I have been going to the Ocean place for over thirty years and this New Years Day was absolutely the worst experience I have ever had. I went to the Restaurant with my wife and three kids. The Service was horrible because they did not have enough servers.The Buffet was actually the worst I have ever had. To add insult to injury it was 25 dollars and the food was horrible. I'm embarrassed by how bad are experience was. They need to add a greater variety of food or just close up. Am
Brian P.
Went hear last night for a birthday dinner for my GF, had made reservations, took 15 minutes for anybody to acknowledge us an other patrons waiting in line, waiter shrugged his eyes/body when we wanted to change to a table with better view, no one came to wait on us, finally got up and decided I am not eating here, spoke to mgr and she didnt show much empathy, made excuses, truly dissapointed , wound up going to Library 1 Restaurant and had an awesome prime rib dinner.
sabelled2018
We like the restaurant very well, breakfast was very good, lunch as well. Most important, their staffs are so friendly! Especially their restaurant supervisor, she is so nicely help others!
James B.
Just avoid this place. The service was dreadful, slow, unhelpful and unfriendly. My daughter ordered plain pancakes and got blueberry pancakes. They were not helpful when we pointed this out. She eventually got her replacement pancakes before I got the poached eggs I had ordered at least half an hour before. First time I've ever had poached eggs with a hard yolk! I also never received the toast that was supposed to accompany it! When the bill came they had overcharged us and the server got a little cheeky when I pointed this out. Just steer clear of here and eat elsewhere.
Dave C.
Great food, phenomenal service! Seating is right on the beach, it's a million dollar view for dinner! There was music (DJ) and the Tiki Bar was fun afterwards. We sat on chairs in the lawn area -- a great night!
Natalie W.
Came for Christmas dinner. I will be brief in the problems though there are many. My party of 8 sat down and was not approached by a staff member for 15 mins. At that time they took drink orders that did not arrive for another 20 mins. In between that time no waitress checked in on us. When the drinks arrived half the drinks came back as just soda, no liquor added into it, which prompted us to go to the bar ourself to get the correct drink. The waitress took our order and again didn't see her for a while. 45 mins later we got one piece of bread each. Another half hour later we got our appetizers (soups and salad). No check from staff on our drinks. Another hour later we got our main courses. Still no check on us otherwise. While we were eating dinner we decided to order dessert considering how slow service was. All the desserts were out so the table got ice creams. Mind you, dinner was prix fix and included a list of three desserts. The bill finally came (after a three hour sit down) and our bill wasn't adjusted for the lack of a dessert which was included in the menu. Management never came to apologize. Tip was included though we did not want it to be. We will never come here again.
Will W.
Well, I wish we had read some of the reviews prior to going here. We had a reservation for the Seaview for Christmas day lunch, but when we got there we were offered the dinner menu, which we accepted. The appetizers were limited to two choices, which were adequate in size, but left the menu very thin for someone who didn't like vegetables, as the soup (choice 1) and salad (choice 2) were both vegetable based. As in other reviews, we were offered one piece of bread, which took some time to actually get. No basket was offered for the table. My wife and her 98 year old cousin (age will be important later) both ordered the Prime Rib dinner, and the portion size was huge. It took a considerable aount of time for the dinners to be served, and this was surprising as they were not that busy (we were told they were fully booked for 4 pm, however, half the restaurant was still empty). They were cooked as asked for, however, the sauce they used was not Au Jus sauce, but what tasted like a watered down barbeque sauce. My dinner, however, was disappointing on many levels. I ordered the Cauliflower steak after discussing it with the waitress, who said it was praised by others that had ordered it. Mind you, the Christmas dinner was a three course offering that ran $49.95 each. What I got amounted to a slice of a cauliflower head, which was slightly charred on the edges and had little flavoring - and was covered with some Israelie couscous and tomato bits. The entire offering of the entree' could be purchased for $5.00 at any local shop-rite and had NO PLACE on a Christmas menu for $49.95. If I was the manager of the restaurant I would be ashamed of that offering for that price. To fully understand why I found this outrageous, look at the two pictures below - the size of the prime rib offered against the size of my plate of Cauliflower (I took two bites of the Cauliflower before I returned it). Our service was as slow as mentioned in other reviews, and as before management never came over to ask any questions or apologize for the issues. We even asked of they had someone call out sick, or were understaffed and our waitress said no, it was just busy (which it really wasn't - and I would hate to see the service if they were full of patrons). My replacement meal was the Chicken which was tasty, but the piece served was a small portion from a cornish game hen. It took 45 minutes for me to get that replacement, and our server never showed back up to ask me how my replacement meal was. Our desserts took almost 20 minutes to come out. Again, the portion sizes differed greatly. Our final insult on this dinner was the bill. We were charged full price for all three meals - and my wife's 98 year old cousin (can you tell from the picture she MIGHT be a senior citizen?) was charged the full price and not the senior rate of $42.95. After waiting over 5 minutes, we had to flag another person (a hostess) down to ask this error to be corrected. The only recommendation I can give is to not go here.
Sal M
This is the restaurant for the Ocean Place hotel. During the summer months you can eat outdoors on the patio. The food is surprisingly good considering it is part of the hotel. If this were a standalone it would not get four stars, but you have to consider what it is in conjunction with the hotel, which elevates it a little.
Jet746691
very nice atmosphere,average prices and good quality,would definitely go back again this time maybe for dinner.
Karly K.
Best salad I have ever eaten in my entire life. Balsamic drizzled, juicy tomatoes and the creamiest burrata. SOOOO tasty and flavorful. Added shrimp came with a decent amount and was fresh. Kept me full for awhile and I dream of ordering this again. Friends had the steak sandwich which they said was also tasty and looked good...I tasted the French fries and they were perfectly crispy and seasoned. This is located outside near the tiki bar, so you can enjoy live bands playing if you're there at the right time. Service was good!
We were seated by lovely hostess Gabriella. But it took several minutes before a waiter came to our table. We asked if when they cleaned the table next to us we could move and it was never cleaned and we never got moved. We never got bread. We asked several people for some. It took forever to get it. They serve you 1 roll each. They don't leave a bread basket. They accommodated dietary restrictions and changes to menu but we waited over 45 min. before we had to get a manager and tell them we never got any food. 15 min or so later we got our appetizers but our requests were ignored. My sister ate w/o realizing they ignored her dietary restrictions and got sick. We waited even longer and decided to cancel our order and leave. This is 1.5 hrs after we first sat down. Then they suddenly had our food and my sister was already sick and we had to go. The worst was the food manager and waitress didn't apologize and got upset we wanted to leave. They just made faces. They should have been more apologetic. We were starving and left hungry. They were clearly understaffed for Memorial Day weekend.
Anna C.
Avoid the restaurant at all costs. The service was bad enough that we laughed about it days later. We made reservations but we were the only table in the whole restaurant, but it still took forever for them to seat us and 45 minutes from our reservation time before I had .a drink. My entree was $40 and by no means worth it. The fish was excellent, but the rice was terrible (like sloppy wet oatmeal) and they didn't have all of the ingredients. I had breakfast at the restaurant the next day and they ruined my omelette by putting ingredients that I don't like and weren't listed in the menu into it.
Michael P.
Visited for Mothers Day Brunch. Expected high quality for $55 plus auto 21% tip. We had an mid afternoon reservation. The buffet was an absolute mess at the time that we went, around 3 pm. I was afraid to eat any of the raw bar, just scraps left, looked like a hurricane came through. All they had left at the carving station was well done prime rib. They started breaking down the buffet while we were still trying to get food. They ran out of dessert. lol! Some of the food was good, lamb chops and ham were delicious. However, not worth the money, overpriced drinks, $10 for a Bloody Mary so spicy couldn't drink it. Told the manager, showed him desert table that looked like a band of wild animals came through, and he credited us the $10 for the Bloody Mary. Just an overall bad experience and would not recommend for brunch.
The Hotdog Man
just by the reviews
Trisha C
Just don't eat here. Seriously. Over priced less than mediocre food and poor service. The chicken, asparagus and potatoes I ordered were $45 and diner quality. No exaggeration.
I have been going to the Ocean place for over thirty years and this New Years Day was absolutely the worst experience I have ever had. I went to the Restaurant with my wife and three kids. The Service was horrible because they did not have enough servers.The Buffet was actually the worst I have ever had. To add insult to injury it was 25 dollars and the food was horrible. I'm embarrassed by how bad are experience was. They need to add a greater variety of food or just close up. Am
Went hear last night for a birthday dinner for my GF, had made reservations, took 15 minutes for anybody to acknowledge us an other patrons waiting in line, waiter shrugged his eyes/body when we wanted to change to a table with better view, no one came to wait on us, finally got up and decided I am not eating here, spoke to mgr and she didnt show much empathy, made excuses, truly dissapointed , wound up going to Library 1 Restaurant and had an awesome prime rib dinner.
We like the restaurant very well, breakfast was very good, lunch as well. Most important, their staffs are so friendly! Especially their restaurant supervisor, she is so nicely help others!
Just avoid this place. The service was dreadful, slow, unhelpful and unfriendly. My daughter ordered plain pancakes and got blueberry pancakes. They were not helpful when we pointed this out. She eventually got her replacement pancakes before I got the poached eggs I had ordered at least half an hour before. First time I've ever had poached eggs with a hard yolk! I also never received the toast that was supposed to accompany it! When the bill came they had overcharged us and the server got a little cheeky when I pointed this out. Just steer clear of here and eat elsewhere.
Great food, phenomenal service! Seating is right on the beach, it's a million dollar view for dinner! There was music (DJ) and the Tiki Bar was fun afterwards. We sat on chairs in the lawn area -- a great night!
Came for Christmas dinner. I will be brief in the problems though there are many. My party of 8 sat down and was not approached by a staff member for 15 mins. At that time they took drink orders that did not arrive for another 20 mins. In between that time no waitress checked in on us. When the drinks arrived half the drinks came back as just soda, no liquor added into it, which prompted us to go to the bar ourself to get the correct drink. The waitress took our order and again didn't see her for a while. 45 mins later we got one piece of bread each. Another half hour later we got our appetizers (soups and salad). No check from staff on our drinks. Another hour later we got our main courses. Still no check on us otherwise. While we were eating dinner we decided to order dessert considering how slow service was. All the desserts were out so the table got ice creams. Mind you, dinner was prix fix and included a list of three desserts. The bill finally came (after a three hour sit down) and our bill wasn't adjusted for the lack of a dessert which was included in the menu. Management never came to apologize. Tip was included though we did not want it to be. We will never come here again.
Well, I wish we had read some of the reviews prior to going here. We had a reservation for the Seaview for Christmas day lunch, but when we got there we were offered the dinner menu, which we accepted. The appetizers were limited to two choices, which were adequate in size, but left the menu very thin for someone who didn't like vegetables, as the soup (choice 1) and salad (choice 2) were both vegetable based. As in other reviews, we were offered one piece of bread, which took some time to actually get. No basket was offered for the table. My wife and her 98 year old cousin (age will be important later) both ordered the Prime Rib dinner, and the portion size was huge. It took a considerable aount of time for the dinners to be served, and this was surprising as they were not that busy (we were told they were fully booked for 4 pm, however, half the restaurant was still empty). They were cooked as asked for, however, the sauce they used was not Au Jus sauce, but what tasted like a watered down barbeque sauce. My dinner, however, was disappointing on many levels. I ordered the Cauliflower steak after discussing it with the waitress, who said it was praised by others that had ordered it. Mind you, the Christmas dinner was a three course offering that ran $49.95 each. What I got amounted to a slice of a cauliflower head, which was slightly charred on the edges and had little flavoring - and was covered with some Israelie couscous and tomato bits. The entire offering of the entree' could be purchased for $5.00 at any local shop-rite and had NO PLACE on a Christmas menu for $49.95. If I was the manager of the restaurant I would be ashamed of that offering for that price. To fully understand why I found this outrageous, look at the two pictures below - the size of the prime rib offered against the size of my plate of Cauliflower (I took two bites of the Cauliflower before I returned it). Our service was as slow as mentioned in other reviews, and as before management never came over to ask any questions or apologize for the issues. We even asked of they had someone call out sick, or were understaffed and our waitress said no, it was just busy (which it really wasn't - and I would hate to see the service if they were full of patrons). My replacement meal was the Chicken which was tasty, but the piece served was a small portion from a cornish game hen. It took 45 minutes for me to get that replacement, and our server never showed back up to ask me how my replacement meal was. Our desserts took almost 20 minutes to come out. Again, the portion sizes differed greatly. Our final insult on this dinner was the bill. We were charged full price for all three meals - and my wife's 98 year old cousin (can you tell from the picture she MIGHT be a senior citizen?) was charged the full price and not the senior rate of $42.95. After waiting over 5 minutes, we had to flag another person (a hostess) down to ask this error to be corrected. The only recommendation I can give is to not go here.
This is the restaurant for the Ocean Place hotel. During the summer months you can eat outdoors on the patio. The food is surprisingly good considering it is part of the hotel. If this were a standalone it would not get four stars, but you have to consider what it is in conjunction with the hotel, which elevates it a little.
very nice atmosphere,average prices and good quality,would definitely go back again this time maybe for dinner.
Best salad I have ever eaten in my entire life. Balsamic drizzled, juicy tomatoes and the creamiest burrata. SOOOO tasty and flavorful. Added shrimp came with a decent amount and was fresh. Kept me full for awhile and I dream of ordering this again. Friends had the steak sandwich which they said was also tasty and looked good...I tasted the French fries and they were perfectly crispy and seasoned. This is located outside near the tiki bar, so you can enjoy live bands playing if you're there at the right time. Service was good!
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We were seated by lovely hostess Gabriella. But it took several minutes before a waiter came to our table. We asked if when they cleaned the table next to us we could move and it was never cleaned and we never got moved. We never got bread. We asked several people for some. It took forever to get it. They serve you 1 roll each. They don't leave a bread basket. They accommodated dietary restrictions and changes to menu but we waited over 45 min. before we had to get a manager and tell them we never got any food. 15 min or so later we got our appetizers but our requests were ignored. My sister ate w/o realizing they ignored her dietary restrictions and got sick. We waited even longer and decided to cancel our order and leave. This is 1.5 hrs after we first sat down. Then they suddenly had our food and my sister was already sick and we had to go. The worst was the food manager and waitress didn't apologize and got upset we wanted to leave. They just made faces. They should have been more apologetic. We were starving and left hungry. They were clearly understaffed for Memorial Day weekend.
Avoid the restaurant at all costs. The service was bad enough that we laughed about it days later. We made reservations but we were the only table in the whole restaurant, but it still took forever for them to seat us and 45 minutes from our reservation time before I had .a drink. My entree was $40 and by no means worth it. The fish was excellent, but the rice was terrible (like sloppy wet oatmeal) and they didn't have all of the ingredients. I had breakfast at the restaurant the next day and they ruined my omelette by putting ingredients that I don't like and weren't listed in the menu into it.
Visited for Mothers Day Brunch. Expected high quality for $55 plus auto 21% tip. We had an mid afternoon reservation. The buffet was an absolute mess at the time that we went, around 3 pm. I was afraid to eat any of the raw bar, just scraps left, looked like a hurricane came through. All they had left at the carving station was well done prime rib. They started breaking down the buffet while we were still trying to get food. They ran out of dessert. lol! Some of the food was good, lamb chops and ham were delicious. However, not worth the money, overpriced drinks, $10 for a Bloody Mary so spicy couldn't drink it. Told the manager, showed him desert table that looked like a band of wild animals came through, and he credited us the $10 for the Bloody Mary. Just an overall bad experience and would not recommend for brunch.
just by the reviews
Just don't eat here. Seriously. Over priced less than mediocre food and poor service. The chicken, asparagus and potatoes I ordered were $45 and diner quality. No exaggeration.