Reviews for Jessica's Cafe & Restaurant in Plainfield, NJ

Jessica’s Cafe is an Italian and French fusion BYOB restaurant. I wanted to try this restaurant for a long time because of... all the amazing reviews I read. The prices here are reasonable, and the portions were all a nice size. For appetizers weordered the beet salad and the mushroom and shrimp crepe. We weren’t that impressed with our appetizers, but overall theywere decent. The shrimp in the crepe you can tell were frozen prior. I had this appetizer at several other French restaurantswhere it was much better. It was very bland, and I wouldn’t order it again. For dinner we ordered the branzino and theshrimp rigatoni. The branzino was FANTASTIC! It came in a delicious red pepper sauce, and it was served over Caponata. Theskin was crispy to the branzino, and it was cooked perfectly. I HIGHLY recommend ordering it! The shrimp rigatoni was verygood! For dessert I had the goat cheesecake. It was very good, but it’s not what I expected. It was more like a pie than acheesecake. It was good like I said, but I wouldn’t order it again because it’s not my type of dessert I like. Next timeI’d like to try the bread pudding or the apple tart. My waitress was very nice, and we are looking forward to dining hereagain. We weren’t impressed with the appetizers we chose, but the dinners and dessert were delicious. I recommendJessica’s Cafe in Plainfield! Read more

Everything we ordered was delicious, service was great, and chef/owner came to check on us afterward to ensure we enjoyed... everything. We went for an anniversary dinner, and are already planning our next trip back Read more

My Wife & I were in the area looking for a nice BYOB. Even though one of servers wasn't our waiter, he took the time to describe... his favorites. Our waitress was totally professional and knowledgeable. We were debating on getting dessert and we decidedagainst it. The owner heard what we thinking of and he brought it to us on the house. It was our first time there and we can'twait to go back. It's totally worth the 25 minute drive to us. Read more

This is by far one of the toughest reviews. My food was good, I had the grilled chicken sandwich with pepper, it came with... coated fries which I really loved, however my friend ordered the meatballs as an appetizer and the pizza, unfortunately hedidn’t like either. I tasted the pizza and didn’t care for it myself, but I believe it was due to the Gorgonzola cheese. Thecrust was fine, the cheese just wasn’t my favorite. The customer service was fantastic, the young lady was very attentive,informative and accommodating. I would try the restaurant again but the biggest problem I had was the menu selection; with thatsaid I would try the dinner menu with hopes of having a better selection of dishes. Read more

Absolutely amazingly flavorful and delicious menu. We are so pleasantly surprised that there is such quality cuisine available... close by. If you want to dry delicate and flavorful dishes influenced by French cuisine and don’t need a kilo of pasta in yourplate, definitely, this is definitely worth the price.My only hope and comment is regarding the location. I don’t love thelocation, but keep going back because the food is excellent. I hope that they would consider changing the location or at leastexpanding the dining room and back yard as well. Looking forward to our next visit! Read more

I tried this restaurant entirely because it's so highly recommended on Yelp and Google. The pictures people share are amazing,... but it's no comparison to the food. It's so delicious that it was hard for me to share it with my family! The only complaintwould be the price, making it hard to order it frequently. Even though we tried our first meal via delivery service, it arrivedhot and the ice cream was still cold. (I couldn't take a picture of the dessert before I started eating it. It was impossibledue to overwhelming deliciousness.) Read more

Nicely decorated, charming and relaxed. And it’s BYOB! I think this is our new favorite spot. Meatball ricotta pizza: it’s... very good but I think the other things we ordered were more unique to Jessica’s Cafe and I would rather save stomach space totry their other items. Shrimp rigatoni: YES YES YES. My favorite of the night. Milk-fed pork chop: massive portion and supertender meat. Cooked perfectly. Apricot bread pudding: A perfect savory-sweet balance for dessert. A few previous reviewscomplained that portions were too small but I was pleasantly surprised to see a nice, hearty portion. Maybe they listened toreviews and made a change. Read more

Delicious but very heavy haha. Everything was full of cream and butter. The food was more french than italian in a way. Foie... Gras pasta was very reasonably price. Pizza was way more oily than average but the crust was very thin and crispy. The mushroomsoup and shrimp crepes were absolutely delicious. Read more