You know, I use to like this place. I really did. Tonight I went in to have dinner, I'm a widower and I do not know how to cook, and I waited to be seated for several minutes and finally walked out. I got Chinese instead. I was going to take the grandkids out for ice cream later and I will. Jumboland. There were people working behind the counter who just looked at me and went about their business. I'm sure I'll go back sometime, just not now. I wish people cared about more than their paycheck. This is why kids today will never own anything in life. They'll rent. I blame the social media and cell phones. read more

As one of the last and closest Friendly's to us, this place is cherished. It is always worth the trip to it. The mozz sticks are like cocaine and beyond addicting. The super melts are ooey, gooey, cheesy masterpieces. The ice cream menu especially the Reese's sundae are to die for. There is something magical about Friendly's, it's menu and the taste. Like a unicorn in New Jersey, this will be my favorite old time restaurant. Thank you for such amazing food and service. read more

The food is very good and the waiters are nice it is a nice clean environment and the best part is the delicous ice cream

The food was ok. The burgers are a bit small. Pricing is higher than the quality. I love that you can get different ice cream, not just the menu. read more

I haven't been to a Friendly's in 15 years. Totally nostalgic experience! Food was as good as I remember and service was friendly (ha haha). Really enjoyed the clam strips, burger and chicken sandwich! Can't wait to come again! read more

An experience as pleasant as their menu is delicious!!! Just when I think about their Reese's Pieces Sunday as my go to, they put together a dessert that is a New Game Changer! Their Salted Pretzel PB Crunch Sundae hits it out of the park!!! read more

It was pretty bad. Service was bad. Food was bad. We went for ice cream. Wish we just got that.

Amazing service and the food was delicious. When we walked in the staff was extremely friendly and the food came out in a tiny manor. We will definitely be back. read more

We had such a nice waitress who was very attentive. The food was also very good. Kids loves their food and sundaes! I love my crispy chicken salad with a really tasty Blt! Worth the trip. Hope to be back soon and hopefully we will get the next serve. Too bad she didn't tell me her name so I know who to ask for. read more

Great family restaurant! Good food, friendly staff, and clean environment! Have been coming here at least once a month for a while now and always a good experience! read more

Service was excellent and food was delicious. Ofcourse the ice cream is what my family and I look forward to every time.

This is a classic ice cream stop for me especially in the winter time it's the only place open. My go to is the mint crunch sundae. The staff here is always quick to get it ready and correct! read more

Not sure why other reviewers had a poor experience. Perhaps the staff overturn is high or the workers are seasonal? I stopped in (I must admit, we got it to go) and picked up a rather complex order, and they made zero mistakes and were extremely friendly (ha!) and accommodating. Food was ready on time and was as expected (a step up from normal fast food but not fine dining). Would go again if I am in the area and feeling nostalgic. I wish we still had almost 1000 Friendly's locations all over the country but alas there are only 138 left. read more

My cleints picked this spot for lunch and I ordered the aloha chicken stir fry. When I arrived to pick up the food, I parked in the plaza lot. I walked in and was greeted. I paid and left when the food was ready. When I ate the stir fry was really good. It was filling and tasty. I enjoyed my meal. read more

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Good food and atmosphere, not a lot of friendlys around anymore and we were just on a roadtrip and decided to stop in

Ice cream is good, yummy. Fast service from our waitress. The restaurant is very bright and clean. read more

Great ice cream, would come back and try a different sundae, so good. Service is prompt Place is clean read more

Great food and service! Great place for kids and parents alike with many food options and dietary accommodations.

Food is amazing and fast service . We had an amazing service member that provided crayons and coloring books to keep our children busy.

Food was great and service was also very good love going to my local Friendly's. Very close to my home and great items on the Senior menu.

great place to eat the staff is always awesome everytime i'm there would recommend this place to anyone looking for great food read more

Order 2 bananas splits in both of them got very mature bananas I just put on the side and just ate the ice cream, and also one of the banana splits I ordered was with two scoop of mint chocolate instead I got strawberry... so I just ended up eating vanilla icee cream with the toppings read more

Friendly's - I can't understand how the serve me this banana - American Near Me - Hampton Township, New Jersey

Bussin, they did so good. They are very very friendly. Food is always amazing I'm happy everytime

Took my 4 year old here for lunch, we were sat and told the server would be with us shorty. 25 minutes go by and still no server. Meanwhile there is only three tables that have people at them and both other tables already had their food. The tables that had their food already got checked on twice by a server meanwhile my son and I are still waiting to get even a drink order take and still nothing. The entire time we were in the restaurant multiple people came in and were served to go drinks and ice creams. We sat there for a total of 30 minutes before we got up and decided to go somewhere where we can actually get served. I am very disappointed in the way this store is run, worst customer service I have ever received from a Friendly's! read more

Awesome great experience great food great environment.. yummy delicious food would come again

The service is great and the restaurant is clean and neat. The manager Anastasia runs a great business and is so welcoming and friendly. My kids love coming here! read more

so fire here . mac and cheese is sooooooo good . ice cream is also always A1 i will never not come here lol

We stopped in (during a power outage) last week and we're quickly greeted by a very pleasant young lady who advised up the power just came on so the grill wouldn't be ready for 30 minutes but we were welcome to wait or order from the limited selection. Wish we had gotten her name because she couldn't be more accommodating in spite of the weather related problems. Bottom line, the coffee was fine and we would definitely return. Mostly because the employees are truly "Friendly" read more

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After a not so great dinner at another restaurant in town we headed over to Friendly's for dessert. We arrived at 9:01pm. The hostess promptly told us that the dinning room closed at 9pm. I understood they didn't want to seat us and they offered takeout. I turned to my child and told her to pick something from the case for her birthday dessert instead. The staff heard it was her birthday and asked if we were just having ice cream. When we told her we were, she sat us. It was so kind of her to make sure my child's birthday was special (she even added extra cherries). I really appreciated her kindness :) read more

Friendly's - Peanut Butter Sundae - American Near Me - Hampton Township, New Jersey

Good food as expected. The service was LAME! Our server was trying hard to remember her order for the table without writing it down, ya know the new wave cool thing to do...FAIL. She got the food order OK but failed at the simple ice cream delivery (Wrong flavors, toppings swapped with others at the table) just a mess. Time for this chick to get that #2 pencil out and work on keeping the order in line. Like I said, good food, crap service. Clean restrooms also...always nice to see. read more

Friendly's - American Near Me - Hampton Township, New Jersey

I went to an ice festival last weekend and my friend and I decided to go to friendlys since it was close by and I haven't ate there in years. I ordered a Ruben sandwich which was cut in half. I was halfway done enjoying my first half when I happened to look down at the other half of sandwich on the plate and noticed a HUGE PIECE OF HAIR coming out of it!!!! I alerted the waitress and she brought the manager over who was very nice to offer me another free meal. I stated "I lost my appetite and the sight of that was repulsing !" She then offered me free ice cream. I still declined. The staff was kind but kindness doesn't promote cleanliness. Instead of offering a free meal the manager needs to insist that the cooks wear HAIR-NETS and inspector's check for compliance in food handling , personal hygiene and vermin! Never again Friendly's read more

If you are over the age of 18 and don't have a kid you have no right eating here. It's disgusting, vile, landfill ready food. I guess the ice cream is ok, but it's kinda hard to screw up ice cream. If you want a dinner, be sure to enjoy some microwaved rubber chicken and grease injected grade-c mystery meat burgers. Yum. Top of you're artery clogging mystery slop meal with a larger ice cream and enjoy visits to the cardiologist. read more

I don't know what happened to this place but it is just plain awful anymore. The food used to be good but now it's greasy and tasteless. Most of the waitresses are friendly and helpful but that doesn't make up for the fact that the place is filthy. Doesn't look like I'll be coming back here. read more

Let me start by asking, Why do 95% of the photos for this page look like stock advertising photos, taken by a semi - pro photographer? This isn't really what the food looks like. Ahhh Friendly's I've got fond memories of you, but with each attempt to update and salvage the chain, my nostalgia is farther and farther from the reality. The Newton location, cleanish. Wait staff, just a little South of attentive enough Stopped in this last weekend for breakfast, and my pancakes and bacon came out looking weird,anemic, minimalist, and tiny. Like if you got Pancakes and Bacon on the International Space Station. (Sorry no pics of this food based, portion controlled, art project) On my white rectange with rounded corners, was 2 strips of bacon, 2 inches away from my 3 mildly undercooked pancakes, with a 1/2 T. of butter on top. My home fries (which deep fried plain, as opposed to griddled with onions and peppers, were not the textbook definition of home fries, but were still tasty) came out on another white plate, filling it in a single layer. My dining companion's scrambled eggs were anything but light, moist, and fluffy. (It was basically like a misshapen omelet) her sausage links shiny and gray, with no hint of browning. Her Brioche French Toast, soggy, flat, limp and lifeless, and browned only on one side. I remember the cream colored hotel ware plates, with the red/maroon Friendly's Logo (With matching bowls, coffee cups, and saucers), and possibly the plates were smaller, and that made the food look bigger. Maybe I'm going a bit overboard with this review, but Friendly's had a place in my heart. I ate at Friendly's with my parents when I was small, and later with my buddies out on our bikes to get an ice cream cone, and later still on a date. So on a purely emotional level, it's hard to watch it slip away, losing its' 80 year old identity, and become generic. Granted if I order a Hot Fudge, Chocolate Chip Mint Sundae with whipped cream and a cherry on top, it's still pretty much the same frozen treat I've been enjoying since at least 1976. read more

I'm giving this review 5 stars especially because it certainly doesn't deserve an overall 2 stars.. It's typical friendlys food.. Of course it's not going to be fantastic. I can definitely name a few better restaurants in the area (to those of you who gave this like 2 stars). If you want fast greasy bad for you food (which I from time to time love) then this is the place for you. If you want better food, open your eyes. I've been to this friendly's a few times and I've never had a problem.. Chicken sandwich with fries and coleslaw, and then IceCream? Hell yeah. read more

They advertised a free sundae with the purchase of ANY supermelt, but according to the manager supermelts on the breakfast menu are a special breed of "breakfast" supermelt and so you don't get a free sundae with them even though they falsely advertised ANY supermelt = free sundae. We originally brought this issue up with our waitress who rudely shrugged and said, "It's Friendly's policy. Not my problem!" Horrible customer service and false advertising! read more

Food is typical Friendlys. Love the salads. Hot foods come out hot and cold, cold. Service for me has always been good...both breakfast and lunch. The only bad issue is the management. One female manager would rather sit in front of the restaurant and smoke than help the staff. I had to wait for server to go outside to speak with manager because the register wasnt working....manager didnt come in!!! Ten minutes to check out. Sorry for Friendlys franchise owner for having such a bad manager. read more

I went to get ice cream at friendlys two nights ago and when we went to pay, I tried paying with an American Express gift card. It hadn't been used yet and I had sufficient funds to cover the bill. Our waitress wasn't sure how to use the gift card, so she had the manager come and swipe it for her. She had swiped it a couple of time and said that the card kept declining, so I used cash to pay instead. The next day I went to buy something at Target and I used the same card, and it said my gift card had only $2.32 on it. Instantly I checked the American Express website to see why my card had only $2.32 on it instead of the full $50, and it said that friendlys had charged my card four times, and on top of that I had to pay cash. When I went to friendlys to ask for my money back since they overcharged me, and I asked for the manager. The manager on duty said there's only one woman who can give me my money back, so I had to wait an hour and a half for her. When I finally spoke with her, she admitted that it was their mistake but could not issue me my money back until she called the money company to confirm that they had overcharged me even though I gave her my receipt and showed her the American Express website which confirmed that I had been charged on the gift card 4 times. She said that I might get a friendlys gift card back, but I do not plan on going back anytime soon. She told me she would call me the next day and never did. I am still waiting to get almost $50 back. Also their water tasted like salt water. read more

This is by far the most disgusting Friendly's there is! The servers are terrible. The food and even water was awful! We will never go back here. read more

Terrible service. I was seated and then had to wait more than 20 minutes before anyone came to even take a drink order. Then after finally asking a passing server a manager came to take our order. After waiting and finally getting food or tool them another 15-20 minutes just to get us silverware. TLDR: terrible service, overpriced, low quality, do not go. read more