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Donatella Ristorante
- 12 Tappan Rd, Harrington Park, NJ 07640

Italian restaurant ★4.0 (162)·$50–100

12 Tappan Rd, Harrington Park, NJ 07640, USA

4.0
First time here, and the idea came from my wife, who always wanted to try this place.For my surprise, it was better than expected.Very nice place. Good attention, atmosphere, and prices.The plates we tried were delicious (pictured). The service was attentive, respectful and professional.The property is nice and clean, with a natural touch.Pasta, short ribs, dessert and coffee exceeded my expectations.I definitely will be back.Recommend. - Zab Eton
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Donatella Ristorante Introduce

Welcome to the premier authentic Italian dining experience at Donatella Ristorante, a North Jersey gem nestled in the heart of Harrington Park. For residents and visitors of New Jersey seeking a truly memorable and upscale, yet inviting, culinary journey, Donatella offers a taste of Italy rooted in family tradition and a staunch commitment to freshness. This restaurant is proudly situated on one of Harrington Park's oldest properties, carrying on a legacy of community and hospitality. It has quickly become a cherished spot for those who appreciate high-quality ingredients, attentive professional service, and a beautiful, romantic atmosphere.

Donatella Ristorante distinguishes itself with a dedication to old-world techniques, especially when it comes to their pasta. They utilize an on-site flour mill to produce the freshest possible flour, which is then combined with free-range eggs sourced from local farmers markets. This meticulous process results in daily, hand-crafted pasta, ensuring that every bite delivers unmatched texture and flavor that elevates simple dishes like *Rigatoni Bolognese* and *Penne Alla Vodka* to a new level. The menu is a comprehensive tour of Italian regions, featuring a wide array of chicken, veal, seafood, and grilled options alongside their signature pasta.

Location and Accessibility

Located conveniently in Bergen County, Donatella Ristorante is easily accessible for patrons across Northern New Jersey. The precise location ensures that planning your next delightful dining experience is simple and straightforward.

Address: 12 Tappan Rd, Harrington Park, NJ 07640, USA

Accessibility is a key priority for the establishment, ensuring a comfortable experience for all guests. The amenities include:

  • Wheelchair accessible entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Wheelchair accessible restroom
  • Wheelchair accessible seating
For convenience, guests will appreciate the free parking lot, and for those who prefer an extra level of service, valet parking is also available.

Services Offered

Donatella Ristorante is designed to accommodate various dining preferences and occasions, offering a comprehensive suite of services to the New Jersey community.

  • Dine-in: Available for Brunch, Lunch, and Dinner with comfortable table seating.
  • Takeout and Delivery: Convenient options for enjoying the menu at home, including No-contact delivery.
  • Reservations: Reservations are required and dinner reservations are highly recommended, reflecting the restaurant's popularity.
  • Private Events: Available, as customer reviews note its suitability for events like baby showers.
  • Atmosphere: Offers an upscale, cozy, and romantic dining environment, complete with a fireplace.
  • Payment Options: Accepts major Credit cards and Debit cards.
  • Children's Amenities: High chairs are provided for families dining with young children.
Features / Highlights

Beyond the exceptional food, Donatella Ristorante offers several highlights that contribute to its outstanding reputation in the North Jersey dining scene:

  • On-Site Flour Mill: Ensures unparalleled freshness and quality for their homemade pasta dishes, utilizing fresh flour and free-range eggs.
  • Great Beverages Program: Features an excellent Wine List, a Bar onsite offering Great Cocktails and Hard liquor, and Beer.
  • Focus on Fresh Seafood: The menu includes an extensive selection of *Pesce / Fresh Seafood* options, such as *Roasted Chilean Sea Bass* and the impressive *Seafood Tower For Two*.
  • Exceptional Desserts and Coffee: Known for a Great dessert selection, including the popular homemade *Tiramisu* and *Napolitan Cake*, along with Great coffee.
  • Friendly and Fast Service: Customers consistently praise the fast service and warm hospitality, with special recognition often given to the attentive manager, Fabian, and his team.
  • Outdoor Seating: Features inviting outdoor seating, often highlighted in reviews for its lush greenery, providing a lovely seasonal dining option.
  • Diverse Menu Offerings: Caters to all tastes with healthy options, small plates, hearty classics like the *Braised 100% Beef Short Ribs*, and the massive *TBONE VEAL CHOP*.
Contact Information

To make a reservation or inquire about services at this fine Italian establishment in Harrington Park, please use the following contact details:

Address: 12 Tappan Rd, Harrington Park, NJ 07640, USA

Phone: (201) 767-4245

What Is Worth Choosing

Choosing Donatella Ristorante is choosing an experience defined by quality, tradition, and superior hospitality. What makes this North Jersey establishment truly worth a visit is the marriage of authentic Italian family recipes with a modern focus on fresh, seasonal, and locally sourced ingredients. It is a place where every element of the meal, from the meticulously crafted pasta to the generously portioned and perfectly cooked veal and grilled specialties, is given the utmost attention.

The atmosphere, often described as cozy and romantic, provides the perfect backdrop for any occasion—whether it's a casual lunch, a celebratory dinner with groups, or a solo dining experience. Customers consistently rave about the attentiveness and professionalism of the staff, noting how the team ensures dietary needs, like allergies, are handled with care. Dishes like the classic *Veal Chop Parmigiana*, *Rigatoni Bolognese*, and the exquisite appetizers such as *Rustic Shrimp* and *Crispy Calamari Fritti* are highly recommended favorites that keep New Jersey diners returning.

In a region rich with Italian-American cuisine, Donatella Ristorante stands out as a genuine destination, providing a taste of Italy that feels simultaneously sophisticated and like eating at the home of a cherished family member. For an exceptional meal in Bergen County, with an extensive wine list and desserts that are the perfect finale, Donatella is the clear choice for discerning local users.

Donatella Ristorante Food & drink

  • DESSERTS

  • Napolitan Cake $10.00
  • Tiramisu $8.00

    Homemade

  • Chocolate Moose Cake $8.00
  • Lemon Tart Cake $9.00
  • Riccota Cheese Cake $8.00
  • Chicken / Pollo

  • Pollo E’ Juliette $27.00

    Fresh chicken breast slices with Julian vegetables, roasted garlic onions in a strictly black and green pressed olive oil.

  • Pollo Alla Sicilia $27.00

    Fresh chicken breast topped with prosciutto di parma, roasted bell peppers, baked fresh smoked mozzarella cheese in a demi-glaze grappa vino sauce.

  • Pollo Portofino $27.00

    Fresh cut chicken breast pounded thin, breaded in our homemade bread crumbs, pan-seared with garlic fresh homemade creamy tomato sauce, topped with smoked mozzarella cheese.

  • Pollo E’ Tradizionale $25.00

    Choice of fresh chicken breast, piccata or Parmigiano, or franchise or marsala.

  • Pollo Balsamico $26.00

    Fresh chicken breast sauteed with homemade balsamic reduction sauce, rosemary, roasted peppers, portobello mushroom asparagus, and fresh stilton cheese.

  • Pollo Alla Griglia $25.00

    Fresh cut chicken breast pounded thin grilled in or 1400 degrees oven served with fresh arugula, fresh chopped tomato, onions drizzled pressed olive oil.

  • Pollo Alla Fiesta $27.00

    Chicken breast, pan-seared then sauteed with Italian hot peppers Italian sausage from Arthur avenue, rosemary, sage, garlic, and oil.

  • Pollo E’broccoli Rapa $25.00

    Fresh cut chicken breast grilled over broccoli rabe, roasted garlic, and oil.

  • Pollo Scarpiella $27.00

    Roasted, boneless chicken cubes, rosemary, pepper flakes in a white wine sauce (nonna’s recipe).

  • Insalata

  • English Iceberg Wedge Salad $16.00

    Iceberg lettuce with caramelized bacon, stilton cheese, sliced bell peppers, house dressing.

  • Avocado Ripieno $18.00

    Stuffed avocado with shrimp and crab meat drizzled with lemon/lime sauce.

  • Insalata Misticanza $12.00

    Organic spring mix greens with mixed fresh fruits shaved Parmigiano Reggiano cheese in a house dressing.

  • Insalata Donatella’s $12.00

    Fresh chopped steak tomatoes, sliced onions, fresh chopped Italian sweet green peppers, sliced baby cucumbers, unfiltered olive oil, white grape vinegar, Italian herbs, with fresh homemade chopped mozzarella cheese.

  • Beets Salad $12.00

    Ruby red roasted beets with goat cheese, over arugula with homemade sauce.

  • Tomato E’salatta $12.00

    Sliced steak tomatoes, onions with drizzled unfiltered green olive oil.

  • Caesare Tradizionale $14.00

    Crisp organic romaine lettuce with cubes of homemade garlic croutons mixed with traditional creamy Caesar dressing.

  • Mixed Spring Greens $12.00

    Organic mixed spring greens with fresh chopped tomatoes, onions, vegetables, black & green olives in a house dressing with gorgonzola cheese.

  • Pasta

  • Lunguine E’vongole $26.00

    Freshly cooked linguini pasta with pressed olive oil, roasted garlic in a white wine sauce, and fresh basil.

  • Orecchietta Alla Verona $26.00

    Fresh cooked pasta with sauteed Italian sausage, broccoli rabe, red pepper flakes (Arthur ave style).

  • Pasta Fruiti D’mare $39.00

    Homemade fresh pasta with fresh seafood, shrimp, scallop, calamari, clams in a spicy fresh homemade tomato sauce.

  • Sphagetti Pomodori $20.00

    Sphagetti Pomodori pasta with home made tomato sauce

  • Rigatoni Con Gamberi E’arugula $29.00

    Freshly cooked capellini pasta with shrimp, fresh arugula, sun-dried tomatoes, roasted garlic, pressed virgin olive oil, a touch of homemade grappa wine.

  • Rigatoni Bolognese $26.00

    Freshly cooked rigatoni pasta with slowly cooked ground beef ragu, diced tomatoes, and a touch of cream sauce.

  • Rigatoni CON MALANZANE $24.00

    Freshly cooked rigatoni pasta, roasted eggplant, fresh chopped roman style garlic tomatoes, fresh basil in a fresh homemade mozzarella cheese.

  • Ravioli I’ Ricotta $22.00

    Homemade ravioli filled with ricotta cheese served with homemade fresh tomatoes.

  • Paglia E’fieno Pasta $36.00

    Fresh homemade black squid pasta served with fresh lobster in a light homemade creamy tomato sauce.

  • Fettucine Al Crema Prosciutto $26.00

    Fresh cooked homemade Fettucine pasta, in a cream sauce with crispy prosciutto bits and shaved cooked asparagus.

  • Tagliatelle E’salmone $27.00

    Homemade tagliatelle pasta with fresh salmon, sauteed with asparagus, sun-dried tomatoes, Mediterranean capers, shallots in a white wine sauce, with drizzled black unfiltered olive oil.

  • Penne Alla Vodka $20.00

    Freshly cooked penne pasta, shallots in a homemade tomato sauce in a light creamy sauce (no meat).

  • Pappardelle E’scalop $30.00

    Fresh homemade pappardelle pasta with mushroom cups, seared fresh scallops in a white wine, a touch of cream sauce.

  • Alla Griglia

  • Fileto D’manzo $44.00

    Mouthwatering incredibly tender prime filet mignon, broiled in our 1400 degree oven cooked to your perfection.

  • Braised 100% Beef Short Ribs $34.00

    Traditionally braised in our 1400 degree oven with onions, carrots, and celery to add mouthwatering flavors, served over mashed potatoes.

  • Bistecca Alla Griglia $41.00

    Full flavors, prime shell steak grilled to your perfection.

  • TBONE VEAL CHOP $40.00

    Double cut veal chop, broiled in our 1400 degree broiler with sauteed portobello mushrooms, rosemary, and garlic, olive oil, cooked in its own juices.

  • Veal Chop $40.00

    Parmigiano served the old school, authentic, traditional, American, Italian style, fresh homemade tomato sauce with melted mozzarella cheese on top.

  • Costoleta D’vitello Milanes $40.00

    Veal chop pounded thin, milanesa served with fresh arugula chopped fresh tomatoes, onions, pressed olive oil.

  • Rack Of Lamb $41.00

    New Zealand rack of lamb grilled to your perfection served over vegetables.

  • Soup

  • Minestrone Soup $9.00

    Traditional mixed vegetables, slowly cooked in its own juices with a touch of homemade tomato sauce.

  • Pasta Fagioli $9.00

    White beans, slowly cooked with sea salt, black pepper, in and out onion, crushed tomatoes, red pepper flakes, ditalini pasta Parmigiano Reggiano cheese (nonnas Italian recipe).

  • Vitello

  • Vitello Al’ Limone $29.00

    Fresh veal scaloppine sauteed with shallots, parsley, and full squeezed lemon cooked in white wine sauce.

  • Vitello Porcini $29.00

    Fresh veal scaloppine, pan-seared with porcini mushrooms rosemary and fresh roasted garlic, pressed olive oil.

  • Vitello E’tradizionale $29.00

    Choice of veal scaloppine pounded thin, parmigiana piccata, franchise, or marsala.

  • Vitello Al Porto E’ Pepe $29.00

    Veal scaloppine sauteed with cherry peppers, garlic, and port wine sauce.

  • Vitello Barese $29.00

    Veal scaloppine sauteed with prosciutto, eggplant, fresh chopped tomatoes in a Madeira wine sauce.

  • Appetizers

  • Stuffed Hot Italian Peppers $12.00

    Italian long hot peppers stuffed with sauteed sausage, bread crumbs, baked mozzarella cheese.

  • Shrimp Cocktail $18.00

    Cooked jumbo shrimp, ice-cold, served with cocktail sauce.

  • Stuffed Artichoke $17.00

    Hearts of artichokes stuffed with brie-goat cheese, bread crumbs, baked in lemon white wine.

  • Sauteed Marinated Artichokes $16.00

    Sauteed with garlic, in and out sun-dried tomatoes, and fresh asparagus.

  • Grilled Pulpo $19.00

    Slowly cooked octopus with lemon, then grilled in our 1400 degrees broiler (old family recipe).

  • Rustic Shrimp $17.00

    Sauteed gulf shrimp with Mediterranean capers, cherry tomatoes, artichoke heart.

  • Oreganata E’vongole $15.00

    Fresh clams with garlic, lemon, and white wine.

  • Blue Point O’kammamoto Oysters $19.00

    Half shell choice of oysters, Kumamoto or blue point, served cold.

  • Vongole E’luccain O’marechiara $16.00

    Fresh clams with in and out garlic olive oil, white wine sauce, or homemade light tomato sauce.

  • Seafood Tower For Two $59.00

    Jumbo shrimp, , blue point oyster, crab meat, clams, lobster, served ice cold.

  • Crispy Calamari Fritti $17.00

    Neopolitan family old recipe, fried calamari with lemon, buttermilk flour, mixed with cornmeal.

  • Carpaccio D’manzo $18.00

    Thinly sliced certified Angus beef with Mediterranean capers, fresh onions, and Parmigiano Reggiano, over baby arugula with drizzled unfiltered green olive oil.

  • Mozzarella De Bufala Fresca $16.00

    Steak tomatoes, fresh buffalo mozzarella, homemade balsamic reduction, roasted bell peppers, drizzled unfiltered green olive oil.

  • Trimings / Sides

  • Jumbo Asparagus $9.00

    Grilled fresh asparagus with squeezed lemon, extra virgin olive oil, and Parmigiano, Reggiano cheese.

  • Steamed Mix Vegetables $9.00

    Steamed all sort of mix veggies.

  • Broccoli Rabe $9.00

    Sauteed fresh broccoli rabe, garlic, and oil.

  • Brussel Sprouts $9.00

    Fresh Brussel sprouts, cooked then sauteed with garlic and oil Parmigiano, Reggiano cheese.

  • Spinach $9.00

    Sauteed fresh spinach and garlic.

  • American Broccoli $9.00

    Burnt American broccoli, virgin olive oil, baked Parmigiano Reggiano cheese.

  • Earth Mushrooms $9.00

    Sauteed mixed wild mushrooms, garlic shallots extra virgin olive oil.

  • Tiramisu $8.00

    Homemade

  • Truffled French Fries $9.00

    Homemade fries, truffle oil, black pepper, Parmigiano Reggiano cheese.

  • Garlic Mashed Potatoes $9.00

    Fresh cooked potatoes, mashed in garlic and oil.

  • Pesce / Fresh Seafood

  • Roasted Chilean Sea Bass $43.00

    Fresh Chilean sea bass with roasted fresh garlic, fresh tomatoes, shiitake mushrooms, and drizzled black olive oil.

  • Swordfish Pomodori Elimone $37.00

    Pan-seared swordfish with roasted garlic & fresh tomatoes in a freshly squeezed lemon juice, and white wine sauce.

  • Filleto Of Sole Pagano $29.00

    Fresh deepwater filet of sole baked in the oven topped with crispy homemade garlic bread crumbs in a lemon white wine sauce.

  • Shrimp Ala Capri $37.00

    Jumbo shrimp with capers, chopped onions, black & green olives, roasted garlic sauce with light, homemade marinara sauce.

  • Scampi Conriso $36.00

    Jumbo shrimp with sauteed garlic, white wine & lemon sauce over arborio rice.

  • Gamberi Alla Griglia $36.00

    Jumbo shrimp grilled in our 1400 degrees oven in and out served over white beans with drizzled unfiltered green olive oil.

  • Branzino $36.00

    Roasted fresh Mediterranean branzino cooked in authentic Mediterranean fisherman’s sauce.

  • Al Salmone Picato $29.00

    Pan-seared fresh Alaskan salmon with crushed Mediterranean capers, freshly squeezed lemon, and white wine sauce.

  • Halibut Marechiara $39.00

    Wrapped in tin foil, served with fresh clams, and shrimp in a light homemade tomato sauce.

Donatella Ristorante Details

  • Service options

  • Outdoor seating
  • No-contact delivery
  • Delivery
  • Takeout
  • Dine-in
  • Highlights

  • Fast service
  • Fireplace
  • Great cocktails
  • Great coffee
  • Great dessert
  • Great wine list
  • Popular for

  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Solo dining
  • Accessibility

  • Wheelchair accessible entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Wheelchair accessible restroom
  • Wheelchair accessible seating
  • Offerings

  • Alcohol
  • Beer
  • Cocktails
  • Coffee
  • Hard liquor
  • Healthy options
  • Small plates
  • Wine
  • Dining options

  • Brunch
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Dessert
  • Seating
  • Table service
  • Amenities

  • Bar onsite
  • Restroom
  • Atmosphere

  • Cozy
  • Romantic
  • Upscale
  • Crowd

  • Groups
  • Planning

  • Reservations required
  • Dinner reservations recommended
  • Accepts reservations
  • Payments

  • Credit cards
  • Debit cards
  • Credit cards
  • Children

  • High chairs
  • Parking

  • Free parking lot
  • Parking
  • Valet parking

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Donatella Ristorante Location

Donatella Ristorante

12 Tappan Rd, Harrington Park, NJ 07640, USA

Donatella Ristorante Reviews

An average rating of ★4.4 from 753 user reviews.

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