Boccone South — Restaurant in Livingston

It's difficult for me to put into words how much I love this restaurant.

I feel as if I am part of a family here. Every time I walk through the door, Silvio, the owner of the restaurant, gives me a welcoming hug. Then there's Nicole --- the most incredible hostess I have ever met. She knows my by name, she remembers what I like to eat, and she can even recall my mannerisms on any previous evening I have spent dining here. She's more than a hostess. She becomes a friend that you look forward to seeing and sharing your dining experience with.

I have personally enjoyed watching Silvio's personal success with Boccone South. I remember when it was a place that few people knew about and we enjoyed most of the restaurant to ourselves.

These days, Boccone is packing their customers in. It's a much busier and livelier atmosphere. We no longer feel it's "our" personal dining spot. But that's okay. The secret is out of the bottle. Everyone has come to know what an amazing dining experience this restaurant offers. The food, the service and the hospitality is off the charts. When you walk in the door you feel as if you part of a family. Come here often enough and the staff knows what you want to eat before you even look at the menu.

Never have I had such a satisfying dining experience in my life than I have had at Boccone South. I won't go anywhere else when I am in the South Orange area.

The food is amazingly succulent. My personal favorites are the short ribs, which are so tender they melt in your fork. The rib-eye, when it is available, is cooked to perfection. For appetizers, I highly recommend the Tai calamari. I am not a huge fan of seafood, but when it comes to that calamari dish, I can easily make an exception.

Boccone South may be the best Italian meal you have ever eaten. However, for me, that's not the most important aspect of my dining experience. It begins when I walk in that door and meet good friends. I absolutely adore Silvio and Nicole. They and the rest of the staff work incredibly hard to make certain that everyone who enters their establishment has the most incredible dining experience of their lives.

The secret is out. I couldn't be happier for Silvio and his staff. They deserve the success they are enjoying. They have worked incredibly hard...

MUST TRY!! every. single. dish. phenomenal.

my family and I came here last minute off a friend's recommendation and this is absolutely going to become a monthly if not weekly spot for us. this is the type of restaurant you recommend to others to impress them.

for our appetizers I had the warm goat cheese salad. didn't even get a picture because it was so delicious I couldn't stop myself. same with the burrata it was just that good. I am a vegetarian and got the perreochi verino ( I think it was called) and it was actually to die for. my cousin got the crab cakes and cold seafood salad.. everything so fresh.

we also met the owner silvio who is extremely kind and passionate! he had us try his vanilla and cherry ice cream banana pudding. which is something I would never order for dessert. it was no lie the most delicious freaking dessert I've ever tasted. I DONT EVEN LIKE CHERRY ICE CREAM OR BANANA PUDDING!!!

cappuccino delicious. beautiful. perfect. my uncle and dad said only Italy could compare to the espresso and his ability to make coffee. we were literally giddy the entire dinner. the food was so good it made us excited. 1000/10 experience. service food and atmosphere perfect. BYOB

I am so grateful we stumbled upon this spot! I can't recommend this...

The food made me sick ... I.ordered fish. Actually it tasted strange but I ignored it but that strange taste I believe was because the fish was spoiled!! With in an hour or two of leaving the restaurant I had a gassy upset stomach. The person that ate with me experienced the same thing! They also ordered fish. Service was nicely but there wasn't even fresh coffee....I had to wait for it and it really wasn't that good. I wrote a review stating the same thing. My big concern is that whoever owns The Establishment is not keeping up with their products and what's too old and should be thrown out and what's okay to use. Actually I was approached by a woman that probably was the Proprietors wife asking me how the meal was. That's not unusual but I did feel it was strange that she should approach me directly to ask me that. It's almost like she was trying to find out if anything was wrong with what I had eaten. For the most part the way they prepared the meal Bay the presentation look very appetizing and appealing to the eye! but there still was this under lining strange taste that the food had. I will not be returning there. It's sad that a business would take a chance on serving something that...