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We had a great birthday dinner at Martinsville Tavern. I love sitting by the windows. The macadamia crusted cod was amazing. It had squash and beets with a cognac sauce. The birthday girl had prime rib. The guys sang happy birthday and brought a complimentary ice cream. We loved it!!

Very cozy, lovely setting. Ordered a dozen oysters (it’s nice to tell the guest where the oysters are from, even if we didn’t have a choice), the tempura mushroom (wasn’t tempura—deep fried and hard as a rock—wasn’t enjoyable), the foccocia/butter (good). Two of us had the hanger steaks (very good, slightly overdone for medium rare request), salmon special—very good, and linguine and clams (very salty and not “traditional” wine or vermouth based taste. It was a different spin on a classic—assume that was the intent but 3 of 4 guests agreed it was too salty. Shared the Mexican chocolate molten soufflé—most guests really enjoyed it but if I had to nitpick, there wasn’t much that was Mexican about. Normally would have more spice/kick to call it that. All said, we’re thrilled they are back and look forward to coming again.

Fantastic night. good ambiance, we are definitely coming back.

Superb food. Now understand why this is regarded as one of NJ's best. Very nice setting. I appreciated being able to mix and match between the Lombardi menu and that of the steakhouse downstairs, under the same ownership. Only problem was that the elevator was out of service and it's a steep climb up.

After many recommendations we went to Steakhouse 85 for our anniversary and we were not disappointed. Food was delicious!!!