VIVO Tapas KITCHEN • LOUNGE

167 Ferry St, Newark - 07105
185 reviews
Spanish
(973) 465-4800

I enjoyed everything besides the lamb tapas appetizers. It was tasteless and very chewy. Everything else was very good. The salmon is delicious and fresh. Andres our server was very accommodating!

Had a great time after second visit in a one year time span. Had the stuffed chicken and shrimp and it was outstanding. They did a great job accommodating party of 8. Owner was very nice and professional. You could tell he cares about his business.

Good food and service, hookah could use improvement. Cute casual datenight or girls’ night out spot.

We went there on Sunday and it was empty we should have taken a sign we order our meal and appatizer. Which took too long to come and then We received our appetizer and found a hair on the calamari . We returned it and in the kitchen they just Chang the plate and all they do was refried it version. Then the main course which was $120 parrilhada And it didn’t come as the menu described it no snow crab legs, food came very dry with no sauce, it was flavourless and the lobster was over cooked. It was over all so disappointing especially for the price $ 300 later and wasn’t satisfied. NEVER AGAIN

Visited Vivo this past weekend for my best friends bday dinner and had a terrible experience, for starters our table wasn’t ready for the 9:30 reservation we had. We sat at the bad while they got that situated and then we sat about 9:40. Once we sat down the waiter came over and started taking orders, we ordered appetizers and drinks followed by food. Keep in mind it was 10 of us. The appetizers finally came out for only one person might I add. Again it’s 10 of us and 6 appetizers were ordered for the table to share. Before our food could come to the table we were bombarded by “bottle girls”. After being asked 5 times if we were getting bottles we had to let them know the food hasn’t even come out to the table yet. Finally the food arrives (still no appetizers) and it was cold at this point we’re done with this place and are just ready to go but of course we wanted to celebrate the birthday girl and sing happy birthday I kid you not the waiter brought the cupcakes out in the same bag they were brought in *confused face leaving us to light the candle ourselves and sing. People were starting to dance around us because apparently we were sitting on the dance floor and vomiting from being drunk off the cheap liquor. Highly upset.

Firs time there in March of 2022. I've been dining in the iron bound for decades but normally go to the same 3 restaurants. A friend suggested to try tapas and I'm glad I did. Instead of getting 1 dish we ordered 4 and shared. The food was amazing and the staff was friendly.Only took 2 photos mid way in but it all looked and tasted great.

Just came from here and I had to write a review. This place is amazing! Food was great, service was amazing, DJ was excellent. Defintely coming back. BTW the stuffed salmon to die for!!!

Very lovely place in ironbound section of newark. They have amazing food and service. You can stay after 11 for the nightclub but can only sit if you purchase a bottle , would definitely attend again .

Came here last night with a group of 10 and it was just not it. First they weren’t ready for us even though a reservation had been made so they scrambled to put tables together. The drinks? Couldn’t even taste a drop of liquor in it. Your best bet would be to get a beer. The food took a little over an hour to arrive and when it did, everyone’s entrees were cold and we were all missing our sides. We had to flag down the owner/manager (?) to inform him of this. Waitress came over and said it’s because there’s only 1 guy in the kitchen. 1 guy on a Saturday night and you guys couldn’t tell us this ahead of time? Or you know, not take so many food orders at once. The place was PACKED too so others were definitely left waiting as well. A girl from a different party walked out from frustration which we almost did too. The only redeemable thing was the DJ. But he didn’t arrive till 11pm which is when they turn the dining area into a lounge. I would definitely not be back, especially since I don’t even live in Jersey so eff that.

We were seated then asked to move because another party came in. The service wasn’t good we waited over ten minutes for someone to even ask what we wanted and then after that we kept having to get up from our table to go to the bar to order our drinks. On the menu it states gratuity is 18% and when the bill came they charged us 20%. The seats in which they sat us at the area over there was cold. My experience just wasn’t pleasant