Stafford Diner Reviews Summary

Category: Diner

Address: 1388 NJ-72, Manahawkin, NJ 08050, USA

Phone: +16099789897

Rating: 4.2
based on 255 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food here is outrageously delicious."
  • "The burger was really good..their brown gravy is amazing."
  • "I got split pea soup, easily the best I've ever had, it was so good."
  • "I had the special Seafood Paella as it was one of my servers recommendations. Very tasty."
  • "The food was really good."
  • "The food as usual was very good."
  • "The food was good and plentiful and cooked to our liking."

Cons:

  • "The chicken tasted only and the batter was sweet and undercooked."
  • "Flavor was simply okay but given the portions, definitely not worth the price."
  • "Home fries no onion and hard large chunks of potato."
  • "The French toast was basically toasted thick bread with little evidence of egg."
  • "Chicken parm wrap was tasty, but dry."
  • "The chicken was butterfly and only got one side. So basically 1/2 of a chicken breast."
  • "Chicken soup was horrible!!! I asked for fries well done and they were cold! Chicken fingers were refried!"

Service

Pros:

  • "The service was excellent. I ordered an eggplant parm wrap. It was just the way I wanted it."
  • "The waitress gave us a good service and the attendant girl, a Spanish gorgeous lady, made us feel really special people."
  • "Our waitress was very good at her job."
  • "Our meal was ready as soon as we got there; barely a wait."
  • "Service was a little slow, but the staff was nice."
  • "Food is always good. The service was quick and very pleasant."
  • "Alicia was our server. She was beyond excellent."

Cons:

  • "We were ignored for about 20 minutes before we were asked what we want to drink."
  • "Our silverware was dirty with stuck on food."
  • "Not to mention the waitress almost dropped the tray of food on my boyfriend!!!"
  • "1 star because the young girl at the front counter was extremely rude on two occasions."
  • "You often sit and wait for a server."
  • "One of our orders was wrong and the other was poor quality."
  • "The hostess (in the purple shirt) refuses to stand up from the booth she was sitting at having a talk with clearly someone she knew."

Ambiance and Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "Stafford diner did a really nice job with their outdoor patio seating."
  • "Solid diner experience here in Stafford."
  • "The Stafford Diner is your typical New Jersey style diner. Always open with options for breakfast, lunch and dinner at any time of the day. The food is good, the staff is friendly."
  • "The diner's so clean you can eat off it."
  • "The atmosphere is exactly what you'd want from a diner."
  • "First impression was that the restaurant looked and smelled so clean."
  • "The diner was clean."

Cons:

  • "For the first time yesterday we were disappointed in our waitress."
  • "The bathroom is disgusting and falling apart."
  • "The entire dining area smells like mildew and urine."
  • "It was super warm inside and didn’t feel like there was any ventilation in there."
  • "The booths are too tight. I am not obese but tried two different booths and the table was so close to my body I couldn’t get comfortable."
  • "The air conditioning units are all leaking from the ceiling."
  • "We were seated directly next to the hostess station where staff were conversating loudly and quite inappropriately."

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