Queen Margherita Trattoria - Nutley

Absolutely gorgeous authentic italian restaurant with great service, genuine conversation. Food was just as good as the service! 10/10! If you are in the North New Jersey area, this is a for sure date night location. Our server Gabe showed us a great time and welcomed us with the spirit of italy.

Food was decent. Service at the end ruined it. Absolutely appalling and embarrassing! Will never be back. Our server came to our table and loudly asked us, Was everything with the service alright? To which we responded Yes then he said Tip is usually 20% he embarrassed all of us and made us pay $30 more to the $20 we already gave him. There aren 't words for how disgusting this act was. I am COMPLETELY disappointed. Not sure what type of training the servers have but this man clearly needs some rework to his attitude and career choice.

Authentic Italian restaurant in Heart of Nutley. Food is very fresh including bread and home made pasta. They serve very soft bread with amazing spicy garlic dip. We ordered penne Ala vodka, chicken Parm and both the dishes were amazing. They have amazing desserts to select from, my personal favorite is Tiramisu. The vibe is very cozy and comfy best for date night or friends get together. It's BYOB place so feel free to bring your best red wine!! Highly recommend this place for authentic Italian food .

High quality food, attentive waitstaff and some live Italian crooning to go along with it. Everything was delicious. The tables must have been added by a Tetris record holder. Only complaint was the half hour wait with a reservation. Perhaps if they gave us some of that amazing table bread, we'd have been more patient.

A little piece of Italy! The atmosphere and the food are both superb; from the owner greeting you at the door to fresh and visible spice garden, this place is truly authentic. It starts with fresh baked bread. Perfectly airy and crispy, but this is not a butter spot although you could probably get some. They give you this garlicy/Italiany dip which is out of this world. I would literally drink it, plus it can be used to dip pizza crust in. Speaking of pizza crust, we got the Diavolo, which is a margarita pizza which suppersota....it's no joke. Perfectly salty, obviously coal fired and fresh basil make it the perfect bite. As you know we are big calamari people, and they do it right! Not overly salt and great homemade marinara dipping sauce. For the entre we got the Penne Ala Vodka and it was rediclous. What I like is that they have a more wet, milky sauce here that falls to the bottom so the pasta stays al'dente. They shred fresh Parmigiano on top and finish it with basil. These simply ingredients done right are delicious! This place is attached to a bakery so naturally we got the oreo cake for dessert. It was so tasty and decadent. The rainbow cakes on the side were the perfect flavor compliment. We had two espressos a must after an Italian meal, and they were obviously great. The staff are all amazing and you can tell it's a family atmosphere, they make you feel so welcomed. During dinner the owner will sing beautiful Italian music for the restaurant, which adds culture.I would say you should get a reservation because not surprisingly, they get packed! Oh and it's a BYOB which is always fun. They prefer cash, just an FYI. Which is typical of this type of venue. Overall I give Queen Margherita Trattoria a 4.7 out of 5, a must visit Italian experience.