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Joe's Mediterranean Grill

3.8 (65 reviews)
ModerateItalian, Greek, Pizza
Closed • 10:30 am - 9:00 pm

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Moderate noise
Good for kids
Good for groups

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Fantastic restaurant! 4 friends and I were in OCNJ for a girls weekend. After looking at Yelp, we decided to try Joe's. Best choice that we made over the weekend. This restaurant is family owned and operated. Our waitress, Georgia, is Joe's daughter. She was so warm and hospitable. The entire staff is family! Now for the food! Chicken Parm was outstanding. I consider myself a chicken parm snob!. This was the best that I have ever eaten!! Chicken was flavorable and so tender. For pasta, I chose capellini, it was delicious. I also chose the homemade chicken pastina soup. It was excellent. They also put a basket of warm bread on the table, so good Friends were equally impressed. They chose veal parmigiana , spaghetti, turkey melt on ciabatta and chicken sorrento. All loved their meals. We were so full that we couldn't even think about dessert

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I got a meatball parm sub. Absolutely no flavor except for a weird greasy aftertaste. Really disappointing. I will never go back.

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Food is always great. I miss Granny's Baklava. I have been going to Joe's for the past 15 years, never been disappointed

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3 years ago

Love this place! Never disappoints, been ordering from Joes for years! Great taste, nice portions, reasonably priced

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3 years ago

Food is very good. My only issue is they close too early. Doors locked, lights out, place deserted by 9pm even on the weekends.

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Great local place, personal attention, veal dishes are the best and prices are reasonable. BYOB.

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