Tuzzio's Italian Cuisine

Booked my mother's birthday party here and I can't say enough about this place. The service was excellent and the food was not only amazingly delicious but the portions were HUGE!!! And seeing as our party was at 2 and they dont open til 4, we had the whole place to ourselves. Everyone in my party just raved about the food. Would definitely book another party with them.

We were on a family vacay along the Jersey Shore. We are huge Bruce Springsteen fans and naturally, visited many local haunts that were favorites of his. And like many Springsteen fans we've heard that Bruce can sometimes pop up by surprise around town. But tonight, we met another famous Bruce from the Garden State - The bartender at Tuzzio's in Long Branch, who kindly chatted with us. Tuzzio's serves huge portions of delicious Italian classics. Grandma's Meatballs made with raisins and Pinolis were the highlight of the meal. Tuzzio's is cozy and not far from the boardwalk area and Ocean Ave. This is a great place for a home cooked meal with all the Italian fixen's.

Great pasta dishes! The pasta with vodka sauce was good; the sauce was a bit too watery but the flavors were nice. The fettuccine alfredo was good, but had a weird aftertaste. I think the aftertaste comes from them using quality ingredients and not cheap ones, but it still tasted a bit strange. The only thing keeping this review from 5 stars was the service. To be honest, the service sucked. We had to ask for our water to be refilled each time and it took forever for us to get our check. It was also very expensive—about $24 per pasta dish. For just pasta, this is a little much... TLDR: Food was great, service was below average!

Absolutely delicious food and cocktails. You just can't go wrong here. Huge portions. Very , very friendly staff. I especially lived the scungilli, which is hard to get elsewhere. Perfect. Loved the Expresso martinis that our wonderful waitress suggested. We all truly loved our meals and will return very soon.