The Greene Turtle Sports Bar & Grille — Restaurant in Town of Hempstead

So in terms of the inside of the restaurant, it's certainly not bad looking. I do like the concept of a TV at each booth, but that's all that's going for the restaurant. For a place that isn't so busy, the waitress sure does take a while to come around. I ordered the Caprese Chicken Pasta. The penne pasta was dry. Just reheated pasta from the microwave. Trust me, I think we all know what leftover pasta taste like and the texture. There was barely any pesto sauce on it. My friend asked me for more sauce, but that pesto sauce was tasteless. The grilled chicken ontop was definitely leftover and reheated. I'm certain that they took the grilled chicken, slapped on top some fresh mozzarella pre-sliced from the grocery store, microwaved it a bit just enough to heat the chicken and melt slightly the mozzarella, and then squeeze some balsamic glaze on top. I could've made exactly this, if not better than what they provided. My friend got some trio thing with their "all natural" wings which I'm sure were also grocery store bought, the fried shrimp, and the slamburgers. They accidentally gave her fried pickles instead of shrimp at first. Instead of letting her keep the fried pickles, the waitress pulled the whole dish from her to replace them with the shrimp. Why not just let her keep the dish and then serve the shrimp after? What a waste of perfectly good fried pickles. Maybe calling them perfectly good is being too complimentary. The fried shrimp I'm sure was fine, but I'm sure was not made by an actual cook. The slamburgers were top tier awful. The buns were freezer burnt and the burgers had patties thinner than McDonald's ever did. Covered with mustard and onions. I thought I was having a hotdog more than anything. Even White Castle ain't this bad. My friend even asked for new buns for the burgers because of how bad the texture was due to the freezer burn. I also wanted to add that when they switched out the fried pickles with the shrimp, the burgers had a little bit more grease on them than the previous dish. So I guess the cook is very messy. Even left the bun with mustard on top of it by accident. The experience was pretty bad, but they tried to sweeten the deal with a free dessert. Honestly, I would've preferred that they cover the whole $40+ meals and offer an option of a dessert with pay. The dessert was really good, but we all know they never made it. Will I return back to this turtle? Definitely not. You give customers a $40+ bill of garbage food and then treat them with a free $10 dessert. That's really not right. As well as the greed of not simply letting the customer keep the food you gave them by mistake. Again, the booth with a TV was a cool concept, but the controls on the wall don't even work. There's a control on the back of the TV that does. I think what bothers me the most is the fact that they are literally next to a Sonic and Wendy's. I would've had less of my time wasted eating bad food and just went to one of them and had better food at half the cost with a lot more speed of getting me my food. This turtle needs to head back to the water. This is a place I'd expect Gordon Ramsay to rip apart on...

07/23/16 This was my first time and will be my last time. We were greeted very nicely and seated by the friendly staff. We waited for approximately 10mins. and the waiter/server never came to our table. Allow to clarify my experience. The same waiter walked past my table 3 times to discuss an order of one burger with a family sitting behind me. After walking past me 3 times, then and only then, he stated I will be with you in a few minutes. An African American family of 7 or 8 individuals came in and were seated after us, and the same assigned waiter,Kenny, approached that family and began taking their beverage order. Please keep in mind, we were not allowed to asked for our beverages, yet. This side of the restaurant was not that busy. I would if they were busy but this was just insulting at this point. REALLY??? I will be sure to provide additional feedback, In the very near future, pertaining to further observations. I firmly believe this act was done on purpose, especially after making eye contact with the waiter, Kenny after his 2nd walk by, past my table. To bad i cannot provide a numerical ranking. It would be a "negative" -10. If people assume you are something that you really are not, voice up. Stay away folks. The Green Turtle is nice, but the East Meadow location has shown their true colors and they will never get my business. I will gladly share my experience with many other, in days, weeks and...

My buds and I like to get together on Thursdays sometimes and enjoy the late happy hour offerings. Usually this was Applebee's. Mostly because it was a great deal. Recently one of the guys suggested this place after having come here for another event. We looked it overall but there were some flaws. First I must concede that this place is a real sports bar with large TVs all around the inside perimeter of the place. So everyone in your group can probably find something to watch. Second, the food is pretty good. Interestingly, there seemed to me a lot of crab dishes. We had the crab dip with soft pretzels, crab pizza, nachos (no crabs), and Buffalo wings. All that plus about two drinks per person came out to be about $60 post tax but pre-tip thanks to the half priced happy hour appetizers and drink specials. So why the eh rating? Service. So very slow. The place was not busy at all when we arrived but the host disappeared on us for minutes while we wondered if we should seat ourselves. When we were taken to our seats, the table was cleared but not wiped down. Then it took forever for the waitress to come around. She was super nice and maybe she was out numbered that night (but Thursday-really?). Food did came out relatively quickly once ordered but waiting for the check, waiting, waiting, waiting. This place has the potential to be our new go to spot so we will definitely come back again to see if it was a one...