The Franklin Nutley Restaurant — Restaurant in Nutley

Went last night for dinner. Nice atmosphere and they play good music (from Chris Stapleton to Norah Jones to Van Morrison). It’s not loud, just enough that you can hear it and still have a conversation. Appetizer we had the Crab Cakes and Octopus and both delicious. They give you complimentary yummy homemade garlic knots!!!Dinner we had the Mushroom& Salmon Risotto and the Beef Ragu and both was fantastic. Finished off with the Lava cake which was very tasty. Our waitress, Camilla was very nice and very personable. Prices are very reasonable. We will...

I ordered the Cacio e Pepe arancini and the Crab Carbonara. I LOVE Carbonara but peas was a big turn off. The arancini were very good.

Food was solid but the portion sizes were very small especially for the price add to that no bread with a pasta entree left me still hungry.

Biggest knock was the timing. Pickup time was 210 and i arrived at 2 and my order was already done. Which is not good for Carbonara. My pasta was overcooked as a result.

Overall food was Good not great. Not...

The worst restaurant experience. Placed our order at 6:00.. my husband had to go and ask for bread or garlic knots. Was told ..we don't give bread anymore and the cook didn't feel like making the garlic knots..it's now 6:40 and still no ceasar salad as appetizer and no bread...my husband then asked where is the owner/head chef..was told, he was not there..we got up and walked out..so bad as a...