The Hopewell Valley Bistro offers the hospitality of a country inn combined with the finest homestyle cooking, featuring American Cuisine along with an authentic Hungarian flare. We are also known for our homemade European style desserts including pies and cakes.
Your hosts, Susie and Paul Molnar, invite you to come and experience our neighborhood atmosphere.
Relaxed eatery with a tudor-style interior offering Hungarian dishes such as veal paprika & goulash. Based on 162 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.0 stars. Price $$
Address:
15 E Broad St, Hopewell, NJ 08525
Phone: (609) 466-9889
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Lindsay Lowry
Love eating here. Friendly staff, oftentimes live music, and delicious food, beautifully prepared. The green salad with pears, walnuts, and blue cheese topped with perfectly grilled salmon is a favorite. Also amazing desserts, and craft beers on tap. And they do great takeout. Not to be missed.
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Susan Marie
Was excited to try this place since it has Hungarian food in the menu. Once arriving, the inside is out dated and a little depressing. There were other patrons seated. Once seated we were welcomed and ask about our drink order immediately. On a Saturday night, they didn’t have too much of a crowd but were out of items already “sold out” from the menu including the chicken paprikas which I originally wanted. We order an order of pierogi, schnitzel , and stuffed cabbage. We got our pierogi which was clearly frozen (I’m assuming Mrs. T’s) . They were pan fried with nothing and had onion in the middle. For about 5 pierogi that was just under $10. Next when we got the main entrees . The schnitzel was ok..(not worth the almost $20) under seasoned with what seems to be boxed mashed potato’s. And my 2 stuffed cabbage rolls with what seemed to be boxed mash potatoes , was made with what I’d call a chicken meatball and no rice.( which was about $16) On the menu it said Rosie’s recipe.. I wish they stated it was chicken instead of the traditional beef/pork mix with rice. that. And on top of this.. everything was served in paper cups, plates and the main entree was served in plastic to go containers already. We spent $50 on which i’m sadden to say terrible food. My friend recommend this place but she hasn’t been there for 3 years. She said it was good at some point… wondering what happened. I originally wanted to try the pastries but after what we had, I ended up passing.I was so dissatisfied after we left and walked over to Ottos burgers to get a good meal.
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Ian Levine
The burgers are good and live music is great. Don’t sit inside, as the dining room is ugly. The floors are crooked and the tables and chairs are worn. The staff aren’t so good at cleanliness and safety, as they don’t wear gloves when serving cakes.
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Mark Bean
We live nearby and hadn’t eaten here for nearly a decade. We were brought back by their Thursday BBQ special (we takeout) which is outstandingly good. This past weekend decided to go in person and sat outside. The potato pancakes were great, the burger was fresh and the salad with Spring berries was nice. I am glad we returned and we will not wait long to visit again.
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Carlos Blanco
Another mediocre and overpriced place in Hopewell. They won’t tell you the price of the drinks for a reason! $10 for a half cup of terrible “sangria” which was just well wine and two apple slices.
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Diana B
Met a friend here for dinner after work on a Monday night. The dining room was empty at 6pm so we sat at the bar – there were a few folks here.
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Mikey Bagels
Wait staff was not attentive and a bit rude. Food was alright but certainly not authentic or groundbreaking. My wife had chicken paprikash and it was not great. Sauce was too thick and was missing the paprika kick. Small pints of Guinness means I have to order 2 at a time so be wary, but they offer nights with traditional Irish music sessions, so we will give another shot!
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Jolena D’Amore
Food was delicious, especially the stuffed cabbage. everything came out pretty quickly. Waitress was straight to the point but very sweet. overall great and relaxing
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Judy Minot
The food is fantastic, especially the Hungarian specialties! I’ve had the stuffed cabbage and the pierogis – not too heavy, not too salty, just right! Lots of craft beers and Guinness on tap! There’s often music in the evenings in a separate room, and an Irish music session every other Sunday afternoon.
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Erika Keller
We loved this place about 8 years ago and found ourselves in the area again today. The hungarian dishes are delicious. The kielbasa was the best I have ever had. Everything is homemade. My husband had cream of spinach soup which tasted like it had just been made, super fresh tasting. Even the side of potato salad was homemade. For dessert we had the Esterhazy torte which was incredible. Hopefully it won’t be another 8 years before we get back (we live over an hour and a half away.)
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