![]() ![]() The staff, including Marco the owner, made it their mission to treat us as friends, if not family, and to accommodate our every preference. The soft lighting and unobtrusive piano bar inside provided a lovely ambience. From the get-go it did not disappoint as we pulled into the ample parking lot with wide spaces. We went to Navona last night for the first time at the invitation of friends. But I can state unequivocally that Caffe Navona's rating as the "best Italian restaurant in Morris County" is not without merit. I need to be careful here because the incorporation of too many superlatives tends to cause skepticism in a review. Save your money and find a restaurant that cares what it's doing. The server showed no interest in us the whole night, I would expect much better service and food for a meal for two that cost $225 with tip. It was decent but nothing special for the price, I've had much better for much cheaper many times. My wife got the veal osso bouco for 48 dollars. There was no spice on the fish and the peppers mentioned in the description turned out to be a tablespoon of diced bell peppers used for garnish. It was a very small portion for 30 dollars, on a bed of linguini that was swimming in olive oil. I don't mind taking a while to eat dinner but the more annoying thing is that our server never stopped to see how we were doing during the evening. Took another half hour after the appetizers before the main courses came. Appetizers arrived pretty quickly, the carpaccio was decent, the fried calamari with habanero jelly would have been awesome but for some reason they dredged the calamari in the sauce and made it completely soggy, wish they had served the sauce on the side or just underneath. So we sat there for a half hour before we were given a menu, another half hour passed until they came back for our order. Also one of the existing heaters went out early on and noone ever restarted it. Got there and the owner seated us outside, mentioned that he was going to bring out another heater (they had only three in a very large outdoor area), we didn't ask for it but it was nice to hear, unfortunately we never saw him again or another heater. Went here for our first night out in a year. ![]()
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