Best Contemporary Italian Restaurants in Lakewood

We had the seasonal clambake. It's a classic version with chicken and sweet potatoes(!). Also includes clam chowder, all at a reasonable price. We like this restaurant because of its somewhat retro Italian ambiance and great service. This wasn't our first time here, and won't be our last. PS, we are seniors and found that sharing a single clambake was plenty of food for us.

Love Cafe Toscano! Service was excellent and so was the food. Had a nice table with plenty of room. Was seated early and not rushed at all.

Went to Bright Side for a birthday celebration with friends and had a fantastic time. Wait staff was great and the food was delicious. My friend is vegan so we are sometimes limited in where we can go but we did not have a problem there.

This was our 3rd visit and again it was outstanding. Our server Win was especially great in spite of handling quite a few tables while we were there. We tried the Truffle Onion rings as an appetizer and oh they were delicious. Splitting a caesar salad turned out to be a great idea too. I always order the clams with pasta because it is so good, but this time we also ordered a pizza so we could try a bite and take the rest home. It was delicious too. We had a little room for dessert and were glad ot choose to share the chocolate mousse. It's light, delicious and has a hint of salt and a little crunchy chocolate on top to really make the flavor pop. Perfect ending to a nice night out.

Great food, wonderful service and stellar ambience for lunch. Well worth the drive from the east side!!