Il Colosseo - Red Bank

Best Italian restaurant in Middletown and surrounding towns, including Red Bank, and the best Italian restaurant I've been to in New Jersey! The menu includes a lot more than the traditional pasta and pizza (both of which are amazing) to include a large selection of meat and seafood plus vegetarian and vegan options. They also have the option of customizing a lot of their dishes with different sauces, plus, its BYOB! The only downsides are that the service can be a little slow when they are busy if you are used to really fast service and it can get a little loud during peak times, but this isn't a place for a quick bite, its an authentic Italian restaurant similar to the best places in the NYC area. Prices are fair in my opinion, especially during this inflation crisis, but again this is an authentic and high quality Italian restaurant, not an upscale pizzaria, and you get what you pay for. There is no official dress code but most people dress up a bit (I usually wear nice jeans and a polo type shirt, but you wouldn't be out of place in a suit and tie, or nice dress for the ladies either). Me and my family have been here almost every week it seems, and the food is so good that the hardest part of the dining experience is deciding what you want!

I ordered Fioretti Boscaiola. Door dash makes you choose a pasta before you can order? So in the comments I mentioned that and picked gnocchi so I could order the entree. They totally disregarded my message and gave me gnocchi instead of the boscaiola! My husbands chose angel hair pasta as a side with his shrimp scampi and it came with over cooked mushy rice!! Terrible!! We will not be ordering again!!

I was missing the olives I. my il colosseo salad, my favourite part. But still good

When I first picked up there was a discrepancy in the door dash order. Just didnt show up on restaurants end. Hostess couldnt have been more friendly and helpful. While I probably would have enjoyed the meal more at the restaurant, it was still absolutely delicious. My husband has been searching for a Ricotta Homemade Italian Cheesecake since Rosina's closed and this hit the spot. Thanks for a great meal!

Awesome food. Like NYC quality.