Stella Marina - Asbury Park

My wife & I and 2 close friends were at Stella this past Saturday evening. They had a good crowd both upstairs and down. We sat upstairs. None of us had been there and we were excited to try it. Unfortunately it was a major disappointment. The table was not set up correctly, 2 bread plates instead of 4. One appetizer plate had to be returned as it was dirty. The service was slow and woefully inattentive. It was even borderline incompetent as when some guy came by and filled up my friend's Sprite glass with "more water"! The noise was almost unbearable, we could really not have a conversation. The food was OK, some things small portioned such as the vitello limone. My veal - vitello capriocossa - was way too thin and cooked dry as a result. The calamari appetizer was good, as were the stuffed mushrooms. If this were the summer season, we might have been more understanding of the whole experience, but it was not. Stella is wasting a beautiful location! Get it together! I don't think we'll be back anytime soon.

legaldude in New Jersey