Cafe Michelina

What a delight this restaurant is! The food here is outstanding! The Chicken Michelina is delicious and the Stuffed Rigatoni is out of this world. Chef/Owner, Pete even makes his way out of the kitchen to say hello to the regulars. My wife and I dined here when we lived in Hoboken and now we travel all the way from Long Island for a great meal whenever we can. Try the homemade soups in the winter and always take a gander at the Specials. Don't forget dessert. The tiramisu is fantastic! Bring your own wine and enjoy this great Italian restaurant.

Posted 02/06/08 | Report Abuse

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I went out with a group of my friends to this restaurant last night. I ordered the pasta primavera w/o shrimp due to an allergy. They charged me full price for the dish. When I politely asked the waitor why I was charged full price for the dish when I did not have the most expensive part his reply was, the Shrimp are for flavor only, it had a lot of vegetables in it, its the same price. For the quality it was I was shocked. Its bad customer practice. I was a waitress for four years at a small Italian place, this is not how you handle the situation. A dollar or two off is how you handle it. I shouldve asked for the shrimp in a bag. Also, being from second generation from the old country its not great Italian. Ive had better. Your better bet is to cross the river and go to Il Corallo Tratorria....

Posted 11/30/07 | Report Abuse

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A few of us went out for a nice and relaxing girls night... all we wanted was good food and good company. We got both in Cafe Michelina in Hoboken NJ. Great Italian food and it is BYOB which is great since we are all trying to watch those bills and it is a ton cheaper to bring your own wine than to order it. We had reservations and would have been seated on time if some of us had not gotten there late (ok, okay- i took a really, really bad route). It is a really small place and there is really no where to wait though... and it was too cold to hang outside. The one downside is that during the really busy part of the night, the place is So crowded and noisy it was sometimes hard to hear and you were always moving our chairs in so people could get around us. We will definitely go back again because the food was fantastic.. just during the week and not on a busy Saturday night.

Posted 05/12/06 | Report Abuse

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