Water views. Pet friendly. Reasonable prices, off the beaten path in a small fishing village.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Michael Cocosis
Went for night time drinks on a Sunday in December. Pretty quiet, but seems like a rad place in the summer.
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 5
Deb
Best draft beer in NJ...great food good vibes
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
J
This place was excellent. Food and service were fantastic, plus it had a great waterfront view. Mott’s has both indoor and outdoor seating + bar. Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
William Jones
Update to the previous 1 star review below: Have since been back with friends who wanted to go there and sit on the deck. Service has greatly improved, though when the kitchen is busy it can get a little backed up. Waitstaff is now very attentive. We’ve been back again and it has returned to our list of favorites.
Used to be our favorite place to chill by the water but 2 of the last 3 times we were there we never got waited on. Yesterday after 20 minutes my wife went in and told the bartender we couldn’t get the attention of the deck waitress and could we get someone to wait on us. 10 minutes later, still nothing. We decided to leave but first I wanted to let the bartender know we never got waited on. Lo and behold the waitress was sitting at the bar BSing with the bartender. She says “I assumed you had a waitress because you had a menu”. I told her the menu was already on the table, and after 1/2 hour with no food or drink she might have stopped by to check. We always tolerated the slow service but after this we’re done.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Joe Giordano
Such a great place killer food friendly people and great views of the river
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish and Chips
Kathryn Graham
Beautiful Fall day at the outdoor bar watching football 🏈 on 3 TVs. Good food. Fresh raw oysters. Yummy seafood bisque. Good wings. Cold beer. Great bartender. Fun clientele. And the Eagles stomped the Giants!! Just a fun day out.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Wings
conti services llc
Excellent food and service
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
A A
Absolutely loved it here! We got raw oysters, peel and eats, steamed clams and muscles in white. Everything was very delicious and fresh. The views were spectacular, and the bar was comfortable, fun, and had great vibes. We had a great time. Our bartender was Daphne - she was friendly, attentive and funny. We will definitely be back! Wish we lived closer and could be here all the time.
Seems to be a against motorcycles. Not just clubs that wear colors. Took the pickup truck there, no problems. Went with the harley a few weeks later and it was a different story. I'll spend my money elsewhere.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 1
Rob Robinson
Had a fantastic lunch with my wife today. Wings & blackened Mahi sammich were great. Beers were cold. Atmosphere was wonderful.
SERVICE BY CHERI WAS EXTRAORDINARY. What a pleasant personality while providing a professional service.
Offering a piece of candy at the end was spot on great customer service. Thank You!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sea Kelz
Went after the Irish Fest. Great evening!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish Tacos
Katerina Medina
This review is for the service we received at Motts Creek restaurant on 10.05.2024. My mother was recently diagnosed with terminal illness, so I came to the area to support her and spend time with her. She and her husband like dining at Motts Creek though they normally come on weekdays. So, we decided to include a lunch at Motts Creek to enjoy our time together. Unfortunately, this turned out to be a big mistake. While the food was good and the seafood seemed fresh, the service was simply the worst any of us ever received and we dine out a lot! Specifically, we chose an open area behind main dining room to be seated and picked a table close to the bar. A waitress approached us and brought us water. She then disappeared and we did not see her for about 20-30 min. When she finally reappeared, we decided to order drinks and food right away so not to waste more time. Drinks took reasonably long to be served. However, the food literally took forever. Over the next 1-1.5 hours we saw people who came after us being served and finishing their lunch. Well, our oysters actually took “only” about 30 min and the waitress took them to another table first who told her they did not order oysters. Only after that the waitress checked on us. After the above we continued watching two waitresses serving the entire restaurant but not us despite we came before everyone else at that point. This is when my mother decided to ask young waitress if she was bringing our food when once again the waitress did not know who to serve. The waitress barked at my mother in the rudest tone possible “this is not yours!” leaving us all stunned. We were not happy but continued waiting for our food since all of us were very hungry after a long wait. Finally, more than one hour later we got our food but not my mom who ordered Caesar salad with seared tuna and my seared tuna appetizer. The waitress quickly disappeared and I started searching for her to inquire about our and especially my mother’s food because she is weak already due to her illness and needs regular food intake. When I finally found a waitress, she decided to be “smart” and said “tuna takes a long time to cook” on which I reasonably noticed that seared tuna takes only 2 minutes to cook and that we’ve been waiting for over an hour for it. Waitress seemed very irritated and told me in a very rude fashion that tuna will be coming. It finally did. An hour an a half after we ordered and two hours after we sat at the table. After this neither of the two young waitresses who served that area came to clean our table or bring more water even though we were very police despite their rudeness. Seeing this, a bartender, a very nice lady, upon her own initiative took away empty dishes from our table and brought water to us even though we were not her customers and the bar was full of people. We respected that the bartender acted with professional courtesy towards us and gave some extra tip to her for being nice. This is while we were left extremely disappointed by the treatment coming from two young waitresses. Not only they completely neglected our table and probably screwed up our order in the first place which is why everyone who came after us was served and finished their meals by the time we finally got our orders. Yet, instead of apologizing they lied and even dared to bark at my mother, a frail-looking lady in her 60-s! We will never be coming to Motts Creek again and I strongly recommend spending over $200 for a lunch elsewhere unless the owner fires these two obnoxious and rude young waitresses. P.S. One reason for multiple delays became apparent to me when I went to the bathroom to wash my hands and refresh makeup right before we left. While in a bathroom, I realized someone was quietly seating in a stall and not doing anything. As I finished and was about to leave, one of the obnoxious young waitresses came out staring at her phone. Apparently, playing with her phone in a bathroom is far more importan
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Khalid A. Al Rasheed
Excellent place to to visit. Food and drinks are exceptional, espacially Nancy who was very pleasent in her service and smile.
Great place to escape from Smithville tourism.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Water views. Pet friendly. Reasonable prices, off the beaten path in a small fishing village.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Went for night time drinks on a Sunday in December. Pretty quiet, but seems like a rad place in the summer.
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 5
Best draft beer in NJ...great food good vibes
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This place was excellent. Food and service were fantastic, plus it had a great waterfront view. Mott’s has both indoor and outdoor seating + bar. Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Update to the previous 1 star review below: Have since been back with friends who wanted to go there and sit on the deck. Service has greatly improved, though when the kitchen is busy it can get a little backed up. Waitstaff is now very attentive. We’ve been back again and it has returned to our list of favorites.
Used to be our favorite place to chill by the water but 2 of the last 3 times we were there we never got waited on. Yesterday after 20 minutes my wife went in and told the bartender we couldn’t get the attention of the deck waitress and could we get someone to wait on us. 10 minutes later, still nothing. We decided to leave but first I wanted to let the bartender know we never got waited on. Lo and behold the waitress was sitting at the bar BSing with the bartender. She says “I assumed you had a waitress because you had a menu”. I told her the menu was already on the table, and after 1/2 hour with no food or drink she might have stopped by to check.
We always tolerated the slow service but after this we’re done.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Such a great place killer food friendly people and great views of the river
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish and Chips
Beautiful Fall day at the outdoor bar watching football 🏈 on 3 TVs. Good food. Fresh raw oysters. Yummy seafood bisque. Good wings. Cold beer. Great bartender. Fun clientele. And the Eagles stomped the Giants!! Just a fun day out.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Wings
Excellent food and service
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Absolutely loved it here! We got raw oysters, peel and eats, steamed clams and muscles in white. Everything was very delicious and fresh. The views were spectacular, and the bar was comfortable, fun, and had great vibes. We had a great time. Our bartender was Daphne - she was friendly, attentive and funny. We will definitely be back! Wish we lived closer and could be here all the time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Seems to be a against motorcycles. Not just clubs that wear colors. Took the pickup truck there, no problems. Went with the harley a few weeks later and it was a different story. I'll spend my money elsewhere.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 1
Had a fantastic lunch with my wife today. Wings & blackened Mahi sammich were great. Beers were cold. Atmosphere was wonderful.
SERVICE BY CHERI WAS EXTRAORDINARY. What a pleasant personality while providing a professional service.
Offering a piece of candy at the end was spot on great customer service.
Thank You!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Went after the Irish Fest. Great evening!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish Tacos
This review is for the service we received at Motts Creek restaurant on 10.05.2024.
My mother was recently diagnosed with terminal illness, so I came to the area to support her and spend time with her. She and her husband like dining at Motts Creek though they normally come on weekdays. So, we decided to include a lunch at Motts Creek to enjoy our time together.
Unfortunately, this turned out to be a big mistake. While the food was good and the seafood seemed fresh, the service was simply the worst any of us ever received and we dine out a lot!
Specifically, we chose an open area behind main dining room to be seated and picked a table close to the bar. A waitress approached us and brought us water. She then disappeared and we did not see her for about 20-30 min. When she finally reappeared, we decided to order drinks and food right away so not to waste more time. Drinks took reasonably long to be served. However, the food literally took forever. Over the next 1-1.5 hours we saw people who came after us being served and finishing their lunch. Well, our oysters actually took “only” about 30 min and the waitress took them to another table first who told her they did not order oysters. Only after that the waitress checked on us.
After the above we continued watching two waitresses serving the entire restaurant but not us despite we came before everyone else at that point. This is when my mother decided to ask young waitress if she was bringing our food when once again the waitress did not know who to serve. The waitress barked at my mother in the rudest tone possible “this is not yours!” leaving us all stunned. We were not happy but continued waiting for our food since all of us were very hungry after a long wait. Finally, more than one hour later we got our food but not my mom who ordered Caesar salad with seared tuna and my seared tuna appetizer.
The waitress quickly disappeared and I started searching for her to inquire about our and especially my mother’s food because she is weak already due to her illness and needs regular food intake.
When I finally found a waitress, she decided to be “smart” and said “tuna takes a long time to cook” on which I reasonably noticed that seared tuna takes only 2 minutes to cook and that we’ve been waiting for over an hour for it. Waitress seemed very irritated and told me in a very rude fashion that tuna will be coming. It finally did. An hour an a half after we ordered and two hours after we sat at the table.
After this neither of the two young waitresses who served that area came to clean our table or bring more water even though we were very police despite their rudeness.
Seeing this, a bartender, a very nice lady, upon her own initiative took away empty dishes from our table and brought water to us even though we were not her customers and the bar was full of people. We respected that the bartender acted with professional courtesy towards us and gave some extra tip to her for being nice.
This is while we were left extremely disappointed by the treatment coming from two young waitresses. Not only they completely neglected our table and probably screwed up our order in the first place which is why everyone who came after us was served and finished their meals by the time we finally got our orders. Yet, instead of apologizing they lied and even dared to bark at my mother, a frail-looking lady in her 60-s!
We will never be coming to Motts Creek again and I strongly recommend spending over $200 for a lunch elsewhere unless the owner fires these two obnoxious and rude young waitresses.
P.S. One reason for multiple delays became apparent to me when I went to the bathroom to wash my hands and refresh makeup right before we left. While in a bathroom, I realized someone was quietly seating in a stall and not doing anything. As I finished and was about to leave, one of the obnoxious young waitresses came out staring at her phone. Apparently, playing with her phone in a bathroom is far more importan
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Excellent place to to visit. Food and drinks are exceptional, espacially Nancy who was very pleasent in her service and smile.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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