Blue Eyes Restaurant

All I have to say, as an Italian living abroad for 20 years now, there is nothing like Blue Eyes in our metropolitan area. A view that cannot be replicated, food that is exquisite (especially the authentic pizza), hospitable owners, and a staff that works hard despite the constant traffic of customers. You want to eat well, feel good, and do all of it while looking at this amazing skyline. Dont’t be foolish and get a seat at Blue Eyes and enjoy the show.

I’m torn writing this review. I have dined here three times and each time the experience is slightly different. I will echo what most others have noted, the view is spectacular. Even in the summer, there are spots in the shade that will keep you cool from the heat yet still offer Hudson River views.
During my last visit, I ordered the chicken Parmesan entrée and it was inedible. The dish was completely overwhelmed by salt. Even the pasta had an above normal salt quotient — guess it was the sauce?
I still give this place 3 stars based off my first two visits, but I am not clamoring to head back anytime soon. Hopefully, it was just an off day.

Came here for an outdoor dinner with beautiful views of NYC. Looked online for waterfront restaurants and this showed up. The views were amazing, the service was outstanding. Our server was not the best, but everyone else who came to us to ask if everything was ok, to clean up and to bring our food was amazing. Our server seemed like she didn’t necessarily want to be there; but that’s ok.
Pros: the staff, the view, outdoor seating
Cons: HOLD THE SALT!!! We ordered calamari, a salad, and a pizza. The calamari was great! Loved it, amazing, no complaints. The salad came out and it was drowning in salt; I didn’t see the salt but I could definitely taste it. My lips were literally in pain because of the amount of salt that was in the salad. And then came the pizza — OH MY GOD! Again, great pizza, would be so amazingly good tasting if it was not drowning in SALT!!! Why would someone add so much salt? Needless to say we were not able to finish the pizza, did take it to go, and 3 days later there is still leftovers.
All in all it was alright. I would go back for a drink or calamari, but def not want their full of salt food!

We held an event in Hoboken and picked blue eyes as Final Destination. It was Simply Delicious and for a party of 25 they were on time great quality and really Pleasant to have dinner with. Thank you blue eyes for making a company event a success!

Excellent Capricciosa pizza! Perfect oysters. Quality ingredients. Phenomenal Manhattan skyline views. Nice neighborhood at Sinatra Park right on the Hudson.

If you’re looking for amazing pizza and an incredible view, please visit Blue eyes. This is not the largest restaurant in hoboken by far, but the quality of food and service was great! The only reason I could not give 5 stars was because we had a party of 15 and although they met all of our expectations, the staff refused to align the tables in a more efficient manner. Other than that please visit this restaurant if you’re looking for a bite to eat near the water! Try their Margherita (Tomato sauce, mozzarella and fresh basil) and/​or Capricciosa (Tomato sauce, mozzarella, Italian ham, hot soppressata, mushrooms, artichoke, kalamata olives) and of course they have fresh oysters on the half-​shell!

The view is spectacular — 5 stars for location– and the manager staff is wonderful. That being said, the food is mediocre. Everything was just kind of okay but not great. Furthermore, our waitress was not adept at checking on our table and making sure the food arrived in a timely manner. We waited far too long, and half the table receive their dinner as the other half had already finished theirs. For the price, this is just unacceptable. The waitress did mention that they had a new head chef and a new menu, but it appears that they still may need to keep looking. Be aware that some of the older pictures on Unilocal,maybe of dishes that are no longer offered (such as chicken parm). For a restaurant named after Sinatra I also wish it had a more Sinatra vibe– more intimate, actual Sinatra music and maybe more pics of him or music theme items. I really wanted to love this place, and like I said, the view was amazing, but the food and the waitress service just left a lot to be desired.

I’m surprised on such good reviews because I thought this place was very average without much flavor. Ordered the calamari, shrimp and zucchini– the zucchini was the best part and very tasty but you definitely need a side of marinara sauce to bring flavors to the others. Also had the Parma pizza (Parmesan, arugula, prosciutto) — it was ok but also need more flavor. Wine is average and limited options. Wonderful view of the city and Frank Sinatra park though.

We came here for a work lunch and absolutely loved it! Amazing service & one of the most incredible views of NYC.
We had a reservation, but we’re all starving (15 of us), so we called ahead and ordered family platters of appetizers. We had the arugula salad, calamari & crab cakes. They were all delicious & basically available when we sat down. It was awesome.
Then we shared the tri-​pizza. We had the Parma, pepperoni & porcini. They were out of the porcini mushrooms, so we just had regular mushrooms. Pepperoni was too spicy for me, but the other two were great. I would probably order just the Parma next time. The pizza was huge & crust was cooked perfectly (not too burnt).
Can’t wait to come back!

My family stopped by this conveniently located joint along the waterfront as we watched the local Sinatra contest. This place is located at a great place for a beautiful view of the city and also for the contest grounds. Now onto the food!
Let’s start with the bread, kind of super hard and not too flavorful but I did like that it came with a chimichurri sauce. For starters we had the grilled octopus and eggplant parm. The grilled octopus had a great char while retaining a nice juicy texture plus nice flavor. The eggplant parm was amazing! Served in a hot casserole with melted parm and roasted eggplant wonderful flavor.
Lowlights are the slow service because our waiter forgot our order but he sort of made amends by hooking us up with a free pizza. The pizza was a classic margherita and had good cheesiness. We also had the veal entrée but didn’t get the chance to try it as we had to bounce.
Given that the food was pretty good and the service, while slow, was friendly and coupled with the awesome view this gets 3.5 stars.

I have been going to Blue Eyes since it’s opened. I love this place. The food is unbelievable. I know the restaurant has changed the menu and you can eat real italian food and have an amazing italian pizza, plus enjoy a wonderful view. The owners are way nice, they do everything to accomodate the customers, it’s a friendly place.
I read a negative review on this restaurant, and frankly I am a bit surprised. I usually do not write back but I feel, it is necessary to say the truth. If you want to criticize the food, go ahead, but I know for a fact that the owner, last night (June 7^th) has offered (this means the customers did not pay a penny) the entire dinner and drinks to the customers that complained about their dinner. Not too many restaurants will do this. It shows that they care about their guests.
Blue Eyes is a great place to go to and trust the many customers that go, the food is great!

Ruined my wife’s birthday dinner. Brought the wrong appetizers. Had us waiting for an hour and half while every other table was served. Then brought the wrong entrees. No apologies. No free drinks. No additional appetizers. Nothing! Worst experience of my entire Hoboken life of 10+ years!!! Don’t go to Blue Eyes!!! Don’t waste your money!!! Asshole chef!!! Asshole owner!!! Thanks for wasting 2 hours of my life and ruining my wife’s birthday dinner!!!

Smack dab in Sinatra Park, the outdoor seating gives you an incredible view of the city. Great for casual date night. I’d recommend summer Thursdays when they have live band performances. Who doesn’t love good food and live music?
Alessandro, the manager, is an absolute pleasure. He’s always around greeting guests and making sure theyre getting the best service. Casual dining but their food is high quality. Some of my favorites are classics done right– Fried Calamari Diavola and Pasta al Forno. For pizza, I’d highly, highly recommend the Tartufata. Topped with fresh buffalo mozzarella, prosciutto, mushrooms and truffle oil. This pie is so addicting you’ll go back for seconds, thirds, forths. I’ve never had room left for desserts but will definitely be back to cross that off my list.

Never before have I been compelled to write a review mid-​meal, but the food here was sub par.
The Good: The View! We sat outside on a beautiful, warm day. I love living in NJ and being close to NYC. As a life long New-​Yorker… The skyline never fails to impress and excite me. The staff was also very pleasant and accommodating. For example, we returned our Sangria because we were not aware of the lack of alcohol in the mix/​restaurant.
The Bad: There is no hard liquor. Beer and wine? Yes. Liquor? Sadly, no. The Sangria was a sorry mix of wine and club soda.
The Ugly: The food was really bad. The American Pizza tasted like a Sausage McMuffin with Egg from McDonald’s, except not as good. The Grilled Octopus was tasteless and soggy. The best part of my meal was the bottled beer. Were I ever to return, it would be to drink a $ 6 Peroni and soak in a Million Dollar view!
Update to review in response to the response from the restaurant.
Hello Nicole R. Of Blue Eyes. Thanks for your reply and explanation of the liquor license. I should have been more clear in my critique. I wish that we had been informed about your lack of liquor before ordering AND returning the Sangria. Had we not returned the Sangria, we would have most definitely returned the octopus (which we only took one bite of). It’s been my experience that restaurants would ask one of two things when an uneaten entrée is being cleared from a table. 1. Would you like that boxed up to go; or, 2. Was there something wrong with the dish. Neither was asked so I made the assumption that we weren’t the first to not eat more than one bite and that even your wait staff knows that no one would want to take that tasteless crap home.

We were strolling along the water and decided to stop in her an early dinner to take advantage of the beautiful day and the sun glistening on the water.
The view is just spectacular. Sitting outside in their patio area just cannot be beat.
Usually restaurants with great views generally have terrible and subpar food, but I was pleasantly surprised at how delicious and fresh the food was! We ordered grilled octopus (tenderly grilled, great flavor and perfect texture), burrata and various meats (burrata was rich and the meat were a great accompaniment), and fried calamari with diavolo sauce (calamari was done well, slightly chewy but still very good and the diavolo sauce was perfectly spicy).
Had their white and red sangria and both were well made. However the white one is sweeter, lighter and perfect for a summer day.

Stopped for lunch in Hoboken on our way home from NYC. It was a beautiful spring day so we sat outside, overlooking the water and the skyline. As it was a weekday it was fairly quiet for lunch so we had our choice of seating.
The staff and the food have a lot in common here… they are all authentically Italian and absolutely gorgeous! Seriously, lovely service and an awesome line up of great food and wine. We shared the antipasti plate and a margherita pizza with a carafe of house chianti. Absolutely perfect and reasonably priced. Thanks for a great time, we’ll be back!

Tonight was our first time at Blue Eyes and we loved it! Even though our outside dinner became a little colder than we planned the staff tried their best to make it as perfect as possible!
We started with the house wine which was super affordable! Next came fried calamari diavlo and a special of mozzarella and prosciutto. The calamari was spicy but not overbearing. The mozzarella was homemade, fresh, and just perfect. My boyfriend had spaghetti and meatballs, his favorite, and despite the cold he basically licked his plate. I had the special Zupa de Pesce aka a massive plate of seafood in a delicious light tomato sauce. Delicious!!! It was the perfect meal!
One particular note we were seated next to one of the rudest families ever! They treated the staff so poorly and complained about literally everything. Blue Eyes is a local landmark don’t whine because you are cold, appreciate the view and the people!!!
All in all Blue Eyes is a must go! Perfect date night!

Yum, I’m getting hungry just thinking about the pizza here! My friends and I came here Friday night after work, mainly because it was near the PATH train. The restaurant is on the water and has a great view of Manhattan. The inside is pretty small for a restaurant, but it makes for a very intimate ambiance– this would be a perfect date spot.
We sat down and they immediately gave us bread with some type of flavored olive oil with an assortment of spices in it. I’m not sure what it was, but it was some of the best olive oil I’ve had. They didn’t have a huge drink menu and seemed to be limited on their wine options, so we just ordered a bottle of pinot noir to split. For food, we knew the pizza’s were going to be filling so we skipped the appetizer and each ordered our own individual pizza. I ordered the carrettiera which game with broccoli rabe, sausage and mozzarella. Come hungry because the pizza’s are filling! The meal itself was wonderful– the dough on the pizza was really fluffy and light.
We skipped dessert and ordered two espressos and one Nutella cappuccino. I got to sample the cappuccino and you can really taste the Nutella! If you like Nutella, the cappuccino is the way to go. Wonderful service + delicious food = A great restaurant.

Super cute place on the waterfront. Great views, good atmosphere. Got the Rivera (shrimp, argula, and parm cheese), its greatness in your mouth. Def a must visit!

For the view on the Hoboken Waterfront– 5 stars.
It was such a nice afternoon we sat outside under the awning for lunch. Our server, Luca was quite charming, an old school Sicilian. Pulling out the chairs for both my wife and I, addressing us as Signore and Signora.
For our order, we came up with two types of Napolitano pies which are about the size of a dinner plate. Still coming in 8 slices, enough to satisfy us plus leave leftovers.
The first pie was the Prosciutto Pie, Prosciutto di Parma, shaved parmigiano cheese and arugula. Our next pie was the Carrettiera, broccoli rabe, sausage and buffalo mozzarella. Now I will admit I am a bit of a pizza snob so to me the pies were ok. But, of the two I enjoyed the Prosciutto better. I thought the Carretiera was a little under cooked for my taste. As you picked it up and folded it wasn’t firm. Perhaps another couple of minutes in the oven would have made the difference.
Will most definitely come back and try their assortment of pasta dishes and delicious looking gelato which were on display at the front door.