Family-owned, BYOB fixture since 1963 presenting select Italian mains in a quaint, homey atmosphere. Based on 119 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.4 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Curbside pickup ✔️ No delivery
Address:
2319 Ocean Dr, Avalon, NJ 08202
Phone: (609) 368-4494
Website: http://www.viamareav.com/
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Hours
| Tuesday | 5–10:30 PM |
| Wednesday | Closed |
| Thursday | 5–10:30 PM |
| Friday | 5–10:30 PM |
| Saturday | 5–10:30 PM |
| Sunday | 5–10:30 PM |
| Monday | 5–10:30 PM |
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Reviews
Maureen Connors
I’m so very disappointed with my meal. I had ordered bruschetta for an appetizer. When the dish came out, the tomatoes were hot and had melted mozzarella cheese on top. My husband ordered clams casinos. Which he said were just clams with a piece of bacon on top. For entrees we ordered chicken parmigiana and veal parmigiana. The best we can say about it is, the red sauce was good. We also ordered the pasta with a garlic aoli sauce. There must be a shortage of garlic, because there was very little in our pasta! It had no flavor.
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W Frisko
Slow. Underwhelming. Overpriced.
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orlando fulgenzio
Service was slow despite a half empty restaurant. Food was very bland…lacked flavor. Two shrimp dishes both had overcooked, hard shrimp. House salad dressing tasted like pure oil. Very disappointing experience for my wife’s birthday dinner – which was hardly acknowledged by staff.
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Larry Tornetta
I have been here many times. I usually get the veal parmesan and garlic bread. So amazing. I am Italian and it’s delicious. Nice romantic atmosphere. If your in the area, check it out.
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Roger Eldridge
Nice cozy place. Food was good. All the deserts were outstanding. Great service. White sauce was outstanding.
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Robert KOPISHKE
The only negative if you can call it that, is the salad leaves something to be desired. The entries were wonderful and the staff, professional.
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Joseph Manini
We really enjoyed Via Mare!! The meals were awesome. I had shrimp diablo and my wife spaghetti and meatball!! We will be back and thank you for the delicious meal.
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Andrew Faccenda
Best Italian restaurant on the island. That’s why it’s been in business the longest out of the other 10 Italian restaurant on the island. P.S. actually owned and operated by Italians!
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ANDY RYAN
Had dinner here this week with a party of 3. Service was fine, but we know now why there were only 2 other tables occupied. Prices are high, portions small (even in a post Covid world with supply and labor issues and given the location). The salads that came with the entree had one slice of cucumber and no tomato and the house dressing was all oil, no vinegar. Our dinners (linguini and one small meatball, a chicken dinner) were so bland we could not rescue it by adding pepper, salt and grated cheese. Sorry, but you really need to look elsewhere. But the good news – we went out for a light dinner afterwards that was fun at the beach bar/restaurant at Icona Avalon.
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Owen Schultz
When I was here the waitress we had was miserable, and it took close to an hour for a party of 3 to receive their food. Via Mare is a BYOB restaurant and when we wanted to open our bottle of wine they wouldn’t do it for us. They gave us a bad opener and it was nearly impossible to open. Before our dinner was served (after an hour) they gave us dinner salads which were absolutely positively disgusting. When we got our food it was extremely underwhelming. In years past this place has been very good, but the last time I was their will be the last time Via Mare received my money.
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