. After waiting an hour the waitress did not check on us. I found her and asked about the missing items and was then told it was unavailable after everyone in my party had completed their meal. The restaurant was not busy at all. The wait staff was standing around doing nothing. Service is definitely lacking in this organization. I will never return. read more

thank you for serving me and my friends yesterday. It was my birthday and another restaurant canceled my reservations last minute and i was so distraught and then i found you guys and .. honestly everything was amazing , food .. drinks .. hookah . music ... service and waiters we'll be back. thank you so much for saving my birthday. read more

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Loved the 90s R&B music on at Saturday night. Food came out pretty quickly and the drinks were made strong! Gets crowded after 10pm it seems. read more

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Let me start by saying : thanks for doing what you can during COVID-19 by staying open BUT: You close at 2a. Kitchen closes at 12a. We got here at 10:30p. Waited about 15 min for a table then ordered our food as soon as we could... once we got our drinks so let's just say at 11p. We ordered shrimp and grits, stuffed shrimp with angel hair pasta and fried calamari. We were told at 11:30p that the kitchen had restrictions and didn't have the stuffed shrimp or shrimp and grits. Ok. No problem. So we updated our order immediately to a skirt steak wrap, Rasta pasta and crab cake then our waitress came to us at 12:04a (so 34min later and said "well the kitchen is closed so you can only get fried food". Still hungry and not sure how the kitchen is able to deny items on the menu when we arrived 90 min before your kitchen closed my friends insisting on ordering. I guess.. We ordered and then almost didn't even get those items because "the kitchen closed" per the waitresses. Luckily we received our items 30 min later. So let's recap: We Initially ordered at 11p. ONE HOUR before the kitchen closed. Don't tell me ONE HOUR later that you can't accommodate me because your kitchen is closed. Adjust your hours or inform me sooner or close if you can't service your paying customers. FYI - I've been coming here for years. This isn't baseless. So No i will no longer recommend people come here to eat during Covid. You will be disappointed. They obviously can't handle it. read more

I love this place! I come here sometimes for lunch with my coworkers since it's about a 5 minute walk from the office. The servers have been super attentive everytime i've gone. Drinks are made really well and they do have pretty good menu. I've tried their $5 bites menu if you're looking for small appetizers as well as the dolce burger, penne vodka and wings. I'm not a fan of their wings but I LOVE their penne vodka with some chicken cutlet. I don't know what they put in that sauce but it is so GOOD and worth the money. Their dolce burger is also really good. My coworker has also tried their dorito tacos but said it wasn't good. Overall the atmosphere is pretty chill for a lunchtime meal. I've heard good things about their nightlife but haven't had the chance to experience it myself yet. Def check it out if you have the chance in Elizabeth! read more

I walked in on a Monday night before the rush around 7:30. I ordered a drink and the waitress forgot to bring me my drink, the clocked out because I guess her time on the clock was finished. That's fine, but a nice warning would've sufficed being that I waited for 12 minutes. I ordered the bacon Mac and cheese, it's tasted okay-not your home style Mac and cheese, something like out of the box. Our new waiter was very accommodating and pleasant. The prices are very affordable. read more

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Horrible place to go to , music sucks and the drinks wayyy to high for a little ass cup of liquor 4 drinks literally came up to 108 dollars

Went Saturday Night and it was one of the worst clubs I've been too. Bouncers are very rude and think they run the place ! Hookahs are trash here as well !!! Just go to barcode which is down the block ! Way better read more

Came in @ 8:10, sat at the bar waiting on a friend, ordered a drink and by 8:20 friend walked in and we got a booth to sit down. 20 mins passed by and not a single person came to attend to us to see how we were doing. Employees on their phones. I have never been to a place that really neglected their customers like this place, don't care about customer service. And what made it worse was the excuse they gave on why they didn't come over, because I never closed out my tab at the bar that's why they didn't come over. I've been to too many bars and restaurants that jus transfer your tab if you get a booth. Lack of communication and not really caring about your customers read more

We dined here for my best friends birthday. The business welcomed us in after we arrived a little late to our reservation. They just opened so everything wasn't ready (music, server, etc). We waited minutes before our server began to engage with us and we also waited a while to order. Two menu items were not prepared correctly, according to the menu descriptions. The Fettuccini Lobster with Hennessy cream sauce came out with just lobster on top of plan fettuccini pasta. Such a disappointment. Also, the salmon Caribe Jerk was not jerk at all. A red/burgundy sauce was drizzle on the salmon but it didn't taste spicy or sweet. Overall we had a good time celebrating outside of the errors. Hopefully this review helps prevent future errors like the ones we experienced today. The food came out in a timely manner, except the desert. The desert didn't have ice cream which the menu says it comes with as well. We would have liked to change our desert for a complete desert item, however we were not alerted prior to desert coming out. I wouldn't return because they are not prepared for business. If I'm spending hard earned money I'd like proper service. Not to mention no one told us that they didn't have sufficient supplies/ingredients to execute what's on their menu. Again, the food was the worst part of the night. The music and ambience were great. read more

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So MYSELF and seven other ladies travel to this restaurant on Saturday from Albany New York, Poughkeepsie New York, Washington DC, and Virginia and the service was absolutely terrible. Although we had a reservation we did not realize that 11 minutes before 8:00 when I told the waitress we were going to order I was informed it was to late. We were told that we had to leave because they needed to turn the table over for another group and I said we are not done eating and they said that was not their issue they had to accommodate other guests and I said but we're already here and they said that they did not care and I promised to place them on Yelp I will never ever grace that establishment again it is awful it smelled the workers were doing hookah and taking shots during work hours very unprofessional. Also when we arrived we notified them that we had 2 more people in our party they were very rude and given a kiddy table. When we asked could we get a matching table they returned with a dirty table and I had to then ask them to wash it. I also spent $90 for 3 hookah's that I was made to turn in less than 30 minutes later as we were put out. DISGUSTING!!!!!! Terrible service and leadership I wish I could give you a negative 0 as a rating. Do better people. Never have I EVER been treated with such disregard. read more

Dolce - This gentleman got nervous when I pulled out my phone bc he was being rude and as promised your on yelp - American Near Me - Elizabeth, New Jersey

Barley get to the door and the ugly hostess girl yells no white shirts so as we are trying to figure itnout outside a kid walks in with a white tee shirt that had a tiny champion logo on it and she let's him in and pats him down are you kidding me. read more

This is a fairly new restaurant and nightclub in Elizabeth. I can't comment on the food as I was only here for the lounge / club. The place is completely remodeled and no expense seems spared. I judge many new places by how much is spent on their bathrooms and the design of such and they did a great job there. Cover charge on a Sat. night was $15 for men and $10 for women. Kind of steep for a NJ club but we decided to go in anyway and try it. There are 3 different areas - the upstairs was rented out for a private party so unfortunately, I didn't get to see it. I would be interested in checking out what they did with that space. The main area where you walk into is very nice. The bar is long and there were plenty of bartenders working. The actual club is straight towards the back and it is a very large size for Elizabeth. Again, the bar her is enormous spanning the whole wall about a good 20 - 30 feet. The place is not as big as Ole if you are familiar with that place, but it definitely won't leave you feeling crowded. There is a nice smoking section outside where it looks like they are building something for the Summer. This would be a great place to have an outdoor area once it warms up. The only negative I could say has nothing to do with the venue. The Russians that were on their X doing their strange kick-dancing made me feel like I was back in grade-school. But, it was entertaining for about 2 min. then it was time to walk around and get a refill. Dolce is a great option to try out in Elizabeth. The crowd was mixed and the music was a good mixture of house and some free style. read more

This review is for the nightclub. I went this past Sunday night for my 25th birthday. I arranged it with a promoter to get myself and a few of my guests in free, plus VIP bands. I was also told that if I had six ladies in my group, I'd get a free bottle. Sweet. Now, with that said: my night ended being a disaster because when I showed up, all I got out of the deal was myself and ONE guest in free (everyone else ended up having to pay -- even though I went ahead and paid for two of my guests because I felt bad about the change in information). Other that: no VIP bands. And no free bottle. Since we didn't have our "VIP bands" (even after asking the promoter for them three or four times), our group kept getting moved. A female that worked there (whose name I should've gotten down) tried to tell us that we had to buy a bottle to be in VIP or we'd have to leave the area, even though I was supposed to get one for FREE. One of my guests actually offered to buy a bottle so we could keep our table, but then they changed their statement and said we needed two bottles! Are you kidding me?! The promoter who I worked with for that night had his friggin' name in balloons in front of the club for goodness sake (because it was his birthday too), and we were STILL being treated like crap. I literally had to ask for the owner, who was rude and dismissive at first. After talking to both him and the promoter, my group finally got the bottle (some measly moscato, but hey, at least it was something) and a table (but it was in the lounge area; no where near the VIP or in the party area at all). If you go there for a regular club night, you'll probably have more fun because the music is decent and the lounge looks kind of nice on the inside. My guests said their drinks were good (I didn't have any because I was so concerned about what was going on). Also, everyone (except the owner and that girl who worked in VIP) were really nice. One of the girls who worked at the bar actually went and got the owner for me when I asked her where he was; I thought that was really nice. But if you go there for your birthday, just go with ONE person and don't expect VIP, unless you pay for it. Don't listen to those promises. Like they say: "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is." They won't be getting any of my business again, that's for sure. read more

Gosh I am struggling. I don't know where to begin on what I can only suspect will be a general rant... It's a nice place. It has a little tiki area outdoors for smokers, with a small outdoor bar and heated lamps in bad weather. They do their best to keep the crowd as "classy as possible" by strictly enforcing a dress code". But it is still on Broad St in E-town and it is ghetto. Born and raised here I guess I am one of the few people that wished we had some more neighborhood dives for people that don't want to get fancy just to have a drink. E-town is full of places like this. Get dressed up to get drunk... In addition to the strict DC, there is a 20$ cover charge. Which automatically makes Dolce last on my list. read more

This place is a night club and during the day it's a restaurant. - I am reviewing the restaurant. I work around the corner from this place and it's one of the only nicer sit-down areas in Downtown Elizabeth (which doesn't say too much). The club portion is in the back and the eating area is up front. It's never crowded when I go in there, which is a plus, but the speed of service at times makes you think otherwise. The food is OK nothing out of this world. I think there pizza/flatbread things are probably the best. I have a feeling this place functions better as a night club than it does a place to eat. read more

This place reminds be of a Vegas night club! I don't know what every body else is talking about in their review... but I had a blast here this past weekend. It looks small from the outside and entrance, but once you surpass the entrance, bar, and a couple of tables - there is a whole other world in the back. The DJ was GREAT! We all vibed and danced the night away. The people were classy and not raunchy nor ratched. The night included dancers who gave us a show at the bar - It was really nice. The drinks were good and not watered down. I had a wonderful time. read more