Da Noi

Arrived around 3:30pm, a little concerned due to the restaurant being empty however found the staff to be friendly and inviting. I thought the food was well prepared, tasty and above all, piping hot when it came to the table. If ever in Bayonne it’s worth visiting.

Local place — don’t travel to Bayonne too much but what the heck .
Very «homey », pretty casual. Décor is dark but still clean and neat. (outdated) Staff is very friendly and attentive .
Was with a larger party so we had few appetizers.
Fried Calamari– average
Carpaccio — very good but heavy on the cheese
Crespelle Fiorentina– eggplant stuffed with spinach, I would pass. Way too much spinach and didn’t taste too fresh. Seemed as though it was previously frozen .
Dinner
I had the pasta special. Basil pasta with Tuna chunks, shrimp, shiitake mushrooms and arugula. VERY good ! The pasta was tasty and there was plenty of seafood. It was tossed with a light tomato plum sauce .
Place does have a full bar. Basic wine selection and beers. Overall good.

My cousin had her wedding rehearsal dinner here. The parking lot is small and cramped, but on the bright side — at least they have one — since it is Bayonne, majority of the businesses only have street parking.
Since my cousin had a large wedding party, they arranged to have a separate room for us. They have a bar and a large seating area (outside of the room where we were in).
We were served multiple courses. Everything the waiters brought us, my family and I enjoyed. The portion size was just right — I’ve found with other Italian restaurants, they usually serve a ton which sometimes looks unappetizing. First course was a salad. Second course, we were served Penne Rigati alla Vodka followed by our third course of Chicken Francese. We were also served Tiramisu for our dessert. I thoroughly enjoyed the food — the flavors were authentic and everything was delicious. The service was great — the wait staff was constantly clearing our plates and refilling our drinks.
I’d return if I was in the area and in the mood for Italian.

So good– I honestly wouldn’t change a thing. The service was great too and the prices were much more reasonable than I thought it would be for the quality of food. Get the filet mingion– trust me. Very worth it.

Yummy food all around we started with appetizers ate bread and entrees plus dessert no complaints the food was delicious. Ordered the pasta special with crab meat. For appetizer ordered the mussels soup in red sauce. And finally the cheese cake. Amazing service great attention. Clean place. Will come back very soon

When you walk in its music playing and it’s nice and clean the waiters are friendly they bring out some nice hot bread. The food is really good I must say I will be coming back again

I’ve tried all of the restaurants by the same name. They are all consistent and having great food and great service. the newest one that I saw in New York it’s just as good. but Jersey original is the best.

Nice place

Amazing Italian hidden gem in Bayonne, NJ. The wait staff is very accommodating and pleasant as well as knowledgeable. I usually get one of the specials during lunch meetings on site with clients. Keep up the great work. We will be back at least once a month.

Great Service waitstaff genuinely cares about your dining experience
Saffron risotto with grilled shrimp risotto is amazing shrimp was boiled and placed around the plate
Cooks need to try harder
The place is really in need of a renovation
It’s dated
Billy Joel playing in the dinning room. Not feeling it

Had my very first baby shower here. Romolo, the manager, saw everything through to absolute perfection-​right down to the way the tables were arranged. They let us come in to decorate the night before and were so cordial, happy and sweet!
The day of the shower Arturro made everything just perfect! The gnocci and croquettes are to DIE for.
All my guests kept going on and on about what a classy fancy shower I had. Prices were very reasonable-​and what a bang for the buck!
I love da noi and their entire beautiful staff. They truly love what they do and their work-​and it shows.
I plan to have many more events here.
Great service with a SMILE, beautiful tasteful Décor, and food that is rave worthy. I can’t express how happy I am that my baby shower was here. Can’t wait to go back!

Excellent food — must try the croquettes! Absolutely delicious. Staff was very friendly and service was superb. This is my new go to Italian restaurant.

Food is okay (not excellent), but the look & feel of this place is more Nursing Home cafeteria, than upscale restaurant. They are seriously in need of a complete overhaul/​makeover, otherwise I will not be back again. Try Café Bello — way better ambiance, & excellent food!

nice quiet place in Bayonne. With good food. The potato croquettes are amazing! Staff is always friendly and the good is constantly fresh.

Very good Italian food with great service. Clean ambiance and fine linen table cloths.

Late dinner with my wife, sissy-​in-​law, cousin-​in-​law, godson, and little buddy Beckett!

VERY LITTLE ATTENTION TO DETAILS! I called in advance to ask for a nice table for my mother’s birthday. I made it a point to take the waiter aside and ask again, to be sure the cake came out at the end of the meal WITHOUT us having to ask for it. As that would ruin the surprise since I was seated right next to her. Well, after waiting 30 mins for entrees we received our food. The waiter said «SO WHOSE GOING TO DRINK WINE?» I replied, «no one. We don’t drink.» He replied jokingly,” WE DON’T LIKE PEOPLE THAT DON’T DRINK. BORING.” This is not an exaggeration. This is exactly what he said. He obviously thought he was being playful, but even with a language barrier, this was not funny. And it made some people at the table uncomfortable.
We had to flag down the waiter at least twice for bread and water. Lastly, at the end of the meal, he comes over and asks «what do you want for dessert?» I looked him blankly as I had taken him to the side to remind him about the surprise birthday cake. He asked again. No one said a word, because it was a SURPRISE! At the point my mother figured out there was a surprise cake. So I said to him, you have asked me 3x about the dessert. I told you it WAS A SURPRISE. Now, it’s been ruined. Please bring the cake.” He shrugged his shoulders and said ‘OH, I FORGOT!”.
We paid the bill and left. Although the food wasn’t fabulous, we may have returned at another time. However, the service from the waiter was unacceptable. And you can’t take back a surprise that has been ruined. I’ll try another spot. Won’t be coming back here.

Went here last night to celebrate my birthday, my boyfriends birthday, and one of our BFF’s birthday — also our BFF’s 6 month wedding anniversary, as well as me and my bf’s 6 month anniversary (yes we got together at their wedding). Phew that’s a lot of celebrating. Had a gift certificate that I got for Christmas, so figured it was worth a shot. I’m always leery of italian restaurants — bad italian food is the worst to me. Anyone can make Chicken Parm, sure, but i need a place that can make it well.
It was pretty quiet for 7pm on a Saturday, but i prefer it that way. We did not feel rushed at all and enjoyed a nice, leisurely dinner. We started with fried calamari, baked clams and beef carpaccio. Calamari was good, standard serving style and breading. I was not a fan of the baked clams, they just tasted off to me. I much prefer the clams at Lorenzos (sadly closed now) — clams broiled with roasted red peppers, a bit of olive oil and some pancetta. Delish. Beef carpaccio was interesting — kind of tasted like roast beef to me, although my boyfriend said it was actually raw. I don’t think i’d eat it again, but it wasn’t bad. Bread and some bruschetta was brought out shortly before appetizers, the bread was really good and the bruschetta was fresh and well made. Very tasty!
For dinner, I had rigatoni with sweet italian sausage, proscuitto and cream. It was very very good — but very heavy (and a huge portion). Not something I could eat on a regular basis for fear of gaining 39,209 lbs. But yummy none the less.
BF had Veal Martini, which was basically veal francaise except the breading had parmesan cheese in it. Also very yummy — the veal was tender and not stringy at all (my usual complaint about veal at a restaurant). Large portion as well.
Our BFF had the shrimp parm, and we joked the whole way through dinner that the shrimp were on steroids because they were HUUUUUUUUUUGE. it seriously looked like several nice sized chicken breasts on the plate, not shrimp. He said it was delicious.
BFF’s wife had chicken parm, which looked great and she proclaimed it tasted as good as it looked. Lots of pasta on the side.
For dessert I had tiramisu — AWESOME. Tiramisu is my favorite dessert of all time — and more than once I’ve been disappointed upon ordering it at an italian place. Most of the time its a premade, dry lame excuse for Tiramisu, but this was clearly homemade and made well. BF had zabaglione (me no likey), BFF had nothing cause he’s a loser, and his wife had flourless chocolate cake that looked great (she said it was too rich but very good).
Service was great — as I mentioned before we had a nice relaxed dinner. The staff did not rush us, but kept our glasses full and the table clear at the appropriate time (read: they didn’t walk over while we were all still eating and ask if we were finished. I HATE THAT). We enjoyed after dinner drinks, coffee, and caught up after not getting to hang out for a while. We had no issues using the gift certificate — after we got the bill, got together credit cards and the GC, they applied the GC and split the bill on 2 cards and had receipts for everyone and copies of the bill. I must say though — the GC stated that an 18% gratuity would be added to the bill automatically when we used it. I get why — but we would have gladly tipped 20% if that had not been included (I always tip. We added in that other 2% because the service was great, and the staff deserved it.
Overall, dinner at Da Noi was very enjoyable and I hope I get to go back to try some other dishes. Ooh, and the restaurant itself is very nice as well :)

THIS REVIEW IS BASED ON SEVERAL VISITS HERE.
The waiters here are friendly, maybe too friendly. I can’t eat my dinner without an ongoing conversation with the waiter, which leaves me constantly straining my neck upwards while we are talking. AND BEWARE – THEY EXPECT A LARGE TIP FOR THIS «RELATIONSHIP». But the food is tasty, if you stick with salads and anything white – seafood, pasta, veal.

I went here for dinner last week for the first time with my boyfriend after buying a certificate from
. Most of the crowd is older (seniors) and it wasn’t too crowded when we walked in around 7pm on a Sat night, but by the time we left it was pretty packed.
I ordered the Pollo Sorrentino (chicken breast covered with prosciuto, eggplant, and cheese) which was delicious. My boyfriend ordered the chicken and sausage special, which he liked except there were only 2 pieces of sausage. Once the crowd started coming in we went with out water and drinks and the time between clearing our dinner plates and getting a dessert menu was a bit long. We ordered the tartufo for dessert which was very tasty. Overall the food was good and not too expensive for the quality.