Cuisine on the Green, how do I rate thee?
I visited this establishment over the Labor Day weekend while visiting family in the area and I have to admit that I toiled over how many stars to award this joint. While the food was pretty darn good, the service was a bit slow. It appeared to this Yelper that our server, Mike, wasn't being lazy or inattentive, rather he was just overly busy. Maybe the management should put more servers on the floor? I guess three stars will be awarded rather than the four I would give them had the service been spot-on.
Upon arriving at "The Green" with our party of five, I decided to dine in the pub area as I was afraid that we might have been a bit under-dressed for the restaurant. We were quickly seated at a high-top table in the pub and were warmly greeted by our server, Mike. I quickly scanned the appetizer menu and ordered the crab with artichoke dip, as well as an order of the clams casino for the table to share. My step-father decided that he would order a cup of cream of mushroom soup to supplement his share of the appetizers.
After chugging down some ice cold IPA beer, the apps arrived and I can report that the dip and clams were good, but not blow-your-socks-off fantastic. However, my step father RAVED about the mushroom soup! I decided to try a spoonful of the soup to determine for myself if it truly was good, or if rather his palate was a bit off. Let me tell you: HOLY HELL was that soup fantastic! It was far and away the best mushroom soup I have ever tasted and I let our server, as well as the manager, Gary, know it. I even joked with our server and the manager about what my chances of getting the recipe were...
Speaking of the manager named Gary, I offered to purchase from the restaurant the beer glass that contained my girlfriends beer, but Gary wouldn't budge! It was a pretty neat glass that had the Philadelphia Eagles logo on it and it would have made a nice addition to the beer glass collection. It's too bad Gary didn't want to part with the glass because I was willing to go upwards of $10 to acquire it.
For the main entree I ordered the Viking Village Scallops and was a bit under-impressed with the dish, especially when I sampled the Prime Rib that others in my party ordered. Damn it, why do I always order the wrong thing? - the prime rib was delish! The salad that accompanied my scallops was awesome, I loved the blue cheese dressing! Here is a helpful hint for ya, you can visit Viking Village on Long Beach Island and buy scallops right off the boat; they are twice the size as the ones served here.
My girlfriend ordered the Ribs and Chicken meal and it was GIGANTIC! While the ribs were not as succulent as I would like, they weren't awful either. However, the hand cut fries that came with her dish were really good. I can't speak of the chicken, as my belly was starting to feel like it was about to explode from tasting everyone's entree's at this point so I skipped a sampling. However, she indicated that it was a tad dry and was thankful it was smothered in BBQ sauce.
I will definitely be back to try my hand at different menu items when I am in town again, as well as to try to get Gary to part with one of those Eagles glasses..... read more