Cafe Luna in Monmouth County

Date night for myself and the partner. Food was off the charts good, for reference we ordered a bunch of seafood apps and dinners. Service was amazing, music was great, everything about this restaurant is what you are looking for. Promise this isnt a paid ad!

Loved it the food was delicious and the service was great 👍

Not impressed at all. Expensive drinks, $18 for a Hugo! Which is gin and soda. Fig special was a salt bomb, inedible, sent back. Broccoli rabe with sausage and orchetta... dry, burnt sausage and bland! Never going back. Service was great 👍

A Delicious Lunch! Grilled Octopus, Buffalo chicken pizza with an amazing crisp crust that never got soggy! Wait staff SOOO FRIENDLY and Knowledgeable!👍🍷❤️ Bloody Mary!

Excellent experience. Didn’t know where I was going to go for the night but I’m glad I ended up here. Hostesses were very helpful and polite when looking for a table from the beginning. Waiter was very nice and attentive. He didn’t miss a thing! Food and drinks were was spot on. I had the veal chop it was humongous and delicious! Will definitely be coming here again!

Very popular restaurant, brings a lot of people.But the food is a 3 out of 5 at best. Im particular about food but we ordered 8 things and werent happy about any of them.

Great atmosphere, very attentive waiter, nice option to dine outdoors

Nice decor, excellent staff and great presentation of food. While that does deserve 5 bright stars, the taste of the food, hardly shined.

Always very welcoming and quick. Food has very good portions and always delicious

Gets better everytime we go! Alex the bartender was helpful and Amazing... Shout-out to Vinny as he was a pleasure to speak with. And Kelly is an Awesome Hostess 👍🫶

My daughter and her husband had my Granddaughters lunch here for her baptism. The food was delicious, too bad I didnt take pictures.She had it family style, calamari, mussels, zucchini fries,salad for the apps. For the main course , penne vodka, rigatoni and marinara sauce, chicken parmesano, veal, or Salmon. The Penne vodka was the best I have had. All came with vegetables and everyone loved the food.The servers were sweet and made sure we had everything we needed.Thank you Cafe Luna for a wonderful luncheon for Joe, Stephanie & Siennas luncheon.

Good foodGood serviceThursday 9pm live DJ draws middle age groupReservation is highly recommendedOctopus app is very good

Went here before the Keith Urban show at the PNC. Just a 16 min drive to PNC back lot and no traffic.The food was delicious and service friendly and quick. So many choices on the menu that I want to try. Will be going back with my Paisans.

Great experience at Cafe Luna. Our waitress Melissa was fantastic. She knew the menu inside and out and was able to provide impeccable details on every question we asked. For appetizers we had a pizza and shared a pasta and a salad amongst four of us. For dinner we had sole, branzino, chicken dish and veal. Drinks are reasonably priced.We spoke to the owners son Vinny who was personable and awesome to interact with. Thank you sir for your hospitality. Overall fantastic meal and will now sit at the top of our go tos. We forgot about cafe Luna for years and after this experience we will be back!!!Great service, great food and overall great vibe.

Amazing place!!! Delicious food and service!!! Go there for any occasion or just simply to enjoy the evening))You will no regret!!! Highly recommend!!!

The food was delicious, the martinis were tasty, and the service was outstanding. One of our group has difficulty walking. Two young men, one was the manager, helped him to the car. Every staff member was extremely cordial and caring. We sat in the back room, not too noisy. Loved our outing. Certain to go back again.

So the food here is good, I have absolutely no complaints about the food except that it’s pricey but this is supposed to be a “higher end” restaurant. The problem is the service is so slow and so poor. We (just the two of uswere at our table for a total of 2 hours. The food too absolutely forever to come out and even when we’re trying to get the check and leave that part took long. “Oh but they’re short staffed” no they’re not, they had plenty of staff and when we asked for the check our waiter went back to the computer area and just stood around there for 5 min doing literally nothing and talked to some of the other staff occasionally. This is the second chance we gave this place too, the first time we came was last year and the service was exactly the same. Won’t be coming back. Not worth the wasted time or money.

Really great spot. There food is well above average and the atmosphere of the place is great, not much more to ask for, its definitely a place to be at!!

The hostess gave us a very bad table even though there were many tables open. We were made to sit away from other diners alone in a corner with flies n water on the chairs. We didnt bother ordering drinks or appetizers as we were upset about this treatment. We got panini sandwiches which were good. We ate, paid n left. Im never going back.

We attended a private party.. Food was excellent and plentiful. Service was excellent. Servers were always there asking if you needed anything. Only criticisms are water being served in bottles for the table. Water wasnt cold. Pitchers of water with ice would have been better than having to ask for ice all night. Secondly was the coffee. Each cup was loaded up on trays with coffee no saucers and when served they were cold. Better to have cups and saucers on table and pour coffee from carafes so it would be served hot.

Great service, polite/ knowledgeable staff, the did can use improvement. Appetizers6th were good, my order personal pizza terrible. Tried another pizza same result. Crust= worst part. Timing was good but as dinner went on it got darker and darker, and music got louder and louder. I had an overall good experience just feel like the mistakes keep them from being a great contending restaurant like LouCas.

Nice local cafe with good food and good service. In nice weather they have an outdoor seating area, although like every place in a small shopping strip, it sits in the middle of a parking area. They did the best thing they could, though, and put a fence around it to somewhat isolate car exhaust. Inside, the cafe is nicely decorated and the menu has something for everyone. Worth a visit.

My friend and I heard about this place and Went for dinner. It’s a nice atmosphere but the food was terrible. We ordered Lamb chops $46 and they served them fried and breaded . It was bad ! Not worth the money! Also The tuna tartare was barely tuna mostly crunchy stuff. We were very disappointed.

I’ve been here a few times before and liked the food, so I made a reservation for my family for Mother’s Day dinner. When we sat down at the restaurant, I was surprised to see a special pre fixe menu, as it was not mentioned when I called to make the reservation that they would not have their regular menu available. There were no prices listed anywhere which was unnerving but we had driven from out of town to go there, and on Mother’s Day, I was unsure of where else I could get a table last minute for dinner, so we stayed. The food was below average, and I feel like we should have been told ahead of time that there would be a special menu- it felt like bait and switch. My brother has dietary restrictions so he couldn’t even eat two of the courses (with no offer of a replacement), and the bill was an astronomical $400 for 3 people, one drink, and a coffee. There was an automatic 20% gratuity, which I would have paid anyway because our server Jason was great, but they also charged us nearly 4% extra for paying with a card, far higher than what is required to pay credit card fees. Overall the experience felt like a cash grab and I will no longer be returning there for dinner.

Wow great food and drinks. Sam was an absolute pleasure to help us with our dinner choices. Hes a great manager with good people skills. The whole staff was polite and made our meal very enjoyable.

Great Saturday night date spot for me and Hubby. Delicious linguine and clams. Wonderful Bread for dipping, and great service! Jason our waiter was fabulous, very attentive and professional. One of our favorite Italian restaurants!

The best Italian restaurant ever. Order the steak for 4 it’s aged for perfection. ❤️This place don’t waste your moneys elsewhere it doesn’t get any bettter then this!

Excellent dinner experience. Appetizers (zucchini flowers and Buffalo mozzarellawere delicious, veal shank and salmon dishes were great. Only lacking area was the dessert selections.

Great dining experience. From the appetizers, to the main course, to the coffee and dessert, everything was delicious and well made. This was my first visit to the New Jersey location, and the experience lived up to my visits to the one on Staten Island.

Second visit because my first was generally a positive one, not so tonight. Stopped by to sit at bar, have apps and relax, sat down at 5:30 to a relatively light crowd. No cocktail menu, bartenders change stations and new one seems more concerned with regulars than taking our food order. Food is good but 15 minutes go by without being asked for drink refill or to fill my water. There were 3 bartenders so no excuses. Also pushy locals waiting for us to pay our bill.

Italian food prepared correctly! Many choices on menu to please everyone. Shrimp Parmagian had huge shrimp and tasty sauce.Very spacious restaurant with wide, long marble bar that makes it easy for a couple to share a meal. Service was attentive, and the food was perfect.

Absolutely Out Of This World Expierence!We have been in the area for years now but recently moved closer to RT.9 and was surprised at the lack of good pizza/Italian places there are. When you have amazing ones 15 minutes away in Matawan.So we finally have time to make a dinner date, and we finally get to Cafe Luna. We were sat right away, and our server RICH was amazing. Personable, nice, quick, everything you would want for an expensive night out. Seriously fantastic service.The food...We got Chicken Parm and Penne Vodka and Rich agreed that those 2 meals you can judge an Italian restaurants on...Meals came out relatively quickly, and I took one bite and was in absolute heaven. Hands down the best Italian food I have had in years.Go here. Get Rich as a server, enjoy your God damn night!

This place gets better every time I go. Me & my boyfriend had a great dinner tonight. Our service was excellent. The waiter Rich was awesome!! Will be going back soon.

Dined here 2 weeks in a row. A great experience. They are masters with fish and other Italian meals. Very nice atmosphere, great service, incredible food. The mixed drinks were a little heavy on the bitters, but they were quick to correct. Highly recommended.

Very pleasantly surprised, the food was delicious. I ordered the grilled octopus as an appetizer and the linguine and clams for an entree, they were delicious! The service was very good and the ambiance was sleek and contemporary. Will definitely be dining there again

Cafe Luna has become one of my top places to request and I dont see it being replaced any time soon. I remember going here a long time ago and it was definitely not looking like it does now. The ambience is great and the service is top notch! My server was Shannon and I will def request her next time! She made sure to come and greet us once settled and explained every special and included her personal favorite. Everything was so detailed that I didnt have any questions and knew exactly what I wanted. She went above and beyond and checked backed often enough to Not have to wait for anything. Very friendly and you can tell shes a hard worker. The food was exceptional and I cannot wait to explore the menu. Def need more than 5 stars🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Everything at Cafe Luna was perfect. FromThe time my husband and I walked in to the minute we left.The service was outstanding, the food was outstanding. Vinny and his crew were amazing!!!TOP NOTCH FOOD!!Thank youYour friends at Nissan.

I had no idea this gem was there. I won a gift card from NJ 101.5 to come and so we chose to celebrate later by coming here. We made a reservation and figured (due to the gift card being $50it was a more expensive and dressy place. Every single staff member made eye contact and greeted us as we were escorted to our table. I knew from there the service would be good.I ordered the Sicilian Sunrise drink. We wanted to start with appetizers and order our meal later, but they said they do not put apps in without the rest of the order. That was annoying! They sat us at a small table blocked by a huge pillar. THAT was annoying, but when my drink arrived and I had that first sip---all annoyance was forgotten. It was delicious!!! We ordered the sausage egg rolls and those were amazing! Every time something came out of the kitchen and passed our small table we wondered if we should have ordered that instead. haha.I got the chicken Marsala, and my hubby ordered the seafood pasta special. Both were ALSO delicious. I just knew I had to save room for dessert.He had heard the bread pudding was good, so we ordered that. I ordered a carrot cake. We asked if it had coconut in it, but the waiter did not know. So he went back and checked--by tasting. Seeing him come back with a happy smile told me to go ahead and try it. Its been one week and we are still thinking about both desserts! What a great place. It looks casual, but it is pricey and the food is memorable!!

Cafe luna is a fantastic bar and restaurant in old Bridge. They have some amazing food for very fair pricing. Been here multiple times and will keep returning for there great menu items, awesome bar selection and wonderful staff. Melissa the bar tender is wildly professional and can always count on her suggestions. Overall this is an easy must check out spot! Thanks again!

After having a lunch date with my bestie here I knew I had to come again with my husband for date night. Both days the food was delicious and the ambience was relaxing. Both times I have only had seafood but I highly recommend the clams and fish dishes. The only complaint I had (but I did not take stars off for thiswas that on my date night with my husband the main entrees came out about 5 minutes after they served us the appetizers. That was disappointing as we had to rush so the food didnt get cold. I recommend you order the appetizers then once they come order your dinner.

Great band west end dogs. Our waitress Anna had terrific customer service skills.she was great. We made a reservation for 7 pm to sit near our friends in the band.. she confirmed that. When we arrived the host and hostess didnot honor our reservation. They wanted to put us in a back room cause they gave away our table.

The service was great. Ordered sole oreganata. It was horrible. It tasted like it was a frozen patty. Topped with burnt orange topping that tasted like a flower. It should have been breadcrumbs in a white wine. The 4 pieces of potatoes and veggies were good. So NOT worth the money for that entree.

Waiter service on the highest level. The food wast absolutely awesome. One of the best linguine i have ever eaten!

Most delicious Sicilian food I have ever had in my life! Drinks are amazing always and service is above par! Espresso martini is also to die for. Interior decoration is so classy and theres always a chill vibe going on. A must visit if youre in the area!

Went here tonight with a few friends (11). What an amazing time we had. Drinks & Apps we’re all great. Everyone’s dinner came out together and we’re all hot as if they were just cooked. We all had from pasta, fish to steaks and salads. I have to say not one person had a complaint about the food or service. What a great place. Try it and eat anything. All delicious. Nice Clean & Friendly staff. 👍.

Went to cafe Luna for a family member’s birthday party. Not sure how many people are allowed for inside dining but seemed pretty much occupied. Food overall was ok, nothing special but the service was great!

I like this place. The food was sooo good and my father loved his food as well. There was a large party there so the service was a bit delayed, but all in all I had no issue.

Food is great and the live music is great

Excellent Food, Excellent Atmosphere, Accommodating staff, cannot find anything like it in the area! highly Recommend!

Incredible experience! From the food, to the service, to the atmosphere! Get the special pictures below - enough to feed 4 people and SO worth it!!!