Great diner for the old school vibe. Kind staff and a full array of food choices. Good choice for the price too.

I'm definitely a regular when it comes to Kristy's, it makes me sad to see the decline in service and ordering to pick up. This isn't our first bad experience, usually something is missing from the order baked potato once , dessert, salad dressing, and there amazing bread but this time it was the whole base of my meal. How do you give someone chicken Francese with no pasta or rice!? My husband always orders the spinach pie and we received something like frozen spanakopita nothing like spinach pie you can see my past orders. I called the lady told me we changed the menu. Change the menu? Does that mean every dish is different from it's name? I'm glad I payed for a side of spinach because my meal would have been blah!look at my picture and tell me if it's me expecting something that is completely different without telling me when I ordered. read more

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Whatever you're in the mood for day or night, you can have breakfast salads, entrées, mocktails, and cocktails. The food is always amazing. The service is the best. The owners go over above and beyond for their customers. It's also a great place to have big parties. They have two different size banquet rooms. It's all of the things you love wrapped up in one. not to mention it is always very clean. read more

Great place. Nice diverse selection and always a very competent server. Bartender makes good drinks. Has a diner feeling with booths and layout and menu - and that isn't a negative! read more

Horrible hostess charged me almost double the amount the sandwich I get all the time, and did nothing about looking into how she upcharged me, paid twenty one dollars for a cold cut turkey sandwich. The only thing they cooked was my French fries. What am I paying over twenty dollars for. Especially when the larger triple decker turkey club with everything that's in my sandwich and more is somehow cheaper. Make that make sense. Just really upsetting from a diner that I used to enjoy. Horrible service, I would've appreciated if she justified what the upcharging process was about but when I questioned it I received no response. read more

Really enjoyed this diner! More upscale inside even though it says casual dining. Was like a fancier diner...if that makes sense. Good comprehensive menu. Wasn't rushed out. Nice service. read more

The food here has been consistently good. Service is normally excellent as well. Our last family meal was no exception. Good food, big portions, nice atmosphere. read more

The food is great but you must save room for desert. The lemon coconut cake is scrumptious! The waitress mentioned a chocolate cake to try but I couldn't be swayed from the lemony goodness. read more

We were in the area for a business meeting and a local person recommended Kristy's casual dining. We do work quite a bit in the area and have always been looking for a great place to eat, that is fast and casual. We found this hidden gem. The place was clean, the service was fast, the waiter was awesome and attentive, and the food was just absolutely delicious. We will be back. Highly recommend this place. read more

Our family has been coming here for years. We like to have a big breakfast on the weekends. Neverdisappointss. Today we had Bernadette she was FABULOUS!! Thank you for your wonderful service and kind hospitality read more

DO NOT GET TAKEOUT. Dine in experience has always been good, but upon opening our food at home - the food was a different story. I ordered a salad wrap: it came grilled and hot. Who wants hot lettuce?!?! It was supposed to come un-grilled! Everything else in the order was dry and also had hot lettuce. 0/10. read more

Waitresses go above and beyond. Food is always consistent and very good. You can't go wrong with any entree or dessert at Kristy's. I had the Reuben panini and it's a huge portion with a lot of pastrami. Very lean and yummy! My mom had a tuna melt and loved it. We ended with a HUGE slice of cannoli cheesecake which is equivalent to 2 helpings. I can't wait to go back! read more

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I absolutely LOVE Kristys diner and everything is always packaged w loved and cared and that really does mean a lot to me after a long day that the restaurant that I just spend a ___ amount of amount of money isn't behaving like all other services ; upping their prices and slashing their services with it . The food is delightful honestly and it feels like home cooked. The soup is so yummy and hits the spot just right !!!!! The Grilled Cheese w bacon is beyond feeling cozy and snuggys. Not too cheesy not too thick of bread. They really do get it just right ! And the sweet potato fry's ?! Mama Mia !!! Out of this world and taste like they were honestly just made. I really love this place and moved to Manahawkin but still go / order from there ALL the time. - will add pics later read more

1. Service was great. It was friendly, quick and clean. 2. Prices were fair but over all not bad. 3. Food was delicious. I had the short stack pancakes. Delicious and fluffy. My mother had the the lasagna, which came with a soup or salad (she had chicken soup & it was delicious) & bread. The lasagna was very well made and a great size portion. read more

Kristy's Casual Dining - Lasagna - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Waretown, New Jersey

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Wife and I stopped in and I ordered the French onion soup. Very flavorful. My wife got the soup of the day Manhattan clam chowder. She said it was really good. I ordered the rueben special and it was delicious. She got the turkey wrap and that was good. read more

Kristy's Casual Dining - Onion soup - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Waretown, New Jersey

Let me just say... my parents love diners... they always stick up for bad food for some reason... we ended up not having dinner plans since everyone was booked up but this place was dead.. on a Friday. Anyways.. my parents chose this place so we went, they always enjoy themselves. My boyfriend and I went with them 2 times prior to this and didn't really like it then either... we both thought we ordered safe meals.... We were wrong. I could've made both of these meals so much better. The bread was good. My mom got a turkey dinner, she was pretty unhappy as well, she said she was quite disappointed this time..My dad had chicken parm and claims he usually gets it and enjoys it but I tasted it and it sucked... I wish we didn't go last night but all that matters is that I got to spend time with my family. I didn't even finish half of my food nor did I take it home... oh and I got a free piece of carrot cake with the special and ended up leaving it in the car by accident so I can't tell you if that sucked or not. I will do my best to not go here unless I have no choice again. read more

Kristy's Casual Dining - Dirty pepper shaker - we didn't get out main course at this point.. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Waretown, New Jersey

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Made reservation over a month ago we stuck in a corner . Then the food was Cold little sterno's trying to heat cold food. Much food left on plate we had a large group bill was $ 600+'+ our family won't be back . Easter buffet. Yuck Very disappointed. read more

Prices go up but quality goes down How hard is it to properly cook frozen French fries? Alot of stuff is just dried out, tired and pushed out. Not enough local choices so people circle back. Travel alittle and eat better. read more

Amazing place and amazing people and great service and food and selection and prices great dinner specials and lunch specials great diner .

Food was great as always! Service was excellent and extremely friendly! As always they made me like family! Best food i ever ordered to go! Always seems like a home cooked meal! I always enjoy the great feeling i receive when sitting at the lounge waiting for my dinner. This restaurant is like no other! Thanks Kristy's! I'll be back " lol. read more

I can't believe there are negative reviews here. My wife, son & I had breakfast here while traveling in NJ. This was one of the best breakfasts we ever had! Everything was delicious and hot. Service was friendly and fast. The prices were quite reasonable. I wished we lived closer so we could go here more often! read more

the stuffed flounder is delicious! especsilly with the string beans and carrots . the atmosp is friendly and clean and the service is great as well. five stars read more

this place is terrible. I called and placed a very specific order to go. I even left a good tip! my husband picked up the order which was missing the soup , the bread and the extra gravy that was to be included with the order. We will never order from this place again read more

Great place to eat breakfast, Lunch & Dinner... Fast Service, Food is always hot and good.. Chicken Noodle soup was great too..

We have been customers at kristys for two years but the service has gone down hill recently Shorter hours, meals are pricey compared to other diners, service is slow. Such a shame since it is a nice place with lots of room. They should try harder to please customer base read more

So disappointment in the overpriced soggy food NOT being good. I tried to politely and quietly tell the waitress it was not a panini and My husbands Rueben wasn't fresh ( I didn't want our experience to influence the others around us) she didn't do anything to make it right so I had called and left a message for the manager who never called me back I called again today. He offered to do nothing for me refused to take the receipt info, no excuse on the food or service, just defended that it was panini bread and he kept repeating that he wasn't there so there was nothing he could do and when I said to him "well how do you know you weren't there I never gave you the date" he hung up on me!! Yup that's your local diner people.. unbelievable!! I called him back to tell him there was no reason to hang up on me for I wasn't being rude or loud in any way HE HUNG UP ON ME AGAIN!! read more

Ordered Avocado Eggs Benedict, English muffin was burnt and cold, tomato and avocado was hard and cold and egg was cold and runny... My mom ordered pancakes and they were cold. Cappuccino was good, though. Waitress was nice. Cute environment. read more

We literally had our food boxed up and left because of the enormous amount of flies! They were all over us! It was the most disgusting thing I have ever seen! I asked for our bill to be discounted, since we couldn't even sit there and eat. The server, who was very nice and accommodating, said she would ask for us. The owner, who did not come to our table, told her "we can't discount everyone who complains about the flies" Here's an idea! Do something about the flies! read more

Great local casual dining/diner. We mainly go for breakfast or an early lunch. The service is always great and the food is consistently good. They have a breakfast sausage that tastes amazing. It's not like the frozen store bought garbage, but a mild flavored sausage you would expect to purchase from a butcher shop. I find them to be reasonably priced and is a go to place for my family. Try the sweet potato pancakes, French toast, breakfast sausage, and gyro platter. Maybe not all at once, but you get the point. My only gripe is that they only have the "breakfast syrup" vs a maple syrup. It seems almost counter productive to have such great fresh food choices and then cover it in corn syrup laden sauce. read more

Kristy's Casual Dining - French Toast and some of the best breakfast sausage I've had. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Waretown, New Jersey

Honestly I'm done ordering from Kristy's Diner. I used to go there all the time and honestly the last year it has gone completely down hill and no one cares about customer service there or their regulars ..... There have been countless times they messed up my pick up order. Countless times I've asked for an extra dressing and never got it you have to pull teeth to get anything from them. Also when you order it's NEVER consistent. I would order pasta dishes from them and sometimes it would come with dinner bread and sometimes without or they would forget to give you butter with bread and other things. Also utensils they never bother to give you any when you ask for them. Tonight really just pushed it for me. This is the last time I'm buying food from them. Tonight my fiance and I just wanted a simple soup and salad for dinner so we ordered from kristys... I asked for 2 house salads ( because we like iceberg lettuce ) and 1 12 oz turkey soup I asked for extra Caesar dressing for the salads. So he comes home with the food. ( $13 ) it's 2 SIDE salads with 2 regular size dressings... So I call back and I talked to the woman and I said .. Hi I ordered 2 house salads with extra dressing I got 2 SIDE salads and no extra dressing... She said that I asked for 2 SIDE salads... I told her I asked for 2 HOUSE salads and I didn't even get the extra dressing i asked for. So she said do you want to come back and pick up 1 or 2 more side salads. I'm like I'll pick up 2 because then we can equal 2 full size salads and please don't forget the extra dressing... So my fiance leaves and gets to kristys and he has to pay another $9 for 2 side salads... And they still didn't even give us the extra dressing we asked for. Like wtf seriously ... So we spent $ 22 on 4 side salads. Shit is honestly ridiculous ... Never again am I going to spend another dime at this place. I'm going to Lake Side Diner their service is better and they give you what you ask for. Honestly it would have been better if I just stopped at shop rite and bought a bag of salad and made it my damn self. It sure as hell wouldn't have cost $22. I'm so annoyed with kristys diner never again with them I am done. read more

Absolutely horrible meal. You served me pulled pork which is wasn't . Overcooked an had Ketchup instead of BBQ sauce !! You should be embarrassed serving food like this . Your waitress was embarrassed by the 6-8 fries per plate you sent out so she brought us two more plates of fries. Biggest waste of 70 bucks plus tip . read more

Kristy's Casual Dining - Pulled pork - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Waretown, New Jersey

Good food, great service! I think we had Johanna as our server and she made sure we and our kids were taken care of. Our breakfast was well made, warm and left us very full. If the review was based on food alone it would probably be a 3.5-4 star review but the service warrants a 5. Definitely worth a return visit. read more

I went yesterday for breakfast and I wasn't impressed. I got the Greek omelet and it came with home fries. The home fries were just frozen potato shavings fried. No flavor whatsoever and undercooked. The omelette lacked feta. I think it had maybe a teaspoon of feta in the whole thing. Their side of bacon came with 3 small slices of bacon....That's when my eyes nearly popped outside of my head. The waitress was VERY nasty to boot. She didn't want to be there thats was for sure. Get a new job? And when the meal was over we waited 25 minutes for the check. We asked other wait staff for our check. I won't be back. I figured I'd try a new place since my spot on the island is closing for the winter and I wanted to have breakfast elsewhere this winter. It DEFINITELY will not be here LOL read more

Went downhill. Every time I've eaten here in the past year I end up with a sore stomach. So this was the last time. Ordered a corn muffin to be safe. It was dry and stale. Sent it back. Didn't even get asked if I wanted something else. read more

Too many disgusting flies. Outside area had so much food on the floor flies had no intentions of leaving. Only tables were wiped down not the chairs. We were served coffee in a dirty mug which I caught immediately. Waitress never returned with coffee, (she may have been new.) I ordered Kristy's Omelette (never again). Dry hard old bacon with overcooked dry egg. No thank you. Never again. read more

This is the second time we have been here and I am going to have to say, this is by far better than your average restaurant . Will be back for sure! read more

A great diner with nice service and good food. I had a juicy hamburger with fried onions on rye bread. It was as good as I remember from my childhood. My granddaughter had chocolate chip pancakes. They were plump and tasty. The turkey dinner is a must as is the eggs Benedict. Try it you won't b disappointed read more

Kristy's Casual Dining - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Waretown, New Jersey

Just left Kristy's. This meal was a hit and a miss for us. Service was ok. I ordered the BBQ pulled pork panini and my husband had the steak panini both new items on the menu. I ordered the side salad instead of the fries, $2.19 up charge. When we we received our sandwiches, I was surprised to see that they were on regular white bread and pressed, I don't think this constitutes as a panini. With the BBQ sauce and caramelized onions every time I took a bite of my sandwich it just got soggier & soggier. Server asked how our meal was, I explained how I thought my sandwich would be on sourdough and she said that's how they make it...really, no kidding SMH. Flavor was really good so I tried to power through but just got worse and I asked her to take it back, of course she was courteous and asked if I wanted anything thing else but I told her that I was good and appreciated the offer. My husband was good with his steak panini as he has no sauce on his sandwich and it was not falling apart. Fries were really good. Once we received the check, my $2.19 up charge salad became a $3.99 side salad SMH and as we paid (ie square portable machine) she asked if we were leaving a tip on the card and stood over us until the transaction was complete, WOW!!! read more

I have been here many times. The food is always good. Never had a bad meal here. As far as the hostess and wait staff its hit or miss. Some of them are very nice some of them are kind of cranky. If you want good food in the area you will get it here. As far as the girl who reviewed the place and blasted the crab cakes and let us all know that she is from Maryland well you should know that people from Jersey are smart enough to know that you dont order crab cakes in a diner. read more

I had the most delicious Thanksgiving turkey dinner (take-out) ever! Huge portions and everything was prepared perfectly. Thank you!