Chakra Restaurant Bar and Lounge is a wonderful eatery that offers a slew of Asian and European-inspired dishes. For appetizers guests can try octopus, sweetbreads, crab cakes, and delicious salads, such as wild mushroom and water cress. Entrees include Chilean sea bass, roasted duck, veal, and a variety of sushi and sashimi options. Prices vary from $20 to $40 per person.
Chakra Restaurant Bar and Lounge
144 W. State Route 4
Paramus, NJ 07652
201-556-1530
www.chakrarestaurant.com/home.htm
For yummy seafood head to Legal Sea Foods Restaurant and Oyster Bar. Appetizers include lobster bisque, clam chowder, and house, Caesar, and Greek salads. Entrees include raw and cooked oysters, lobster rolls, swordfish, tuna, rainbow trout, and classic fish and chips, along with an ever-changing menu of fresh fish in season. There is also a gluten-free menu, and lunch entrees are served as well. Expect to spend $15 to $30 per person.
Legal Sea Foods Restaurant and Oyster Bar
1 Garden State Plaza Paramus, NJ 07652
201-843-8483
www.legalseafoods.com/Restaurants/Paramus-Garden-State-Plaza
Napa Valley Grille is a great wine-inspired restaurant that offers good food and wine to boot. Appetizers include pork sliders, crab cake, roasted garlic and cheese, oysters, and mushroom soup. Entrees vary and include seared fish, gourmet angus burgers, veal and steaks, mushroom risotto, and a variety of other pasta dishes, vegetarian spaghetti, and jumbo shrimp. The restaurant is also open for brunch and lunch, and offers a kids' menu too. Dinners prices range from $10 to $25 per guest.
Napa Valley Grille
Garden State Plaza
Space #1146
Routes 4 and 17
Paramus, NJ 07652
201-845.5555
www.napavalleygrille.com/paramus/about.php
Biagio's Ristorante and Banquets offers delicious Italian to the Bergen County area. Guests can enjoy entrees like shrimp scampi, calamari, chicken bruschetta, stuffed mushrooms, grilled mozzarella, ravioli, and baked lasagna. Lunch is also served at this establishment, and it offers a large wine menu along with desserts like tiramisu, cheesecake, various ice creams, and cannoli. Plate prices range around $10 to $15.
Biagio's Ristorante and Banquets
299 Paramus Rd.
Paramus, NJ 07652
201-652-0201
www.biagios.com/index.asp
Country Pancake House and Restaurant is wonderful if you are looking for hearty breakfast foods. You can get a variety of pancakes, as the menu offers 90 different ways to get them. Traditional breakfasts like scrambled eggs and eggs Benedict. Dinner entrees include stuffed shrimp and salmon, steak, roast beef, barbecue ribs, pastas, and eggplant casserole. Expect about $15 per dinner guest.
Country Pancake House and Restaurant
140 East Ridgewood Ave.
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
201-444-8395
www.countrypancakehouse.net/index.html
