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    Poppy's Place

    3.8 (56 reviews)
    Closed • 7:00 am - 3:00 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Dogs allowed
    Good for groups

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    Crisp bacon some pancakes
    Marc L.

    Service is very good. Friendly and attentive. The place is setup to look retro 50s vibe. OK cool pictures on the wall and collectibles scattered about. Certainly not unique but definitely cool. The bacon is good cooked exactly the way I asked for it. The pancakes are also good. I had iced coffee as well. She lets you put in your own flavored creamer as well

    Vintage Mid Century Modern Boomerang Luncheonette
    Gerald S.

    Poppy's Place looks like the TV set for "Happy Days." Everything is red and white with Formica Boomerang vintage Mid-Century design on tables and countertop, and walls covered with Elvis and James Dean posters. All they need are cameos from Richie and The Fonz and the impression would be complete. You don't have to have loved that show to appreciate the effort put in by the folks at Poppy's. It puts Johnnie Rocket's to shame. Service was provided by cast extras who have aged somewhat in the intervening years. Only wish the soda fountain was still working because it is so hard to get a quality Black & White these days. My breakfast sandwich of Sausage, Egg & Cheese on Kaiser, was okay with two Fried Eggs, a slightly over-grilled patty and an overload of White Cheese on a fresh roll. The weak link was the meat, which tasted as it had been frozen, heated, and lost its flavor and zest somewhere along the line. It was an adequate sandwich, but not a memorable one that would bring me back for another. Coffee was fine, if non-descript. Go here for a touch of nostalgia and a decent breakfast, but don't expect any bobbysocks babe to take your breath away.

    Pork roll and 2 eggs, the first part of the Triple Play

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    Good food, good service, and a whole bunch of friends the food is very excellent. Well clean establishment.

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    Food is awesome! Service is Great, the theme is fabulous! I give this place 1000000000 stars!!!

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    Great little diner. Food service atmosphere all good. Tucker away in Toms River but worth finding.

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    Morningstar Cafe

    4.2(51 reviews)
    3.9 mi

    Hidden gem in corner of strip mall, next to State Park. Ample parking. Exterior door is not…read moreautomated, regular pull to enter. Outside seating is available on occasion. Interior seating is booths along one wall that can sit four comfortably, and 2-4 top table and chair seating for rest of area. Restroom is available, but not very ADA and small child friendly. Zoe took care of us. The food and drinks were good. We enjoyed the gluten-free peach French toast, a grilled chicken wrap with fries, a pistachio chai tea, a colada cooler. Food was displayed on plate wonderfully. Portions are ample. All tasted fresh and delicious. Definitely would order from and dine in here again. 9/10

    Good: waitress, steak, potato's, pork roll, pancakes, coffee, music…read more Reason we wouldn't return: there are only 10 tables in here. The hostess has this look of doom on her face every time someone comes in. Table of 3. Doom. Table of 4. Doom. Table for 2 and a car seat. Super DOOM. Can you move us. Doom. She looks like she's looking across the Cheesecake Factory for a table. And I'm looking like is there another restaurant in the back? Nope. Just doom. We were waiting for a table no big deal. I'm not an instant gratification person. I'll wait an hour for a good place. And they tried to accommodate us by sitting us at a bistro table for 2. I'm like no we'll wait and they're like everyone just sat down you're gonna have to wait a long time and my husband was like OK. This is fine so I just went along with that. First thing you need to fix that table it is wobbly flip it over grab a screwdriver and make it not wobbly. Second take those tables unless you were ordered by a fire marshal to only have that size throw them in the garbage and put four regular tables there. Not round. Not itty-bitty. Four tables for four people it would certainly alleviate the face of doom. No one might wonder God why are you going on and on about the tables well for three people three breakfasts I waited for my food for over an hour so I paid attention to every thing that was around me in the itty-bitty teeny tiny restaurant. The bacon was mushy. I don't know if it was raw, but it was mushy. The parts that were cooked to my liking were really good, but I didn't want to eat it because I just kept thinking is this raw? My last little issue is all the little charges on the bill. I don't expect food to be cheap. I don't expect breakfast to be cheap either. I am realistic. I know that when I go out to eat likely I'm spending a minimum of $100. One of the meals we ordered was steak and eggs so I definitely knew we were spending over $100. However. Charging $.20 for cream for coffee is such a stupid business decision. That stuff gets you one star reviews, and makes old people really mad. Work it into the price of the coffee. The girl asked me what kind of toast I wanted, pumpernickel, some sort of grain bread or I can't remember what the third one was. Why are you charging me for toast? It's supposed to come with my food. Was the pumpernickel toast more money? Why didn't you say that? Why do I have to scour the menu for all these little hidden charges? It's stupid you need to fix that. Overall, I think the place is good, but it certainly needs some tweaking the people running around the dining room with the exception of the girl who is our waitress with the braids just looks lost. Some people got an explanation of the menu. Some people didn't some people look like they come there 100 times a month. And I'm sure there's a reason for that. The food wasn't bad but for a first time it was also my last time cause I don't mind spending $100 on food and sitting down to eat, but it needs to be better then just good and it missed the mark. But for the love of god get rid of those stupid small middle tables they're not even big enough for 2 people. I do wish you nothing but success though. Change the tables and retrain doom face and I'll make it 5 stars.

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    C & G's Country Cafe - Cajun  omelet .. honestly I forget exactly what was in it ... but it was sooo good !

    C & G's Country Cafe

    4.4(190 reviews)
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    Sadly, I can't recommend this cafe if you're dining alone. If it had happened just once, I probably…read morewouldn't be writing this review. But after the third time, I felt others should know about my experience. I have no complaints about the food or staff, except for the receptionist. Since I eat alone, I'm always offered a seat at the counter, but I'm not comfortable eating next to strangers while facing all the commotion behind the counter. So I always ask for a table, and I don't mind waiting when it's busy. This time, when I told the receptionist I preferred a table, she made a face, probably without realizing it, and told me only a counter seat was available. I took the basket of silverware she handed me and walked over, only to find there were no seats at the counter at all. After waiting a few minutes and feeling increasingly frustrated, I went back to the podium, set the basket down, and left. Honestly, I felt so unwelcome that I'm not sure I'll go back.

    First time visit for breakfast. It is a little hidden in a shopping center off of Rt 37. It is a…read morenice set up, big dining room, has a counter option and the staff is friendly. I went with a basic pork roll egg and cheese sandwich and it was good. The roll was a little basic, if I came again I would ask for it to be toasted on the grill with some butter. Egg was cooked correct, the cheese was only on one half of the sandwich however. Coffee was fine. Waitress did disappear after the food arrived and my daughter had to wait a bit to ask for hot sauce for her scrambled eggs. Overall I would have no problem coming back but it was not great.

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    A Thyme For All Seasons

    4.4(97 reviews)
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    As a current student of the high school nearby this establishment, I feel as though it is only…read moreright that I give a proper review to my favorite lunch spot of all time. Not only does the food taste truthfully out of this world, but you will also find that the service is incredible! From the moment you walk inside, you are met with a ton of friendly faces who without a doubt will treat you just like family. They are incredibly kind people who put hard effort into making sure that each meal is prepared with care, and that each person feels safe and comfortable under their roof. I must also comment that I myself am a very picky eater with odd sensory difficulties. It is typically very difficult for me to find many foods or meals that I feel are safe to eat, and that don't trigger any sort of reluctance. However at Thymes, they offer a wide variety of different meals and desserts, so locating something that I felt was both appetizing and safe to eat was no problem at all. I've been a proud frequent flier for the past 3 years, and without a doubt intend to keep going back as much as possible before I go off to college next year. To say that I will genuinely miss Thymes and more so the generous souls that have always been there for me is an understatement. More than five stars if I could. Keep up the amazing work.

    I ordered through Seamless and asked for gf bread. It arrived without bread but was so delicious I…read moredidn't care. The pesto, cheese, tomato and chicken was so flavorful. It came with a side salad which was a nice spring mix. This lunch was so yummy that I can't wait to order again.

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    Brownstone Pancake Factory - This tells you alot.. that this is to good to be wasted...my tummy had a big smile...

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    4.1(201 reviews)
    7.7 mi
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    I had a pleasant stay at The Brownstone Pancake Factory. We where greeted by 2 lovely ladies upon…read moreour entry into the franchise who quickly seated us. Our server was patient and very knowledgeable on the top sellers. Everything was magnificent. I decided to try something new and try the Jalapeño Cheddar Bacon Chicken pancakes. Rich and flavorful. It was definitely a good mixture. My sister try the famous cinnamon roll toast crunch. She enjoyed it with her bacon, sausage and scrambled eggs on the side. I order my son a Happy Face Pancake and he love it with a unicorn milk shake. It was spacious and clean. I notice all the employees work as a team which I admired.

    The staff here was great. My daughter was able to get on the carousel and they turned it on for her…read moreso she got a chance to ride it. The LOs had the kids menu Chocolate Chip pancake - one without the whipped cream. I had the avocado toast which I took off one star because underneath one of the toasts, it was burned/blacked, which is carcinogenic. Otherwise the other one was really good. I had a cappuccino and it was tasty. My beaux had one of the brunch specials and I thought it was tasty but he wished the braised meat was more fatty,but I personally thought it was perfect. :). The diner was festive, busy, and pretty noisy which we thought would have been a good spot to mask our noisy group. . I miss the Brownstone when they had one in Jersey City so it was a nice chance to check out this other location of theirs.

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