Eric C.'s Profile

I've been extremely impressed with this place since it opened.  I've eaten here a couple times before writing this review and I've never been disappointed.  It's the only sit down, be waited on type of restaurant on campus.  The food is excellent and the atmosphere is upbeat, yet classy.  They have a number of TV's, with 3 Wii consoles set up for the video gamers, a pool table, a foosball table, an air hockey table, as well as a non-alcoholic bar.  They also have really good specials, depending on the day you come in.  On Tuesdays, they have all you can eat tacos for about $8 if I remember correctly.  Today (Saturday) I got a Chimichanga meal for only $5!  And remember, all the food is good.  Try it out, you will be impressed.

I love this place.  The food is extremely good and the sushi is by far the best in town.  

Unfortunately, the last few times I've eaten here (in groups of 6+) the service has been terrible.  I believe the bad service can be accounted for by the fact that Francis' recently started offering All-You-Can-Eat sushi.  Anytime we order All-You-Can-Eat, the orders take forever, the sushi never comes out right, you can't tell what's what (even the servers don't know), things end up missing, you get things you didn't order.

Last night, we spent over 2 1/2 hours in the restaurant.  Our first round of sushi came out missing a few items, so we ordered another round to replace what was missing.  IT TOOK ALMOST AN HOUR TO GET OUR SECOND ROUND!  This was of course a disaster to the people who weren't eating sushi and had already finished their meals.  They were basically waiting on us.  So by the time we got our sushi, it was a mad rush to eat and go.

There's not doubt that I will go back in the future, but I recommend not going with a large group of people who will be ordering All-You-Can-Eat.

PF Changs never disappoints me.  I always look forward to eating here.  I've been going here for quite a long time, but my Fiancé (who recently found she was gluten intolerant) have found PF Changs to have one of the best gluten free menu's in town.  What's great about their gluten free menu is that they take some of their best dishes (which are not gluten free) and modify them to make them gluten free.  Most places will create a gluten free menu based on dishes that are already gluten free.

With that being said, I've never tried anything on the menu that I didn't like.  I'm coming to find that I like everything on the GF menu as well.  For GF dishes, try the Chicken Lettuce Wraps, Chang's Spicy Chicken, the fried rice, or the street noodles.  For regular dishes, try the Hot and Sour Soup, Chicken Lettuce Wraps, the Asian Ribs, Salt and Pepper Calamari, Chang's Spicy Chicken, Orange Peel Chicken, or the Crispy Honey Shrimp.

I promise you won't be disappointed!

I was entirely impressed with this little place in the Somersett Town Center.  The atmosphere was classy and the people were nice.  They also have a great selection of bottled wines available for purchase.

We started off with drinks.  My Fiance got the Top Shelf Margarita and I got the Draft Beer Sampler (4 small glasses of your choice).  We ordered the Chicken Nachos as an appetizer, which was baked in the oven with the chips, chicken, and cheese, before adding the salsa and guacamole (amazing).  My Fiancé got the Caesar salad, which was huge, but could have used some more dressing.  I got the Copenhagen Gyro, which again was huge, and delicious.  It came with fresh, homemade potato chips, which were also really good.  

I was really amazed by how good the food was for a small place like that which is more of a beer and wine place (just read the name).  We are excited to go back next Friday.

I remember when this place first opened.  I was in high school and this place was right down the street, so it made for a good, quick lunch stop.  I had never had Thai food before, so I choose what I found to be the most familiar food on the menu, the Hot and Sour soup.  I love Hot and Sour soup, but Thai Hot and Sour soup is completely different than the Chinese Hot and Sour soup everyone knows.  In my opinion, it was terrible, probably because it wasn't what I was expecting.  

Needless to say I never went back for the longest time until one of my friends started raving about their lunch specials and how I had to try the Chicken Black Pepper and Garlic.  So, I did, and let me tell you it was amazing!  I continued to go back to this place 3-4 times a month, trying everything I could (I was no longer afraid the try the things I'd never heard of before).  Since that first day, I've never ordered something I didn't like.  

My personal all-time favorites are the Pud Thai (best in the area), Non-Sizzling Platter, Chicken with Bean Thread Noodles, Fresh Spring Rolls, Chicken Black Pepper and  Garlic, Chicken Yellow Curry, Super Chicken Prikking, Cucumber Salad, and Rote.

Who would have thought this little place would have such amazingly good food.  I had the Hawaiian burger one of the first times I went there and haven't been able to stray away from it.  The burgers are cooked to perfection with very good quality meat.  Nobody has ever been disappointed when we go there.  They also have an extensive selection of draft beers and signature cocktails.  Go try this place out. I promise you will not be disappointed.

If there's one thing you need to know about Claim Jumper, it's that you get a LOT of food.  We always go during happy hour and sit in the tavern area, where you don't have to wait to be seated.  You seat yourself.  The happy hour specials are between $2-6, which is an amazing deal.  The food never disappoints and I always leave with leftovers for tomorrow's lunch.  I recommend off the happy hour menu: mini tri-tip dips, chicken wings, soft pretzel with cheese, the California chicken quesadilla, and the CJ Hefeweizen.

If you want a real, authentic, all-beef, foot-long hotdog, you go to Sinbad's.  There's just no question about it.  Sinbad's hotdogs are by far the best hotdogs I've ever had, and I've had a lot of hotdogs.   My signature hotdog is a cheese dog with ketchup, spicy brown mustard, mayonnaise, dill relish, tomatoes, pepperoncini  rings and a little bit of sauerkraut underneath the fresh grated cheese.  Doesn't get any better than that.  Try  ordering that off the menu!  If you aren't into my custom hotdog, they have regular dogs, grated cheese dogs, nacho cheese dogs, kraut dogs, chili dogs and double chili dogs.  And don't forget the polish sausage hotdogs.

Let's be honest.  Pho 21 sounds like it would be a good, inexpensive lunch place.  Unfortunately, it isn't that good.  The noodle bowls taste like nothing more than noodles in hot water.  There is almost no flavor.

The only thing that saved this place from a 1 star rating from me is the raw spring rolls.  I would go there just for the spring rolls to be honest.