B2 Bistro + Bar Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Environment

Pros:

• "The place has a nice view and nice environment."
• "Beautiful views of the Barnegat bay."
• "The atmosphere was great, very open with views looking out to the bay."
• "The atmosphere is great inside and the outside tiki bar is amazing."
• "The view and setting is fantastic!"
• "The view is lovely here."
• "The ambience is great - you are right on the water."

Cons:

• "Live music in the middle of the afternoon is more of an annoyance than anything."
• "We were placed at a pretty bad table (8 of us) near the kitchen where the wind was very annoying."
• "It was a little too windy to sit outside so he said in A-tent however the tent had tape on it so you could barely see out the plastic windows."
• "The dining room looked beautiful with its soft lighting and was very inviting."
• "Dining room feels like high school cafeteria, very cold and impersonal."
• "It's very loud both inside and outside when they have live bands or a one man band inside."
• "The music was obnoxiously loud and meant to drive you out and unable to converse with our party."

Service

Pros:

• "The wait staff were pleasant & accommodating."
• "Sam and Ann in the special events department are extremely talented in organizing and making sure your special occasion goes off without a hitch!"
• "Julia is very friendly, she made us feel comfortable, welcomed and didn’t rush us through our visit."
• "The event coordinators Julie and Ann were the best."
• "Paul the bartender was extremely attentive and welcoming."
• "The staff was accommodating to every need or want of our daughter."
• "Paul was amazing though! so friendly and attentive!"

Cons:

• "I feel horrible for the groom and the bride that spend so much money on a venue that did not make them a priority."
• "Waitress with mask below and above nose, back & forth."
• "Waited almost 20 minutes for the waitress to return and take their orders."
• "The personnel was unorganized and unresponsive."
• "I had to wait till the waitress showed up, I guess she forgot to put my order in."
• "Our server disappeared maybe 5 minutes after we arrived."
• "Both hosts showed no sense of urgency and continued eating their chicken wings while speaking to me."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The buffet was delicious but more importantly their TEAM was on point with everything."
• "The food was awesome from the cocktail hour to the dinner."
• "The food was outstanding as was the bar."
• "The food and drinks were delicious!"
• "The food was wonderful."
• "Food was great, especially the giant pretzel."
• "Food was excellent, a bit pricey, but you get what you pay for so I have no problem giving them 5 Stars."

Cons:

• "The burgers came out like shoe leather and the salads weren’t much better."
• "The food is horrendous, the fish in the fish and chips was so bad, soaked in oil and barely defrosted."
• "Food here is really mediocre... This is microwaved, frozen bar food."
• "The potato pancakes were not good."
• "The pizza was boxed frozen pizza and SO burnt and black on the bottom and the top was hardly even cooked."
• "The food was awful."
• "Food was lousy."