Hang Out - BRICK

OMG, UGH! My hubby I received floor seat tickets to Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden for March 21st back in December so hubby went on the hunt for restaurants we have always wanted to go to but never got there bc we 're in South Jersey. We had seen the show Jersey Shore which always attended there with huge Italian Seafood Portions. So, we decided we go there before our concert. Took us about 1 1/2 hrs to get there. Not impressed when we pulled in. Then when you walk in, didn 't know whether to seat ourselves or wait for someone. No one came so we just headed towards the back and found a table. The inside had a weird odor btw. Waitress came pretty quick as it was empty except for the bar. Gave us the menus with a special menu for the day (Thursday). We told her we were from SJ and not familiar with the specials or menus so she told us what the drafts of the day were (Miller or Bud Light). Then showed us the page of all the beers on tap/bottle a couple wine choices. Seeing the prices, I was not about to order a 14oz Stella for $8, so I chose the Bud Light Special Draft of $2.50. I didn 't know it was going to be a tiny glass of maybe 6oz. We placed 2 appetizers to share, the Baked Stuffed Clams (3), and the Crabs Stuffed with Lump Crabmeat (4). Lump crabmeat????? LOL!!! Tiny mushrooms with canned crabmeat, not lump either! The clams....Definitely Frozen and stuffed with awful breading. I 've had better from Shoprite! For dinner, hubby ordered Steak Sinatra . It was like getting a steak from a diner with half melted mozzarella on it served over yucky mashed with greens in brown sauce. Not good! Before I ordered, I specifically asked the waitress about their bowl of Mussels in red with garlic bread. I asked, is it a red gravy or is it a thin spicy broth. She said thin broth. I said, yes and was so excited as I Love Mussels in Fra Diavolo! She brought me these horrible fishy, gooey Mussels in a horrible thick orangy sauce with onions. The worst I 've ever tasted!! Couldn 't eat it, asked her nicely to take it away. She saw I didn 't eat it, asks if I want it wrapped....I squinched my face to let her know that it along goes with saying , Oh God No . I asked for another draft and said, I need to get that taste out of my mouth. I was Not Rude about it either as she even laughed!! To make this worse to the start to our evening, she didn 't even take the Mussels off the bill!!!!! Hello?! Add insult to injury why don 't you! Rivolis: Shame on You!!!!!! And Shame on the waitress, FRANCESCA, for not apologizing for the rotten Mussels NOT even offering to take them off my bill, considering they were so bad, I didn 't eat them told her why!!! 1 Star bc I can 't give less. Word to the wise, avoid this place!

Always great. Especially Football days eg College or NFL. Great selection of big TVs. Great menu. I usually have the Rivoli burger bacon with fried onions comes with fries. Our servers are always nice to us. New thing I didn't know about half price For Men on Monday's.

Not a bad place for a beer and burger. Once you are inside you'd never know you were in a strip mall. Despite the fact that it's pretty dark in here we found a place at the bar. They don't have an extensive craft selection but they have 4 or 5 decent local beers. My brother and I decided to split an order of buffalo chicken wings. They were lightly breaded with very little sauce on them. The sauce lacked that vinegary zip it should have. I ordered a turkey club on rye toast but all they had was white bread which I thought was a bit odd. I took the wonder bread toasted, and it came out with a nice dill spear, decent freshly made fries, and tasteless coleslaw. The sandwich wasn't bad. The bacon gave it saltiness and texture. Their one man band I thought annoying but didn't rate the bar on that aspect. The bartender I'd give a 3 star rating. He was busy and pretty efficient but I shouldn't have to ask for a glass of water 4 times.

I'm giving them three stars for one reason only and that is the super nice and friendly bartender Monica and her infectious smile. As far as the food Meh! Sorry but they manage to make Bell Evens chicken wings taste bad and that is not an easy thing to do. And, cardboard with tomato sauce they call pizza well enough said. And, no wine list looses them a star just on that. However, happy were the beer guzzlers sitting around the bar all with a $6 pitcher of draft beer in front of them life is good. Bottom line: A two star dining experience at best but Monica saved the day for them!

The service here is beyond awful. I ordered take out at 5:30 and it wasn't ready until 7:30. And when I got my order home, the wings and sliders were missing. Beyond awful. This was at the beginning of quarantine so I was trying to support local businesses but this one may as well close down. Yikes.