Reviews for Anthony's Kitchen & Cocktails in Bellmore, NY
While searching for a new place to go, stumbled on this restaurant. Well, what a great find. While waiting for a table, had a... fantastic Cocktail at bar, entree/pasta was delicious & wine selection was good. Small but quaint place & hospitality was good.I definitely will return. A must to check out. Glad I found this local place. ???? Read more
Great local Italian-American restaurant with delicious and freshly prepared food favorites and genuinely friendly customer... service. They have parking in the rear and there is a nearby shopping plaza with ample parking that I assume one may use- checkwith the restaurant upon arrival. Louis, greeted us with a big friendly smile and he immediately seated us at the table of ourchoice. Our host and server Dina was spectacular! She was very cheerful, obliging and happy to help and provided us withworld-class service. They offer a balanced menu and everything that moves around you looks and smells so good! The restaurant isvery cozy with the correct amount of lighting, music genres and volume level. The bathroom is kept clean. For an entree, weboth selected menu specials that they offered which change weekly. I had the Salmon Basilico and my wife had the ChickenGiardino. Dina immediately provided us with fresh baked bread which we coupled with Authentic Italian Olive Oil from Italy, lotsof black pepper and a dash of salt to dip in. For our beverages, we had water with no ice and we each had a bottle of beer.Surprisingly, they offer no craft beer products which I am a huge fan of. However, they do offer Stella Artois and Peroni whichyou cannot go wrong with. I had the Stella Artois and my wife had a Peroni. Both dishes were outstanding, seasoned and cooked toperfection and the presentation was beautiful. The meat and vegetables were fresh and the sauces in both dishes were extremelytasty and not overpowering. My wife and I were to full too eat any of their delicious sounding desert items. All of theirportions were generous and the appropriate size so come hungry and definitely request Dina as your server even if you have towait! In closing, we always share our meals so we have two opinions about any particular dish and our empty plates essentiallytell the story. Enjoy your meal and service at Anthony's Kitchen and Cocktails or order it to go! - Chuck Whigh Read more
Anthony's was amazing. Great place, Anthony is very personable with everyone. Great service, delicious food. We had 5 different... appetizers, everyone had main courses from stuffed veal, to the pork chop Sinatra, Grandma's veal, and lamb chops and every dishwas fresh, great spread Anthony put out. Our waiter John was great and the bartender was on point with the espresso martinis.Great place we will be back. Read more
We were looking for a local place for dinner and landed on a relatively new place named ANTHONY?S KITCHEN & COCKTAILS in... Belmore. It is on the NORTHSIDE OF MERRICK RD. next to Oz General Contracting, replacing the Morpheus Greek restaurant (Figure1). The inside is modest and still has the Greek Restaurant vibe, a fun family place (Figure 2). We opened with a round ofdrinks which included a fine Cosmopolitan and a Woodford Reserve? on the rocks; both were generous pours (Figure 3). Thecocktail and wine menu is a deep list of the classic drinks and a good selection of wine both by the glass and bottle. Theprices were remarkably moderate. The beverage menu should be added to their website, allowing folks to map out what they willbe enjoying that night. The food menu is straightforward, with a broad selection of traditional Italian favorites (Figure4). For starters, we had the Shrimp Cocktail and Grandma?s Meatball. The Shrimp Cocktail consisted of five medium-size shrimpon a bed of mixed greens accompanied by cocktail sauce (Figure 5). Grandma?s Meatball is large enough to share, beef only,Meatball resting on a simple marinara sauce and accompanied by a generous dollop of Ricotta cheese and some shredded lettuce(Figure 6). The Meatball was tender, juicy, good flavor, and well worth revisiting. For mains, we had the Grandma?s Veal(Figure 7) and the Stuffed Veal Chop (Figure 8). Grandma?s Veal is a perfectly cooked generous portion of thin coated Veal. The accompanying sauce, wine, and lemon with butter and diced tomatoes. Plated with the Veal was sautéed spinach thatcomplimented the Veal perfectly. The stuffed Veal was a large veal chopped pocketed and filled with Mozzarella, Prosciutto,and spinach, then finished with a light brown gravy including Mushrooms and Onions. The chop is plated with grilled asparagusand roast red potatoes. One could think of this dish as a slightly lighter take on a Veal Chop Valdostano one of my favoritesbut at Read more
2nd visit, both with a group of 4. Both excellent meals. Drinks are big. Menu has some great dishes. Looking forward to our... next dinner there. Btw, Anthony has been there both times to greet us. (Covid-19 status: all good. ) Read more
My wife and I went at the urging of a friend for a date night. Hard to come by those these days. Boy, are we glad we chose to... spend it at Anthony?s. The ambiance is perfect. Warm, quiet, friendly(we were there at 6:45pm last night, Friday). We startedwith drinks. I got their take on an Old Fashioned that has Malbec added. It adds a tiny bit of fruit and was delicious from thefirst sip. My wife got the ?Anthony?s Mule?. Bright, crisp, nice snap to the tongue. A perfect take on a Moscow mule. We gotthe sautéed artichokes in Francaise sauce as an app. Oh my lord, they were perfect. Just the right balance of salt, lemon, anda creamy for days. Our entrees were the veal special(can?t remember the name) and the Chicken Marena(I think that was the name.Both were on the specials menu). It?s chicken over a bed of risotto with a combination of olives, tomatoes, asparagus, and aspecial sauce. My description doesn?t do it justice. Moist chicken, the risotto was creamy, and the overall dish wasawesome. We didn?t know anything about the place before going, but it got busy by 7:30 or so. Obviously, we?ve been under arock because it was hopping by the time we left so people in the area know it. Service was great. We had Richie and a gentlemanwhose name I didn?t get. They checked in on us the ?right? amount of times for a romantic evening. We were never left waiting toorder or interrupted mid-conversation. The drinks were actually their suggestions based on the liquors we like. I?m lookingforward to getting back there as soon as we can get another date night away from the little ones. If you haven?t been, then gowith confidence. Read more
My friend and I needed a girls' night out. We made a walk-in reservation at a previous restaurant but there was a 1.5-hour wait.... We decided to drive around the island. By chance, we were passing Anthony?s kitchen and cocktail and we decided to stop in acheck it out. From the moment we called, customer service was perfection and accurate. We entered the space, it was warm andeveryone was welcoming. We had calamari for our appetizer, which was delicious. Smelled great, perfectly seasoned, andplated. The drinks were great and not too strong. My friend has a slight issue with a taste she didn?t like, the owner came overswiftly and resolved it to smoothly. The way Anthony and his staff treated us was fantastic. I would recommend this place athousand times over and I plan on visiting again soon. Congratulations on your opening and I wish you so much success,Anthony. All-stars across the board! Sorry for my long review but this place deserved it?? Read more
Went there for dinner and the food was absolutely fantastic. Great atmosphere and service. Definitely will be going back