The Sycamore Grille

This place is a nice quiet little restaurant in the Knob Hill community. Been here quite a few times (especially when feeling lazy and not wanting to cook at home). The food is pretty good and reasonably priced. They have specials a couple nights a week. Their burgers are very good, and half price pizza on Tuesdays are also well worth the price.
The service is where I would say this little place is luck of the draw. A couple times I’ve had great service, while other times I had lousy. Definitely not the quickest restaurant, and there’s usually an older crowd but that won’t stop me from returning.

We went back here again last night as I had a
coupon and they seemed to have good Oktoberfest specials.
We got there around 6:30 and we were put on a waiting list. Luckily we were seated within about 20 minutes. They seemed to be understaffed. Even the manager was running food. This place is a bit hard to find, and most of the patrons are older residents of the community. The manager and wait staff treat the regulars very well. Not saying they don’t treat us well, but you get the picture.
The waiter stopped by to take our drink orders and I asked him what kind of craft beer do they have. He didn’t know what kinds of craft beer they carried. I say ok, I will have a Sam Adams Octoberfest. He says they just ran out of it! So he recommends a Shipyard Smashed Pumpkin Ale, and I go for it. When it is time to order food, he addresses me as «boss». Boss? Really? I have been addressed as «hon» at diners and «sir» at restaurants. So where would someone call your patron «boss?»
Anyway, food was taking a bit long so I asked for some bread. They ran out of bread as well! I was hoping they ran out of Guest checks by the time we were done with dinner! Anyway, food is always good. We ordered the Rock Shrimp Appetizer, the Chicken Scarpariello and the Oktoberfest special, which was Brats with Spätzle, sauerkraut and red cabbage. The black forest cake was devoured by my wife and kids, and it was light and good. The Ambiance (if you are okay with local oldies hanging out) is good. The place is a bit hard to find and is not really well located, unless you are going somewhere on NJ 33.
May be I will go earlier the next time and hope the opposite happens i.e. not wait for a table, not run out of bread and beer and hopefully run out of Guest checks.

My girlfriend and I are visiting the Sycamore Grille again simply because of the stellar service by their server Bill. The food is also consistently delicious with generous portions.
We have both raved to family and friends on multiple occasions and highly recommended this restaurant. The responses have all been excellent.
Bill is very personable and accommodating. He makes dining here a pleasure. He’s honestly one of the best servers we’ve come across while dining out. We look forward to our next visit very soon.

Visited with a coupon and was pleasantly surprised. The food was excellent
and the portions generous. Very difficult to find food of this caliber in this area
with reasonable prices. The dining room is a medium– small area that can get
noisy if there are any loud customers.
We definitely will be back.

Great food but the bartenders could be a bit more friendly

Great atmosphere!!! Food were so so. The teriyaki chicken stick was too dry and it need more seasonings.