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    Friendly's

    3.1 (88 reviews)
    Open 8:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Dogs allowed

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    " Bacon Mac N Cheese Burger"

    This place was a complete letdown. I came in for the first time very hungry ready to enjoy a bacon mac & cheese burger, but it was nothing like what was advertised. First, I waited forever just to be served a plain burger--no mac, no cheese, just disappointment. I sent it back, thinking they'd fix it, but they took forever AGAIN and I thought they were making it When it finally came out, I couldn't believe it. There were maybe 8 macaroni noodles on the whole burger. You could literally count each noodle. Where was the creamy mac & cheese the menu promised? Good luck finding it. To top it off, the water tasted awful--like toilet water, honestly. This was such a frustrating experience, and I'll never be coming back. If you're going to charge for something special, at least make it worth the hype. fires were good tho.

    Sarah C.

    Haven't been here in 3 years so we were in the neighborhood and my son wanted it. Walked in and was sat right away we had a friendly older waitress. My son ordered a Turkey Melt, he took one bite and said it was delicious and with the Turkey melt he ordered mashed potatoes, that was a different story he didn't care for it and he loves potatoes, I was shocked on that one so I grabbed my fork and took a little bit and I cannot explain it just wasn't great at all. My boyfriend ordered a Burger which in his words " a Burger is a Burger" and I ordered a classic BLT which was actually pretty good and different from the other restaurants I ordered from. I believe it's the bread though I am not certain but something about this BLT is different in taste. The place could use some updating though, it just looks stuck from the late 90's, more tables would be nicer than booths, no offense to my other half he is a big guy and squeezed into the booth. Nice place, good food.

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    Chris C.

    This is an update to the review I wrote for this restaurant five years ago and people............. It gets worse. This restaurant chain used to be beloved in the New England area and now I can plainly see why they're closing down left and right. It's sad because they had the unique niche of the ice cream being the big finish of the meal. Sadly, it's everything that leads up to the ice cream which is sub par. Again my responsibility as a yelp elite is to let you know the spots to go and the which ones to avoid with your family. The TLDR is don't come here. The service is again super slow even when empty (I have pictures) the waitress brought out the wrong food (again it wasn't busy here) the food is and dare I say, it smells a little funny in here. Clearly the sun is setting on this franchise and the quality of the service is going down right along with it. Friendly's is like that old family dog who's lived a full life but now he's old and tired. He doesn't come when you call. He poops and pees in his bed at night and you fastly approaching the date to put him to sleep. It's been real old friend and we had some fun memories but it's all over.

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    2 years ago

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    2 months ago

    I love eating here. The wait staff are kind and very accommodating. The food is consistently good.

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    5 months ago

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    1 year ago

    It seems over the past year Friendly's has vastly improved the menu and food quality!

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    10 months ago

    What a wonderful place everything was amazing i ate good food and ice cream was the

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    10 months ago

    The food was cooked exactly right, and put in containers to keep it warm. It was very good!

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    2 years ago

    Excellent service and food. Great place for lunch. Ice cream is good. We will be back.

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    2 years ago

    We love Friendly's service is great and the staff is very attentive. Ice cream is so delicious!

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    2 years ago

    Love Friendly's!!the ice cream is so good !this location was nice and clean and the workers were very friendly

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    2 years ago

    Good food good service little cold for temp in place but otherwise good time

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    2 years ago

    Food was absolutely amazing! Amelia was an awesome server!!!! The balloon tree was such a great idea for all of the kids!!!

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    2 years ago

    I love this Friendly's location. Great staff and food! I've had nothing but good experiences here.

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    12 years ago

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    3 years ago

    Have been coming here for years. Absolutely one our " go to" places because of the quality of their food and Friendly service!

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    2 years ago

    very good service! wait staff is always nice and good is always great also. will be back.

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    3 years ago

    The waitress brought out my Fribble and it was fribtabulus. Would drink again fribble/10. The ambiance was amazing.

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    5 years ago

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    5 years ago

    Super cute place . Visited from the west coast . The food was not good but the service was nice x the ice cream was the best part.

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