great ambiance, excellent food!! Smooth service all the time!! This restautant gives you a pleasant vibes.

The restaurant boasts a warm, family-friendly atmosphere, making it an excellent choice for dining with children. With a menu featuring fresh, homemade pasta and flavorful sauces. It's an enjoyable experience for all!

Love everything about Calandras! They have fun events that we attend all the time. In addition to amazing food and bakery. The basket of bread offerings as you leave makes it so welcoming.

Enjoyed lunch w/6 other people. We were sat in the lobby area of the restaurant by the bar. Loved the EVOO & parm cheese on the table to go w/the bread which by the way was delish! Service was spotty. Waiter took some of our drink orders & did not ask the rest which was strange. Martini's were $16. My house salad was $17 which to me was very pricey for what you got. Others at our table got various salads, rice balls, & a BLT. Dessert & coffee were good. Service improved as the day went on. I would go back again for sure but would try to go during the Happy Hour. Nice bar area.

Late post!! I came here for Ladies Night back in September, with my best friend, for the event that was hosted by Danielle and Melissa from the RHONJ. This event was SO cool! I walked in first and let the hostess know I had a reservation for a table for 2, and told her that my friend was right behind me. She walked me over to a 4-top that was right next to the table where Melissa and Danielle were sitting. I could BARELY contain my excitement, because I thought we were going to be sat in the back somewhere! (I mean talk about luck!) when my best friend arrived, she called me, and I told her where to find me and to not freak out. We were both being fan girls all night and wound up being the LAST table that they came to, to say hello. Missy G complimented my shoes!! Okay enough about the event and now on to the food. We both shared the Octopus and the Pizza Calandra. Of the two, I preferred the pizza more. Although the flavor was there, the octopus was a lil too dense for my taste; it's tricky to get octopus just right. For my entree I elected to go for their grilled pork chop and I am so glad I did! The portion was HUGE and I was able to take most of it home for leftovers. The restaurant itself sits in the lobby of a hotel so it is not standalone which may through people off but the Calandra's brand (let's face it empire) is huge and they've got something really cool cooking to be able to host events such as celebrity meet & greets.

Fresh food. Lovely ambience. Friendly staff. Gluten free options. Fresh bread. Olive oil on the table. TVs at the bar. Outdoor seating. Peaceful patio. Overpriced menu.

If you're looking for great food and service in a beautiful setting, this is the place. My son and his wife took me here for dinner, and the food was delicious. I was very pleased the minute I entered the place as it was beautiful. The wait staff was always nearby making sure we had everything we needed. We all had something different to eat, and everything was cooked to perfection. Can't wait to come back!!

I was here many years ago, when my late parents were living in nearby Caldwell. They were elderly at the time, but still were in relatively good shape mentally and physically, and still had their life-long talent for choosing quality restaurants to dine in (I knew they were in decline when they took me out for my birthday dinner to an Olive Garden; I knew then that they weren't doing well, and that the depressing dwindling down of their faculties had begun). I liked the Calandra's experience, but I haven't been back since, for whatever reason. Probably because I don't have much reason these days to be in Fairfield. Until last week, that is. My oldest friend was staying at a hotel in our old hometown of Wayne, prepatory to having a colonoscopy performed in West Paterson (they call it Woodland Park now, but it will always be West Paterson to me) the next day. I was to be his ride. He told me, "I'm going to be starving when this thing is over, so be prepared to eat." Everything went well, and when he asked me where I wanted to go for dinner, I replied, "You're the starving one. You pick." He picked Calandra's. We came early and were seated by the window, looking out onto Rt. 46. Despite that bleak vista of racing cars and barren trees, the restaurant itself was comfortable, and radiates class. Our server was attentive, gracious, friendly. We started off with a basket of bread that had been baked with cheese. We also were provided with a "dipping bowl" that contained oil and more cheese. My friend was the one starving, but I consumed most of the bread, which was...in my experience...unique, and delicious. I had a bowl of the pasta fagioli, which was steaming hot and also delicious, loaded with beans and pasta. My friend settled for a cup of lentil soup. I ordered the lasagna with sausage. Was it as good as the lasagna my late WASP mother used to make (or, to be more accurate, was it as good as my memory of the lasagna my late WASP mother used to make?)? Probably not, but it came pretty damn close. Hot, plentiful and delicious. My friend settled for the chicken parmigiana, and he substituted fresh vegetables for the linguini. (My friend says he was the starving one, but had I been the one coming out from the colonoscopy, I would have eaten the lasagna, the bread, the soup, the chicken parmigiana, the linguini, the vegetables, etc. etc.) For dessert, I ordered the Eclair. A word about Eclairs--- I tend to confuse them with Napoleons in the same way I confuse tortoni and spumoni. I actually prefer Napoleons to Eclairs, and soon realized that I hadn't ordered what I had thought I had ordered. It didn't matter. The Eclair was light, flaky, covered in rich chocolate, loaded with vanilla cream and fresh fruit. I've NEVER had an Eclair so delectable! In fact, I've never had a Napoleon as exquisite as that Eclair was! There was a dollop of what I think was cannoli cream off to the side of the plate, and I scarfed that down too. The server presented me with a knife "in case I wanted to share." I didn't. My oldest friend is like a brother to me (we've known each other since we were 7 or 8), but I wasn't sharing that Eclair with anyone! The finishing touch to a perfect meal was the free loaf of fresh Italian bread that was ours for the taking as we left. I can't recommend this place strongly enough. Delicious food, impeccable service, and a classy atmosphere all combine to create one of the best restaurants I've eaten at in North Jersey.

We actually just left from the Thanksgiving buffet. I cannot say enough great things about this place! I am usually not a fan of buffet but they did an amazing job. They had a little of everything and it was all high quality ! My boyfriend and I are vegetarian and they more options than most restaurants! We had a table of 7 and everyone enjoyed their food. I loved the beet salad, the broccoli rabe with beans, olives, mashed potatoes, mashed sweet potatoes... I can go on and on. I felt the price was very fair. $75 a person for great food and atmosphere! They also did not rush you out. We are already saying we will be here again next years