Highlawn Pavilion

West Orange, New Jersey

Luncheon at the Highlawn Pavillion

The Highlawn Pavilion offers a unique French influenced American cuisine in a beautiful park setting. The dining room offers extraordinary views of the New York skyline. These elements combine to create the perfect dining experience. The Ala Carte lunch ranged from salads and New England style Lobster Rolls to Filet Mignon and seafood entrees. The tiny pastry-like crab cakes served with jumbo shrimp and an arugala salad was delicious as was the roasted chicken with truffle sauce. The chocolate cake for desert was the perfect compliment to a gourmet luncheon. The Highlawn Pavilion has rating of "Excellent" by the New York Times and is winner of the DiRoNA Award placing it in the top 1% of restaurants in North America. We found the service, food and location as among the finest we have seen. The Highlawn Pavilion is located inside Eagle Rock Reservation, West Orange, NJ. Ala Carte lunch and dinners are served, reservations recommended, no jeans, jacket required after 5 pm.



HISTORY

The Casino in Eagle Rock Reservation was built in 1910 as an overlook and open air refreshment building. During World War One, Thomas Edison used the building and surrounding grounds for secret war time experiments for the United States government. By the 1950's, the Italian-style casino fell into disrepair. In 1988, the nearly condemned buidling underwent a massive restoration effort and rebirth as the Highlawn Pavilion.