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Scalini Fedeli - Chatham, Chatham, NJ
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Scalini Fedeli - Chatham

4.7
4.7
2311 Reviews
$50 and over
Italian
Scalini Fedeli was opened by chef-owner Michael Cetrulo in 1995 and very quickly became New Jersey's highest rated Italian restaurant. Rated excellent by the New York Times in 1996 and New Jersey's favorite restaurant in Zagat's Survey in 2001 and New Jersey Monthly's best Italian and top 25 overall in 2007. Highlights from the menu include soft egg yolk raviolo with black truffle butter, pignoli crusted salmon with artichoke and mint agnolotti in a light tomato and basil broth and braised short ribs of beef with a cherry pepper and port glaze. Set in an historic building built in 1740, the atmosphere is slightly formal with Tuscan style vaulted ceilings finished with Venetian plaster. Tapestry and antique mirrors adorn the walls.

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2 people

7:00 PM


Booked 32 times today

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Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Elegant
  • Price
    $50 and over
  • Cuisines
    Italian, French
  • Hours of operation
    Lunch Tue–Fri 12:00 pm–2:30 pm Dinner Mon–Thu 5:30 pm–9:15 pm Fri 5:30 pm–10:00 pm Sat 5:00 pm–10:00 pm
  • Phone number
    (973) 701-9200
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Carte Blanche, Diners Club, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Business Casual
  • Executive chef
    Michael Cetrulo
  • Private party facilities
    Scalini Fedeli can be rented out for private parties.
  • Neighborhood
    Chatham
  • Cross street
    Parrot Mill Road
  • Parking details
    Complimentary valet parking to all dining guests.
  • Additional
    Beer, Cocktails, Full Bar, Non-Smoking, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine

What 2,311 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.7
4.7 based on recent ratings
  • 4.8Food
  • 4.8Service
  • 4.6Ambience
  • 4.4Value

NoiseModerate

2,311 Reviews
  1. DawnW

    New York Area

    6 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    6 reviews

    Dined 3 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Excellent meal and service.While On the pricy side you get what you pay for !!

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  2. JackP

    New York Area

    7 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    7 reviews

    Dined 3 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    The food was delicious good sized portions. Very well presented

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  3. RichardC

    Greater Boston

    8 reviews

    5.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on November 18, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Wonderful dinner. Shrimp and organic chicken meals were perfectly cooked. Service was impeccable. Love the ambiance...like dining in Tuscany.

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  4. OpenTable Diner

    New York Area

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 18, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great restaurant staff is very polite and accommodating, ambience is excellent for a date. Food is delicious and filling. Gus was our waiter he was such a classic gentleman

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  5. Eatlinger

    New York Area

    100 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    100 reviews

    Dined on November 17, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Charming/Elegant/Warm Experience and Excellent Cuisine. A special spot for a quiet evening. Highly recommended!

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  6. KennyS

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 14, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great Place to eat. Food is high quality, very fresh and clean. Would recommend this place to anyone looking to eat on a high level.

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  7. MaurieB

    New York Area

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 11, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Another great meal. Generous portions, vast menu…we love it here.

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  8. KathyB

    New York Area

    5 reviews

    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on November 10, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Excellent food with excellent service in an excellent ambience. I've always been for dinner, this was the first time I was there for lunch with the Ala carte menu. There were several options and everyone at my table enjoyed their choices. Restaurant was quiet so we could hear and enjoy our conversation. Highly recommend especially for a special lunch.

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  9. TPino

    New York Area

    13 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    13 reviews

    Dined on November 10, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    It had been some time since my last visit. Happy to say even better than before! Food, service and ambience did not disappoint. Loved the prix fixe menu, great selection. Will definitely be back!

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  10. OpenTable Diner

    New York Area

    11 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    11 reviews

    Dined on November 8, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Certainly a pricey pre-fix menu for NJ but options were robust, each course was fresh, well presented and savory, service was timely, responsive and excellent, decor was a bit old fashioned but elegant, warm and inviting! Definitely plan to return and recommend!

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  11. Stephanie

    New York Area

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on November 4, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Lovely restaurant, fantastic service and staff and the food is always delicious!

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  12. brendy

    New York Area

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on November 3, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Dining room is quite elegant and our server was friendly, helpful and professional! We particularly enjoyed the bronzino which was prepared to perfectly.

    1 person found this helpful

  13. Yumbot

    Baltimore

    20 reviews

    5.0

    20 reviews

    Dined on November 1, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    As usual, Scalini Fedeli doesn’t disappoint. Work lunch and we ate every bite!

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  14. OpenTable Diner

    Atlanta Metro

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on October 30, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great restaurant and food is always great one of the best in the state of New Jersey

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  15. JackP

    New York Area

    7 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on October 28, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great food highly enjoyable for what you get it’s actually a very good value good wine list too

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  16. Suzanne

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on October 28, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Absolutely Wonderful Overall Dining Experience! Looking forward to our next visit.

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  17. KimberlyS

    New York Area

    31 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    31 reviews

    Dined on October 28, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    The pasta with peas was perfect. The chicken was delicious. Don’t miss the pork with sage! Just great as always. .

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  18. WilliamP

    Pittsburgh

    21 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    21 reviews

    Dined on October 26, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Business dinner, but the business took second place to our dinner. Tremendous service, great wine suggestion, each course was outstanding! Tremendous savory start, small pasta course that was wonderful, delicious main and great dessert! Again, great service. Successful evening!

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  19. ANGIE

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on October 26, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    went here with my company for a dinner celebration. Gus the waiter was amazing, food was great. no complaints!

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  20. CharlesS

    New York Area

    5 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on October 21, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Still a great place for special occasion. Food and service were outstanding.

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  21. lilstar21

    New York Area

    30 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    30 reviews

    Dined on October 21, 2023

    overall4food4service5ambience4
    The meal was excellent and our wait staff was very helpful and thoughtful. From check in, to wine recommendation, I really appreciate our serving staff with everything including clearing dishes and replacing utensils promptly. Our family really enjoyed our birthday celebration and we have been asked to return for more celebrations. Thank you so much for a wonderful dinner. I would also like to give a shout out to the valet who was ready with our car even before we could speak to him! Everything from beginning to end was fabulous!

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  22. janetb

    New York Area

    51 reviews

    vip
    2.0

    51 reviews

    Dined on October 20, 2023

    overall2food4service2ambience2
    This is a pricey restaurant, and we chose it to celebrate a special birthday. We expected so much more. We were seated at a table next to the Wait staff station, which adjoined the door to the kitchen. All night long, the servers hustled back and forth in front of our table. At one point, one of the wait staff put down dirty plates right next to us. Our food was put in front of us without a word. The noise level was beyond loud. We had to lean in to hear one another. The food was very good, especially the beet and goat cheese salad and the chocolate souffle. But the food could not compensate for the disappointing ambiance and the ambivalent service. The worst part for me was that our server knew it was my birthday and that I was very unhappy with the noise level and yet did nothing to acknowledge my discomfort. When the hostess stopped by to ask how things were, and I couldn't hear her, the server told her "she can't hear." At almost any other fine restaurant, a server would have tried to do something to make our experience better: apologized for not being able to move us to a quieter table (the restaurant was full) or offered a complimentary beverage. Instead, I was told to come back on a Monday or Tuesday. But alas, my birthday was on Friday. On our way out of the restaurant, we were waiting for our car behind a couple whom I had spotted seated on the other side of the room, so I asked them about the noise level, and they said it was OK. So maybe it was just our table, which I actually think they could remove altogether. Anyone seated there would feel disappointed I think.

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  23. AliceK

    New York Area

    10 reviews

    3.0

    10 reviews

    Dined on October 19, 2023

    overall3food3service3ambience3
    Food is good but very over priced. Restaurant needs some updating the drapery is very outdated.

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  24. Diningout37

    New York Area

    33 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    33 reviews

    Dined on October 17, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We couldn’t have picked a better restaurant to celebrate our wedding anniversary. Everything was perfect! The food and service was outstanding!

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  25. JJ1010

    New York Area

    35 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    35 reviews

    Dined on October 13, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    The pasta was amazing…especially the papardelle with short rib. Loved the salmon with truffle, which was a special. The Banana tart for dessert was terrific. Our waiter, Gus, was very funny and very attentive. Great evening.

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  26. ABSH

    New York Area

    23 reviews

    5.0

    23 reviews

    Dined on October 13, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    My friend and I had an absolutely delicious lunch. We loved the green salad which was perfectly dressed, the branzino perfectly made and delicious and the hazelnut ice cream and pistachio cookie. Looking forward to coming again soon. Thank you.

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  27. SusanO

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on October 11, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    My friend and I celebrated a birthday dinner. The restaurant is beautiful decorated, the service was excellent and the food was superb!

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  28. patti

    Columbus

    13 reviews

    5.0

    13 reviews

    Dined on October 10, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    It was our anniversary and we had the greatest service! The food was fantastic and we really felt special

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  29. Sassy

    New York Area

    5 reviews

    4.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on October 10, 2023

    overall4food5service5ambience3
    Food was great! Our waiter was great also!! The only issue was that there was a fly that flew near us the entire meal.

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  30. bluejersey1

    New York Area

    17 reviews

    3.0

    17 reviews

    Dined on October 9, 2023

    overall3food3service4ambience5
    Beautiful joint- romantic and rustic interior. The food was well prepared but not succulent and I felt a few less notable Italian restaurants in the area would have been superior except this was the kind of restaurant for a special occasion, and indeed that was the "order of the day."

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  31. OpenTable Diner

    Orlando

    3 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on October 8, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great food. The manage Isabela always in-tuned with customers need.

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  32. BABA

    New York Area

    11 reviews

    5.0

    11 reviews

    Dined on October 7, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Delicious food and attentive staff made our dining experience pleasurable

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  33. GlennJ

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on October 2, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Professional service from waiters in suits, and excellent attention to detail.

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  34. Kamran

    New York Area

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on October 1, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We came here for a birthday, everything was delicious and we had a wonderful time. Service and food is excellent!

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  35. OpenTable Diner

    New York Area

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on October 1, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Wonderful food and service ever time. Every meal has been excellent. We look forward to our next visit.

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  36. JamesC

    New York Area

    3 reviews

    3.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on September 30, 2023

    overall3food4service3ambience3
    Not as outstanding as we had hoped or as it's reputation would suggest. While the food was good to (almost) very good, the service lacked warmth and the dining room was very loud. Furthermore, although it was one person in our party's birthday, the only thing the restaurant did was place a candle in a strawberry on an existing dessert order. Why ask about it in the reservation form if that is all that is on offer? It felt cheap and not genuine. Also our waiter wouldn't make change for us so we could tip the valet (he didn't event bother to try asking the cashier/front desk), claiming the valet would have change (he claimed he didn't). The valet subsequently didn't even move our car from an awkward parking spot that required tricky maneuvering of my high-heel clad wife. Simply not the kind of high end experience you expect at these prices.

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  37. Chris

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on September 25, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Food was amazing, the place was historic. Our server didn't hesitate to tell us the history of the place when asked.

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  38. JosephP

    Atlantic City

    3 reviews

    4.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on September 22, 2023

    overall4food4service5ambience5
    Once again we found the ambiance, service and food to be outstanding. One criticism is the markup on wine. It appears that there is a 3- 4 fold markup on the average purchase price of wines. This is excessive and brings down the value proposition for the overall dinning experience.

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  39. DenH

    New York Area

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on September 20, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We had a very pleasant dinner. The entire staff was very friendly and the service overall was outstanding. We were here for our Anniversary and they gave us a flower and strawberries added to our desert with a lit candle. They then offered to take our picture. Great food and great service, what else could you want.

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  40. Enzo

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on September 17, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    place was fantastic - food service ambiance really had it all

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Safety precautions

  • Cleaning & sanitizing

    • Surfaces sanitized between seatings
    • Common areas deep-cleaned daily
    • Sanitizer or wipes provided for customers
  • Screening

    • Sick staff prohibited in the workplace
    • Staff is vaccinated
    • Staff temperature check required

FAQs

Scalini Fedeli - Chatham offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (973) 701-9200.

Scalini Fedeli - Chatham is rated 4.7 stars by 2311 OpenTable diners.

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

Make a reservation

2 people

7:00 PM


Booked 32 times today

Order delivery or takeout

Google Map for Scalini Fedeli - Chatham

63 Main Street, Chatham, NJ 07928

Additional information

  • Cross street
    Parrot Mill Road
  • Neighborhood
    Chatham
  • Hours of operation
    Lunch Tue–Fri 12:00 pm–2:30 pm Dinner Mon–Thu 5:30 pm–9:15 pm Fri 5:30 pm–10:00 pm Sat 5:00 pm–10:00 pm
  • Price
    $50 and over
  • Cuisines
    Italian, French
  • Dining style
    Casual Elegant
  • Dress code
    Business Casual
  • Parking details
    Complimentary valet parking to all dining guests.
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Carte Blanche, Diners Club, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Executive chef
    Michael Cetrulo
  • Additional
    Beer, Cocktails, Full Bar, Non-Smoking, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine
  • Phone number
    (973) 701-9200
  • Private party facilities
    Scalini Fedeli can be rented out for private parties.
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