Nino Jr's Italian Specialty — Restaurant in Ocean Township

To be honest, their Italian food is good. However, I want to write down my real experience here.

A year ago, my friend bought me an grilled eggplant and told me that the Italian restaurant was very friendly and the food was very good. I fell in love with this restaurant because of their grilled eggplant. However, what makes me very sad is that my four experiences here have not been good. The most memorable was the first time a white guest ordered in front of me. The staff are very enthusiastic. Because I'm Asian, and I don't eat Italian very often, and I speak English with an accent. The female employee was obviously unfriendly to me. Since I am also in the service industry, I can understand that this job is not easy. And I told myself not to overthink it. Also, I paid her, and I gave her a $2 tip. I hoped I can make her feel better by being nice. However, the second and third experiences were still unfriendly. I had not come to this restaurant for half a year because I did not want to be treated with such contempt by them. Today, I went to the restaurant to order my lunch. Also, I have a party this week, and I would like to ask about the order for the party. When I was paying, the male shop assistant's attitude was very contemptuous! I was very angry because this attitude had appeared in every experience I had before. I felt really embarrassed and angry! I'm just an Asian girl who likes the food in their restaurant!! After I walked out of the restaurant, I angrily gave them my middle finger. It's a bit of resistance to the way I've been treated so many times.This unfriendly treatment made me cry. Unbelievably, the owner of the restaurant tried to reach me in anger at my workplace and asked for my license plate number. Also, they tried to complain to my boss about me. I don't know why they want my license plate number. I felt threatened. If they keep harassing me like this, or try to do something to my car. I'll call 911.

This is my real experience! God is watching us, I would never lie!! Please be friendly to everyone, every...

I picked up a pasta e fagiole there today, the bean & pasta soup, - it was better than amazing. I brought it home, cut open the roll (with seeds) that they gave me, added butter to the roll, & had it with the soup. It looks like a small container, but it was a very generous and extremely delicious portion of soup. We used to go here 20 years ago, we'd sit down for a quiet two soups and split a tuna sandwich, and recently I went in there twice. The food is on a level all its own, the ladies are very kind, courteous, professional and special people. I give them my absolute highest recommendation. Five stars and...

Great subs but terrible service! Placed a big order for pickup, and when we arrived and asked to confirm that all sandwiches were included in the bag, they were rude and dismissive, even though the shop was not very crowded at the time.

Of course, they forgot a sandwich in the bag, and when we called later, they didn't offer a refund and said we could come back (a 25 min drive each way) to pick up the sub.

The subs were delicious, but not worth the long drive. If you do go, make sure they get the order right, because if they mess it up, they probably won't...