26 West On The Navesink Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was delicious (especially the truffle-infused breakfast potatoes), reasonably priced, and excellent service."
• "The cream sauce was amazing and complimented the ravioli quite nicely."
• "Food is great, lobster roll is one of the best around (classic New England prep), raw bar and oysters are on point, octopus and scallops yumm."
• "The selection of food from appetizers to dessert were delicious and plentiful."
• "The food was delicious. The wedge salad was very fresh and chilled to my liking. The ceasar dressing was very very good. Brussels sprouts delicious!!"
• "Pork belly eggs benedict were out of this world."
• "The French onion soup and the brussel sprouts were good."

Cons:

• "The Lobster Roll fell way below a passing score, with little lobster taste and less than warm roll accompanied by luke temp., almost cold fries."
• "Food very small portions and not good, over priced: a place not to visit @ all."
• "I was underwhelmed the shrimp cocktail though, I wouldn’t order that one again."
• "Everything we ordered was horrible from appetizer being octopus which there was none, filled with roasted potatoes & pork bites not tasteful at all-pasta was so well done it was tasteless."
• "The swordfish wasn’t great either."
• "Lobster rolls, while had plenty of lobster, were served on warmed up stale bread with stale chips with quite tasteless lobster."
• "The linguini puttanesca was okay. Not memorable to say the least."

Service

Pros:

• "Arriving at 26 west we were greeted with very friendly staff, a clean environment, and a beautiful building/eating area overlooking the navesink river."
• "Jennifer, Alex, Austin and the new chef are all amazing!"
• "Rhiannon was incredibly easy to work with, accommodating, very responsive, and helped me pull together the whole event in just a couple of days."
• "Our server (Shannon) was a saving grace."
• "The staff could not have been more friendly and accommodating."
• "Service was excellent and courteous!"
• "Our servers Shawn and Nick were extremely attentive and eager to help with whatever we needed."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately, Front door/hostess, bar/drinks, service staff, Service steps, service time - essentially all the basic management functions are lacking or not at all present."
• "The hostess was unfriendly, our server was completely AWOL."
• "Waitstaff was pretty inattentive, they didn't seem to have any kind of system or process in place for getting adequate service up to the second floor."
• "We felt like we were being forgotten. 1 waitress for all the tables upstairs was not enough."
• "Waiter was slow, sent back our drinks, was reserved and still didn't like them."
• "Very understaffed."
• "Service was 'very' poor! Our appetizers arrived before the long, long wait for drinks."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Guests won’t stop commenting on about how beautiful everything was."
• "It was held on the top floor with a breathtaking view overlooking the water."
• "The decor was fresh, relaxing with view of water and marina 👍👍👍👍"
• "Also has some nice views of the river."
• "The view from Rooftop River Room was incredible and it was such a beautiful night that we were able to have the glass garage doors open and had a breeze coming through."
• "The ambiance and décor is classy nautical vibes, with the back wall of the dining room providing unobstructed views of the Navesink River."
• "The atmosphere is really great - beautiful views of Navesink and clean, nautical ambience throughout."

Cons:

• "Nice night outside but inside was Hell between the walls."
• "During the presentation the noise level from the bar below us was a little distracting."
• "Ambiance is lacking. Too bright."
• "The lighting was too bright, and made the atmosphere un inviting."
• "Lights need to be turned down to Romantic level and not kept at Operating Room level during Dinner service."
• "Once back on the restaurant, the noise level is a bit lower, however, it is still a bit loud for a dining area."
• "The main seating area is a little loud."

Value

Pros:

• "The food was delicious (especially the truffle-infused breakfast potatoes), reasonably priced, and excellent service."
• "The prices reasonable."
• "Very reasonably priced for quality of food."
• "Check their weekly specials, cause some make this place extremely well priced for an overall great meal."
• "Happy hour is a great deal."

Cons:

• "Food very small portions and not good, over priced: a place not to visit @ all."
• "The prices here are moderate to expensive for what your getting especially when you are expecting something good."
• "Annoyingly expensive for what we got."
• "My Ahi burger with a small order of McDonalds-type fries was $26...way overpriced to the point of insulting."
• "A bit pricey, but you definitely get what you pay for."