Mantoloking Road Pub

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  Average food and shady people

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  Posted on 01.13.13 Shawn B.

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  I know that the chef running the kitchen has changed twice since the last reviews were written here. The pizza is now awesome. The chef prepares it using corn meal instead of flour to keep it from sticking to the oven and it adds a really nice flavor to the thin crust pie. The wraps and burgers are as good a quality as you'll find at a diner or other small establishment in the area. Nothin' fancy, but good hot food.
  
  The bartenders are very knowledgeable in mixing any drink I've ever ordered there. The drinks are a bit too large though-mixed drinks are served in pint glasses. I'd personally rather have a smaller, fresh drink, but at least when the bar gets busy, you're covered. The wait staff is also good. You'll get a good meal and drink as well as have some fun with either DJ Al or the live music booked in.
  
  This is a mostly older mature crowd but the kids show up for a drink in the summer before heading to Point Beach-well at least they used to.
  
  My wife and I go there about twice a month and always enjoy it.

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  Posted on 11.09.12 Tom M.

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  This is a nice neighborhood bar, but I wouldn't go for the food.  Have met friends there several times and have yet to eat anything I would recommend.  On the othe hand they mix a mean martini!  Very friendly place.

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  Posted on 05.15.12 Diane S.

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  The only reason why I'm giving this place one star is because I couldn't give them no stars. I have eaten here before; just at the bar, a bar pie (which was ok) and fried mushrooms (hard to mess up.) But today I was looking for a place nearby to have dinner with my mom to a place she'd never been before, and we decided to go there. Big mistake.
  
  The sign outside said you could get 2 burgers for $9.99. Pretty good deal. So we go in and order drinks and I check out the menu. It states:
  
  Try our burgers! Choose:
  
  Hand-molded beef
  Hand-molded turkey
  Veggie
  Chicken breast
  
  All of these were priced at around 7.99. It was 8.99 if you got extras like bacon and cheese and stuff. So I ask the waitress if we can get the special for 9.99, but get extras like cheese, and she tells me its $1 more. Then I ask if I can get a turkey burger. I don't like beef. Even tho I'm a huge foodie. I know, I'm weird. Moving on.
  
  She tells me that the chef won't do the "burger" special unless it's a beef burger. I told her I was happy to pay extra for it if that was the problem, since all their burgers on the menu- beef, chicken, etc., are the same price.
  
  She says "No, he won't do it, they've been doing it a couple of years, and he just says it has to be beef. You can still order two burgers, but if one's turkey and one's beef you'll both have to pay full price." At 8.99. Apiece.
  
  Hmmm. So I ask the waitress to please go in the back and ask how much it would be for me to get turkey instead. She comes back and says, "No. He won't do it. Order something else instead."
  
  So I asked for our bill. I'm not spending my money- and more importantly, my calories- in a place where a chef is that unreasonable. Its 2010. Not everyone eats beef. You should cater to your customers. Plus, we're in a recession. I figured any business you can get in a restaurant right now, you should take. It's not like you're in Manhattan. I would have happily paid extra money if that was the issue, but to have an extensive burger list, advertise 2 BURGERS (not just BEEF burgers) for $10 then expect us to pay $19 for two is ridiculous. I paid for my mom's drink (which, admittedly was pretty good: a vodka and cranberry as a pint glass, and was mixed really well) and we walked out. Although I would rather support locally- owned places, we went to Carrabba's instead, which had much more reasonably priced- and presumably, much tastier- food than the menu at this place.
  
  Oh, and I just checked the online menu on the website. It is definitely older than the one I was given tonight- online the menu says 6.99 for wings and the menu tonight said 8.99! The rest of their menu was  overpriced too.

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  Posted on 03.31.10 Lizzie K.

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