Gee Gee's Pizza, Grill, and Arcade — Restaurant in Manasquan

This review is for the Arcade (not the Pizza).

Gee Gee's was a once storied arcade, connected to Gee Gee's Pizza on the Manasquan macadam beside the beach. For years and years, it had been a great place for all ages, especially young children up through the teenage years. You don't find many arcades nowadays, especially ones on the beach!

This one used to have all kinds of different machines and games... classic coin push machines, shooting video games, driving/racing games, ski ball, a popcorn scrambler game with a basket, Harpoon Lagoon, a weird game to make a videogame character jump across buildings using a large control lever... all tied to tickets to be used at the classic prize counter where nothing amounts to more than a few dollars (often cents) of value.

Gee Gee's was your quintessential 1980s/90s retro experience packaged up in a small, claustrophobically charming spot beside the ocean.

And then came 2023. Sadly, they gutted the entire operation. They took out all the varied kinds of games in exchange for ubiquitous, homogenous, soul-sucking claw machines, none of which are cheap to play. The zany prize counter got traded in for a bunch of hemp oil products. I really don't get it. Not sure who the core audience is that they think they are appealing to, but the fun factor certainly went out the window. Shame on you, Gee Gee's. Make Gee Gee's Great...

I went in on a Wednesday to ask if they sold pizza dough balls and was told they do. They even quoted me $4 per. I told them I would be back the next day to pick up 8 of them. They were polite and said that would be perfect. When I came back the next day the “owner,” an older gray haired white guy said they won’t sell it to us. I told them his employees said they do and they even quoted us. He then rudely said “well I can’t help you, we don’t do that so you’re out of luck, it’s not going to happen.” I’m not sure why he was turning down $32 and being rude as anything to a customer but I would never recommend a place that has an owner acting like that. The employees even seemed uncomfortable with how he was acting and speaking to us. Recommend any other pizza place...

I have never had such a trash experience at a restaurant. I walked in for a hot dog and French fries. Waited 20 minutes with no answer as people who came after me get fed. Dismissive employees won't pay any mind to me and have the worst attitude on this planet. I walked back up to the cashier and asked for a refund after stating that I had been waiting 20 minutes FOR A HOT DOG. The cashier then proceeded to refund me for the hot dog. I had to then wait and ask for a refund on the fries that I also never got. I would recommend you walk right by this over priced garbage can that they call a restaurant. The manager should really teach these employees...