Reviews for Land & Sea Restaurant in Fair Lawn, NJ
It pains me to say but this place has gone downhill in recent years. The first time I visited was pre-pandemic during a storm.... At an hour when other places in the area had closed, the Land & Sea provided a highly-rated dining experience and a cozy shelterfrom the rain. The food was amazing and the waitresses couldn't have been friendlier. And so I decided to add a new place to mydining list. However, I have noticed a decline in food quality the past few times I've been here this year. And my diningexperience the other night emphasized this. The scrambled eggs I ordered came with soft green particles on the inside- mergedinto the yolk- and the bacon was highly chewy, despite being overcooked. The pancakes, though, were still pretty good and theyprovided the only good and edible quality to the meal. It's just a shame as the waitresses were still as friendly as ever, and Icouldn't help but feel bad for them through the restaurant's decline and lack of customers in recent months. I've only orderedbreakfast/lunch items while dining here (eggs, wraps, etc), whereas other members in my party have gotten specials and otherdinner meals. And I will say that breakfast and lunch seem to be the main categories that this restaurant provided well, despitecertain food issues. I can't speak for the management, though I suppose that tacking off the reliance on restaurant-qualitymeals may assist the quality of its better category options. But for now, since it's the food that's the focus, it's also thefood that's keeping me from returning anytime soon. Read more
Been here a few times in the last couple of months. The food is honestly just terrible. We were the only people in the diner... the one time, and it was dinner time. Should have been a clue. Today got the steak, big mistake. Was completely raw. Got thelobster bisque with it (thought, what the hell). The lumps in the bisque I thought might be lobster (even imitation meat wouldhave been okay) were just congeled goop. Veggies were definitely frozen bag, overboiled with no flavor. The place is definitelyNOT what it used to be. To the people who say, 'don't order this, don't order that...it's a diner...' Then they should havespecials on their menu. If you want good fresh food I'd stay clear and go somewhere like the Gotham Diner. Read more
THE BEST ONION RINGS EVER!!!! Love this place! Not only am I Greek, but I'm a Jersey Girl, so I've been to many diners. This... place has the ambiance of those classic REAL GREEK diners from back in the day. Read more
Earlier today, I had an order delivered from Land and Sea via UberEats. Unfortunately, I left a vague but positive review from... the food that was delivered. I want to correct that. In particular, the eggplant rollatini. I have never tasted such perfecteggplant rollatini. The eggplant was firm but tender, perfect amount of cheese, and the feeling was creamy, luscious, andflavorful. If I could have this everyday, I would. Was a very decent portion, as well. Read more
History at its finest.. as a kid, my parents would take us there every Friday night or, maybe Saturday, but the owner would come... over and converse with my dad and I felt like royalty. I guess my dad ate allot, and they just knew him well. We ate fulldinners and they lasted two days and were really good. You have to realize, I'm not from Jersey any more and menu's aren'tlike novels. You do not get millions of choices. To have so many choices and make the dishes that well, is prettyimpressive. Plus, as we were leaving, my friend got to chat with the owners son which brought happy memories to him which madethe whole evening a win win. Way side dinner, landed and sea you will always have a special place in my heart. Ps. If you need ajob. And you are an honest worker and want to work for a really good man, go here. You will have a great place to be. Read more
My family and I were there last night . We has horrible service,food was cold, . Waitress wasn't freindly-(no personality) she... didn't ask if we needed anything or how was everything until we were almost done.my husband felt ill that night from the burger,the lobster ravioli looked like it was frozen and not cooked right. I ordered chicken cordon bleu- with the pasta under thechicken. Had to get the pasta on the side . Waitress brought it out then didn't come back til we were done.i am never goingback again- Read more
I wish I was able to leave no stars. I ordered via DoorDash and was surely disappointed. Waited over an hour and was delivered... BS! The French toast was just done lightly toasted bread! The Greek salad was HORRIBLE! Everything was cut LARGE. It had hugechunks of feta, cucumbers, tomatoes and bell peppers! None of the instructions were followed! The balsamic vinegarette dressingtastes expired. The calamari was undercooked, soggy and just nasty. I stated WELL DONE. This was BARELY COOKED! This entireorder is a hazard. Do not order from here. I really wished I checked the reviews. Thank goodness I was able to get a refund.Nothing was edible. I honestly don?t know why they?re still open. Someone needs to buy it and either fire or retrain the entirekitchen staff. This is ridiculous. Read more
The place was clean and beautiful. They had good service. The food was okay for the price and I guess the portion was also... right. Read more