Primabel Bar & Restaurant

First time frequenting Primabel Bar & Restaurant in Newark so I was a little nervous. Upon entering the establishment the place was pretty much empty, save for a few patrons sitting at the bar. Normally when a restaurant is that empty it speaks volumes about the food but it was my birthday, my call. I chalked it up to a slow Tuesday. So we sat down and placed our orders. For appetizers we ordered the clams in garlic and wine sauce, fried calamari with marinara, and for some reason my mother's husband ordered the soft tacos. It took roughly 45 minutes before the appetizers arrived at our table. The calamari and clams were pretty good but for some reason the soft tacos collapsed from the steam emanating from the picadillo. The tacos couldn't hold their structure. My mother's husband ended up

Amazing food and there was live music when we went!

A little warmer in the dining room than I would prefer, but staff was great, quick service, group split a pork/beef/shrimp picadinho, really good, and plenty of leftovers to box up.

I have been to this restaurant on numerous occasions in the past the service and food was excellent. I went back after 3 yrs and the service was horrible the server spilled the wine all over my purse she was more concerned about what was going on in the bar section not paying attention. All 3 of us ordered the T-Bone steak which was excellent but the Spanish potatoes were burnt we left that. The cappuccino was cold. All in all the service was horrible we couldn’t find the server had to ask some one to get her on 3 separate occasions. The knife was used she gave me another one I didn’t recall this kind of terrible service ever before. We had a different lady give us the check the server came brought us the card back I asked her if the restaurant has new owners? Sure enough she said yes

The service is awesome at this place. The cocktail is made to perfection, but the food, not the best I had in the area. The steak was fried, not grilled as its promised in the menu. I will definitely go back for cocktail and fried food: chicken fingers, mozzarella sticks, but never again for steak. Again, the service was excellent!