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    Garden Restaurant

    4.2 (38 reviews)
    Closed 11:30 am - 9:00 pm

    Services - Garden Restaurant

    Venue rental

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    What's the vibe?
    Quiet
    Good for kids
    Dogs allowed
    Outdoor seating

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    Créeme brulee
    Dare S.

    I had the scallops and they were cooked perfectly in a beautiful creamy mustard sauce BUT I kept stealing my mom's veal Parmesan, it was perfection. I can't suggest it enough. The crème brûlée was also exquisite- the perfect texture and it was bruleed just how I like it :) the waiter was also lovely!

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    Brian G.

    Food is excellent, wonderful service, ambiance is warm and friendly. Highly recommend for lunch and/or dinner. Very fair prices with good value.

    Salmon
    Marta F.

    Had reservations for my goddaughter's birthday. Decor and ambiance are amazing! Food was good we had a variety of things. Our waitress was good we could tell she was new the runners delivered our entrees before our appetizer the only downfall. Drinks were great recommend the Bailey's espresso martini. Will come again!

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    Elizabeth B.

    Love this local restaurant, one of our favorites. Every option on the menu is great. The owner and waitresses are super friendly and helpful. Highly recommend this establishment, you're going love it.

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    1st time there in a long time. Very good food. Good prices. Good service. Can't wait to go back.

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    One of the best places to eat in New Jersey. Food is plentiful & reasonably priced. Staff always friendly.Great place for family dining

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    Yeah! We love The Garden and tonight was especially wonderful! Great food and service!

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    The dessert specials of crème brûlée and rice pudding superb and my special surprise garden coffee was perfect.

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    Ocean Prime Tavern - Filet mignon

    Ocean Prime Tavern

    4.4(25 reviews)
    3.5 mi

    Friendly and attentive staff. Great ambiance. Food was amazing. The seared tuna starter was…read morebeyond perfection ! Curated cocktails simply delicious and the steaks are melt in your mouth. Went for a beautiful birthday dinner and this did not disappoint

    My top-tier chum who literally went to the school of hospitality and I were in the mood for a…read morebougie sit-down dinner this past Saturday night and decided to try out Ocean Prime; we've had a few underwhelming dining experiences in Cranford, so we were hoping to break the streak. I'd say we were successful in that regard, and this is probably one of the top two places I've been now in town, along with Garlic Rose. Even if you didn't have access to the menu, this just LOOKS like an upper-class steakhouse - lots of darker interior colors with deliberate use of lighting almost like the aisles in a movie theater. We did the responsible thing and made 6:30pm reservations, though the restaurant was relatively empty when we first got there (it filled up for sure during our dinner). We were immediately seated and attended to, which was a pleasant recurring theme for our experience. On the booze front, we each got an Old Fashioned, which was specifically cited on the cocktail menu, and a bottle of Daou Cab Sauvignon to share (I let my chum take the lead on that selection, which I think was influenced by the strong reviews on the Vivino app - a recommend if you're into that sort of thing). The Old-Fashioned was decent; I'm always pleased when the de facto bourbon is Angel's Envy. I'm not crazy about vermouth, which I always think gives off shoe leather vibes, but I did like the smoky profile on this one. Not bad at all, but I liked the bottle of wine better. We decided to split the Grilled Octopus app, which came with seasoned potatoes, olives and tomatoes. This was arguably the weakest part of the meal. The octopus was a little tough/rubbery and the accompanying potatoes to me were very much needed and better, frankly, than the designated star of the show here. I'm not an olive person but my chum's comment there was they were too overwhelming, taste-wise. Noted. We also got a side of parmesan truffle garlic steak fries, which I didn't have too many of because I was distracted by all of the other options on the table, but would totally get again. For entrees, it felt morally proper to hit up the cattle (when in Rome). I went with the Braised Short Ribs, which is one of my go-tos if it's on the menu. Pretty good - VERY tender and literally falling off the bone. I'd say about 20% of it was too fatty for me, and I pawned that section off on my chum, but the other 80% was primo. She got the Filet Mignon Oscar style (which my computer wanted to autocorrect to Oscars, thinking it was the umpteenth time I was typing something about the Academy Awards), and was very pleased by it. Not mindblowingly amazing but solidly above average across the board. I'm not sure why we ordered dessert at this point other than to ensure I had something else to munch on the following day, but we did that too. I got the Cheesecake w/ Marionberry Compote. This was just okay for me. Taste-wise, the cheesecake seemed a little off for my palate; maybe a little too tart? It didn't seem as milky as other cheesecakes, which doesn't necessarily mean it was bad, but wasn't my kind of cheesecake. The compote was also just okay, both in the moment and as a leftover the following day. Maybe I'm just used to getting this dessert with strawberries and compotes that are similar to that type of fruit, but I just didn't think the compote and cake meshed as well. Debatable though. There's room for improvement but this is a strong entry in the Cranford gastro scene, such as it is.

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    La Griglia - Short Rib Pappardelle

    La Griglia

    4.1(209 reviews)
    2.2 mi
    $$$

    Fantastic restaurant with excellent service. I have been to la griglia several times for lunch and…read morealso dinner. I've dined at the bar, where the fabulous bartender serves excellent cocktails. Also, there is a quiet dining room upstairs, but the downstairs dining area was a great place to feel the vibe and bustle of service last night. We started with a pomegranate martini and a gimlet, which was great but on the sweet side. The regular vodka dirty martini was the best drink, plenty stroclng with blue cheese stuffed olives. For $16.75, the Cau Cau Red wine came in a small carafe and equaled 1 and 1/2 glasses of this light but well-balanced wine. The dinner menu had 2 pasta options under appetizers, which I love to see, since I didn't have to choose between a pasta and entre cause I had both. The pasta dish came with velvety sauce with plenty of chantrelle mushrooms and bacon. The pasta was 4 ravioli like cylindrical dumplings with cheese on the inside. This dish was phenomenal and paired well with the wine. For an entre, the 4 meaty lamb rib chops cooked medium rare were perfect served over some tasty, lightly cooked greens and potatoes over a sticky red wine reduction. The spicy chicken parm was a huge portion of 2 large cutlets and fresh pasta shells. The dish was good, but it was not as great as everything else we ate tonight since he chicken was just missing a bit of crunch After the meal, we were stuffed and passed on dessert so we could savor the food memories. However, the waitress sent us off with 2 canoli's which tasted really good the following day.

    The best Italian place!!!! The service is amazing and the food is sooooo gooood! Everything was…read moreSOOOO fresh and amazing!!! I love this place the atmosphere is amazing

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    Garden Restaurant - tradamerican - Updated July 2026

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