Cute little boardwalk restaurant. Plenty of seating, boring decor. The food is average at best, it's made by a bunch of "this is my first job" teenage girls, and they do their best with the low grade ingredients they have. If you're hungry you'll eat it, if you have a choice, you wont. Oh, but even if u eat there, you can't use the bathroom unless you paid for "their" side of the beach. Bull shit. No seriously. We paid to be on the beach, but apparently a different company owns different parts of the boardwalk and beach (only in North Jersey)... so we came in, ate a burger, hotdog, fries, and had 2 drinks... and we couldn't use their bathroom because our wristband indicated that we paid for our beach tags 200 feet away.... What are you gonna do? Fight with a little highschool girl who does as her boss tells her? of course not. You say thank you and have a nice day... and you never come back again. read more

This is the worst beach I've been to. $9 just to get on the stand. Then the are the rules, including no frisbees, no balls, no kites, and when we were there no swimming. This is a great reason why beaches should be public like a lot of places. read more

When visiting Point Pleasant, this is my favorite spot to drop my anchor. No matter what, you're going to pay for parking, and I like to park here and utilize their beach badge/bath house changing combo for convenience. It's especially convenient if you have little ones. Getting the key to your own changing station means you can lock up your stuff for the day as well, another great perk. For me, it's worth the price. At the end of a long day on the beach, it's nice to have a private place to shower and change in peace before hitting the boardwalk. Everyone at Risden's is very nice, welcoming and helpful. This coupled with the convenience and amenities of their services and ease of parking keeps us coming back every year. read more

Sad not kid friendly. Older women in front very rude. Just wants your money. Kids working there were fine. Owner , Boss don't know but time for her to move on. You won't see my wonderful family again. read more

I have been aware of Risden's Bath house services for a while but had not considered using it. I recently found myself at the beach after work and need a place to change so I gave them a try. Initially I liked it $5 rental for a personal changing room that is locked and watched by the staff, as well as accesses to a shower after the beach. I thought it was well worth the price, at least at first. After leaving I discovered that the staff of Risden's had in fact gone through my things while I was on the beach and a sum of money was taken from my clothing by the attendant while I was gone. In short this service would be useful and worthwhile but for the dishonest and crooked staff. Next time I will change in my car. read more

After not going to the beach since 1985 (life was busy!) and then not being able to go to the beach since 2007 even because of a severe neck and back injury, I spent a few weeks researching beach access for people with disabilities. I was worried about not only walking the distance from the boardwalk to the water, but from a parking spot to the boardwalk. If you are disabled or have trouble walking, I would recommend Risden's Beach. Handicap parking is RIGHT NEXT to the boardwalk and beach access. I got there at 9am, and the parking lot was empty. I paid the $15 to park (the attendant was very courteous and even radioed ahead to tell someone I was disabled to assist me if necessary). After I parked, I literally opened my car door and was on the boardwalk. I paid the $8 to get on the beach (the booth attendant was very friendly as well), and took the walk of approximately 1 block to the water, carrying a lawn chair and resting twice.] I had done a lot of research of beaches in this area, and had initially planned on going to Jenkinson's but when I saw how close the parking was to the boardwalk, and how close the water as the boardwalk, I chose Risden's over all the competition. I did not eat or use the bathrooms at Risden's, but I understand they have changing rooms as well. The beach was clean and for about an hour there were maybe ten people tops on the beach. Despite an abundance of empty beach space, around 10:30 two adult women and 9 four-to-five-year-olds set up camp within arm's length of my little beach/lawn chair. Fortunately, they were all well-behaved and cute to watch. I left about 11:30 (pain from spinal cord injuries), but was very satisfied--in fact, thrilled--that I had been to the beach after so many years. My main reason for writing this review is that when I was researching beach access for disabled people, the information was limited and did not answer my basic questions about walking distances for the walking-impaired. If you are disabled or have trouble walking, I recommend Risden's Beach. If you think you can walk (with two rest stops, like me) the distance from the boardwalk to the beach, then get there early and get the parking spots next to the boardwalk!! read more

Rated one star but want to rate Zero Starts....... Risen's Bath houses is NOT Autism/Special Needs Friendly. It is very sad because Point Pleasant Beach is a warm and family oriented Beach. Coming to the Beach with Special Needs is difficult and to be able to bring my twins with Autism to Point Pleasant is Huge. Until yesterday, I paid to use Risdens Bath House to shower myself and my twins age 7. My 21 year old daughter who was dressed in jeans and did not sun bathe was my caregiver for the day to help me because my aide wasn't present. Risen's Bath house did not allow her to assist my partially non-verbal son. They said they were a private facility. I asked to speak to a manger and a woman by the name of Alice said the facility is private. I struggled and took a shower with the door open to be able to watch my children. The bath house was empty and I was given a dressing room on one end and a shower on the other. The manager made it impossible. I told the manager that I was going to share my story with the Autism/Special Needs Community because no one should be treated this way. My oldest daughter waited outside and the manager was talking about me and my children in front of the staff making horrible remarks and how they are a private facility and they don't need to accommodate me. My daughter told the manager she should not be talking about my mother and siblings like that and so the Manager called the police stating there was a fight at Risden's Beach House. 7 police officers show up and asked where is the fight. My daughter said, "what fight." This is all happening while I am showering my children. Risdens Bath House made up a lie and not thinking about how my special needs children will be frightening and react to this commotion. Risdens Beach is not a place for Point Pleasant Beach. The staff are rude with exception to the young students that work there. The adults should be ashamed of themselves especially "Alice." Thank goodness my children and I missed this entire commotion when in fact, the manager said there was a fight when I or my children were not present by the front desk. Shame on Risden's Beach House Management. I will continue to share my story and let mom's like me beware of the non-friendly Autism environment. read more

This place is great!! Clean facilities, friendly staff and showers with warm water!! We've come back here for the past few years and will continue to do so! read more

Our recent visit was over Labor Day week of 2016 the week of the hurricane that wasn't . On Labor Day the entrance to the beach was boarded and fenced off as well as Tuesday which I had no problem with since the ocean was rough and Tuesday it rained. Wendsday was a perfect beach day with blue sky's and a calm surf and the beach was still closed( ???) On Thursday the beach was closed on nj and Atlantic Ave entrances but open on the entrance that had the paid Risdens parking lot. Once that lot was filled they opened the other entrances which was after 12 noon. I have sat on this beach at times when the surf was almost up to the boardwalk with about 10 feet of beach to sit on and the mgmt had no problem taking my money to get on. Hey Risdens mgmt you guys are good con artists (squeeze your customers for every last nickel you can get) We have sat on your beach for 20 years but no more we are now Jenkinson beach people. read more

If I could rate a 0 I would. The older woman at the desk who takes your money for beach passes & showers tries to scam you. It wasn't until after we paid for the beach badge and the shower service that she told us the showers close at 5pm so we immediately asked for a refund. She also failed to tell us that the beach badge was ONLY good to enter their beach and couldn't access the beach five feet from Jenkinson's. We've never been to Point Pleasant so it was confusing as to where you enter the beach from the boardwalk with your pass which was a cheap piece of cloth with a safety pin. Halfway through the day when Jenk's lifeguards told us we needed a Jenk's beach pass to sit on their beach, we went back to Risden to inform them they neglected to inform us as to what the badge was good for and where to access. We told them it would only be good business to refund us our money so we could go buy a Jenk's beach badge. After extending my hand to thank her, she said "I do not want to shake your hand." POOR, POOR customer service and just a pathetic excuse for a businesswoman. DO NOT purchase your beach badges through Risden because you cannot access the Jenkinson's beach with it!!! Absolutely disgusting experience. read more