SeaGrass Restaurant Reviews Summary

Category: Seafood restaurant

Address: 68 Main Ave, Ocean Grove, NJ 07756, USA

Phone: +17328690770

Rating: 4.4
based on 208 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "Service was great and loved the decor!"
  • "Superb service for a party of 22! Very impressive!"
  • "Service was really good."
  • "Service was friendly and fabulous."
  • "The waiter and staff was very pleasant."
  • "They are all smiles and the service was excellent."
  • "Service was prompt and friendly."

Cons:

  • "Front end seemed very overwhelmed."
  • "We waited almost an hour to be seated after being told it would be 25 minutes."
  • "We ended up with no choice but to leave."
  • "We declined an offer of free dessert because we had no reason to believe that it would be served to us before the next day."
  • "There's certainly room for improvement in terms of the server's attentiveness."
  • "They didn't take cell phone numbers, they forced everyone to stand around on the sidewalk down from the restaurant to wait for your name to be called."
  • "Service really slow, every server is on their own time."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food was amazing."
  • "The crab cakes were enormous yet delicious."
  • "The food was amazing. Best seafood dish I’ve ever eaten."
  • "Fish is fresh."
  • "The chicken and avocado salad was outstanding!"
  • "The food here is definitely upscale, and does not disappoint."
  • "The Seafood was fresh and very well seasoned."

Cons:

  • "Disappointing 😞 my family came in for lunch and while the lamb and steak my bf got were delicious everything else was lack luster."
  • "It didn't even taste like salmon! It had been seared on the same grill that had just cooked burgers!"
  • "Food is overpriced and tasteless i got sick after eating their codfish."
  • "The swordfish dish was underwhelming/lacking any flavor."
  • "Stale food, for sure microwaved awful overall."
  • "Sadly I can’t say the same for the calamari. We order this a lot when we go out but this was quite chewy and rubbery."
  • "The shrimp in my seafood pasta tasted like it had been previously frozen and overcooked."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "Great location, we sat inside but right by the windows so we could watch people outside."
  • "The atmosphere of the restaurant was quite nice and inviting."
  • "The atmosphere is perfectly simple and elegant."
  • "The atmosphere was romantic and warm."
  • "Wonderful atmosphere, the decor was amazing and just what you expect in a modern upscale seafood restaurant near the shore."
  • "Nice cozy restaurant located in Ocean Grove my has it changed!!!❀"
  • "This is a very Beautiful restaurant."

Cons:

  • "Our only complaint was it was so noisy inside and maybe some acoustic panels on wall might help absorb the sound, it was hard to hear each other talking."
  • "Also, it’s very loud and difficult to hear company talk."
  • "Once the restaurant got busy the noise level was beyond pleasant."
  • "Dining room is very loud, so it's hard to have a conversation."
  • "The atmosphere was also a little cold.... literally πŸ₯Ά and it was very dark, my mom struggled to see the menu."
  • "The place itself really dark with no music!"
  • "I left off one star because of the squirrels. Apparently they are not afraid of people and came uncomfortably close a number of times to our table, to our dismay."

Staff and Management

Pros:

  • "Professional staff that knows what they are doing."
  • "They were so kind and welcoming and did not rush us."
  • "The staff from the front door until you leave is friendly and efficient."
  • "The servers were extremely kind and the hostess (don’t know her name-middle aged with glasses) was beyond sweet, helpful, and accommodating!"
  • "The staff is so pleasant and professional."
  • "The staff was friendly and service was great."
  • "The staff was also very friendly and professional."

Cons:

  • "The manager, she is pushing customers around with remarks and hand signals which make me feel get out of her way."
  • "The undercooked swordfish is reason enough to never return but this completely unacceptable unprofessional behavior by the manager is what earned them this negative review."
  • "Never going back due to the rude hostess and average food."
  • "Hostess was difficult to find because she was everywhere except where she was supposed to be."
  • "The host rudely told us that we were not going to be seated."
  • "Was given an unpleasant welcome from the host."
  • "The hostess was obnoxiously rude."

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