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Mar 24, 2008 by Nicholas Guiliano from Philadelphia
Overall Rating: 1
Food:[1] • Service:[6] • Atmosphere:[7]

• Parking was easy.
• Speak with my physician.

“When you go to Toms River, don't drink the water, but most importantly, do not eat at the Old Time Tavern. I had been going to the Old Time Tavern for most of my adult life; the prime rib was always superb. I had not been there in 10 years, so Sunday I brought my family there for dinner, while we were traveling through the area, and we had a meal, that for everyone, including the kids was something that could otherwise be found in a can of Alpo Dog Food. My prime rib was nasty, it tasted nasty, it looked nasty and it was very nasty. Served with soapy mashed potatoes and vegetables, some of which were overcooked and some of which were not cooked at all. It was putrid. My wife had some kind of Chicken Bruchetta, which was disgusting and served on spinach. It looked like someone poured chicken soup on a mangy chicken breast, which I can tell was older than our five year old. My son, age 10, had some fried macaroni and cheese, which when you opened the fried crust, would leak vegetable oil from the innards of the elbow noodles, even that salad and bread were nasty and stale. To top it off, desert was of an institutional quality, in little dishes that one might encounter at the cafeteria at the local hospital, or some elementary school lunchroom served out of a can. They make it all inclusive fruit bowl, soup, salad, coffee and the prison desert to attract the wheelchair and above 60 crowd from the surrounding seizure villages. I used to really like the restaurant but boy what a disappointment. I should have known when I saw the parking lot empty, the handicapped spots all filled, and a bunch of grey panthers wearing hats, that I was better off down the road at White Castle.”