Crystal Diner Restaurant,Fast food in Toms River

Name: Crystal Diner
Address: 2 Route 37 E, Toms River, United States
Telephone: 17322446262
Rating: 2.3

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Crystal Diner

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#222 From 257 in Toms River

4.6

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4.6/10

Food

4.6/10

Interior

4.6/10

Prices

4.6/10

Service

4.6/10

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$$ American, New American

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Restaurant, Fast food

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+17322446262

2 Route 37 E, Toms River, United States

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Perfectly cooked prawns, corned beef and rolls can make a good impression on you. Taste good cheesecakes and tasty French toasts to form your opinion about this restaurant. According to the reviewers' opinions, waiters offer good wine. Clients don't highly appreciate cold coffee at Crystal Diner. It's easy to find this place due to its great location. A number of visitors think that the staff is courteous at this place. The fine service is a big benefit of this spot. In accordance with the guests' opinions, prices are reasonable. It is known as a place with spectacular decor. From the visitors' viewpoint, the atmosphere is cozy. But guests rate this restaurant below average on Google.

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5 months ago

TLDR; Everything was bland. The steak is not steak, it is just chop meat molded together. My partner and I went here for our anniversary. I had one miserable, somewhat traumatic experience here around 10 years ago. My partner has never been here though, and was the one to suggest it, so I went with it thinking that after a decade, I could have a different experience. I got the broiled steak with onions and gravy, and my partner got the penne pasta. Both of our meals came with a chicken noodle soups as a little appetizer. The soup was definitely reheated, the veggies were extremely soft and the chicken was leathery. It also had zero flavour. My partner literally salted every spoon to make it even taste like anything. I don't have much to say about the pasta since it wasn't my order and I didn't eat any, but my partner says that it was mediocre. From what they told me, the sauce was very watery, and both the noodles and sauce had little to no flavour. I orded my steak as a medium rare, but it came to me well done. I was going to take it as it was, but it practically crumbled when I attempted to cut into it and tasted gross in general. The onions seemed to be sauteed, but I couldnt guess how because the flavour seemed to be sucked out of them. Making an onion flavourless is amost impressive to me. I asked for my steak to be remade, I assumed that it being well-done was the reason it was so gross to me. The waitress went and talked about my request to a man who I believe was a manager, before she came back and took it. She came back about 10 minutes later with a new plate that looked almost much the same. I was thinking that based off the taste and texture that it mightve been ground beef that was molded into a steak shape. I was tempted to ask the waitress if that was the case, but I thought it was rude to ask about so was just gonna leave it alone. Instead, when she came back and asked how the remade "steak" was and I told her it was still disappointing, in response the waitress said herself that its just chop meat put together. I ordered my steak without the gravy, so I cant make any comment on it. Service Dine in Meal type Dinner Price per person $10–20 Food: 1 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 3

William DiSanto

A year ago

A group of us Car guys were going to the Flemings Pumpkin Run (we got our picture taken with Harry Fleming) and we stopped at the Crystal Diner for breakfast. Good food, nice service and good atmosphere. It reminds us of an Old Fashion Diner which we enjoy. Try it and see for yourself. 👍 Service Dine in Meal type Breakfast Price per person $10–20 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

ed ed

07/01/2022: Friday night dinner for 2. We enjoyed French Onion & Chicken Noodle soups. Entree's were Mediterranean Salad and a Chicken Panini. Service was prompt and food was good. I ate here last Friday 06/24/2022 and the food was quite good then too. Well Done! ed (PS: The Dessert assortment is outstanding but I passed on this today...next time.)

A Person Living on EARTH

10 months ago

I gave it one star since they had home fries and not hash potatoes. The place is clean. Food not the best. Had to ask for thing to be warmed up. Ordered a western omelet everything is just tossed on the plate toast and all. Toast should be on its own plate ... I shouldn't have to ask for butter or syrup which my son had too. Why is your syrup in little container this isn't take out. Syrup should be in a bottle so I can pour what I want. They only best thing my son stated was the coffee. 1st plate of bacon was over cooked second plate was undercooked. The cook shouldn't be upset if someone isn't pleased with over cooked or under cooked food. I am paying good money for my food. Meal type Breakfast Price per person $30–50

Quinn Reimer

A month ago

ordered a corn beef hash brown and the closest thing I can relate it to is throw up on a plate. Food: 1 Service: 3 Atmosphere: 1

Luna Tic

3 months ago

Ordered a club sandwich, with bacon, and coleslaw on the side. First bite the sandwich tasted funny. Opened it to find old brown chewy bacon that had likely been expired and reheated in the microwave. Tried calling my server over but she seemed busy on her phone...so there's that. Took a bite of coleslaw and that had gone bad as well (probably left unrefrigerated for an extended time). Finally got my server to the table and she said this has been an issue with the cooks and they should know better. Ate my fries (only thing edible) and went to the register to pay. Was asked how everything was and told the hostess/cashier and immediately she said "sorry about that but I don't have authority to discount your meal" to which I replied "I never asked you to". Happened before but hoped it was just a bad day for them. Nope. Not going back. How has the Health Department not shut them down yet? Service Dine in Meal type Lunch Price per person $10–20 Food: 1 Service: 2 Atmosphere: 2

n go

I had corned beef hash and scrambled eggs with French fries which was pretty good. My husband had a steak quesadilla, but there was a fair amount of fat and gristle with the steak, so don't recommend that dish. But they do have a large menu with breakfast served all day. Overall not a bad place to eat. Service Dine in Meal type Breakfast Price per person $10–20 Recommended dishes Fries

Jackie Nowak

4 months ago

We only got desserts to go! They have a lot of delicious food and desserts The reception staff greeted us and was very friendly. They had a lot of different cheesecakes to choose from" Canoli, (whole) Strawberry topped, Chocolate, Peanut Butter (what I ordered it was delicious), and Carrot Cake Cheesecake. Not sure if I missed any. They also had delicious pies, cakes and cream pies. So just stopped by to satisfy our sweet tooth. It's a pretty diner on route 37 in Toms River, NJ Unfortunately there is no picture at this time because it was too delicious to take one. 😋 Service Take out Meal type Other Price per person $10–20 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes Cheesecake

Call_Me_The_Breeze

2 months ago

What happened to this place? Went there for our family’s Christmas Dinner and the food was horrible. It was so disappointing. There were 7 of us and not one of us got a good meal. From the appetizer to the dinner. 🍲 I will be searching for a new restaurant next Christmas. That’s for sure. Avoid at all costs. Service Dine in Meal type Dinner Price per person $30–50 Food: 1 Service: 3 Atmosphere: 2

diane smith

I started going here maybe 20years ago. They were ok at the time, not great. Always overpriced. My husband and I were starving after a long road trip and they were all that was still serving past 9pm. The food when it came was awful. I asked for bo vinegrette it came drowned in it. I told the waitress. She put order back in and it came back just as unpalatable to me. All they did was scrape it, put new cheese on and melted it a bit. The cakes that they bake on premises, were also not very good. The rainbow cake is eeg van cake with food color and raspberry jam. I understand we are all cutting corners. Prices are up. But I won’t be giving them anymore chances to get my money for under par food. Food: 1 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 3