The Renault Winery, Egg Harbor City - Restaurant Review

Located about a half hour from Atlantic City, The Renault Winery houses a wonderful hotel called “The Tuscany House Hotel”, and inside there are two restaurants for visitors to enjoy. My wife and I decided to try “Josephs”, which was the more moderately priced restaurant for an evening of dining.

Dining at Renault Winery was a very good experience and I would recommend this to many. When we arrived at the Tuscany House Hotel, which is a fairly new hotel that makes you feel like you are in a small Italian city, it gave us a warm welcoming feeling.
Joseph’s made you feel like you were in an authentic Italian restaurant in Tuscany. The restaurants décor was enjoyable with ample room for everyone.

We started our meal with an appetizer of crab cakes, which we shared. We thought it would only be one crab cake, and was pleasantly surprised when two good size cakes were brought to our table. The crab cakes were excellent and we were excited about what the rest of our meal would be.

The presentation of our salads was excellent, and the ingredients fresh, but we wish we had asked for the dressing on the side. My wife had a salad with lettuce, apples, walnuts, Gorgonzola cheese, and vinaigrette dressing. I had a salad similar to a Caesar salad. Both salads had a heavy mayo based dressing that was drenched on the lettuce. We tried to wipe off as much as we could, but the dressing ruined the salads.

My main course was a pine nut encrusted sea bass with a cheese risotto, and my wife dinned on shrimp and crab scampi with a garlic, lemon butter, and white wine sauce. She made the mistake of telling the waiter not to put garlic in it, hence the sauce was bland. This was my wife’s mistake of ordering a garlic dish when she does not care for garlic. The pasta and seafood in the scampi was very good. My Sea Bass and risotto could not have been any better. The flavors came out and the portion was perfect.

The bread that was served with our meal was a crusted white Italian and the server gave us a small bowl of olives with poured olive oil. This was also very good.

For dessert, we shared a homemade Tiramisu, which was probably the best I’ve ever had. You could taste the marscapone cheese and the liquor did not overpower the dessert.

When we arrived for dinner, which was about 5:30 on a weeknight, there were only a few tables seated. When we left, we found the restaurant to be about three quarters full. Our waiter was friendly, but we did not see him often. Towards the end of our meal, we had about a fifteen-minute period between clearing the table and offering us dessert. This may or may not have been deliberate. He did tell us to enjoy and take our time with our meal, which we did.

After coffee and dessert, our bill for the evening with tip came to $120.00. I thought the meal was excellent and would not hesitate to come back again. My wife said, although it was good, her meal was not fantastic, and the salads, which were a nice price, were not good at all. She would come back, but it would not be her first choice.

I recommend Joseph’s at the Tuscany Hotel located at the Renault Winery in Egg Harbor City. You may want to come for a weekend and enjoy the whole uniqueness of the property.

Renault Winery
72 N Bremen Ave.
Egg Harbor City, NJ
(609) 965-2111
www.renaultwinery.com