Restaurants in Voorhees, New Jersey

Voorhees, N.J. is a suburban community located 20 miles east of Philadelphia. Voorhees State Park provides residents and visitors a much-needed respite from the daily humdrum. Explore the night sky through the 26-inch Newtonian reflector telescope, one of the largest privately owned telescopes in New Jersey, located in the State Park. While many trails in the Voorhees State Park are multi-use and ideal for different abilities and interests, the Cross Park Trail and the Parcourse Circuit are footpaths only. Voorhees also offers visitors an opportunity to explore diverse cuisines. Stop by for a relaxing meal in one of the many area restaurants.

Catelli Ristorante

Zagat rates Catelli as one of the top three Italian restaurants of the Philadelphia region. "Courier-Post" acclaims it as the Best of South Jersey. Apart from a lunch and dinner menu, Catelli also offers an exclusive chef-tasting menu and happy hours. As of early 2010, the restaurant provides diners with value-for-money choices on Fridays and three-course family dinner on Sundays. A frugal-Friday platter for $10 features meatloaf, veal carbonara (veal cutlet), lobster fra diavalo (lobster tail tossed with capellini pasta) and fried oysters served with horseradish and tarter sauce.

Catelli Ristorante
Plaza 1000 Main St.
Evesham & Kresson Road
Voorhees, NJ 08043
(856) 751-6069
catellirestaurant.com/

A Little Café

Highly acclaimed by food critics, A Little Café beckons visitors with bistro paintings, candlelit tables, fresh flowers and gourmet menu. The café operates for dinners and offers patrons a pre-fixe dinner menu highlighting a three-course meal. Specialties of the café include crab cigarettes, crispy wonton wrapper, Norwegian salmon, lamb with pistachio nuts, shrimp wrapped with hickory-smoked bacon topped with Dijon-champagne cream, and boneless chicken breast layered with crab meat, sautéed spinach, roasted bell peppers and provolone cheese. Be sure to leave some room for the chef-owner Marianne Powell's white chocolate bread pudding, which won the Best Dessert at the 2004 Philly Cooks Chef Competition.

A Little Café
118 White Horse Road
Voorhees, NJ 08043
(856) 784-3344
alittlecafenj.com/

Yamato Japanese Restaurant

Serving the area since 1986, the newly renovated Yamato restaurant offers diners an ethnic Japanese experience. Located in the Eagle Plaza, Yamato serves traditional Japanese appetizers like gyoza (homemade pan-fried dumplings), hiya yakko (cold tofu), simmering soups, salads and noodles. Diners enjoy a wide array of hibachi, sushi, sashimi, makimono, tempura, katsu, don buri, sakana and sukiyaki dinners, cooked at their table by one of the talented chefs of the restaurant.

Yamato Japanese Restaurant
24 W. Eagle Lane
Voorhees, NJ 08043
(856) 435-5383
yamatorestaurant.com/

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