Castillo Fresh Seafood - Raritan

This was my first visit since they changed ownership. I had a great time and the food was awesome. I'm looking forward to returning!!

This restaurant is outstanding. The food , the staff everything. The seafood is so fresh and prepared with love and skill. The food takes a little while to come to the table but you know it's being freshly made and it's worth the wait. I hesitate to put in a review because I want to keep this restaurant all to myself. But that wouldn't be fair. This chef knows his food. We just love eating here. We took my 92 yrs old dad for Father's Day and he love the food , we loved it so much we had to come back. Even though we are an hour and a half away.

Very friendly staff. I stopped in just before closing and they were happy to serve me. I had raw oysters some baked clams and mixed seafood with pasta all were very fresh and delicious. The restaurant was very clean. Indoor and outdoor dining.

Date night Friday 11/26/21. This place is a hidden treasure for seafood. Our first time there. Food was fresh, delicious and a healthy portion. Casual, comfortable vibe. Staff, server, chef were fantastic. WE WILL BE BACK!

This was probably the worst meal of my life.. My boyfriend and I couldn?t wrap our heads around how the restaurant has such high reviews. To begin, we walked into a smoke filled restaurant, in which I brought to the waitresses? attention. My comment was dismissed, but later solidified when they realized they left bread burning on their panini press. Next, we got the appetizer which seems fine at first, until we got to the bottom and a handful of the calamari were stale I thought I just bit into plastic. Finally, my boyfriend got the flounder franchise, which was filled with bones and the egg batter was still runny. I ordered the lobster ravioli thinking ?how can they mess this up?? well... they did. The filling wasn?t terrible, but i?ve had better. What ruined it for me was the sauce if you can call it that. I would say they made the sauce by adding a bit of cream to nacho cheese sauce.. I was appalled. I usually don?t write poor reviews and i?ve worked in a restaurant for 4 years and i understand the struggle, but the food was just not editable. Stay away. And, note, this restaurant is separate from uncle vinny?s which was packed. I know they somehow have the same cook, or are intertwined somehow, but we should have gone there. we certainly won?t be going back here.