Hemingway's Cafe - Seaside Heights

Great spot very close to the beach in Seaside Heights NJ. Great atmosphere, pool tables, live music, great food. The as usual I tried their Buffalo Wings. Perfectly crisp and just the right amount of heat. The stuffed Lobster tail was less expensivethan I thought it should be, but it was tender and juicy and the stuffing was delicious. Try the Street Corn, amazing. My wifeand her sister each had the Bacon wrapped Beef Medallions. My brother in law had the Flat Iron Steak. All of us had the streetcorn. My wife had to try the Lava Cake, it was really good. You should definitely try Hemingway's Cafe. Cheers.

Still the best clientele in Seaside. Had these wonderful filet mignon medallions wrapped in bacon and the fingerlings are over the top.

Very nice restaurant located a couple blocks from the beach welcoming diners with a very nice decor and five star restaurant feel. Service here can get really busy so call ahead. You can come hang at the bar and listen to a live DJ, or dine outside on aclear day. The food is pretty good not amazing and the prices are a bit on the higher side. This place gets most of its charmpoints for the great atmosphere they have there and a nice wait staff.

Maybe we were there on a bad night. We had a reservation, but some unseen, cowardly manager told their hostess to tell everyone with a reservation (like us) that our reservation wouldn 't be honored. The 'why ' seemed a little weird, because supposedly thekitchen was backed up so they wouldn 't take any more seatings, but if we went to the bar area we could order food there. Huh??So our group of 12 did go to the bar area where our terrific bartender saved the day. He took our food and drink orders and didwhat he could to make our unhappy group have a good time. The place itself is nice and could be fantastic if all the areas wereup to speed, but sadly they are not. As I mentioned, our bartender was terrific, and the hostess did the best she could with animpossible mission. As for management- they need to make some better decisions; if we had been told we would be seated but therewas an excellent chance the food was going to be very delayed- this would have been a four or five star review. And again -maybe this was just a one-off bad night. If it was, they 'll probably do just fine. But if this is standard operating procedure-I hope the new owners run the place much better.

My sister and I walked the strip looking for a place for dinner. Found awesome food with quality presentation, friendly great service and really nice ambiance. Very clean too worth visiting again and again!