La Cucina — Restaurant in Teaneck Township

We were nearby so we looked around for a restaurant and the sign on the front said "Humble Italian Food." That sounded nice so we went in. What an incredible disappointment. Wait staff is inexperienced and incompetent. EVERYTHING WAS TERRIBLE.

We walked in and there were a ton of available tables. We asked for one by the window and were told No. So we asked for a table in the back and there was a five minute discussion between the host and another man until they decided what table we could have.

The Food was terrible. "Eggplant Parm" was just bread crumbs soaked in oil with some cheese and a little eggplant: a big oily goopy mess. I told my server "I'm sending this back, it's disgusting." He said "OK" - no further questions. I had to get his attention to tell him I wanted something else. He brought a menu and never came back. I had to walk to the front and tell him what I wanted. I got the pasta fagiole soup. Tasteless but I was starving so I ate it.

My husband had the "Courgette in Bolognese Sauce." He said it was terrible. He just picked at it. Also, their "bolognese" is not bolognese - it's vegetarian. I do understand that they are catering to a Kosher audience but it should be called "bolognese-style vegetable sauce."

My husband asked for ginger ale. He was told "we only have Coke and Sprite." Seriously??? It's not coming from a soda gun - it's cans. They couldn't buy a few 6-packs of other flavors?

Finally, the bottle of tap water that they brought to the table tasted terrible! If you have lousy tap water, you tell your customers so we have the option of asking for bottled water. Either that or the bottles, which are just refilled, are not properly washed.

They're very good at over-charging for everything, though. Our bill came out to $80+ for a disgusting meal with...

The food here is definitely better than most kosher dairy places, way above average.

First of all, I was a big fan of the menu itself. It was concise, thoughtful, and not overcrowded. I really appreciate that.

The gnocchi is clearly homemade and is absolutely delicious, in a rustic kind of way. My kids really liked their fettuccine alfredo, and the mushroom mellow and Margherita pizzas were both good.

The most pleasant surprise is their fish. I've tried the salmon and the tuna and both were near perfect, for 40% less than you'd pay at a very high end place.

The zeppolis are to die for.

Value wise, the prices were very fair, and the service was good, despite the restaurant being very busy.

Overall, this is a great place for an affordable and high quality meal for families or couples and has become a staple...

This place is the worst establishment I have ever come across. The worst workers I’ve ever seen. I placed an order on grubhub for delivery and it never came so I called the restaurant and the guy tells me he has no drivers and that I have to pick up my order. I say I am unable to come pick it up and he says ok hold on let me check something. He puts me on hold for 15 minutes. I hang up and call back and he rejects. I must have called 50 times and he kept rejecting. So I call from my husbands phone and he answers. When he realizes it was me he quickly hands the phone to a female worker and she tells me please hold and puts me on hold again without returning to the phone. I tried calling back multiple times and they just rejected me. I never got my food that night. These people have no integrity and I will never...