Woke up at 8am to call ahead for a group of 9 at 10:30. they told me there would be no problem. our whole party was there at 10:30. when we asked to be seated they told us that they had no idea how long it would take. ended up waiting over an hour and they still didn't have an estimate so we left, costing us 3 cars 1 hours worth of parking. you would think a restaurant as popular as this would know how to handle a large group within an acceptable time. terrible and rude service read more

Took the family for brunch here based on the reviews and this place was above and beyond. Great comfortable atmosphere accompanied by fresh food with a fair amount of variety. However, where I feel this place really shines is in the service. Our waitress was attentive, friendly, and was quick to our requests no matter how big or small. This didn't just extend to our waitress, during our brief wait to be seated I listened to the hum of a very polite staff, as they dealt with customers all contributing to a very convivial tone; always appreciate seeing that. Does get busy during peak hours but I didn't find the wait time unreasonable for the crowd they were serving and what waits is great comfort food with a charm. read more

Turning Point is hit or miss for me depending on what I order. Overall, I appreciate that they have a lot of healthy options on their menu. I've enjoyed their breakfast dishes a lot. The egg-bakes and omelettes are really filling and come in some delicious combinations. I also really like the lemon ricotta pancakes which are served with fresh blueberries. However, I have been disappointed with lunch. Most recently I had the lobster quesadilla which was mostly spinach and had almost no cheese in it. Without any cheese to hold it together my plate quickly became a messy pile of seemingly random ingredients. This probably isn't the type of place to have a lobster dish, but the quesadilla was pretty disappointing. read more

This is, i think, my favorite breakfast spot! I haven't been to any other turning point locations yet but every time i've been here, i've had no major complaints. The longest i've had to wait to be seated was around 10 minutes. read more

I've never had a bad experience when I go here. The food is always delicious and they always have seasonal specials. If you plan on going during the weekend, make sure you go early. You will regret it if you get there later than 10 am. read more

Turning Point - Seasonal Maple Bacon Waffles - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Westfield, New Jersey

Turning point is one of those restaurants where the food is not only delicious and fresh, the serving size is plentiful and satisfying! Turning point of Westfield has a great team. ( staff and management) friendly, and accommodating! I'm sure as all the other locations. Clean and family friendly environment. I strongly suggest this location!! read more

Great choices of food and drinks. We had the beetroot juice and the nutty Irishman. It was just amazing. For food we had the pesto infusion skillet and the cal flatbread. A lot of flavor in the flatbread. We will be back to try more of their dishes. read more

Joanne's service and attention was bar none! We came today and it was surprisingly packed for a Tuesday. Joanne was attentive from the get go, and was quick to apologize and fix the situation when we had been waiting a long time for food (50 mins). Even though she had no obligation to fix the situation for us, the extent to which she did spoke volumes. The food, when we did get it, was fresh and hot. read more

Good food and prices. I suggest arriving early because there is usually a wait but it's worth it.

Tried this place today with one of my friends and it was ok. The wait was about 20 minutes so we went outside to wait in front of one of the stores. Sat down and ordered a tea, friend asked for a coffee, and guy came back with coffee. Awesome. I didn't bother to tell him. Service was so-so. I ordered a Bananas Foster waffle which was yummy. The waffle was perfect and had some delicious banana chunks and a sweet rum sauce. Walnuts and fruit were served on the side. Food was good and moderately priced. Service was so-so, we didn't see our server for a while once food was out. read more

Normally we head to Vicki's when we're craving breakfast food. Today, though, we wanted to try out someplace new. After spotting some interesting menu options at Turning Point, we decided to give it a shot. The restaurant is much bigger inside than we'd expected, with multiple dining areas and a bright, inviting atmosphere. We were seated instantly (at 12pm on a Sunday, this was unexpected) and our friendly server came right over to take our beverage order. A pitcher of ice water (with lemon!) and carafe of coffee were brought to the table without delay. So far, so good! But the coffee was weak, and not terribly hot, and the silverware was dirty. Still, I remained hopeful. I decided on the Marsala Eggs Benedict: Sauteed spinach, mushrooms, and onions were placed on a sliced baguette, then topped with two poached eggs and hollandaise sauce (this normally has diced bacon on it, too, but I'd asked them to omit that). The vegetables on this were sparse, and the eggs undercooked; I had to scrape a slimy layer of uncooked whites off the top of each one. The hollandaise was on the watery side, and the addition of too much lemon juice made it sour rather than bright. A tiny cup of fruit accompanied this dish, but it didn't look very fresh or appealing. I was pretty disappointed with this dish all around. My other half tried one of the specials, another Benedict: Corn bread was to be topped with sliced avocado, creole-spiced sauteed peppers and onions, poached eggs and hollandaise sauce (chorizo was omitted at our request). When the dish arrived, though, the eggs were scrambled rather than poached. Considering how badly my eggs were poached, this was probably a blessing in disguise... but how do scrambled eggs end up on a Benedict?! Despite that strange mix-up, and the sour hollandaise sauce, the boyfriend did enjoy his dish. We were able to score some home fries in place of the meat we'd omitted, and these were actually very tasty - well seasoned, crispy little chunks of roasted potato. I'd have to say that these potatoes were the best thing I had here. Overall I was really disappointed when I left this place. A little sad, even. As far as I'm concerned, this is an IHOP masquerading as something more. Next time I have a hankering for breakfast food, I'll be heading back to Vicki's where I know the food is solid. read more

I guess i got lucky that i gotta seat in the restaurant with less than a 30 min wait based on all the negative time management reviews here... we walked in at 12 and were seated close to 12:30... Food is definitely different...Coffee is to die for...we had the costarican blend...just a near perfect kicker to start my day and get ready for the games on sunday... Choc-berry Pancakes had a lot of character with the berry sauce to pour over..choc chip pancakes were were perfectly done with the right thickness... egg whites with pesto on a skillet filled with red onions a few other toppings...killer combo...i have always been bias towards pesto...the aroma of fresh basil just kindles your appetite and i must say was very good with egg... French toasts felt a little dry to my liking..but the overall flavors were spot-on....i like my french toast very dense and sugar/egg combo char on the bread...Yummmmm!!!! A satisfied me returned home on a sunday afternoon...definitely craving for more...... until next time...... read more

We were looking for a new breakfast place and found Turning Point on a recent Sunday morning. Despite walking in a little after 9am I was surprised at the crowd and that it would be a 30 minute wait. Nevertheless, there was a generous indoor waiting area (important in the fall gloom), and once called we were efficiently taken care of by our server. The Big Easy Eggs Benedict were amazing; spicy hollandaise, sweet and savory sausage, and perfectly cooked eggs with some very nice home fries on the side. Coffee was good but plentiful and we left feeling well-fueled for the day. Will stop by again the next time we're in Westfield for shopping, but maybe later in the day after the crowds. read more

The food here is excellent!! I come here often for breakfast and it's great every time. My favorite are the egg skillets, and then I have to have the pancakes too!! Lots of options to choose from. Their coffee is great too, with a lot of speciality drinks. There's a little bit of a wait on the weekends, but their waiting area makes it bearable. Hey, if the food is good then you have to wait. Usually how it is! Our server today was so nice. It's great to see the service up to par with the food. I just moved to Cranford, so this 5 minute drive to Turning Point will be our new spot for breakfast/brunch. 5 Stars!!! read more

Turning Point - Yum!! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Westfield, New Jersey

I had high hopes given the restaurant's genuine message about serving fresh, quality breakfast/lunch. I visited Turning Point on Sunday with 3 other guests. We were told there was a 40 minute wait, and were seated 10 minutes later. Bittersweet I suppose. We placed our coffee orders first and proceeded to look at the menu. My 3 companions received their coffees, and I assumed my cappuccino took a little longer to prepare and would arrive shortly. We then placed our food orders. The food arrived, and I still had no coffee. I finally found our waitress and asked her to bring it. This must've been about 25 minutes after I placed the coffee order. She brought it within seconds, and it was ice cold. No apology. I had the Eggs Benedetto, and one of the poached eggs was exploded on the plate. The food was average. I would not recommend this place, and I will not visiting again. read more

Been many times here. Service is not so great. Food has gotten worse. Will not be back. Pretty blend and cold at serving. No air conditioning on this date. Why wouldn't you tell your customers. Did not enjoy our time. Will. It be back. read more

We have been here more than a couple of times over the last few years and today was by far the worst. Surprisingly it didn't take long to be seated...I have waited more on busy and house full days but what was strange was there were available tables ( for 2 and more) but people were still asked to wait. Either those tables were not being set up after the previous party had left or this place was short staffed today to keep things moving. It got pretty bad soon enough...we were at the table seated and waiting for our sever for over 10-15 minutes before he finally turned up. He had trouble understanding when we asked for "OJ" but got it the second time. Icing on the cake was when he got us two glasses for water with one clearly still having remnants of either washing liquid or food , in either case not good news. On being asked to replace it he mentioned that their dish washer wasn't working well and something vague about water in Westfield. The glass be replaced was dirty as well. *** I hope turning point Westfield is not going to have sick customers thanks to their bad dishwasher!!!*** As for the food- I don't know if they have new cooking staff in the kitchen but it was def off. The only good thing about the meal was the coffee and that's the 1 star for. ******** Updated 10/15/2017 Turning point management has been very quick to respond to feedback and reach out to us. We really appreciate the effort and hope to return soon. read more

I've heard many great things about Turning Point, but I was very disappointed with the food/service. 1. We were told the wait would be a half hour. It took 45 minutes to be seated. We then waited 10 minutes for the waitress to come. 2. We ordered our food when the waitress came to take our drink order, expecting the food to come faster to make up for the ridiculously long wait. We ordered 2 dishes and it took 35 minutes for the food to come to the table. 3. Lemon blueberry pancakes-- I wouldn't even call it that. I would call them "plain pancakes with some blueberries thrown on top and no lemon". The pancakes themselves were good but I wish I got what the menu described. 4. The egg skillet I got was basically partially cooked potatoes, unsauteed mushrooms, peppers and onions with some scrambled eggs thrown on top. I could've made that myself at home. I wish my experience was better because the menu actually looks/sounds really good. Also, no one was sitting at the tables outside when we got there, but there were dirty dishes with food still in them on the tables from earlier customers. When we left 2 hours later THEY WERE STILL THERE. Probably would not come back here. We would've been better off at the diner. read more

Good food, slow service. I keep coming back to see if the service improves, but as of yet......no.

Best place to go for a delicious breakfast. We have never been disappointed! Innovative & fresh choices! Nice wait staff. We'll be back. Can't wait! read more

We came here on a Thursday morning when it wasn't to busy. The hostess seated us right away but the waitress didn't show up for about 10-15 minutes which I felt like was a long time. She took our orders and was friendly. I ordered a s'mores hot chocolate and a Popeye skillet with poached eggs and my dad order a coffee and big easy omelet and we order an appetizer of avocado toast. It took 20 minutes for the drinks and appetizer to come. The avocado toast was ok, the avocado to toast ratio was off. The hot chocolate was great and the coffee was fine. The waitress didn't come back with the food for another half an hour. When the food arrived the poached eggs were basic fried eggs and were cold. The rest of the omelette was okay I guess. We asked for the check and left. I don't think that I will be coming back. The only good thing about thus was the hot chocolate and that is what the two stars are for. read more

Exciting menu selections for both food and beverages. We always take our out of town guests to this local fav spot for brunch and never disappoint! I highly recommend the banne e bache French toast - simply outstanding. The servers are knowledgable and make great recommendations for those who are overwhelmed by all the great choices. You simply can't go wrong with breakfast, brunch, or lunch here. Bring your friends, they'll thank you. read more

Turning Point - Banne e bache French toast - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Westfield, New Jersey

Decent breakfast . The presentation of food could be a tad bit better but they do make an effort . I definitely prefer the long branch location but for obvious reasons ( on the beach) . Will always come here for breakfast . Good spot. read more

Had the blueberry lemon pancakes, pork sausages and fruit bowl. Pancakes were heavy like you were eating a doughy bad muffin. Couldn't quite taste the lemon. Everything else was so so. The atmosphere is bright and family friendly but otherwise would not return. Large family crowdy get pretty loud and roudy. read more

Food was okay. Not spectacular enough for me to overlook the horrible service. Had to wait 50 minutes to get seated at tables that sat dirty and waiting to be cleared that entire time we were waiting to be seated. That to me is unacceptable. The fact that we overheard the managers complaining about the busboy being so slow and not doing anything about it is also unacceptable. We repeatedly had to ask about being seated. Then when we finally did, we waited another 15 minutes for anyone to come over. Table setting was incomplete and dishes and silverware was disgustingly dirty. The fork had left over egg particles on it and the plates were still soiled with who knows what. I just wish I took pictures. Again. Food was okay. Wish to try other menu items...but after this experience...doubt we would be coming back. read more

We came here for breakfast on new years. We had to wait about 40 mins for a table since they were packed around 9 am .The cornbread french toast was amazing and I loved the Costa Rican pressed coffee. We also tried the huevos rancheros and I wasn't amazed at all, they were bland. I would stop by again for coffee and the cornbread french toast! read more

I had the grand French toast. 3 large slices of Texas toast. Was very good. Also ordered a side of bacon. The bacon had a plastic texture to it. It was just ok. read more

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Delicious brunch and friendly staff!!! Had the Costa Rica French press which was TO DIE FOR! And the Wilbur Skillet...so good! Highly suggest for good breakfast. All I would suggest is some mimosas on the menu. read more

Turning Point - Wilbur Skillet (no avocado) with rye and a fruit cup! So good! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Westfield, New Jersey

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Awesome brunch and the potatoes are delicious. I usually get the Wilburn Skillet. I love this place! read more

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I have given this place so many chances but it is consistently the SLOWEST restaurant. I keep trying to give it "another chance" but no more... once again, it took an hour+ to receive our food (nothing complicated - we are talking avocado toast here)... next to impossible to hail down our server.. for the average food, completely not worth it. Don't come here unless you are willing to burn 2-3 hours. read more

Horrible service and overly priced, mediocre food. I've tried going here twice and it's been awful both times. Good luck finding a server to assist you! They will ignore your table for long periods of time and it's impossible to get help. Food tends to be dry and just meh in general. Definitely won't be going back! read more

Reason I didn't give this place a 5 is because I have been here a couple of times , and getting a good server is close to a miracle. It happens don't get me wrong , but not often enough. So their service could be better , but their food is delicious. I have tried 4 different plates and loved every single one of them. My favorite breakfast/brunch place read more

Had breakfast outside at the turning point this morning, best practice we have months. I had the Popeye skillet, it was fresh, very very perfectly cooked, and delicious. My wife had waffles and they were also perfect. Service was excellent, could not have been happier. read more

Turning point, turned out to be really good. The customer service wasn't that bad as well. We did have a great waiter, he was on the dot with everything. But I do recommend that you check in online because of how packed it can get it, especially on the weekends. I ended up devouring the whole chicken and waffles, although it did have too much sauce for me I really can't complain. My boyfriend ended up really enjoying his veggie sandwich, which is funny because he really is more of a meat person . The s'mores shake was really amazing and had tons of flavor, as well as the latte I needed up getting . The only thing we seemed to disagree on was the dessert, my boyfriend ended up liking it and well I really didn't. The baked dessert consisted of apples wrapped with bacon with some cinnamon. My reason for not favoring this particular dessert was due to its flavor . The bacon was more burnt, therefore it tasted more smokey and I really couldn't get that apple flavor. It seemed to me as if it was probably over baked since the apples were also very mushy. Or maybe that's really how it's suppose to be. Than again this is my opinion, my boyfriend loved it and said he would very much order it again. He loved the combination of the flavors and didn't really mind dipping it all in the cinnamon. It doesn't hurt to give it a try, again just make sure to call ahead and see if they're busy and get an open table online ! read more

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This was just a terrible experience. The service was awful - took 20 minutes just to get the waitress to come over. My boyfriend ordered the berry pancakes which had burnt chocolate sauce on it and only 4 small strawberry slices. I ordered the Wilbur skillet and not only was it cold the avocado was rotten. Waitress was no where to be found once again. She finally came over and asked how our food was and I asked her to get the manager and take my meal off the check as I hadn't touched it and wasn't going to eat it. She didn't ask if I wanted anything else and argued with me that the avocado gets brown because it's cooked. I calmly explained that cooking an avocado does not cause it to rot. As we were trying to get the managers attention, he ran off to the kitchen to hide and when we finally got the check, there was only a 2.00 discount. We had already been there for almost an hour and a half at this point so we just decided to pay the check and leave but we will never be going back. read more

Turning Point - Rotten avocado I picked out of my food. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Westfield, New Jersey

The wait was about 20 minutes on a Saturday morning at ten. I ordered the huevos rancheros., it is a spin on traditional huevos. The portion was huge. The French press sinful blend was soft and flavorful. Would go back for brunch anytime. read more

We arrived on the morning of July 5th. We were told 25 minutes. Not a problem since we walked around Westfield. When we returned 25 minutes later we were told we had to wait another 30 minutes. We sat in the lounge and after asking about 25 minutes later for a status we were told that the kitchen was backed up and they couldn't seat tables for another 50 minutes. I asked to speak with the manager who never came out. The restaurant was filled with empty tables covered in dirty dishes and there were packs of servers just standing in front of the door of the kitchen. I understand long waits on weekends but that was excessive and shocking based on the relatively small breakfast menu. We wound up going around the corner to the Westfield diner which was wonderful. read more

Revisited on a Sunday morning. The good news is they allow you to call ahead to put your name on the waiting list so the wait isn't painful. They even have a lounge area where they offer free coffee while you wait. Do yourself the favor and cal ahead on weekends. We ordered the Hawaiian French Toast which was covered in bananas, strawberries, and shredded coconut. Very tasty. They give you 3 slices, each covered with the toppings. We also had a side order of turkey sausage. 3 links cooked fresh. My daughter had the basic omelette and was impressed. The French Press Coffee of the day was the Winter Blend. It was outstanding. The service was friendly but spotty at times. The waitress forgot a third glass and it took a long time to get our 2nd pot of coffee. We had to ask for Creme because she forgot to bring it. It did take a while to get our meals. Overall, it was a very good experience. The food was very good, staff was friendly, and the prices are very fair for the amount of food and the quality. A place that is this busy will always have a hiccup or two with service. read more

I went here for Mother's Day! There was a wait, as everywhere in Mother's Day, but not too bad. The food was amazing! Great portions! And the price unbelievable! We had 8 people in our party and the bill came out to around $70!!! I was very impressed! They have a sitting area outside, but it was closed when we got there due to the rain. As soon as the rain cleared up they opened the area! I can't wait to go back there!! read more

Had the chicken and waffles. Was absolutely amazing, great sauce. Great drinks too. Worth the wait if there is a line.