Mara’s offers a fine dining experience in an elegant atmosphere in the heart of Middlesex County, New Jersey. Our Executive Chef, Michael Steinberg, trained at the prestigious Institute of Culinary Education in Manhattan and has designed a menu that focuses on seafood and steaks. Every item on Mara’s menu is made to order with high-quality ingredients and great care is taken to ensure that you receive a top-notch dining experience at a relaxed pace. We look forward to having you dine with us.
Refined eatery serving upscale European fare under high ceilings & chandeliers, with a relaxed bar. Based on 277 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.6 stars. Price $$$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Curbside pickup ✔️ No-contact delivery
Address:
3602 NJ-35, South Amboy, NJ 08879
Phone: (732) 525-0045
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Hours
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | 4–9 PM |
| Thursday | 4–9 PM |
| Friday | 4–11 PM |
| Saturday | 4–11 PM |
| Sunday | 4–9 PM |
| Monday | Closed |
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Reviews
Erica Emerson
Love love love this place!! Family owned and operated business which I love to support! Wether it’s just for dinner and drinks or hosting a special occasion they do an amazing job! I’ve been coming here for years and just used them to host my daughters 1st birthday party. All of my guests literally raved about how amazing the food was as well as the establishment. I highly recommend them to everyone I know. Thank you for helping me throw the most amazing 1st birthday party.
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Libinski 0G
A pleasant surprise in central New Jersey: elaborated Christmas decorations, randomly staffed waites/waitresses (seem all weekend part timers except one), spacious dining area, weekend piano player/singer and most importantly, great foods with cocktails. The place serves typical American dishes, and the steaks and seafoods are their strong suits. The vegetables are locally harvested, according to the restaurant, and the potatoes are fantastic, crispy skin with salt and blue cheese. Highly recommended if you are in this area. Keep in mind, this is a place where may not have a lot of business throughout the week, so you have to be patient when it is busy.
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De’Noia Woods
Everything about this place is great! It’s a restaurant that’s in a renovated type house. The service was quick and attentive. The appetizers were great! The oysters and calamari were amazing. The oysters were refreshing while the sweet and sour sauce that was paired with the calamari perfectly complimented them. The specials for the day offered a wide variety for us to choose from. The pasta was really creamy and filling. I would say that the carbonara was interesting due to the addition of vegetables. I wasn’t a fan of them but the overall taste of the carbonara was good. I’d definitely go back for date night again.
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Tylow Lowman
I came to this restaurant for an event and I was amazed at the drinks a food. Normally, when you go to events, they give drinks in small glasses I got a drink in a super-sized glass.
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Nikki Moseley-Burton
It was a pleasant atmosphere, the servers were great and the food was tasty. The food took a little while, but I really enjoyed the Pan Seared Scallops wrapped in Prosciutto and the Cedar Roasted Wild Salmon.
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Gregory Clayton
Fantastic food, even better people. Highly recommend. Sautéed crab meat, out of this world! Lamb chops cooked to perfection along with the scallops. Looking forward to going back!
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mark lewis
The food in this place is second to none…every meal has come out perfectly cooked and tastes amazing…you can tell 100% that the chef here had a passion for the meals he prepares…the two reasons I am not rating this 5 stars are simple enough to fix..but after 10+ visits to this establishment (like I said, the food is amazing) the issues persist..the first issue is the parking lot….the space ample but the condition of the lot for such a beautiful restaurant is borderline embarrassing…the second issue is the lack of staff…the people that work here are amazing and obviously care about the restaurant, this is evident in the fact that it’s always the same staff, they work hard and go out of their way to accommodate any request but their just aren’t enough of them for the job, fortunately for the establishment the people who dine here are very understanding to the issue and tend to overlook this problem…this restaurant really is a 5 star joint hidden in a 4 star body and I highly recommend anyone reading this to make the journey here…prices for meals range from from around $15 to $35 and the chef always has a nice selection of specials, both appetizer and entree…beers run from $4 to $4.50 and wine ranges from $8 a glass to $15
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David Brand
An amazing upscale restaurant with wonderful owners, management and staff. I highly recommend this place for a most memorable dining experience. Have a Blessed Day…..
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Michael Bronson
Very charming and exquisite place with much character and style. Food was very good and full of flavor. Very good choice of wines as well.
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Ted Economou
When making a reservation they did not disclose a fixed menu at a cost of $95.00, we stayed because it was New Year Eve. Where could we go? We got the bill and found out we were charged for using our credit card, again no disclosure. Next there was an automatic gratuity, again no disclosure. The owner was by the register and did not have the courtesy to talk to us instead he walked out of view. If you decide to go there find out what you are in for. Personally I will never patronize them again.
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