Lobster Dock — Restaurant in Toms River

After a wonderful day at Seaside playing games, winning prizes, experiencing rides and watching the future generation of "content creators" we decided to try our luck with a restaurant on boardwalk. Despite warning my wife that "all food on the boardwalk is garbage" she coorced me into trying out Lobster Dock, and boy-oh-boy did it not dissapoint!

Service was fine enough, but when my salmon arrived it was immediately apparent that it was completely undercooked. After sending it back to the kitchen to be, ya know, cooked, I realized the my daughter's kids hamburger was also basically raw (see picture) . Thankfully my son didn't eat his cheeseburger, because upon further inspection we also realized that it was also served to him severely undercooked (see other picture). The corn that was served with my meal was also cold, but at this point I wasn't expecting much else from this establishment.

Server was kind enough to refund the uncooked food (again, server was fine).

Considering the restaurant's prime location on the boardwalk, I'm assuming that the quality of the food is of minimal importance for this business. None the less, if you're looking for food on the boardwalk, Lobster Dock is no different from anywhere else - garbage.

I take that back. Lobster Dock does have one differentiating factor. It seperates itself from the rest of the pack with its outrageously high prices.

TLDR: If you're going to eat food on the boardwalk stick with delicious zeppolies. They're cheap, delicious and pretty much guaranteed to be...

We’ve been coming to lobster dock for years now on our annual vacation down to the shore. It’s a casual place that always has a solid, tasty selection of food for dinner. At our 6:15 dinner, we waited 1 hour and 20 minutes to receive our appetizer order of mussels. We’re not ones to complain and we understand places get busy. But I can’t comprehend how they would continue to seat people if the kitchen is taking ~1.5 hours just to deliver food. As other reviews had also mentioned, the kitchen seems to be prioritizing large takeout orders before the customers in their dining room. Compliments to the waitstaff for staying positive and still being attentive towards their tables. It’s such a shame because the food is good, but unfortunately if this is a constant problem, as many reviews have indicated, a restaurant should really take the time to figure out the problems in the kitchen so they can turn over tables and have satisfied customers. By not fixing the problem after many poor reviews, you’re doing your waitstaff, who rely on good tips as a part of their hourly pay, and your customers a...

Our server Matt and the hostess were both excellent.in fact they are the only thing that we loved…...my service got a 1 star because the kitchen screwed it up…it was obviously out of his control…..unfortunately our overall experience was NOT good…we waited an hour and a half for food (basic food ) in which the kitchen sent out wrong compared to what was on menu ….and the wait ..inexcusable …I’ve worked in restaurants for years as a server and bartender and understand it’s summer..but 1) there is no excuse for the kitchen sending out food to tables that arrived after you…2)kitchen seemed to prioritize more about the large “to go”orders than folks actually eating there…3)the Ribeye sandwich was overcooked and underwhelming…(how is that even possible) 4)it was supposed to come with “fried” onions as per menu..but instead came with “raw” onions instead..the lobster rolls were OK but not great….the fries were soggy…the atmosphere is there but I would NOT recommend this place nor will I go back..bummer because I was really had aspirations and wanted to like it….it had the vibes but absolutely NOT the...