This is a cool local small restaurant. It has good vibes and a very limited menu. We both ordered…read moreroast beef and neither one of us really cared for the taste. The nachos had some interesting toppings but overall where the star of the show. I originally wanted the Reuben but they were sold out. I think I would try this place again and just stay away from the roast beef. It wasn't bad by any means it just wasn't my cup of tea. The owner was very friendly as well.

If I lived in Toledo I would keep this a secret! Great spot to get exceptionally prepared good food…read moreand some quality poured drinks. And the owner/DJ was very hands on and kept tunes smooth.

We celebrated a friend's birthday at J. Alexander's recently and had a wonderful experience. The…read moreservice was very good, the food was delicious, and the drinks were great! The carrot cake is a must and I don't even love carrot cake. It's that good! I had the Trout Almondine and it was soooo good! I enjoyed my leftovers very much. We were there on a Saturday night and the restaurant was busy and a little loud, but it was fun!

4/5 Stars We went to…read moreJ. Alexander's as a party of four for a birthday dinner and had an excellent experience overall. The restaurant was clean, polished and completely dialed in. The atmosphere was upscale without feeling stuffy, and the service and timing throughout the meal were stellar. We started with the fire grilled artichokes, which were smoky, tender and served with a delicious dipping sauce. Everyone also had either a Caesar or house salad, and both were fresh and very good. For dinner, we ordered the mushroom meat loaf special, the 16 ounce New York strip, steak and fries, and the barbecue baby back ribs. Every dish was impressive. The mushroom meat loaf with mushroom gravy was awesome, especially with the roasted Brussels sprouts and their Not Your Ordinary Mac and Cheese. It was rich, flavorful and easily one of the highlights of the meal. The ribs were tender and flavorful, and the steaks looked and tasted great. The only issue was that my wife's steak came out quite a bit more undercooked than she ordered. Outside of that, everything was excellent, and the employees handled the entire evening professionally. Great food, outstanding service, cool ambience and a staff that clearly takes pride in the restaurant. We would absolutely come back.

We had such a great dining experience here. Everything was so wonderful that I would make the three…read morehour and 45 minute trip back just to dine here again. We started with the whipped feta, lobster bites, and the garlic bread. The whipped feta is an absolute must have. I will be dreaming about this until I have it again. They give you toasted ciabatta and cucumbers on the side to dip. Even with the cucumbers, this dip is absolutely amazing. Very refreshing. We went with the miso glazed Chilean Sea bass & the chicken parm. My husband really enjoyed his Sea bass and I absolutely loved my chicken Parmesan. It had the best spaghetti I've ever had in my entire life. The sauce had a tiny bit of heat that really added to the flavor. I loved my meal!

We went again on Saturday. WOW!…read more Started with a Martini for my dining partner and iced tea for me. Both were great. The waiter (Josh, a five-star waiter if ever there was one) really knows how to take care of his customers. He really knows the menu, can explain the dishes along with their components and what makes them unique and paces each course perfectly. He even asked if we were BOTH done before any dishes were removed from the table. Nothing looks worse than one person still eating while the rest of the table has no plates in front of them. We started with the roasted carrot salad. The carrots were perfectly roasted and chilled with and amazing tahini "paste" and radicchio, perfectly dressed with a lemon vinaigrette. OUTSTANDING!!! Seriously, this could have been my entire meal! The tahini paste is great, and I made it once while making a tahini dressing for roasted Brussels sprouts. Tahini naturally gets thick (paste like) when liquid is added. To make the paste, just stop adding liquid to it and stop mixing until it gets smooth again. Seriously, delicious. We both ordered the chicken schnitzel for our entrees. It comes with a really nice side salad consisting of mixed greens, dressed again with a very mild vinaigrette. My only quibble (and it's a really small one) is I would have liked the schnitzel to be a bit thinner. That said, it was perfectly cooked, not at all dry and the thickness is up to the creator of the dish. I don't think there's a "standard" for this (ha, ha - get it!). Great breading and very tasty. The dessert... Again, had to go with the sticky toffee pudding! If this is on the menu, there's no way I'm not going to order it. GOD, it's just a perfect ending to a great meal, well, that along with a pot of French Press coffee. All in all, the meal came to $108.00 excluding the tip. Expensive, but WORTH EVERY PENNY! I spent that much a few weeks ago (maybe more) on a really awful meal/experience at a different place. You'll have to read my old reviews to figure that one out! Anyway, this place treats their employees like they actually appreciate them. They took them on a cruise! Of all the restaurants I used to work at, the best thing I ever received was a shift meal or maybe a cold beer because I was still at the place cooking apps at 1:00 in the morning and the manager wanted to go home but felt bad because I couldn't leave. Thanks for the glass of Miller Lite draft, Mr. Chi-Chi's manager guy! Everyone in the place, from the servers to the hostesses, to the bus folks and the floor manager had smiles and a sense of graciousness and appreciation to each and every customer. Try to find that at any other restaurant in Toledo. The food is top notch, made with very unique recipes and techniques you're not going to find anywhere else. The dining room and restrooms (at least the men's) are clean. I never had to ask for a refill on my iced tea or water. New silverware was brought before each course was served. The old plates were removed from the table after the staff asked if it was OK to do so. Proper training in procedure and etiquette is obvious. Again, just a great meal in every way - 10 out of 10! Can't wait to go back.

3.5 I've been to Bedford Coney Island multiple times over…read morethe years. It is a comfortable and clean diner atmosphere located within a strip mall next to an Asian restaurant and near a Little Caesars takeout. Today I was there for brunch and brought along my laptop and lots of work that I'd hoped to get done while there. After ordering a Spinach and Feta Omelette, I asked for the WiFi password and was told they don't have WiFi available for customers. Ok, so much for my work plans. Ugh. My omelette arrived fairly quickly and I also ate it quickly because I had work to do. The omelette was overall delicious. I will say, however, that the ingredients were not evenly distributed within the omelette. For instance, the tomatoes and onions were on one side, the spinach and feta weren't evenly mixed together and there were parts of the omelette that had no filling at all. The home fries were good, but I had to seek out ketchup from another table (rather than wait for my server to check on me). The coffee has never been the best but the main entree generally makes up for it. The value was decent and I'd recommend for a casual meal in a clean setting.

One of 2 best dinners in Lambertville burgers are great and lots of choices for dessert sometimes…read morecan feel and look dirty inside and out

Fish dinners are delicious and more than ample serving. If you enjoy fish dinners, you won't be…read moredisappointed. Great service from a fine diner.

I've been going here for 10-15 years for breakfast. I always get the same, over-easy eggs, crispy…read morehashbrowns, ham and rye toast. I've rarely had any issues with the food. It's usually the wait staff... They always get the eggs just right and I've never been served a broken yolk (are you listening other breakfast places?). Over-easy eggs don't have broken yolks. Their crispy hashbrowns are just that, crispy! They're not gray or half cooked potatoes. The toast is made of high quality rye bread (Schwebel's?) with plenty of butter (and it's always perfectly toasted). THE HAM!!! Oh my god, the ham! This isn't some awful ham roll, no no! It's a slice from an actual ham! Real HAM! I was told it's Dearborn ham and I'd bet that it is. If you're not familiar, Dearborn makes great stuff. So, my issues... Not sure, but the coffee seems like it changed. It's weaker now and lacks the flavor from the coffee I remember from the past. They also stopped garnishing the plates with a slice of orange. I LOVED that slice of orange. Finally, the wait staff. They have some great waitresses but every once in a while, I get one that really doesn't know how it works. Because the server can really screw up a meal, I've avoided going back for months at a time. One time the waitress brought everything except the toast. I started eating the ham and potatoes. By the time she brought the toast, the eggs were cold and I couldn't eat them. She still charged my though. Didn't go back for a year, I swear. It's really important to always bring the complete meal. If the toast chef was asleep at the wheel and the entire breakfast becomes ice cold, have the line re-fire the order. It's not the customer's fault. Anyway, it's a nice, family place. Things usually go well, but there are those times... Oh, the place gets crazy busy on weekend mornings, especially with the after church crowd, so go early or plan on a wait.

I popped in here for a solo dinner and I love a place that has a small for the table…read more I ordered the mushroom breeze soup and was absolutely wild by all the flavors thin for my main dish. I ordered the grouper which had a spicy sauce on it so I do recommend that if you don't like spice and not to order it under the group of the polenta and broccoli was cooked to perfection and out of this world. It was absolutely unmatched, and I can't wait to go back and try anything new. The fusion of flavors is unreal.

Had dinner with chef Marcel and staff last night. We had a very nice evening…read more Like other reviewers, I would strongly suggest reservations as the dining room is quite small. Go to their website and simply click away on you preferences. It's really easy and worth the expended effort. The staff was very nice and accommodating. We arrived and were quickly seated. Water was brought to the table, but without ice. I asked for ice and pretty quickly received some. I would suggest always serving ice water! Warm tap water isn't very palatable to most folks. First impressions of the dining room... So, it's a fairly small room without carpet. No tablecloths or individual table lamps (this doesn't bother me, but some may find this type of dining without such refinements unacceptable). I believe in keeping costs down. Take the savings and use them for buying better ingredients. Oh, a plate of bread with an absolutely delicious compound butter was served when the water was served (a little amuse-bouche). The butter was a lemon, garlic, basil combination that was outstanding!!! Everyone loved it. We split a bottle of wine (no cocktails, sorry). That was fine. They have a nice, simple wine and beer menu. We also ordered Appetizers. If you try any of the apps, try the bang bang shrimp! Better than anything you'll get at the Japanese Steakhouse. Seriously, next time I go back, I'll probably order this for my entrée along with the Caesar salad, and more of that delicious bread! Our other app was the calamari. It was served with marinara, and perfectly cooked. Both great appetizer choices. For our entrées... I ordered the halibut, and what an amazing job chef Marcel did with it! It was sauteed with some small diced vegetables and capers, served over polenta. Maybe a bit too done, but that's just me. I like my fish to be more on the rare side. I'm not faulting anyone for this because I never specified. It was still a great, creative and delicious meal. Two of my dining partners ordered the chicken paillard. Unfortunately, they said these were overcooked and too dry to really enjoy. They both looked delicious though. Another person ordered the salmon and said it was delicious. Our 5th person ordered the mixed green salad with duck. So this was something that really intrigued me as I love duck, and rarely see it. The salad greens/bean sprouts were very fresh, really nice. The duck was sliced very nicely, perfectly cooked, but cold. The temperature of the duck is intentional. I think it would be a better dish if served warm, but that's just me. It also lacked flavor. A nice Asian soy based dressing would have been perfect with this. Soy sauce, rice vinegar, scallions, garlic, ginger, sesame oil... Anyway, we ended with a shared piece of carrot cake and coffee. The carrot cake was out of this world, and it has to be good for you since it's made out of a vegetable. The coffee is french press and should have steeped longer, but we all love strong coffee. We'll definitely go back! Nice, hidden little spot with some great food and staff. Not too expensive, clean and an easy destination.

A friend and I stopped here to have a drink before heading home for the night…read more We ordered the fried cheese and was wowed by their homemade ranch dressing. The drinks were cold and served fast. What else can you ask for at your local bar? Cool spot!

I can't think of a single reason to go to Charlie Mops. Expect them to nickel and dime you for…read moreeverything. I haven't used the restroom, but it wouldn't surprise me if they charged a dollar to use it, another dollar for toilet paper, and another dollar to wash your hands. Oh yea, if you use a credit card (like almost everyone does), be prepared yet another charge for that. There's no reason reason to waste your time or money for mediocre food and service at Charlie Mops when you can literally just walk across the street and get a great meal at Mason Jar. There are several other places close by that are better options. Stay away from this dump. I gave Charlie Mops one star because there's not a ZERO star option!

I've been here before, a few years back and had a less than pleasant experience. I decided to try…read moreagain. We walked in and were immediately greeted. The restaurant was clean and well organized. This time service was very good (well done, James)! Our server was sharp and very helpful, making frequent stops while we dined. I split the shareable BJ's Favorite shareable sized pizza and it was very good! We had some soft drinks and I also enjoyed a Lightswitch draft beer. It was excellent. I'm hoping this is a sign that this BJ's has gotten it together and I hope to come back soon.

Its so unfortunate that this restaurant has gone downhill with its staff. It's such a lovely put…read moretogether restaurant, good aesthetics, and great food. Unfortunately, we have in the past couple of months, sat down inperson and ordered takeout, and both have been a bad experiences with how long food has taken. We definitely understand it can get busy on the weekends, especially when sport games are on. But how you run a restaurant is everything. Taking care of people who were there first and making sure to take care of them before you answer and seat more people. If you see your orders are an hour behind, please stop taking to go orders and stop sitting people and let your poor kitchen staff catch up. I understand you want to get as many orders as you can, but it's so sad to see you stress out your kitchen staff back there because they are swamped with orders. Even if you took 20 or 30 minutes to stop the flow of things so your team can catch up will make a huge difference. You don't wanna ruin half of your customers experience those nights with only missing 4 or 5 customer calls. I really hope the manager sees this and can improve! We would love to come back , but very scared too! lol You promised a 20-30min pick up time and it took over 70mins to get our takeout of 2 side salads, 1 soup, and 1 burger. (3 of those are pretty much premade) maybe more kitchen staff? Or if your short staffed make sure miss Sue up front knows that so she can chill on sitting people and taking calls. Miss Sue if your the manager, please help yourself and your team. Thank you!

We stopped in for a quick meal around 8:30 on a Thursday night as the kitchen closes at 9. I left…read moremy dinner choice up to one of our favorite bartenders, and once again, he hit the nail on the head with a great selection - Chicken Salad Sliders. The sliders are served on mini pretzel buns. They were excellent!

I had never been here before and I decided to come for my birthday brunch instead of going to…read moredinner. It was well worth it! They had great options for everyone, even my kid. I felt the server was sub-par. I wasn't impressed. She was nice but I felt like she had something else going on or something. It wasn't busy so I was kind of surprised she wasn't a little friendlier. Overall though I liked the place and the ambiance. I will say what could make the place even better is having screens for the windows during those sunny hours of the day as our table was in the full sun the whole time which can take away from the experience. Although I like the natural light I don't like being blinded or overheating. Also, the tater tots were delicious but extremely crunchy. Just a heads up to anyone who might be thinking about getting them.