Nonna Rosa Trattoria Pizzeria 326 Garden Street, Carlstadt, NJ 07072

"Service was pretty good. The atmosphere is about what you would expect from a place in a small strip mall. The food unfortunately did not live up to the hype given by our initial waitress (had a few). I had what seems to be their signature chicken dish which I could see some people being in love with. Although decent flavors I wished I had stuck with my original desire for tomato based sauce. Unfortunately my meal came out cold to luke warm. They did reheat or provide a new one but though the top was hot you still didn't get the sense that the heat was even through the dish. The chicken was possibly a little on the dry side. My wife had the carbonara which came out looking like scrambled eggs but hot. As another note we were asked by the table next to us what we thought of the food(they already had to go boxes). After discussion it was clear that neither party planned to return after our first experiences here."

"Ordered via the Slice app for a 1 pm pick-up. None of the food was very good. We ordered: -Chicken philly cheesesteak - the texture and the taste was very weird. It was a chicken salad texture. It's almost as if they took old leftover cooked chicken, chopped that up and threw some cheese on it -Cavatelli with shrimp - what a joke for $25. It came with 6 pieces of shrimp (most likely frozen) and everything was bland -Grigliata de Carne (sausage, chicken, skewers, breaded veal cutlet) - everything was so oily, it was hard to taste what meat was what. It also came with a side of pasta, which we added $2.50 to upgrade to vodka sauce, and that was the only thing that wasn't bad -Clams in marinara sauce - a lot of the shells were empty -Meatballs with tomato sauce - these were dry I later on checked my credit card and saw they had charged an extra $10 to my card. Maybe their pizza is good? Who knows? With this experience, I'm not willing to give it a second try."

"Woah! The food was phenomenal. The bread they brought out was warm and soft. The entree’s (Chicken Milanese and Penne A la Vodka With Chicken) were spot on, and the service was great!"

"Great restaurant. The pizza was amazing. One of the best I ever had. In my top 3 of all time. Try the chicken vodka. We also had several of the pastas (Linguine Marechiara is a must try for any seafood lovers, just perfect) Took the home made cannoli for dessert, just as great. You will not be disappointed. I recommend this place to everyone. Next time I am back in the area, I will definitely come back."

"The BEST ITALIAN we've eaten in the states!! We just got back from Italy 8 days ago and were hoping for something close to what we experienced on our trip. Jerry and his staff at Nonna's not only delivered on our hopes but took us back to Italy! He and his staff were warm and welcoming while the atmosphere in the new dining room was just like the restaurants we miss. Then the food came and blew our minds and taste buds! The flavors were outstanding and you could taste the freshness of the ingredients and the expertise in combining them to create an amazing dish. (Side salads with pasta dishes, White Truffle Pizza, Spaghetti cacio e pepe, Ortolana Pizza, Shrimp Scampi with garlic lemon sauce) Jerry's Sicilian heritage shows through and I'm sure his Nonna would be proud of what he has created. Grazie mille Jerry, hai regalato alla mia famiglia un'esperienza straordinaria! Forse un giorno ci vedremo in Sicilia!"