Gigi's Restaurant — Restaurant in Toms River

We were disappointed. We sat on Saturday night for a good 20min outside with no menus ( bread was delivered immediately). It took another 15 min for our friendly server to arrive at our table to take our order. She was lovely but blamed the delay on her "being busy". I would think busy is par for a Saturday night?Pricey menu ...i.e.: $38 for salmon... We had to ask for water refills from a busboy. We did not see our friendly waitress again since she had taken our order until after runners had delivered all of our food. Food was average to good... I has looked for the server inside (we were outside on the back patio) and when I found her, and I asked her if the (2) childrens' pasta could be brought out ahead of the (5) adults meals. She very politely explained that she would ask but doubted that could happen as the chef is "particular and this request would interrupt her flow". Just so you know, we were talking plain pasta... one with butter and one with marinara. Not an unreasonable request and it had been 25 min since our order had been taken. Had to wait (table had been cleared for a while) to spot the waitress to request the check. Again, we waited unduly for the check to be picked up so we could leave. When the tip is included, there is sometimes a complacency in service... Because of our experience, we...

Arrived on time and our table was ready. We chose the Parmesan Dreams Dining Room from the site because I thought it would be something different. NOT, it was the back dining room where the pizza oven is located. That was misrepresented. Sat down and we had to ask for our waitress. We ordered all courses together as it was their policy. Our entrees came with salads, so we asked for them to come out after our appetizer. Not the case, came right out. So, we were forced to eat our salad first. Appetizer, Prosciutto with fig crostini was a disappointment. The bread was hard completely throughout. there was a little fig jam spread on top and the prosciutto was dried out and chewy. The meals were tasty but not worth 39.00 each. Six frozen lobster ravioli with a frozen 4oz tail and lobster sauce. No garnish on any plates. No salt and pepper shakers on the table and non-working table lights. The staff seemed very confused and disorganized. The place was clean, but the vibe was loud and nothing special. We felt very rushed as we ordered, ate, and paid in 50 min. Not likely to return...

Loved the outdoor seating great atmosphere, we ordered 2 appetizers. The one was the meatballs which came out ice cold in the middle (pretty sure how quick they came back out they put them in the microwave) really didn’t have that much flavor and the Arcni balls which were really good. I ordered the cutlet with burrata which I was confused because it states on the menu all entrees are served with pasta but this one isn’t I guess? The amount of burrata comparison to the amount of chicken you get does not make sense in my opinion. My father ordered the salmon dish and idk how but this salmon was so over cooked it was white. I started thinking it was something else besides salmon. Tough and extremely sweet because it was smothered in that honey sauce. My brother ordered the penne which he said was really good. Should have went with a pizza or pasta dish I guess. Our server was nice and friendly I just would have liked to have at least a water in front of me while we for the other party member to show up who took 10 minutes...