the best meal i ever had was at bobbi flay steakhouse in the borgata casino/hotel. very pricey, but well worth it.
the best restaurant that i go to locally is my parent's italian restaurant. i may be biased, but our food gets rave reviews, and some people drive over two hours to eat there. jack palance (not sure if anyone knows who he is... he starred in city slickers, and a bunch of other movies) told my parents numerous times, that he liked eating in our restaurant better than spago's. the food is excellent.
my fav. chain restaurants would be either olive garden or red lobster.