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Cirella's Restaurant & Bar

Cirella's Restaurant & Bar Details

  • Dining Style: Casual Dining
  • Website: http://cirellasrestaurant.com
  • Email: cirellasny@aol.com
  • Phone: (631) 385-7380
  • Hours of Operation: Lunch: Monday - Friday: 11:30am - 4:00pm; Dinner: Sunday: 4:00pm - 9:00pm, Monday - Thursday: 4:00pm - 10:00pm, Friday - Saturday: 4:00pm - 11:00pm
  • Cuisine: Italian, Sushi
  • Executive Chef: Anthony Trobiano
  • Dress Code: Casual Dress
  • Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
  • Additional Details: Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Entertainment, Full Bar, Personal wines welcome, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Takeout, Wine
  • Catering: Parties from 10 - 200 everything from dinner with a personal chef and 10 friends to a elegant wedding.
  • Private Party Facilities: Our entire facility is available for private parties on Saturday and Sunday afternoons for showers, birthday parties, weddings, bar mitzvahs or any special event.
  • Private Party Contact: Tammy Stephens (631) 385-7380
  • Entertainment: Live Music Every Thursday Night 7-10pm.

Getting there

  • Cross Street: Old Country Road
  • Parking: Private Lot
A word from Cirella's Restaurant & Bar
25 years at this "bustling" Melville hub for both "business meetings" and " family celebrations," "gracious" hosts make folks "feel welcome" as they dig into "large portions" of "delicious" Continental and Northern Italian Favorites. The first to turn a veal chop into veal parmigiana and the first… to offer sushi at an Italian Bistro "crudo" Italian Sashimi. Sushi Chef Alan Kim ranked 3rd best sushi on Long Island. The Cirella family owns and operates restaurants in some very unique locations. When shopping Cirella's @ Saks 5th Ave in the Walt Whitman mall. When hitting the Beach Surfs Out in Kismet Fire Island and when traveling to Florida Cirella's in Bonita Springs Fla. Each Restaurant is managed by a family member which means you can always find a cirella around "our family serving yours" has become our slogan over the years. Become "al la familia" ONE OF THE FAMILYContinued
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  • Diners' Choice WinnerItalian
Diner Reviews
  • "Had a quick light dinner with friends before a show. Six of us at a smallish table -- good thing we ordered either small entrees or salads, there wasn't room for much else! And I could have easily picked a couple forkfuls off the plate of the woman immediately behind me -- we were almost rubbing shoulders. Ah, if maxing out the seating helps moderate the prices, so be it, I guess. Very tasty food as always, and good-humored service. We'll be back."
    Dined on 3/1/2014
  • "The food at Cirella's is excellent, prices are reasonable and the portions are large. That being said, it is way too noisy on a Saturday night. Too many tables are pushed too close together. Frenetic energy distracts from a nice meal. Go on an off-night."
    Dined on 3/1/2014
  • "Pounded Veal Chop parmesan entrée with sautéed spinach and garlic side to die for eat here often never disappoints great menu nice people"
    Dined on 2/21/2014
  • "Staff very concerned with your needs. Hostess actually read my request with my online reservation Service was great. Meal was very good. Would recommend to friends !!"
    Dined on 2/20/2014
  • "I took 4 family members out for my mom's birthday. Everything was just perfect. Food, ambiance, service and even price (thanks to a 10% off coupon I found on their website...which helped me enormously with this stretch purchase)."
    Dined on 2/20/2014
  • "Meal was excellent. Service was outstanding. We were there for a couple of hours, restaurant was busy, and we never felt rushed."
    Dined on 2/15/2014
  • "This is not my first time dining at Cirellas it was my new girlfriends.I have eaten here mavy times before and have always had a splendid time.The food was magnificent as always but my girlfriend who is extremely picky was blown away this valentines day by my surprise reservation there.The staff is always wonderful to me n and very attentive to me n my girlfriend the atmosphere was great so we were both very pleased.i would recommend Cirellas to anyone that is looking for fantastic itallian cuisine n a welcoming staff."
    Dined on 2/14/2014
  • "From the food to the valet parking everything was excellent"
    Dined on 2/17/2014
  • "The best part of our dinner at this "italian" restaurant was the sushi appetizer we had. My pasta w/pesto sauce & scallops was swimming in oil, came with only 3 small scallops. My husband got the veal medallions & it was pounded out, not medallions at all, seemed like it was microwaved - overdone - no flavor except for garlic. The ambiance was nice but very tight, tables right on top of each other, the tables are so small plates had to be juggled around. They did take a complimentary photo of each couple and then gave it to us during our meal and also gave me a choc covered pretzel at the end of dinner but not one to my husband which I thought was a little weird. Really the only good thing I can say is that I didn't go home stuffed..."
    Dined on 2/14/2014
  • "What a wonderful restaurant to go to for Valentine's Day! Romantic, excellent Italian food and incredible all-around service! We started off with a fresh jumbo shrimp cocktail, a crisp and delicious Caesar salad, followed by the traditional penne ala vodka, loaded with prosciutto and a chicken dish, Pollo Valdosta, a breaded chicken cutlet that was cooked perfectly (I don't really remember anything else about this dish as my wife ordered it, but I do remember that it was one of the best tasting chicken cutlet I have ever had). Fantastic pour on the drinks too! They even had a little photo session going for all the tables for Valentine's Day and presented my wife and I with a photograph of us enjoying our dinner. Simply superb!"
    Dined on 2/14/2014
  • "I've been coming here for years. The food is always nice. As they said in the Godfather "try the veal. It's the best in the city". You've never seen a Veal Parm like this! On the bone perfection. But the real find is the Sushi. I know, who'd order Sushi at an Italian restaurant? I'd have never even consider it, being something of a Sushi snob. A friend said it was "amazing" so I tried a little sashimi & a small roll. Wow! Unbelievably soft, tender & fresh. Cirella's gets 4 Stars because while the food is consistently good, it's very noisy & the service is not up to par. They work very hard, are friendly & accommodating, but short-staffed & therefore a bit slow & hard to get a hold of. Still, these shortcomings are not enough to keep me away"
    Dined on 2/12/2014
  • "We were a group of nine that included an infant, a toddler, a senior, foodies and a Birthday Girl. Cirella's exceeded our expectations for the evening! Offering us additional choices just for our group, not on the menu. We so enjoy that the menu includes wonderful Italian family favorites AND their special take on sushi! The wait staff was patient and kind with our undeceive group and recommendations were right on point. I don't want to tell specific menu choices because you really need to try it all. But I will say one word-- seafood! The evening ended with a super special birthday surprise Ive never had at any restaurant. Lets say dessert was astounding!"
    Dined on 2/8/2014
  • "All the people from the Hostess to the sever where great."
    Dined on 2/7/2014
  • "Nice lace for a nice dinner. Good food, great atmosphere, classy."
    Dined on 1/27/2014
  • "We had a pre-theatre brunch that was very good. The service was very attentive, only falling short when we asked for our check. It took almost 15 minutes to receive it as I'm assuming the waiter forgot about us until we asked again in frustration. I hate for that to color our experience there which was otherwise very good for food, service and atmosphere."
    Dined on 1/24/2014
  • "Good food, good service, GREAT with allergies! A great neighborhood spot!"
    Dined on 1/18/2014
  • "Went for the first time on Saturday night. The food was great, service was very good. Prices were reasonable. All around great experience!"
    Dined on 1/11/2014
  • "The food was excellent as well as the service. Our waiter was top notch and took care of my group. The bar was good and the service was good."
    Dined on 1/11/2014
  • "I have eaten here several times and have never been disappointed. This visit was no exception. The sushi is outstanding. Very high quality and well presented Our server was excellent. Great service with friendly attitude. The menu is a really good mix so diners can eat whatever they want ( not just sushi)."
    Dined on 1/10/2014
  • "The food and service is always great at Cirellas, you cat go wrong for good Italian"
    Dined on 1/6/2014
  • "Our annual new year's eve dinner with the family place. Love Cirella's"
    Dined on 12/31/2013
  • "Cirella never disapoints. We have been coming here for many years and it is consistanty a good experiences. The servers are professional but not stuffy and the kitchen puts out great italian food and even sushi from their own sushi bar. We went this new year's eve especially since they weren't doing the shlocky restaurant game of charging double for mass produced catering type menus that most other places do. Instead we had the same options and prices that are there every day and they even had hats and noisemakers for everyone to get in the spirit. That is why I will continue to come here for personal and business meals."
    Dined on 12/31/2013
  • "I took my former intern to Cirella's for lunch on December 24th. Lunch was moderately priced (approx. $40 for 2 meals, 1 coffee, 1 tea). This is a nice place to go for a business lunch, a date or girls night out. It has a nice ambiance and the food is very good. The service was good as well."
    Dined on 12/24/2013
  • "Interesting menu; delicious food. A little too noisy for older folks."
    Dined on 12/20/2013
  • "Came to Cirella's for first time in years. Food was great (the anti pasta for two is huge!). Service excellent and they didn't rush even though it was in holiday season."
    Dined on 12/17/2013
  • "New menu with very nice items, well prepared and presented along with old standbys. Cirella's seems to have gotten better over the last few years with chef anthony in the kitchen. Service is always excellent and attentive."
    Dined on 12/6/2013
  • "Food was excellent and our waiter was a GEM. he knew everything about each dish we asked him about. He even suggested items for us to have and they were delicious."
    Dined on 11/20/2013
  • "The food and service were very good. the tables are too close together. the wait staff could not get around the table, they needed to reach over us to pour water or place the food down. Since the table were so close the noise level was high."
    Dined on 11/16/2013
  • "We have been to Cirella's three times in the past few months. The food is very good and the service is EXCELLENT. Since the waitstaff certainly are part of the dining experience we will return there often."
    Dined on 11/16/2013
  • "I always love eating at Cirella's! From the personable staff to the delicious food. And, they always let me make a change to a menu item to fit my taste!!!"
    Dined on 11/12/2013
  • "This was our first time to Cirella's, which was highly recommended by friends. I had heard it was noisy but they fixed that problem with padded walls and carpeting. The food was excellent...great variety, and very good service."
    Dined on 11/9/2013
  • "Food was excellent, but can't say same for service. Waited 40 minutes past reservation time to get seated and even then had to go to hostess to complain and only then got a table. Waitress was clueless- didn't know was out of certain specials, only told us about a special item after we all ordered, put in for the wrong appitizer so we didn't get our food at the same time. One mistake fine, but numerous is incompetence. Never came to refill bread or water the entire night. No offer of a gratis appetizer, coffee- nothing! Disappointing."
    Dined on 11/9/2013
  • "Our party of ten was accommodated with a flair of excellence as if we were only two. Food and service were outstanding."
    Dined on 11/5/2013
  • "Great food! Typically wouldn't order sushi at an Italian restaurant but it was delicious and would recommend it to everyone! Always love their calamari and never have a complaint about any of their food."
    Dined on 11/4/2013
  • "The perfect place to have a business dinner. The variety of food available was outstanding. I had one of the best pieces of Sea Bass ever. Our waiter really knew how to handle our evening. The BYOB Wine Night was totally unique, but a very fun idea. It will become a frequent spot to go for our business dinners."
    Dined on 10/28/2013
  • "Portions were quite large. I ordered a veal dish which came out cold. The waitress should have told us it was a cold platter. A little surprised to see how much the ice cream was. No price on menu for ice cream or coffee. Overall it was excellent and I woild recommend the restaurant to friends."
    Dined on 11/3/2013
  • "I always wanted to eat at Cirella's in Melville and took my best shot to try it. The food was not what I expected but it wasn't that bad. The place was very noisy and it did rate romantic in their advertisement in the Pulse magazine but it really wasn't. It was too noisy, no candles lit on the tables but my company I both enjoyed our time there anyway. The open table reservation was awesome. . It was my first time reserving that way. When we arrived at the restaurant our table was waiting for us. Thank you"
    Dined on 11/2/2013
  • "Good food, good atmosphere. Staff is attentive. It's a little bit noisy but no worse than other restaurants."
    Dined on 10/31/2013
  • "The new high tables by the sushi station are a great addition. Food is always good and they took care of my kids very well."
    Dined on 10/27/2013
  • "Just a simple thank you for giving us out of towners a fantastic meal 3 different times."
    Dined on 10/24/2013
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