Valentinos Ristorante
A Freehold, New Jersey Restaurant
Rating and Review

Valentinos Ristorante
4241 Route 9 North
Freehold, NJ
732-683-1400

Price	Expensive
Fare	Italian
Restaurant Rating
Food	3 Stars
Service	2 Stars
Decor	2 Stars
Overall Rating	2.5 Stars

Restaurant Review

Valentino's Ristorante, a new Italian restaurant in Freehold, open since March 2007, has quickly become a fine dining restaurant and the top Italian Restaurant in Freehold.

The decor is softly lit, the walls and carpeting are earth green pleasing tones with murals, and tables set with green and white table linens. The acoustics are excellent and with tables spaced comfortably apart, you can enjoy quiet conversation without having to shout above your neighboring tables noise.

Owner Sharif is always in view as he works the dining room greeting diners and ensuring that their are needs are attended to.

The food served up is contemporary Italian and is well prepared with fresh ingredients that are creatively presented in an attractive colorful combinations with a large variety of dinner ware plates and bowls.

Valentino's is BYOB and are quick to recognize your red or white wines and provide you with the proper sized wine glass for your type of wine. Accompanying the bread serving is a small multi - bowl arrangement filled with oil and garlic, bruschetta, and strips of fresh cut parmigiano cheese ---- a nice touch.

The menu offers a wide selection of well prepared traditional Italian hot and cold antipasti's, soups, salads, pasta, chicken, veal, grilled meat, and sea food dishes.

To experience what Valentinos is all about and what separates it from the other Freehold eateries, you need to order their daily specials. They are awesome!

If available as a special, for an appetizer, try the Sushi Grade Tuna Special with diced shallots and tomatoes and capers with fresh squeezed lemon; or the Smoked Salmon with nachos; or the Lobster Ravioli, prepared and cooked at your table and comes with two large lobster ravioli's, two shrimp, broccoli rabe, sun dried tomatoes, and olives.

For the dinner entree, try the special, Osso Buco, it's especially tender and tasty lamb on a bed of spinach, served in a huge attractive bowl. Valentino's Osso Buco is the best in Central Jersey, and if you plan on ordering it, please call ahead to find out if it's being offered the night you plan to dine there.

Just don't stop there, save room for the dessert. The flambé's are sumptuous and are their signature desserts. They offer three choices; Banana foster, the Strawberry flambé, or the Cherry Jubilee. They are prepared at your table and are presented in an attractive large ---crystal glass. If available, try the apple crisp with ice cream.

The service at Valentinos Ristorante is friendly and attentive.

A children's menu is available.