Best Restaurants for Special Occasions in Cliffside Park

Such a fun experience! The pasta class was very beginner friendly. The instructor was patient, checked in on everyone, & loud enough to hear. Our group was huge & took up the entire length of the table. Afterwards, our food was great. Super generous portions, friendly service. I would come back & do it again with a friend it was that good. Highly recommend!

I celebrated my 50th birthday with my family on a very busy holiday season evening. I cannot say enough good things about our experience. Although we did wait a bit longer than we anticipated to having a reservation, it wasn’t terribly surprising for the season. From the front door check in to picking up our coats from coat check after our meal, our time at Quality Italian was exceptional. Our server was excellent, and the food was some of the best I’ve had at a restaurant in quite some time. We were served the outstanding filet meatballs on the house, and they were absolutely the best meatballs I’ve ever had in a restaurant. A must order! My daughter and I both ordered the spicy lobster rigatoni a la vodka, and it was to die for. We’re still talking about it! My husband and other daughter had the daily special fusilli with filet ragu, and it was also outstanding. We were served the gnocchi entree to share, also on the house. It was delicious as well. I will remember this meal for a long time, and Quality Italian will be on my NYC list of “must go to restaurants” to return to and to recommend to anyone who asks where they should eat when they visit. We will definitely return. Thank you for making my birthday celebration one to remember!

Awesome atmosphere, great food, and the staff was fantastic. Special shout out to Khalid during tea service and Lauren at the bar who made one of the best ever holiday specialty drinks, the “Holiday Spirt”. The doorman was especially helpful while hailing a cab and assisting with our holiday shopping bags.

There were 10 of us & we had made reservations at 5 pm as we had 7 pm theater tickets. Our table was ready for us upon arrival & our waiter was friendly & on point from start to finish. Service was great without feeling rushed & his wine suggestion was perfect. The portions are huge so we started with the calamari & Caesar salad which was plenty for all of us & both very good. We chose 4 dishes, Chicken Parmesan, Chicken Scaloppine, Rigatoni & Broccoli, & Penne alla Vodka & all were delicious. We all commnted that the Penne was the best we’d had as the sauce was not too heavy & perfectly spiced. Although we could have only ordered 3 dishes, we all enjoyed the variety of the 4 choices. We finished off with cappuccinos for the table & made it to the theater with 15 minutes to spare. We couldn’t have picked a better restaurant & the bonus was it was very reasonable. Great job Carmine’s!!

Booked back in July, and got there and didn’t have a table due to company Christmas parties. They finally fit us in later.