Francesco’s

Great service, the best Italian food in South Jersey. We have been coming here for years and will for years to come. Prices and food are good, the serve staff are friendly and helpful.
We highly recommend this restaurant if you are looking for great Italian and sea food!

The inside of this place gives you a feel eating at an old fashioned Italian restaurant. It has been around for awhile and the place has a good reputation.
My family made our reservations and we were seated right under the blaring air conditioner. After asking the waitress several times to turn off the fan and lower the AC, nothing happened. My family member then approached the bar tender, who gave him an attitude for his request. I eventually went up to the kitchen and asked for a manager. A woman, drenched in sweat who was cooking told me there was nothing that could be done. I insisted on opening a window to let some warm air in and she finally gave in. Needless to say, not a good first impression of this place.
You are served bread with warm olive oil, garlic, and fresh basil. That was nice. The waitress failed to fulfill my requests regarding drinks, extra plates, and confort for a 12 person party. The place was not that busy, but the service and arrival of food took forever and everyone’s food came out several minutes behind the other. A clear inefficiency in the kitchen and chefs.
The appetizer I ordered was the calamari. It seemed fresh, but was fried to a tough, chewy crisp. They were overcooked. The pepper sauce was really good though. The homemade gnocchi was some of the worst I’ve had from an Italian restaurant. If not for the sauce, I would have had to send it back.
In conclusion, the food is overpriced, the quality is not there, the service is lacking, it is uncomfortable inside under the AC, I couldn’t wait to leave, and I won’t return.

Way over priced for very mediocre food! But the best was my husband got food poisoning from the fried calamari! He is a mans man and I smelled the super fishy smell from 20 feet away. He ate a few bites anyway. We had the same entire veal which wasn’t bad. But that night and for 3 days he couldn’t eat and got dehydrated from being so sick. NEVER AGAIN !!!

Have eaten dinner here over the years five or six times. It was always worth the 40 minute ride as a ‘special’ place to go eat.
Recently began working in the area and talked my team into takeout. Everyone was VERY happy. I had the cheeseburger. It was $ 8 but it was a ¾ pound burger cooked medium rare, just as I’d asked and it came with all the trimmings, fries and a pickle. We’ll be ordering there again soon.

I’ve gone here many times through the years, mostly for lunch. The food is typically overpriced I have to agree. The service is casual Italian style where everyone seems to assume you have no where else to be so they want to B.S. and pass around the wine and bread a while. Food wise, I usually go with their specials and I never had a complaint. Not the best out there but really not bad either, stop by on a day you have a little extra time for a leisurely lunch.

Overall a nice local place. Large menu and a nice selection of specials. Try the calamari.