Circolo Neapolitan - Waldwick

The food at this restaurant was awful and the owner had a terrible attitude. I ordered Chicken Parmesan and the fresh pasta was undercooked. The breaded chicken was fried in old oil and the mozzarella was barely melted. My wife's veal dish was cold and hard to eat. We didn't even finish our meals and when we asked for the bill, we were charged $75. The owner didn't seem to care and even laughed at our complaint. This is definitely a struggling restaurant owner who is taking out their financial issues on the quality of their food. Be warned before dining here.

If you haven't visited this restaurant yet, you are truly missing out. It's fantastic! I tried it for the first time two months ago and have returned five more times since then. The food, particularly the salads and pizzas, is top-notch. The service is also excellent. You won't be disappointed!

Good, but Not what it used to be. Octopus has gotten tough- used to be wonderful. Owner is great. The wondering old man can get annoying.

Came in because I was feeling Italian- but didn’t know what exactly. I walked in and was promptly seated. There was a birthday happening on an alcoved part of the restaurant, but besides that, it wasn’t too busy. It has a real welcoming environment. You’re able to see into the kitchen, which has a real brick/stone oven for pizzas. Super neat.My waiter was covering me and the birthday party, and I don’t think I was a priority. I had a pretty nice wait between getting water——then she told me the specials and left, without asking if I was ready to order. So another wait. But then she came back and I ordered the spicy seafood pasta. It wasn’t spicy. It tasted like the seafood just had old bay sprinkled lightly on it. No hate to old bay, just wasn’t the spicy I was wanting. The seafood in it was cooked well though, the shrimp was like perfect, not tough. And the mussels and clams- yum. The entree filled me up so I wasn’t up for dessert, but their line up it said they were made in house made me wish I wasn’t that full.

My ONLY gripe with this place is that they are not flexible at all with doing any substitutions (and they do say it on their menu . They do offer gluten free pizza and pasta option otherwise, if you have any other requests, forget it. (For example, my husband doesn't like onions, but they wouldn't accommodate. Another guest didn't like a specific veggie, but they wouldn't exclude from that dish . Supposedly it's to keep the kitchen working effectively, but was a little annoyance. Otherwise, this place is great! (and it's also BYO . I came here June 2021 to celebrate a 40th anniversary dinner. We had a few adults and a couple of toddlers and had a great night out! We ordered a lot of items off their menu. The highlights are: Grilled Octopus Starter (2 large tentacles, cooked to PERFECTION Ricotta Polpette (2 LARGE Meatballs . This could honestly just be a meal. Fried Calamari. Always a fan favorite. Spicy Linguini topped with seafood Fettucine Alfredo (this was a special for the day Veal Scallopini Things we ordered that were good, but I would def. try other options next time: Fire Roased Salad. The salad portions are great! Definitely a meal. But, I didn't love THIS salad. I felt it lacked flavor. We ordered the margherita and Circolo pizzas, which in hindsight were pretty identical. Both were fine but next time i'd order a different pizza! The place itself is nice. Definitely family friendly (they were able to seat us in a little enclave off the main dining room and not too fancy (no white tableclothes here! . But, it also works for a nice romantic night out. Will come again and manga!