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    Friends Bar & Grill

    4.0 (25 reviews)
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    Updated 2 months ago

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    Gab G.

    Your average bar and grill... as advertised lol. Got a Caesar salad, meatballs and a veggie burger. Service was solid. Food was all meh but it's basically your only option in the Smallwood area.

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    Jo L.

    Service was great. Only real issue with the food was with the shrimp tacos, they were a lot heavy on the toppings for my taste, so much so that the shrimp was lost in the fray instead of being the star, but over all pretty good for the price. We went at happy hour and had shrimp tacos, frito misto (calamari), and wings. We will be back to try the pork sliders and shrimp basket. Thanks for the hospitality!

    Gary M.

    Great place that's off the beaten path... ordered the cheeseburger with onion rings burger was cooked perfectly and piled with lettuce tomatoes and pickles... also ordered the boneless Thai chili wings with fries ... tasted great... service was super friendly... try it

    garlic sauce clams!!

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    1 month ago

    Amazing and fast service and great food! I got the penne vodka with chicken and it was really good! Highly recommend.

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    2 years ago

    Food was great. The service was above standard! Our waiter checked in many times! Not a large menu but there's something for everybody.

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    3 years ago

    Great food and service. Discovered the restaurant recently even though I live very close to it. Pleasant surprise.

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    3 years ago

    I'm not sure why this place is named "Friends".. our group felt like such an inconvenience to owner when we came in. Rude and condescending.

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    4 years ago

    Really great! Jay at the bar was good and the food hit the spot. We got burgers. Highly recommend!

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    4 years ago

    Stop for dinner before going to the show at Bethel Woods. Nice place, food is good, staff is on point. I'll be back !

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    I do not normally like to talk down on local businesses. I Like to see the good in people, even on…read moremy worst days. I really hope that someone (if it is just one person) in this building actually cares about food, customer service, helping people, or just spreading any sort of joy or kindness in general.....but I did not see a shred of evidence during my dinner here. Here's the shorthand for anyone who doesn't want to read my family's story: The water tastes like blood here. The service is abysmal and takes way too long. The vibe is very unwelcoming and unpleasant. The food is low effort and extremely overpriced. Here is my experience: We had a group of six, we left the little ones at home- my niece and her older cousin. The family was stoked to have a night to have some good drinks, laughs, and food on our airbnb vacation. This was pretty much the only restaurant in the area so we had to go here. Safe to say our night and our fun came to a screeching halt. Immediately drunk patrons at the bar were yelling slurs and the bartenders laughing with them all buddy-buddy. Dirty looks from the hostess and bartenders. We are from NJ, so maybe we are just lucky and have cleaner tap water, but all our our tap waters tastes like blood to us. Straight up mercury. Same with the soda from the tap. Awful. Our extremely unhappy (from the start) waitress rolled her eyes when we told her this and asked for other water. We were brought bottled water about 20 minutes later by a different angry waiter. The service was abysmal. Everyone in there, including the bartenders, seemed like they wanted us dead. Angry furrowed brows all around. Our entire excruciating experience was almost two hours long, and this is even with us rushing to eat and drink quickly because the vibes were so awful in there. The "pizza" we ordered was a piece of thin hard bread with about an ounce of tomato sauce drizzled on it for $40. The food was overpriced and not very good. The mashed potatoes were a liquid. My sister ordered a burger excluding vegetables that she was allergic to yet it was brought out with everything she requested to be taken off right there on the burger. Careless. No one there cares. At all. Right from the start they seemed annoyed that we showed up. I understand that working sucks- I get that, I really get that. I fucking hate my job, serious I do. But if you work at a restaurant where people come to laugh and relax and have a night out, I really think you at least should be pleasant. I have worked plenty service jobs where I hated being there, but for the sake of kindness and humanity I would treat customers like people with feelings. I wouldn't treat them like a burden or like I hated them. I would never recommend this restaurant to anyone, and I pray for the miserable souls that work here and emanate mean and unpleasant energy. There is a future full of joy and love, we just need to start by spreading it to our neighbor.

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    My dad and stepmom like to vacation around White Lake and Tilly's is an excellent spot for a quick…read moreand affordable meal. Even in this economy, Tilly's prices are extremely fair and the portions are large and filling. I came here twice. Once for dinner (burger deluxe platter- excellent, and I recommend getting something with the frizzled fried onions on top). Also for breakfast sandwiches, which I ordered to-go. Service is friendly and gets it right, making sure you have whatever you need to enjoyyour meal.

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    We avoid the summer crowds overall at kosher restaurants like this but give ourselves a treat at…read morethe end of the season. We arrived on a Tuesday night without reservations. We were greeted pleasantly immediately even though the place was packed and people were continually walking up. A seat under the lower building pavilion with view of the water was offered within 15 minutes. The table was clean and menus provided.We flagged down a server after 20 minutes and placed our orders. Our cocktails (the highlight of the meal) arrived within 15 minutes. The berry cocktail and the spiced bourbon mandarin orange cocktail were delicious. Over the next 45 minutes we received our 'progressive' dinner. First to arrive was the Chefs Special $32 . It was lukewarm, the polenta was watered down and thinly spread. There were a number of mushrooms, 4 cubes of meat and 1/2 stalk of asparagus. Our server checked on us at that point and we asked for ice water.As we were finishing that the creamy mashed potatoes arrived. $12 for 3/4 cup of lukewarm mashed potatoes obviously made up from a box of instant flakes and heavily salted. We were hungry so we nibbled at it. Sometime later the Flanken Bbq ribs arrived $31. We would order them if we come again. Tasty sauce , several ounces of tender meat on 2 separate bones good for sharing. As we were finishing that the Crispy Broccolli arrived$15. We were expecting (our fault for not asking) a fresh portion of broccoli with some crispy treatment . We received a large portion of super deep fried coated florets like you can buy in the freezer from B'gan. The server stopped by and we again requested ice water and noted that the Bison Sampler $57 had not arrived. Shortly thereafter both items came to the table. The 6mushrooms were of a similar nature to the Broccolli, the 4 chicken strips were similar to Of Tov from the freezer and there were 4 large deep fried wraps filled with pulled beef and avocado. With tip it was $270 We would return for the Flanken and cocktails but skip the other items

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