Shore Fire Grille — Restaurant in Surf City

I hate to write a bad review but I just feel given my experience I had to write this review. Normally if I can't give 4-5 stars I just don't review a place.

Service, slow fairly friendly. Place was decently busy it was Taco Tuesday in July and the LBI area is always busy this time of year. Apps, we tried the Jersey Sweet Corn fried app and the Bacon wrapped stuffed jalapeños. So the roasted sweet corn was about 3 kernels in a corn meal based hush puppy. Didn't taste bad but definitely not as described on the menu. The BBQ dipping sauce was excellent. The jalapeños were stuffed with a cream cheese mix but had zero not one bit of bacon inside or wrapped around them.

Main course, I ordered 3 tacos, which overall were lot that bad, the mahi was standard fried, presentation was eh' to say the best. The toppings were sloppy and falling out the taco, too much mayo/dressing and just became a mess to eat. Wife ordered the pull pork tacos, the pork was Tasty but the topping and presentation was sloppy. Made a mess and so much dressing you lost the taste of the pork unless you removed it. Sides steak fries, typical potato wedges cooked well and had good flavor. Probably the best thing of the meal. Second side macaroni and cheese (I know how do you mess up Mac n Cheese?) well the outside was burnt and dried out complete the noodles were like leather. Inside the center was ice cold and the cheese was completely bland without flavor.

Lastly the bathroom, ya small shared not very clean. When I see a dirty bathroom I almost want to avoid eating here but given all the great reviews I thought I would give it a chance. Boy was I wrong.

Top it off next days digestion wasn't comfortable. Couple of runs to the bathroom early in the morning made me wish I would have eaten somewhere else.

Again I don't take leaving these reviews lightly, but when it's this bad... I feel I have to let people know. You can read my other reviews I travel often and love to give places good reviews whenever I have a pleasant experience.

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So I read most of the reviews for this restaurant and it had mostly good reviews so I decided to take my family to the one in Manahawkin only to find a disappointment,I'll start by saying I went to the rest room and found it dirty looking toilet seat very loose,sink continuously running and no TP on the holder I didn't need it but also not my job.Next my wife had to use the bathroom and she noticed no way to dry hands after washing her hands,she was also bothered that men and women share one bathroom and she thought what happens when this place gets busy I guess a line for bathroom,also no changing table for the little ones. Now for the food a lot of people rave about it not sure what the hype is was not impressed by far I also feel over priced as most places you order a burger you get fries with it,and about the sides that you have to pay additionally for with your meal the waitress said that the sides are big helpings that most people put them in the middle of the table for everyone well a big disappointment I ordered onion rings my wife fries and I had about 7 rings not really enough for everyone to share we ate our own sides helpings not that impressive. Also someone mentioned about the dirty ceiling tiles that owner replied were replaced are still stained and dirt on ceiling by the vents over where people eat not so pleasant either long story short a...

Mediocre. I have heard first hand rave reviews of Shore Fire Grille...and boy were we hugely disappointed! We anticipated spot-on flavors, something we can say we would go back to....we walked out saying "meh...not impressed and we will never be back". Their $3 side of cole slaw was not only over priced but BLAND and tasted borderline "gone bad". Two people explained it is because they use Greek yogurt instead of mayo. That's all fine and dandy but they were missing the classic slaw spices. A bit of celery seed would have helped tremendously! My $16 salad with seared tuna was ok...typical of many restaurants though they charge you a ton for basically a pile of baby lettuce and arugula with a few extras thrown in. The presence of tomato was microscopic, barely any cucumber too. My honey had the special for $11...some sort of Buffalo chicken burger with bacon, sauce, etc. Kind of sloppy but with buffalo anything, that is to be expected. He says it was ok...only ok. Oh...to start, we had cups of lobster bisque...rather large cups because they were those little stoneware bowls with handles...and they charged $7 each for what was a bland creamy tomato-ish bisque with a few microscopic pieces of lobster. Again, lacked flavor. Want to just eat so you won't die? Go there. Want to have your socks knocked off with how good the place...