Cafe 37

Cafe 37 is a New American restaurant with a Spanish Flair. The restaurant is small inside, but they have a larger outside dining area. The owner is the chef, and those are usually the best restaurants to dine at. All the ingredients the chef uses are top notch. Portions are nice sizes too besides the desserts being rather small. Stand out and must try dishes are the goat cheese raviolis, truffle risotto, and the halibut over saffron rice. All those dishes were AMAZING! You must try them! Halibut is a hard fish to prepare, and when a chef can cook an outstanding halibut you know it’s a 5 star restaurant! Other dishes I tried was the crab cake which was excellent! The filet mignon with shrimp was very good! The chicken dish was good! Only one entree I didn’t care for or wouldn’t recommend ordering is the Cafe 37 Frutti di Mare. The pasta wasn’t fresh made and kinda mushy and flavor wise it just was ok. I’d take it off the menu and replace it with something else. It didn’t have the WOW factor as all the other dishes on the menu had. All the desserts are house made and my favorite is the bread pudding! It’s fantastic! That’s another dish that’s hard to get right, but the chef here made it to perfection! The only complaint is it’s much too small. Its should be served twice the current serving size. The other dessert I tried were the coconut profiteroles. I didn’t care much for it, and I wouldn’t order it again. I really enjoyed almost everything here, and I am very impressed with the food! The chef/owner is warm and welcoming too! I highly recommend dining at Cafe 37 in Ridgewood!

A fine dining restaurant in Ridgewood, serving delicious food with impeccable presentation and taste. We made our reservation ahead for Sunday dinner. When we arrived, we got seated right away. The restaurant wasn’t busy, as only 3 other tables were occupied. Due to Covid their menu is online. It’s a concise list with limited items in appetizers, entrees and desserts. We decided to try the Octopus appetizer, Bronzini and Seafood dishes for entree. The prep time was excellent , as we didn’t have to wait long at all to get our food. We were very impressed with delicate presentation of each dish. All items including vegetables were cooked to perfection. This is an excellent spot for occasions like couples dinner, or milestones celebration. TL;DR: Food taste - 5/ 5 Food prep time - 5/5 Service - 5/5 Price - $$$$

Are you looking for a relaxed spot to enjoy a casual lunch or dinner and enjoy deliciously prepared, beautifully presented treasures of flavorful delight? Cafe 37 may just become a new favorite escape! Our entire dining experience transported us to a place where everything was sublime! We will drive a long way to enjoy the superb culinary creations at Cafe 37! 👍🏽😎

So this will be a mixed review of my experience and incorporating what the rest of the group that was with me, due to all the great reviews I had high expectations for this place so I am trying to give them the benefit of doubt here. To start off my Ahi Tuna dish was excellent...the rest of the group I was with were not thrilled with their dishes. Maybe it's an offnight because the kitchen was backed up and they took forever to get our food even though the order was placed at the same time with our appetizers. Other nights it may not have made much difference but when you are eating outside on a brisk cold night and the place only has two heat lamps btw...Back to the food...the crab cake appetizer is excellent avoid the shrimp tempura which I found lacking taste and overpriced at $16 for two medium pieces of shrimp. Maybe another night it might be different but we won't be going back anytime soon.