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Sapore Italiano, West Cape May, NJ

Sapore Italiano

4.5
4.5
6468 reviews
$31 to $50
Italian
Sapore Italiano is a fine dining restaurant aiming to bring the best to our customers.
We are open for dinner every day from 4pm - 10pm.
Spring hours (February-April) - Thursday - Sunday

Reservation are required.

Own cakes are not allowed except wedding reception.

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2 people

19:00


Booked 54 times today

Order delivery or takeout

Additional information

  • Dining style
    Fine Dining
  • Cuisines
    Italian
  • Hours of Operation
    Winter Hours Thu, Sun 4:00 pm–10:00 pm Fri, Sat 3:00 pm–11:00 pm
  • Phone number
    (609) 600-1422
  • Payment Options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress Code
    Casual Dress
  • Executive Chef
    Perparim Bici
  • Area
    Cape May
  • Cross Street
    Sunset Blvd
  • Parking Details
    We have our own private parking lot and there is also off street parking with no meters.
  • Additional
    Gluten-free Options, Indoor Fireplace, Patio/Outdoor Dining

What 6,468 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.5
4.5 based on recent ratings
  • 4.6Food
  • 4.4Service
  • 4.4Ambience
  • 4.3Value

NoiseModerate

Diners' Choice Awards

  • Atlantic City / South Jersey Shore

    Italian

  • Atlantic City / South Jersey Shore

    Most Booked

  • South Jersey Shore

    Italian

  • South Jersey Shore

    Most Booked

6,467 Reviews
  1. LaurenG

    New York Area

    7 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    7 reviews

    Dined 1 day ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    The best Italian restaurant in Cape May County. The linguine and clams in a red sauce is tremendous. Branzino special was outstanding!

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  2. LucB

    Greater Boston

    5 reviews

    4.0

    5 reviews

    Dined 2 days ago

    overall4food4service4ambience4
    It took too long to get food. Waited over 45 minutes for main meal to be served.

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  3. RosemaryR

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined 2 days ago

    overall3food3service3ambience4
    I had linguine with white wine sauce & little neck clams. Last year was excellent. This year clams were really small & chewy linguine was dry not great sauce. I expected something better for $30. Other people at table at veal parm & said it was good.

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  4. RayT

    Philadelphia

    25 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    25 reviews

    Dined 3 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    a new addition on the menu- Veal Osso Buco was fantastic with risotto, peppers,and asparagus . Great Resturant!!

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  5. AlexS

    New York Area

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined 3 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    First time visiting Cape May and my wife was reading different reviews on various restaurants on TripAdvisor and we decided to try out Sapore Italiano restaurant. It was amazing. The food was delicious and the portions were large. Friendly staff and good service throughout our meal. We are definitely coming back to this restaurant again. We honestly have to say that of all the restaurants we have visited this week Sapore Italiano restaurant was the best restaurant hands down.

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  6. Dave

    Atlantic City

    4 reviews

    2.0

    4 reviews

    Dined 4 days ago

    overall2food2service3ambience3
    Loved this place but not so good last night. English language and being able to understand your order can make for a great meal and a bad one. service was slow and the sauce on the pasta was way to spicy as in the past.

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  7. AnneF

    Atlantic City

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined 4 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Food was excellent as usual. It is one of our favorite restaurants!

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  8. SharonC

    Atlantic City

    26 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    26 reviews

    Dined 4 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We had great service. The food was delicious. We had appetizers, entrees and dessert and enjoyed them all. The portions were plentiful. All of the host staff and service did an excellent job. We were celebrating a birthday and they made it extra special by decorating the dessert dish and singing Happy Birthday. It was a very nice family evening out!

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  9. DavidS

    Atlantic City

    3 reviews

    1.0

    3 reviews

    Dined 5 days ago

    overall1food1service5ambience5
    Expected much better food. Virtually tasteless and bland. The red sauce was mediocre at best. Barely diner quality. Service was excellent and the ambience was very nice. This was a very simple menu and they just did not pull it off. I doubt they had any experience cooking Italian food. Will not return.

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  10. PaulK

    Pittsburgh

    6 reviews

    5.0

    6 reviews

    Dined 6 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    The spaghetti alla sapore was very good. Our waitress was friendly and efficient. Nice ambience.

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  11. pokey

    Charleston

    20 reviews

    5.0

    20 reviews

    Dined 7 days ago

    overall5food5service4ambience4
    Service was quite good. We shared a Caesar salad and chicken Saltimbocca which were great but hard to divide especially the chicken dish. We also shared a chocolate mousse which was delicious. There is a parking lot for some and also street parking

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  12. OpenTable Diner

    Atlantic City

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined 7 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We have never been disappointed in our experience at Sapore Italiano.  the food and service are amazing. 

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  13. MariaD

    New York Area

    7 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on 22 September 2023

    overall4food4service4ambience4
    Sapore is our "go to" when visiting Cape May. Always an amazing meal. We ordered the burrata/prosciutto appetizer and the prosciutto was thick and hard and unedible. It is supposed to be paper thin. We had to send it back even though the burrata was amazing. I'm sure this was a fluke - it wouldn't stop us from ever returning, just very surprised at them. They did, however, remove it from the bill (which they should have) and did the right thing. Other than that, amazing meal! Orichetti special was fantastic! It had shrimp, scallops and crabmeat in a light pink sauce. So so good! We will continue visiting with each trip to Cape May - can't wait to return!

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  14. Jude

    Philadelphia

    5 reviews

    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on 22 September 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Our 1st visit but we will definable bank! Awesome food & atmosphere!

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  15. James

    San Francisco

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on 21 September 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We enjoyed the atmosphere and service was excellent. Food was delicious with a generous serving.

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  16. JimD

    Philadelphia

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on 21 September 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience3
    Everything was great, except the contractors took up most of the available parking spaces and blocked the only handicapped space. They should have completed their work for the day before the first seatings.

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  17. OpenTable Diner

    Pittsburgh

    3 reviews

    4.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on 20 September 2023

    overall4food5service2ambience5
    We ordered and enjoyed our food family style as a group of 5. The fresh bread to start was good and then we enjoyed: Calamari - the only let down of the food, really not good, it seemed like a pre-packaged frozen product Burrata w/ veggies - good, can’t go wrong here Eggplant Rollatini - delish, we got 3 orders of 2 so everyone could enjoy a whole rollatini Seafood Ravioli Special - amazing with delicious scallops & so much crab meat Homemade Gnocci & Pink Sauce - good, slightly lacking in flavor needed salt/pepper but was amazing mixed with some sauce from the special We had a great dining experience but we were definitely put off by some of the “jokes” / the sense of humor our server had. He almost seemed sarcastic and condescending to our group. Any request was met with a joke. We asked his name again and he actually said, “no, I already told you at the start of dining.” It wasn’t enough to ruin our experience, because we had a fun group, but…still thinking about it days later.

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  18. GreatView

    New York Area

    40 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    40 reviews

    Dined on 20 September 2023

    overall3food4service3ambience3
    Good Italian, but nothing fantastic. Portions were generous and both our meals met our expectations. The bread however was certainly not bakery quality, almost not even Italian bread. We’d go back, but not anytime soon.

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  19. Nina

    Philadelphia

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on 20 September 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Our favorite restaurant! Try it when you’re in Cape May. We drive down from Mar;ton for special ocassions.

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  20. Barbara

    Atlantic City

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on 20 September 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Food was excellent and our server Amir was great definitely will return

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  21. DanK

    Baltimore

    5 reviews

    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on 20 September 2023

    overall5food4service5ambience4
    The food and the service were outstanding! Our waitress was the best! And, food was served hot- as it should be! BYOB without a corking fee was a plus!

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  22. OpenTable Diner

    Philadelphia

    13 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    13 reviews

    Dined on 20 September 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Very relaxing. Music was EXCELLENT! Dinner was delicious although too much for me! I have dinner for tomorrow night!

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  23. SMSSMS

    New York Area

    6 reviews

    vip
    2.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on 19 September 2023

    overall2food5service1ambience4
    It took an hour to get our entrees served - no reasons were given despite our bringing it to their attention

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  24. Star53

    Baltimore

    17 reviews

    4.0

    17 reviews

    Dined on 18 September 2023

    overall4food5service3ambience4
    Our meal at Sapore was excellent. The anitpasta special this night with grilled artichokes was awesome. Our main courses of lamb chops and branzino with pasta were both very tasty and prepared and cooked to perfection. Parking can be a challenge at times and on our night the service, while very professional, was a tad slow. We had a pleasant evening at Sapore and will definitely go again.

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  25. MAMART

    New York Area

    12 reviews

    5.0

    12 reviews

    Dined on 18 September 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Delicious food and great service! Great Italian food.

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  26. RichW

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on 18 September 2023

    overall3food3service5ambience5
    My veal was tough and spaghetti undercooked. My wife’s chicken parmigiana was not as good as usual.

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  27. CapeMayVisitor

    Denver

    6 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on 18 September 2023

    overall3food2service2ambience3
    Food was not well prepared. Had the linguine and clam sauce and had to spit out most of my clams since they were not cooked and way too chewy. Did not love the ambiance as much as other Italian restaurants in the area.

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  28. CoCo1

    Atlantic City

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on 18 September 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Food and service were excellent! One of our favorite places in Cape May

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  29. JamesY

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on 18 September 2023

    overall5food4service5ambience5
    Didn't care for type of music. Much prefer Frank Sinatra style music. My wife thought Chicken Parm. was pounded too thin. My Gorgonzola, Mascarpon Gnocchi was great.

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  30. OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined on 17 September 2023

    overall2food2service1ambience5
    The outdoor seating was lovely, and it seemed that we were going to have a nice evening. However, once we were sat, things went downhill. Our server was inattentive at best and More close to neglectful. The restaurant did not appear to be too busy, and I heard each of the three tables surrounding us complain about the length of time it was taking for the food to come out of the kitchen. Since it wasn’t extremely busy, I can only attribute this delay to the server, having been a server myself. At no time did he come over to explain the delay or apologize for the delay or check on us to see if we needed anything while we were waiting. A buster paid more attention to us than he did the entire evening. When our food finally arrived, it was mediocre at best. The risotto Primavera was quite bland, and had a total of three mushroom slivers in addition to a handful of peas and a little bit of squash. The meal was definitely not worth the cost. With so many great choices for Italian in this area, I would definitely not go back.

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  31. SueC

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on 17 September 2023

    overall4food5service4ambience5
    As always, the food was delicious and my guests request dinner there every time they visit. The only thing preventing 5 stars is that even with the tables not all taken, the wait for the entrees is quite long. It has been noted to me in the past also.

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  32. OpenTable Diner

    New York Area

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on 17 September 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Excellent food and service A must visit place. Great for a date night.

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  33. Mikie

    Philadelphia

    3 reviews

    3.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on 17 September 2023

    overall3food4service2ambience4
    Have dinned here several times. Food is good. Atmosphere is nice. Service was poor this time.

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  34. Coco

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on 16 September 2023

    overall3food4service1ambience5
    We had to wait a really long time for our main course to come, over an hour

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  35. KimLaws

    Philadelphia

    12 reviews

    5.0

    12 reviews

    Dined on 16 September 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Consistently delicious food. Large variety. And everything always comes out piping hot. I would highly recommend.

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  36. DoloresA

    Las Vegas

    17 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    17 reviews

    Dined on 16 September 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Always a treat to dine at Sapore!Perfect in every way!

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  37. RayT

    Philadelphia

    25 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    25 reviews

    Dined on 16 September 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great Resturant good portion’s awesome staff. One of my favorites when in Cape May!!

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  38. KeylaC

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on 16 September 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    The seafood at Sapore was superb. Beautiful outdoor setting and wonderful staff. Will 100% recommend a visit to Sapore.

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  39. dandp

    Philadelphia

    7 reviews

    5.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on 15 September 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    The entire staff was very attentive. The manager came over and spoke with us and asked how everything was. She even gave us a tip to use when we were going to be reheating our food that we brought back home with us.  The portions were plenty. We had more for another dinner the following night. The food was absolutely delicious. We can’t wait to go back next year when we go back to Cape May.  This restaurant is not to be missed for anyone vacationing at Cape May!

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  40. PaulaC

    New York Area

    7 reviews

    5.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on 15 September 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience3
    delicious dinner. great for our party of 4. rated ambiance a 3 since the AC was blasting on me the entire dinner.

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Safety precautions

  • Cleaning & sanitising

    • Digital, disposable or sanitised menu provided
    • Common areas deep-cleaned daily
    • Sanitiser or wipes provided for customers
  • Protective equipment

    • Waiting staff wear masks
  • Screening

    • Sick staff prohibited in the workplace

FAQs

Sapore Italiano offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (609) 600-1422.

Sapore Italiano is rated 4.5 stars by 6468 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

Make a booking

2 people

19:00


Booked 54 times today

Order delivery or takeout

Google Map for Sapore Italiano

416 South Broadway, West Cape May, NJ 08204

Additional information

  • Cross Street
    Sunset Blvd
  • Area
    Cape May
  • Hours of Operation
    Winter Hours Thu, Sun 4:00 pm–10:00 pm Fri, Sat 3:00 pm–11:00 pm
  • Cuisines
    Italian
  • Dining style
    Fine Dining
  • Dress Code
    Casual Dress
  • Parking Details
    We have our own private parking lot and there is also off street parking with no meters.
  • Payment Options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Executive Chef
    Perparim Bici
  • Additional
    Gluten-free Options, Indoor Fireplace, Patio/Outdoor Dining
  • Phone number
    (609) 600-1422
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