Best Neighbourhood Gem Restaurants in Hackettstown

The service was absolutely perfect. We were given enough time to have our wine and look at the menu and discuss our options. The timing of the appetizer to the main to the dessert was seamless. We really enjoy not having to feel rushed through our meals and actually have a moment to enjoy every bit of our mezze options before the entree. 10/10 will be back and recommending to others!

We went to the Pluckemin Inn for the their Valentine's Day dinner. It was somewhat spur of the moment and we were not terribly excited by the menu. The dining experience, however, was terrific. The food was incredible and far exceeded our expectations. The service was wonderful and the atmosphere was subdued and classy. We dine out a lot , and this is one of the best experiences we have had in New Jersey.

Chopped salad was amazing both in terms of variety of vegtables and quantity. Would have like more vegtables with entree. Had the snapper which was on a broccoli purée with a few baby corns. My husband had the salmon on a bed of faroe, also no vegtables. Nice touch at the end on Valentines that 2 small chocolate wafers were presented along with a small box that contained 4 bite sized little deserts which were all different.

It’s our first time at this place, even though we’ve been seeing it for over two decades. In short, we were quite pleasantly surprised by the taste of the food, as it was light but very flavorful - not as salty as we thought we’d get from almost any Italian restaurant we’ve been to, some of which are very good in their own right. However, this lightness in taste stood out, be it the prosciutto in the salad or the clams in pasta. We’ll come back for sure.

Service was a little slow which isn't the norm and our sever was very apologetic. Food was amazing as usual. We started with the baked oysters, which were decadent and full of flavor. I had the Chilean sea bass (perfectly cooked and oh, so, buttery) and my husband had the duck two ways. Absolutely no room for dessert, you get a lot of food!