JC’s Ristorante

Friendly people here but the service ?
SLOOOOOOOOWWWW! We came for lunch and waited ONE hour for our food! This is the second time we had come for lunch and dismissed the first slow service as just a bad day. The food was fair & not worth such a wait. The curly fries were cold and limp. 3 people ordered those fries!

I'll come here again for drinks. At the bar but never again to eat.

This place looks older and not super nice on the outside, but when you go inside, it is a large space with multiple bars and rooms. It definitely has a more traditional style.

Service was great here last time I came here even though we had a big group! We were well taken care of and all of our orders were correct. We all got different things and they all looked delicious. I had the chicken genovese and it was great. My boyfriend got the sausage parmesan which he also enjoyed. Their portions are huge here so be prepared to be stuffed and have leftovers!! Their complimentary bread, especially the garlicky bread, is so good. Be careful not too eat too much! This is a great place for groups, large and small.

Enjoyed a great cheese & sausage pizza today. Crust was perfection. Nice and thin and cooked perfectly with just the perfect snap. Not soggy or greasy at all. Cheese was tasty and provided the perfect strings when pieces were pulled apart. Sausage was delicious. As you can see from the picture, we couldn't wait to dig in when it was brought out so the pic is minus a few pieces **LOL** Overall, sauce, cheese, crust, sausage were all WINNERS!!

Sat at the bar. Service by Tina was superb. Friendly staff! (Minus the host I will say, she was unfriendly and frozen- speechless it seemed). Large on the inside which is great! Bread is homemade and delish. Side veggies were yum! cannot wait to go back and try all other menu items

A friend of mine has been telling me to try this place for years! The pizza did not disappoint, just delicious. We also tried the lasagna, mostacholi and the chicken vesuvio. The only one we were disappointed in was the chicken. Just not a real great flavor and chicken was dry. We sat and the bar to order out take out and the bar tender was so sweet and kind. The hostess that day was a bit of a crab.

What an awesome old school Italian restaurant! We sat at the bar and the server was friendly. Had to get the baked clams which were delicious. We also got a pizza which was good. I also want to mention the delicious Bloody Mary.

This is a nice restaurant with huge plates of food. It was my first time here, but the people I came with have eaten at this location as well as the previous location in Crestwood for a few decades. They all love the food here and have their own favorites.

My rating is 3.5/5. This is mostly based on the food.

I ordered:
French onion soup ($7) 4+/5
This was good. It's one of the better ones I've had and it came with a ton of cheese melted on top. That was the best part. The broth was flavorful as well. A lot of French onion soup can turn out too salty, and this was not that. This had a good balance of salt and sweet and savory.
I will definitely order this again.
Be warned: It is very filling because of all the cheese.

pasta & asparagus ($14) 3/5
I love veggies with pasta. My favorite has asparagus, tomatoes, onions with penne in a white wine, garlic, lemon sauce topped with parm. I tried to make that happen, by adding sun dried tomatoes to this dish. I usually love agliolio (garlic olive oil sauce, sometimes with red peppers), but this sauce tasted more like oil and black pepper. I was not expecting the black pepper. Red pepper is common, but I've only had black pepper in Cacio e Pepe.
In any case, I took some extra Alfredo cream from my boyfriends dish and started dunking my linguini in it, and that was tasty.
I probably won't order this again.

Of the other dishes I tasted:
The Alfredo was the best. $13. 5/5.
It's my boyfriends favorite Alfredo of any restaurant.
His mom also ordered it, but added chicken.
Both are huge dishes and well worth the price.


Regarding the wait staff:
The lady who greeted and seated us was nice.
Our waitress was also nice. The restaurant got slammed and you could see her running all over the place. I hope she was tipped well by other tables, because waitressing is a lot of work.
It was nice to see the owner, Joe, walking around and greeting tables. I love when people take pride in their work/the restaurants they own.

This place has two bars with seating areas and then large spaces filled with tables.

Of note, the restrooms do not have a changing table, just in case you have little ones.


Will I be back? Yes. Will I get the same pasta, no.
I want to try their tiramisu, get my own dish with Alfredo, and that French onion soup.

Wonderful family owned and operated restaurant. The food is Italian and very good. The atmosphere is warm and friendly. Get there while you can. I hear they may be retiring in a year or so.

Had dinner here following a charity golf outing. Solid selection at the bar. A few in season drafts. Some good whiskeys too and solid prices. They had Redbreast 15 at $14. Service was quick and friendly.

Our group had a private room at the back. I had eggplant parmigiana with salad, potatoes, and broccoli. Simple and tasty home style food.

Although the baked clams were good, it was hard to come to a decision as the menu was a bit all over. Definitely need to try the pizza. Looked yummy. The atmosphere was lively and fun. We were there on a busy Saturday- service was good, but could have used a bit more attention.

Excellent food. Everything there is very good including and the homemade roles are to die for I have never had anything bad there also the pizza is very good