Best Restaurants for Outdoor Dining in Sea Girt

Harpoon Willie’s was absolutely fabulous. The service, the ambience, the food, were just great. After a lovely dinner, we sat at the bar and listened to some live music. Perfect ending to an amazing night. And the manager was outstanding. Matt couldn’t have been nicer. Highly recommend Harpoon Willie’s, whether for a romantic dinner or a night out with friends. Great place!!

My first time there. Very happy with the atmosphere, our server, the food and the cocktails. Plan on making this a regular stop at least once or twice a month.

We had a lovely evening. The staff were friendly and timely when taking our orders and serving our food. The salmon and the Kansas City sirloin were delicious, as were our desserts of coconut creme brulee and lemon ricotta cheese cake.

We so enjoyed our pre-Valentines dinner. It was happy hour at the bar when we arrived so we enjoyed a delicious dirty martini at a great price. My dinner appetizer was the pasta fagiol Soup that was very delicious with some added Parmesan cheese. My husband had the seafood appetizer which is always fantastic. It had an amazing variety of seafood in it. I had the raviolis which I always have to have when I’m at this restaurant. They remind me of my grandmother’s recipe. My husband enjoyed the veal franchise, the veal was very tender. To top off our celebration I had a strawberry chocolate martini. All I can say is Yum!

We visited Brandi’s on a cold and windy Wednesday evening. Our favorite server, Vincent and food runner, Arturo gave us a warm welcome as usual. For dinner we began with Fritto Misto, a mix of large shrimp, calamari and hot peppers in a crunchy, golden crust. It’s served with a sweet chili sauce which complements the dish perfectly. For entrees we enjoyed the Puttanesca with linguine, tomatoes, olives, capers and anchovies. The other pasta dish was Scamp Arrabiatta which consisted of shrimp, garlic, parsley, chili flakes over rigatoni. The pasta was cooked al dente and was scrumptious. We finished our meal with a coffee, cappuccino and shared a Molten Chocolate cake served with a scoop of rich vanilla ice cream. The cake was warm, and not overly sweet.