The Good Eats Experience

This was supposed to be dine in since we walked there from our hotel in the cold and rain. After paying 100.00 for 4 plates of food; we sat in the restaurant an hour waiting on our order to be prepared! Yes, they had food ready. Yes, other customers came in after us ate or ordered and still left before us. An employee noticed that we still hadn't been given our order and eventually asked the other workers about it. We finally received our order, as my husband was going to ask for a full refund. Then after leaving the restaurant, because we didn't want to sit there any longer, we found we didn't have enough eating utensils in the bag to eat our long awaited food back in our hotel room. There wasn't really much good about our experience. The food was fine.

Asked for sauce on the side and it was DRENCHED in sauce. Sauce was eh didn’t give garlic butter or Alfredo. My salmon was very soggy because of all the sauce and grease. Best thing on the plate was literally the corn. I expected more especially being someone who has followed the instagram page for so long. Food was made fast but it was not worth it at all.

Well, well, well, we finally found a restaurant that knows how to cook some great comfort soul food, and not to say there aren't any others. I've seen them advertise a lot on social media, and with the name and pictures of their food, we were attracted to go there. When we walked into The Good Eats Experience located at 85 Mulberry Street in Newark NewJersey in a really nice neighborhood, we were surprised to see that the restaurant was tiny, but the aroma caught us. Drawings on the walls talk about who they are. To select your food, it's done online and was a little confusing as to where this and that was. Therefore, the person behind the counter had to help me. I was interested in their baked macaroni and cheese, so I asked for it as a side dish and let me say it was delicious. You could taste the variety of cheeses along with other seasonings that made this dish delicious. Along with that, my selection was jerk chicken, rice, and yams. I enjoyed their version of jerk chicken as it wasn't too spicy, but I couldn't taste the jerk seasoning, but let me say it was sooooo good. They manage to season the rice along with a sauce that enhanced it to another great level. Then there were the wonderful yams dripping with flavor. Perfectly cooked made them melt in your mouth. The next dish was primarily the same, but he wanted buffalo chicken tenders. However, his sides were the same as mine, but when we were practically in Jersey City Heights and we opened the container, they didn't include his sides. I heard this is a problem with their service. I called the restaurant, and the owner was very nice and removed his dish from the bill. Thank you very much, Jazzo. Overall, we enjoyed the food and the experience we had. Maybe behind the counter could look a little more organized to the eye, and gloves should be worn when serving food, but the overall look of the restaurant was very nice. The two gentlemen behind that counter were very nice, and the portions were great. Of course, they didn't know upfront why we were there, so I guess the portions were the way they serve everyone. I'm going back one day to see the improvements. I really enjoy going to The Good Eats Experience, and on a scale of 1-10, I give them 8.5. This is because two sides were forgotten and the tidiness of where the food was being served from. Would I go back and recommend for you to try their food, of course. Go and taste greatness and home cooked food at its best. Tell them Chef Rene Hewitt sent you.

The honey garlic wings are so good I've been back 4 times. The yams are also really good. The mac & cheese, sexy wings, meatballs and fried corn are just alright in my opinion. Waffles were my least favorite. I've found ways to work around the slow service by ordering online. A few times my order has been ready earlier than the estimated time. I recommend calling to make sure they're open before going to the restaurant. Update: Food is still consistently on point but last week my wing and meatball combo had no meatballs so I had to drive back to the restaurant for them. I do recommend checking your pick up order before leaving.

This is actually my third time ordering from this restaurant and I wanted to wait to review based on the other reviews I’ve seen. Mainly for consistency. Now, I ordered through UberEats. I did not go in person because people have complained about the extreme wait time and bad service. Now 1st order, Mac and cheese was Mac and cheesing. They called for my “don’t put anything on my broccoli” request, which was great, right. Only issue was that they did not put sauce on the side, I HATE a soggy wing or any soggy food for that matter. The second order, still didn’t listen to my request for the sauce on the side and there was a puddle of sauce in the bottom of my tray, Mac was still Mac’in though. Third times the charm right? no… although they did listen to my “sauce on the side” request. This time evening was soggy because they aren’t using the sectioned containers (for whatever reason) so the broccoli juice did what….🤬 AND the Mac and cheese has left the building, it was highly under seasoned, which is a HUGE no-no. Consistency is key for me and when the food is not up to par all the time. It’s an issue. Went from good to nah, I’m not doing that again. Also did not receive my Jazzo lemonade… Will not order again or recommend to anyone else moving forward…

If you was to ask me 2 years ago id definitely say this is the place to go to. But the food was not it. I got fruity pebbles waffles and honey bbc wings and Mac n cheese. And fried salmon yams and Mac n cheese . And some tea. Only thing I enjoyed were the waffles. The chicken had a sour taste nothing honey to it at all. The yams tasted like carrots. Didn't add nothing to it. And the Mac n cheese had to much of everything and not enough of real cheese. Tasted like cheese sauce . The salmon had no taste to it at all. Idk what happened to this place but please bring back the old chef if that's what it is . 😭

Stopped in hoping for a simple, decent cup of coffee and a meal, but unfortunately, this experience was awful from start to finish. The coffee was completely burnt — bitter and undrinkable. When I politely mentioned it, I was told I was wrong and that “the coffee wasn’t burnt.” The rudeness and lack of basic customer service were shocking. It was so unpleasant I couldn’t even finish my meal. To make matters worse, everything was overpriced for the quality and service. I will never step foot in this diner again. There are plenty of places nearby that actually value their customers and know how to brew a fresh pot of coffee.

I placed an order for door dash yesterday at 7:01 pm. When I went to go pick the up the order yesterday the first thing the male with the glasses said to me was,” just to let you guys know, we start cleaning up around 7:30”. Not only that they were cleaning up table behind the counter while there were orders still on the table. He then handed my order with the most rudest attitude. This is still the same male by the way. Then I the food wasn’t to my liking at all. This spot is definitely overrated for sure.