Fire and Oak in the Westin Hotel is one of my favorite restaurants in Jersey City: nice atmosphere and great food there always makes for a nice evening. While Jodi always goes for their pizza (margherita - $20 or the Newport made with eggplant - $21), missing their no longer served Detroit pizza years ago, I enjoyed their steaks, especially their steak frites ($46), composed of a hanger steak and truffle Parmesan fries with a sauce au poivre (peppercorn sauce). Tender, juicy, with that bold and intensely beefy flavor. Their 16oz Sterling ribeye ($57) is good, but I thought it lacked that buttery and richness that I crave in a that piece of meat. I still enjoyed it with the best whipped potatoes ever: so creamy, with bits of skin. They sometimes have specials, like the mushroom pappardelle ($32) that Jodi got in one off our visits, a great pasta dish topped with whipped ricotta cheese, and with a generous amount of mushrooms (oysters and shiitake), bathed in a delicious creamy sauce.

Seafood is not to be missed though. I really liked their lobster bisque ($16), that was rich, creamy, and velvety with a deep, savory lobster flavor, as well as their crab cake ($21), made with blue crab served with a lemon remoulade that was also a special. Their pan seared Bronzino with jumbo lump crab scampi ($38) is not to be missed if still proposed: the fish, topped with large pieces of crab, was perfectly cooked, sitting on top of a delicious roasted garlic and white wine sauce. With it, were asparagus, as well as some fingerling potatoes that were deliciously crispy.

Desserts there are pretty good, with their decent tiramisu, and my favorite: the apple crostata à la mode, that was deliciously sweet and buttery. A must have.

Besides food, their cocktails are not to be missed. Their smoked old fashioned ($21) is definitely the star of the show, the glass coming under a cloche filled with smoke that will be removed by the wait staff in slow circular motion. I also like their Pears and Lychee ($16) that is like a lychee martini with hints of pear, or their Ketel One Nitro espresso martini ($16) that is perfectly balanced. They also have mocktails, like the Lychee Fusion, made with pineapple, lychee and cranberry.

I don't think I have ever been disappointed with fire and Oak: the food is quite good there and I love their cocktails. This is for sure a place to know in Jersey City if you are looking for a nice diner.

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Fire and Oak at the Westin Hotel - 479 Washington Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07310

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