Osteria Cucina Rustica

Name: Osteria Cucina Rustica
Address: 91 S Main St, Marlboro, NJ, United States, 07746
Telephone: (732) 577-8288
Price range: $31 to $50
Rating: 4.6

4.6 (590)

$31 to $50

Italian

91 S Main St, Marlboro, NJ 07746

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2 people

Jul 2, 2025

7:00 PM

Booked 13 times today

About this restaurant

Neighborhood gem
Good for groups
Good for special occasions

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Osteria translated in Italian literally means "a place where the owner hosts his guests." At Osteria Cucina Rustica we follow in that tradition. Life long friends Steven Botta and Angelo Bongiovanni have collaborated to design and recreate an authentic Osteria. A warm atmosphere along with impeccable service and family recipes make for an unparalleled dining experience.
We begin with the freshest ingredients of the highest quality all prepared to order using family recipes passed down from generation to generation. The astronomic experience begins with the hospitality from the moment you walk through the iron forged doors. Next is the food where the love is present in each dish. The house made pasta to the freshest seafood to the dry aged steaks and our unique desserts made daily by our pastry chef make our uniqueness discernible.
The Bongiovanni and Botta families welcome you to Osteria, where we promise that you will come as a guest and leave as family.

Additional information

Dining style
Casual Dining
Price
$31 to $50
Cuisines
Italian, Steakhouse
Hours of operation
Lunch: Wed - Saturday: 12:00pm - 4:00pm; Dinner: Sunday - Thursday: 5:00pm - 11:00pm, Friday - Saturday: 5:00pm - 12:00am
Phone number
(732) 577-8288
Payment options
AMEX, Carte Blanche, Diners Club, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Business Casual
Catering
Full service off site catering available.
Private party facilities
Private room for up to 70 ppl.

Location
91 S Main St, Marlboro, NJ 07746
Neighborhood
Marlboro
Cross street
Ryan Rd
Parking details
Private Lot
Additional
Banquet, Delivery, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine

What 590 people are saying

Osteria Cucina Rustica reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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4.6

4.6 based on recent ratings

4.7Food
4.6Service
4.6Ambience
4.2Value

Noise • Moderate

Loved For

Monmouth
Great for fine wines

Review summary

AI-generated from verified diner reviews

Osteria Cucina Rustica is a vibrant culinary destination celebrated for its "outstanding food" and attentive service. The menu offers "delicious" Italian classics like gamberoni risotto and Sunday sauce with rigatoni. Despite occasional service hiccups, it's praised for "large portion sizes" and a "wonderful atmosphere," making it ideal for special occasions.

590 Reviews

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Larry
New York City14 reviews
4.0
Dined 2 days ago
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 4
Great service, specials was a very long list lots to choose from. Good wine list offerings, great cocktails. Food was amazing, lots of food great ambiance reasonable priced for amount of food offered. Definitely a must go to.
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Nancy VIP
New York City15 reviews
4.0
Dined 4 days ago
1. Overall 4
2. Food 3
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 3
I haven't been here for over three years and was really looking forward to my blood orange martini and perhaps a special rather than ordering my usual. I am so disappointed in my main course. It was a shirt rib ravioli with what seemed like a brandy(?) cream sauce. I am embarrassed to say that it was terrible. The entire dish tasted like they added sugar instead of salt. I tried to eat but couldn't after 1.5 ravioli. I left it and decided to convince myself that this could have been an off day. I dicided to take dessert home, a coconut cake. I've had it before so I was sure this was going to be great. Nope! It was dry and what was supposed to be a custard cream was hard. So disappointed.
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Jimmy
Atlantic City / South Jersey Shore13 reviews
4.0
Dined on June 15, 2025
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
The food and service were very good. Kitchen is little slow. We waited an hour in between appetizers and main course. The server did apologize.
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shane VIP
New York City1 review
1.0
Dined on June 15, 2025
1. Overall 1
2. Food 5
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 5
The server was horribly rude to the hostess and then to the buss boy. Absolutely disgusting to see especially at a nice restaurant like this. We have been here 50+ times and have had great experiences until this. I called to let a manager know after the fact and they said they would leave him a note so he could call me back. That of course never happened. If thats how they want their business represented then this is definitely not a place for us anymore.
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Yelena
New York City3 reviews
5.0
Dined on May 23, 2025
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 2
4. Ambience 4
Food was outstanding. Service felt a bit rushed
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Joseph VIP
New York City31 reviews
4.0
Dined on May 22, 2025
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 3
Consistent dinner, attentive service and large menu options. Great local spot, nicely made cocktails.
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Barbara VIP
New York City16 reviews
3.0
Dined on May 21, 2025
1. Overall 3
2. Food 5
3. Service 2
4. Ambience 2
Food is good waiters were disappointing. Will not be back to this restaurant. Have given it several tries and always seems to disappoint me with the service.
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steven VIP
New York City5 reviews
3.0
Dined on May 20, 2025
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 4
Food was okay at best for the price Pork Chop came out under cooked even when they fixed it the pork chop was still tough.Too much salt on the linguine pasta but it was cooked okay.Not worth it at all.Our Server was excellent though.
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Yessenia
New York City1 review
5.0
Dined on May 12, 2025
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Friendly service, all staff including the waiter’s helpers were very attentive. Food was tasty (rest of my party) but my seafood fra diavolo needed a bit more taste to it. It was just savorless. It was my sister’s birthday, we asked for a few desserts but the coconut cake was delectable we all had a spoonful and we had the same reaction. Overall a nice pleasant evening.
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David VIP
New York City39 reviews
5.0
Dined on May 10, 2025
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Food was delicious and workers attentive and professional.
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FAQs

Osteria Cucina Rustica offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (732) 577-8288.

Osteria Cucina Rustica is rated 4.6 stars by 590 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

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2 people

Jul 2, 2025

7:00 PM

Booked 13 times today

91 S Main St, Marlboro, NJ 07746

Additional information

Cross street
Ryan Rd
Neighborhood
Marlboro
Hours of operation
Lunch: Wed - Saturday: 12:00pm - 4:00pm; Dinner: Sunday - Thursday: 5:00pm - 11:00pm, Friday - Saturday: 5:00pm - 12:00am
Price
$31 to $50
Cuisines
Italian, Steakhouse
Dining style
Casual Dining
Dress code
Business Casual
Parking details
Private Lot
Payment options
AMEX, Carte Blanche, Diners Club, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Additional
Banquet, Delivery, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Phone number
(732) 577-8288
Catering
Full service off site catering available.
Private party facilities
Private room for up to 70 ppl.

Osteria Cucina Rustica

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About this restaurant

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Menu

Dolci

Zeppole

Affogato

Tortoni Fritto

Homemade Biscotti

Nutella Pizza

Warm Chocolate Cake

Italian Cheesecake

Gelato

Zabaglione

Tiramisu

Panna Cota

Cannoli

What 590 people are saying

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