Romantic Restaurants in Northern New Jersey
- Dinner can be romantic in New Jersey.dinner image by Mykola Velychko from Fotolia.com
The Garden State has plenty of upscale and romantic restaurants. If you are looking for a place to take a significant other for a nice night out or an anniversary, there are plenty of options in northern Jersey cities and towns, such as Trenton and West Orange. These romantic restaurants tend to have low music and candlelight and European-influenced entrees. - This upscale Italian restaurant is smack in the middle of New Jersey's capital, Trenton. The atmosphere is romantic, with leather-backed chairs and garlands of fresh flowers lit up with Christmas lights. Dress is elegant casual. Cuisine is traditional Italian, with appetizer choices such as antipasti plates with olives, salami, ham and pickled vegetables or shrimp cocktail. Entrees include many pasta dishes, from cheese-stuffed ravioli to pasta puttanesca with a tomato sauce with capers, garlic and anchovies. There is a long wine list.
Amici Milano
600 Chestnut Avenue
Trenton, NJ 08611
609-396-6300
amicimilano.com - This elegant restaurant opened in 1986. Not far from New York, this West Orange restaurant's highlight of is the stunning view of the Manhattan skyline. The decor is upscale, with scalloped window designs, white tablecloths and attentive waiters. Dress is formal. Outdoor seating is available on a terrace decorated with plants and fresh flowers. The cuisine is "nouvelle American," cooked with the freshest ingredients; examples include orecchiette pasta with duck bolognese and truffle oil and an organic veal chop with potato gnocchi. The restaurant has a long wine and spirits list.
Highlawn Pavilion Restaurant
Eagle Rock Reservation
1 Crest Drive
West Orange, NJ 07052
973-731-3463
highlawn.com - Located in the North Jersey town of Hoboken, this intimate restaurant offers fine dining at a reasonable price. Housed in an old brownstone, there are three dining rooms with fine linen and fresh flowers, as well as a plant-filled patio for outdoor dining. The food is elegant American, with choices from a salad with watercress, endive, pears, bleu cheese and walnuts to entrees such as shrimp with basmati rice in a mustard chive sauce. The restaurant features an early-bird special, a discounted prix-fixe meal for those who arrive to dine before 5:45 p.m. A long list of specialty cocktails includes infused daiquiris.
Amanda's
908 Washington Street
Hoboken, NJ 07030
201-798-0101
amandasrestaurant.com
