The Best Romantic Restaurants
in New Jersey
Ratings and Reviews of Exceptional Romantic Fine Dining
Looking for a list of exceptional romantic restaurants to celebrate your anniversary, Valentines Day, or an intimate occasion with a loved one and want to know where the best are? Here you can find a comprehensive rating and review of the top romantic restaurants in New Jersey.
Perhaps you are at the beginning of a relationship and you want to enhance it with an experience that is romantic and memorable?
Or maybe you are just looking for a place with great atmosphere and decor that is bound to impress?
While NJ has a variety of many special occasion and romantic restaurants, the best romantic restaurants can be found here. They offer intimate, cozy ambiance, great food, and service --- with all the niceties that make that dining experience extra special.
Andre's Restaurant, an exceptional fine dining bistro and wine shop in rural Sussex County, is a great place to celebrate a romantic evening. It is upscale ambiance in a small rural town. More...
Amandas Restaurant fits the bill perfectly for diner's looking for a cozy, romantic, evening, with top rated food at a reasonable price. The setting is in a beautiful brownstone, embroidered linen, fireplace, and pine-planked flooring, all balanced to set the mood for a memorable, romantic eating. More....
The Highlawn Pavilion Restaurant with it's striking view of Manhattan is only the beginning of an extraordinary dining experience. The impressive grand vistas are matched by Highlawn Paviion’s unique brand of American Fare. Highlawn Pavilion is one of New Jersey's showcase restaurants. More....
The Dining Room restaurant is one of the few 4 star restaurants in New Jersey. This is a world class restaurant with creative Contemporary American cuisine, beautiful decor, an exceptional wine list, and impeccable service ----- all contributing to making this an award winning restaurant. More....
Central New Jersey
The Frenchtown Inn in Frenchtown is a charming romantic restaurant is in a scenic location in a 19th century white-columned building on the banks of the Delaware River. The restaurant, with its no-jeans dress policy, is well maintained with high ceilings, dark moldings, and carpeting that muffles sound. More ...
Panico's in New Brunswick is what old world fine restaurant dining used to be. It's elegant, and with it's soft, subdued lighting, mirrored walls, rich hues of salmon & pecan, and a single rose gracing each table, it offers an exceptional romantic experience. More....
The Raven and the Peach in New Brunswick is an upscale romantic dining experience with ceiling fans, potted plants, much like "Casablanca", in a comfortable, cozy setting. It's custom-made chairs and tables sit at reasonable intervals for an intimate culinary experience. More...
Rat's in Hamilton Township is one of the top romantic restaurants in New Jersey. If you are looking for that special place where decor is sought after and you want to impress.... this is it. Owned by noted sculptor and pharmaceutical heir J. Seward Johnson, Jr., Rats restaurant was created, at least in part, as an added inducement to visit Mr. Johnson's magnificent Grounds for Sculpture, the adjoining 22-acre sculpture park located on the former site of the New Jersey State Fairgrounds. More......
The Sergeantsville Inn in Sergeantsville is a Romantic restaurant offering fireside dining in a 1700's stone building.You can expect to have a cozy table for two in an intimate room, tucked away by the blazing fireplace..The entire place is gorgeous. More.....
The Trinity Restaurant in Keyport is an ideal place for that out of ordinary, fine dining experience that offers a romantic setting in a restored 130 year old former church with a modern day supper club feel to it. More....
Southern New Jersey
The Peter Shields in Cape May is an outstanding restaurant located in a charming Victorian House, across the street from the ocean. Executive Chef Eric Hegyi serves up top of the line contemporary American fare with a Southern accent at this historic oceanfront mansion. More ...
The Ebbit Room in Cape May is a class act whose beautiful restaurant in the charming Virginia bed and breakfast hotel is one of the more romantic settings in a town known for outstanding New American fare; the nightly piano music completes that special getaway feeling. More ...
The Washington Inn is a class old world restaurant in Cape May; The menu and the quality of the food could stand alone - yet is far enhanced by the staff at this restaurant. From the bartender to the wine steward to the wait staff - the service is excellent. More....
The best of the cheap romantic dining places - Are the Best Romantic Restaurants too pricey for your budget? Check out some less expensive restaurants that can be enjoyed by a couple looking for a cozy dining experience in a romantic setting at an affordable price. It's a list of the best restaurants that are sought after by couples who want to have a non-intrusive dining experience without the huge cost of dining at one of the elegant romantic dining places frequented by the high income diners.
The Best Romantic dining places in New Jersey have been determined by a combination of many sources including, personal visits by the restaurant editor of New Jersey Leisure Guide, visitor reviews, and restaurant critics.
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Chakra Restaurant, Paramus, NJ
Chakra Restaurant in Paramus is an unbeatable romantic dining experience. We went there for our 5th anniversary and found it to be everything we expected ...
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