Reviews for P.F. Chang's in Toms River, NJ
Read previous reviews and to say we were hesitant Was putting it lightly. Party of 6 for a 6:30 reservation we were seated at... 6:40 no problem large round table by window plenty of room. Our server was new but excellent. Ordered red sangria very good,agave margaritas delicious and mai Tai very coconut forward but still refreshing. Rest of table ordered waters and the waiterbrought water and lemon for entire table…top notch. Appetizers we enjoyed were chicken lettuce wraps delicious great flavorenough for the six of us side sauce spicy so be aware of if your not into spicy. Ordered 6 steamed pork dumpling very good couldhave used a dipping sauce but soy sauce is on table if needed. Entrees two orders Mongolian beef absolutely delicious( I am nota beef eater and I will be ordering this next time), salt and pepper shrimp nice and crispy side sauce also spicy, Singaporestreet noodles with chicken and shrimp great portion very spicy, shrimp with lobster sauce great portion very good amount ofshrimp and lobster and lastly kids lo mein came with side fruit and broccoli so much food for 6$. Three of us had enough foodfor leftovers so I would say portions were not skimpy. All entrees minus noodle dish come with white or brown rice or upchargefor fried rice or lo mein two diners chose that option and well worth it. Dessert: the Great Wall of chocolate very largechocolate cake with mousse like frosting very good but I preferred the what was listed as chocolate soufflé but was definitelynot that as it was served cold and didn’t have molten center more like a flourless chocolate cake. So if your looking for asoufflé you will be disappointed but if you love fudgey chocolate order this. And lastly the banana spring rolls large portionenough to share great banana flavor. AlI in all we agreed we would dine again and were pleasantly surprised as we were going inexpecting not to have a great experience. I will say they most likely have staffing issues as it seems Read more
The menu is constantly changing at P.F. Changs. Many of our favorites are gone. It was more mediocre this visit than ever. Got... attitude from the front end staff. Was told reservations are preferred. Well, that isn't mandatory is it? So, already an issue.Best thing about this place was the sake and the company who I was with. Still, the lettuce wraps are delicious, and thecalamari was good, but would I come here for just lettuce wraps and attitude from the hostesses? That's a definite no. Pass nexttime for me. Read more
1st time at any PF Chang's. Recommend reservations if not sitting at bar. Went on a Friday night @7:15pm. It was fairly crowded... but with reservations we were sat within 5 min. Our server was very nice and answered all questions. All employees were veryfriendly and accomodating. So please tip them well. Ordered drinks and 4 apps first. The apps came out at different times.Edemame first, 10 min later ribs and shrimp, 10 min later the brussel sprouts. Food about 15 min after last app. The apps werereally good, especially the ribs, fall off the bone tender. Dinner was pretty good. Sweet sour chicken, ginger chicken, misosalmon, kung pao. Choice of white, brown or fried rice. Only complaint was food was medium warm, not hot. Also, they give youforks and chop sticks only. If you want a knife you need to ask. This is not an inexpensive place. It's probably about $50/ppespecially with drinks and an app. For this price the food was good but I probably won't voluntarily make a 2nd trip. Atmospherewas interesting, but it was very noisy for such an open place with high ceilings. Read more
For a chain restaurant this is good food. Service was special and felt like I was in a 4-star restaurant. Food was fresh and... hot and was presented beautifully. I highly suggest that you go online or call ahead for a table as they get very busy Read more
Terrible. My friends and I went to P.F. Chang’s on Thursday 4/21. We got there around 5. We walked in and was immediately... greeted by 17 hostesses standing around. I was told that they were fully booked, and we would be able to seat ourselves at thebar. But we would have to wait outside of the restaurant for an indoor bar seat. How does that make sense? How am I going to seeif there’s a bar seat outside? So I wasn’t waiting outside, and we found a seat at the bar within two minutes. The hostessJoanne because I don’t know her last name, pretty much told everybody that walked in if they didn’t have a reservation, mindyou, this is PF Changs, that they wouldn’t be able to seat anyone until 8:30-9 PM. By 6:30, there were half the bar seats openand almost 6 available tables. Joanne told anyone who looked young that there was no point in waiting for a table or the barbecause it’s too long of a wait. I don’t know how these people are being trained, but they need more training. The food wasterrific; it was P.F. Chang’s; the bartenders, amazing. I took a picture of the open bar seats. Don’t be discouraged by thepeople at the hostess stand. At the end of the day you can wait around the bar for an open seat. Read more
Food and service was great. My mom and I decided to go and try it tonight at the Toms River location and nothing but a 10/10.... Made a reservation for 8:45, got seated right away, ordered crispy honey chicken that was out of this world. Cake with raspberrysauce was great. Our server Angelina was amazing and very kind. Staff was super polite. Highly recommend (: Read more
10/10 - we came in at 8 on Saturday and they were full with reservations. (To those of you giving 1 star reviews because of... reservation issues, that is very sad. This is a new business in our area and in the post-pandemic world we find ourselves in, Iam ashamed at so many of you for being so quick to put a business down) we completely understood they couldn’t seat us but wewere lucky enough to snag a couple seats at the bar. The calamari was some of the freshest calamari I had in a very long time.The sushi was delicious and what a presentation - with a great Smokey taste. We were very happy and will be back! Read more
My first visit and I loved everything about this place. The ambiance is very inviting, clean, sleek, there's a music in the... background, but it's just a smooth, quiet rhythm. The decor is wonderful and all of the staff looked clean and well kept. I'mashamed I can't remember our waiter's name, because he was a rockstar. Very helpful with menu items, recommendations, and veryattentive but not annoying. I over-ordered to just try the recommendations that I heard and read about, and in turn ended upovereating because I couldn't stop! I ordered the Rising Dragon & my girlfriend ordered the Asian Pear Mojito to get startedwith drinks, and they were both incredible. We started with the Chicken Lettuce Wraps, as I heard they were legendary. Someassembly required haha! These are awesome and I would order these every time I come back! Our waiter asked if I liked beef, asI was eyeing up the Mongolian Beef, so I went with it, did NOT disappoint at all! Tender and delicious, piled in some of thewhite rice and went to town. It was so good, I wanted to take some home for leftovers but couldn't stop eating. My girlfriendgot the Sweet and Sour Chicken, which was very well balanced and I ended up finishing her plate as well (she asked meto!). Desert recommendation was the Banana Spring Rolls, sounded a little strange but were delightful. The drizzle and icecream all complimented each other well and while I pretty much stuffed by the first bite, we didn't leave anything on theplate. For 2 people, with drinks, appetizer, entrees, and dessert, the price was reasonable for our overall experience and Iwill absolutely be coming back. Read more