Awesome
Old World Cooking and hospitality. Not cheap, but well worth the price. Don Pepe is a jewel hidden in Newark. Worth the trip (two hours for me from South Jersey)    [05 Jun 2003 15:40:21]

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Recommended Dishes: Garlic Chicken and Portuguese Coffee Drink

     ­Kevin   kevinshannon at comcast dot net

Do not go there for New Years Eve
Last night, New Years Eve, My husband and I paid $100 each for what was the worst new Years At Don Pepe. I was served cold Lobster... it was awful. The tables were so crammed in, you could not get up to dance. The buffet was poorly laid out, there was food on the floor, we never did get calamari, the service stunk, we had to ask for eveything twice, and the music stunk. We feel very ripped off along with the other 15 guests at our table.    [01 Jan 2006 11:44:32]

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As bad as it gets
Two of us went there on a Saturday night. We ordered 3 appetizers: garlic shrimp, stuffed mushrooms and clams in green sauce. The only good one was clams. Shrimp are looked like they were just thawed. Mushroom stuffing was not good at all. For the main dish we ordered veal cutlets and seafood combo. Neither dish was any good although portions are enormous. Total came out to around $140 with tips. We got home and both of us spent all night in the bathroom throwing up. Next day wasn't any better either. Called the restaurant and complained, but rude owner said nothing they can do about it. He said they serve the same food to everybody. I guess it means that whoever was cooking did not wash their hands or something like that. Anyway, obviously will never go back there again and not would recommend it to anybody. Try Cafe Espanol or any other spanish place in the City. Its just so much better!    [27 Mar 2007 14:29:06]

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