Locale Bar Closter

Been enjoying Locale for the last decade. Vinny always greets us with a friendly smile, the food is always excellent, and the service first class. I love the shrimp avocado salad and the Branzino never disappoints. In an area of many restaurant choices no one matches up to Locale

We went to Locale in Valentine’s Day. When we arrived, there was no one to greet us. After a couple of minutes of just waiting, we were shown to our table by the window and given menus. While we were waiting up front there seemed to be lots of waiters running around, but very few seemed to actually make it into the dining area. After waiting for about ten minutes, we asked the only person who genuinely seemed to be working, the man filling glasses with water, to please fill our empty glasses and find us a waiter. After waiting for another five minutes we eventually got someone’s attention. He took our food and wine order. To be fair, all our food arrived quite quickly and was delicious. We finished our main course at around when our plates were cleared. We decided to wait to see how long it would take before someone came back to see if we wanted desert or coffee. At around we gave up and after searching for someone, anyone, we asked the water man to get the owner. He strolled over a few minutes later. We told him of our experience. He responded that the restaurant, which was now quite empty, was very busy and that he was doing his best. No apology. He did offer us desert not sure if we would have been charged for it though, but at that point we were so fed up we just asked for the bill. We passed him again on the way out...again, incredulously, no apology. Food was really good, but given the apathetic service, I couldn’t recommend Locale as a place to get a quick meal

Locale is fine, but nothing special. Service is a little spotty. Dining room is comfortable but could be anywhere... nothing unique decor wise. Salad I had tonight was way too cold... probably sitting In a fridge for a while. My risotto was very good. But for the price, one could do much better

Food, beverages and dessert were excellent! We dined on a Wednesday evening, which was to our advantage because it was quiet and service was very good. We have been when they are very busy and the service was agonizingly slow. All in all a wonderful spot for a birthday celebration

Good food good service, food takes a while to come out

New Year’s Eve dinner. The food was excellent. Our waiter new the menu and was able to explain some of the dishes that we had questions about. The one thing that Locale should have done better was to let dinners know in advance that they would have a DJ for dancing and a screen to watch the ball drop. I think more people would have stayed if they would have been aware of this

Food is outstanding but service was slow