Par 440 Lounge - Short Hills

My second visit to your establishment and will come again. ERIC was absolutely amazing!! What a gift! He is the reason you received a reasonable rating. The food was fair. At my last visit, I enjoyed the food more, however.Two items of concern. When the gentleman from the adjacent table left, his plate remained on the table during our entire visit- we got there at around 8:30 and left at closing. My absolute biggest beef was being served in plastic cups!!! Is this your regular practice? I refused to order a cocktail. You pay an upscale price for plastic cups? Given the vibe of your establishment, I find it so hard to believe that plastic cups are what you regularly present to customers. What was that about? If I return, and ERIC is my draw, I hope you cease and desist from the cups. Your prices seem fair but the cups don't match up with a fifty dollar plus entree. The staff was adequate and busy. Perhaps you need additional staff to clean off tables.

While the food and service was great, the live band (singing was phenomenal) was a bit too loud. Couldn’t have a conversation at our dinner table. Left with a headache.

I love this place. The food is amazing and the staff treats you very well.

I love this place! The singing and music was out of this world! Enjoyed the date night with my husband!

Very seldom do I go out of my way to leave a bad review anywhere, but after the service myself and the party I was with received today, I absolutely have to. If I could leave 0 stars, I wouldUpon arrival of the restaurant, there were 0 staff anywhere near the entrance of the restaurant to greet/seat customers. I walked myself to the patio where my reservation was. Other people in my party were told to “just take a seat anywhere” without being led to the reserved table or even asked about reservations made. Even more so, as I proceeded to walk to the patio area, any staff member I did eventually see, turned or looked away, avoiding any contact, as if they couldn’t be bothered.We were not offered any kind of drink menu to start off with. We ordered our drinks and appetizers, and then our food. They did for sure come in a timely manner, everything was made and presented well, outside of the pitchers of sangria, that tasted very much so watered down and with discolored/overly ripe fruits thrown in. When it came time to pay the tab, we were alarmed at the price of the pitchers of sangria ordered. We were told that we needed to understand the area that we were in and that we shouldn’t have an issue with the drink as it was “top shelf” and “we shouldn’t be able to walk straight 2 glasses” while we were all clearly fine, and the pitcher was empty. He followed up with saying that “we needed to understand we weren’t in Newark and that if those are the prices we’re are comparing it to, we are comparing their products to something watered down.” Mario Lavecchia refused to provide any kind of a drink menu to justify said prices or said ingredients that were claimed to be “top shelf”, nor did he have any reason to assume we were from Newark to say such a thing. The $700 tab was paid for prior to any discrepancy we made to begin with. I’ve never been met with such reluctance or audacity from management or waitstaff at any establishment before and will not be returning to eat here.