Lamberti’s

We come here for lunch in the summers. Food is delicious and the location is great. I really enjoy a nice meal here vs a sandwich.

Me and my husband come here for our anniversary all the time great service great atmosphere great food what else could you ask for

I was trying think of the last time we had service this bad… Oh yeah, it was at Lamberti’s 3 years ago.
Entrees took over an hour to come out. Meanwhile, our table of 7 was not served any bread. Our server refilled our iced teas 4 times, but never brought bread. The host, when asked if we could have bread, never sent bread. Did I mention I am pregnant? Our bread finally arrived after this hangry mama bear chewed the head off some poor food runner AFTER our entrees were served. Still, only 5 pieces for a party of 7. When our mediocre flavored (and overpriced) entrees left 4 of us needing red pepper, my husband went straight to the kitchen to get it. We knew that trying to get our server’s attention and asking nicely was not going to get us any red pepper.
Ambiance. Sure, Lamberti’s has a great ambiance if you are lucky to be seated bayside. This visit and last, however, we were seated in one of 3 front tables sandwiched between the bar, the host stand, and the street, with harsh bright lighting and windows NOT opened on a beautiful evening. This front section must be where they put servers in training, because the service here sucks as badly as the «ambiance.»
Overall, the food is overpriced, average Italian. (Crabmeat linguini «market price» was $ 33. I could have made better with Ragu and a can of crabmeat, and I burn toast.) Service – they must advertise for incompetent, arrogant staff. I will NOT be giving Lamberti’s another chance next season, or ever.

I love to come here for Happy Hour or a light dinner! The happy hour deals are great and you cannot beat the view!
Some of my favorite things:
Anything from the raw bar (especially oysters)
Mussels
Clams
Bruschetta
Flatbreads/​Pizzas
Everything is extremely fresh and you cannot go wrong with the oysters!
They also always have fantastic specials, but keep in mind that they tend to be very expensive.
The bartenders are pretty creative and they keep adding great drinks to the menu.
If you come and order dinner or come for happy hour, the prices are pretty good! If you get any specials though, that will drive the bill up… I will say, the specials I have had are fantastic, so it can often be worth it!

How about the good first, the food was a 5 out of 10 for our table of 8, average Italian food for people who think The Olive Garden is a good Italian restaurant. The mixed drink I ordered was very good. That is about all the nice things I can say about this place.
The bad? The staff acts as if you should be honored to have them acknowledge you. Be prepared to stand at the «hostess» stand while she pretends to do other things. Like it when your waiter tells you the daily specials with a side of distain, then this place is for you. Like 30 year old guys with tight v neck tshirts, shinny track pants and sun glasses on their heads long after dark? This is your place otherwise skip this place, nothing to see here and even less to taste.

Food was okay. Waitress was nice but I will never return. The place is dead and I asked to sit by the water. Once we were sat they came over and moved us. Was it really worth moving us and never getting our business again?

One of the best restaurants in Margate. The view/​atmosphere is great. It’s a little pricey but you get what you pay for as the food is great quality. Prepare for long wait times on summer weekends. However if you have a long wait you can wait by the bar. The Bronzino and oysters are my favorite dishes.

Great pasta dishes, sampled just about all of the sauces, all are delicious. This is Italian food by the water, order something you would be comfortable ordering in little Italy.
The staff is pleasant, but sometimes slow. They are often quite busy so this is acceptable at times; I’m not one to be harsh on those who serve me.
Clams casino was delicious, you CAN order a side salad (I saw someone below say that this was not possible), and the happy hour dishes are tasty too.
Price is high, but we are on the bay, at the shore — what do you expect. Great views, I would recommend to anyone.

Had a horrible experience with the manager and she was so defensive and rude. Never going back! It’s a shame because the view of the marina is beautiful and the bar staff are very good. Specials for happy hour are tasty too, but when we asked for a side of pasta, we got a saucer size portion and we were charged $ 13 for it! Really?

The manager told us that he watered down our drinks because he felt that all 10 of us were drunk walking in. 2 out of the 10 are recovering so they don’t drink and two of us ordered a drink at the bar while waiting for the table. I think he had the right to not serve us. Which would not be correct but I am not sure that’s even legal. None the less we walked out. But why would he tell us that?

View was great. Service was friendly and accomodating. The food was delicious and the menu has a very vast selection of Italian and seafood including oysters which were awesome. Wine list was nice. I only wish they had a better selection of craft beer. Great bayside dining spot!

We had a great time at Lamberti’s. The view is beautiful and we saw dolphins in the bay :). The service was very good. I had a salad with shrimp and my boyfriend had the chicken marsala. We both enjoyed our meal and plan to go back. I want to try a dessert next time!

The calamari was soggy and uncooked… I had a salad with salmon on it and for some strange reason I had about five different fruits on that salad I’m not a fan of fruit on my salad but I know that a lot of people are and I understand that but it was literally like a fruit salad with salmon on top. It was weird !!! The salmon was cooked perfectly and I really enjoyed that part but other than that I did not enjoy my food here and I will not be returning. It’s unfortunate because me and my girlfriend are always for looking for places to sit outside and bask in the sun in the summertime and this has a great location right on the water on the Bayside of Margate so unless I’m going for a cold beer or something I won’t be eating here again

Love having dinner on the water. Their pear, feta, nut and pancetta salad is phenomenal! My girls love their burgers too. Can’t wait to go back this summer!

I have been to several of the Lamberti Restaurants, just recently the one in Sommers Point, Café Luciano. I have to say each one of the
Lamberti restaurant I have been to has bad drinks, bad bartenders and most of all inferior food. For example, I ordered a veal dish with crabmeat and the server was nice enough to put it over spinach instead of pasta… so looking forward to it. It comes I taste the veal… not veal… maybe pork? I told the server, he said he would pass it on and nothing ever happened. So I felt compelled to write this review… DON’T ORDER THE VEAL!

This place does not have it together at all. I need to say that our waitress worked her butt off to make it right but the kitchen just could not get it right. First the hostess has no clue how to sit folks, keep order or accommodate folks. This place just is not good. The food is fine. Not great. Not bad but NOT WORTH THE WAIT. All in all walk in to dinner on table was 2 hours plus. Stay away.

Had dinner here with my family without any previous knowledge of the restaurant. Great location, right on the bay. Met by an attractive and courteous hostess and seated promptly. Had Glen as a waiter, ask for him as his mature demeanor added to the great experience.
Great special app, great oysters on the half and pizza and entrée. Will go back again without a doubt. Price was fair for the shore, and can’t understand the reviews about bad food poor service etc. my first 5 star review and have been to many places from coast to coast. I am glad I found this gem.

Last Tuesday I had a very unpleasant experience here. I ordered an appetizer of shrimp cocktail and main meal of mussels over linguini. I don’t know if it was because it was a Tuesday versus a weekend, but the shrimp was hard and stale. I tried the first shrimp and thought perhaps the next one would be better, but it too was hard and stale.
When I sent the remaining two shrimp back, the server literally shook in his shoes because the owner, Luciano is known to be very difficult — which I had heard before. The server actually offered to pay for the shrimp rather than deal with the owner.
Eventually, Luciano stated that I should pay for two shrimp because I ate them. He would not come over to the table himself, and cowardly sent our server to our table with his verdict.
Such a stupid little man he is. My family and friends have spent literally thousands of dollars in this establishment over many summers — despite the fact that he is so unlikeable.
He was more suspicious of me than of the quality of his food — which was was not edible. When I received my mussels order, they were very, very small and chewy. I left them.
The server was very nice and apologetic, but he could only do so much. Luciano, despite his lack of social etiquette has a very nice wait staff, maybe this is why the little coward continually hides behind them.

Eh

Get the steamed clams or margarita pizza! Good portions and fantastic view. Great spot to watch the sunset.

Not to be confused with the Lamberti’s restaurants in Philly.
Everything here is good. I’ve never been disappointed. A perfect place to watch the sun set.