So this is super exciting. I have been wanting to try this restaurant called Teak in Red Bank for a while now. It's a little bit pricey, so I haven't been... but it looked like a great place and a lot of fun. I actually won a gift card from a Facebook page called Jersey Shore in Motion. If you live near the Jersey Shore or vacation at The Jersey Shore... I highly recommend checking out the page. It's a great page for food all around the Jersey Shore... they were super nice and helpful when I won the contest. I guessed the amount of Candy Corn in a jar and I won that whole jar of Candy Corn and a $100 gift card to any Jersey Shore in Motion Restaurant... so that was cool.
The Bar/ The Wait/ The Service.
I didn't get a drink from the bar at all, but my friend and I got a coke... which was on the house... really really nice! It was busy, but it didn't take long... I was impressed with the service at the bar!
There was a wait for the table. I think they said 35-40 minutes... I think it was less than that. I'm not sure quite when we got to the restaurant... I would imagine after 7:30 and the table itself was ready at 8.
It was a busy night... which I'll get to... but the service was super nice! Everyone was really helpful. The waitress answered all of our questions and gave us suggestions if something else ran out... and she informed us on the special that was going on... apparently Monday Nights at Teak they have a pre-set menu and everything is half priced!!!!! Which is amazing! I'll talk about that menu in a bit... but yeah. That's why it was busy.
Also I was there with my friends and we were all catching up... everyone had something interesting going on... and we stayed for a while just talking before ordering and after we finished paying... and no one tried to rush us out of the tables or anything... and we were there till close. We were the last people at a table... so thats really nice of the staff to let us stay and catch up. A lot of restaurants really really rush you out. I thought it was nice that they kind of let us stay.
The Restaurant
The restaurant isn't huge... it was kind of loud because it was so busy. It was very pretty on the inside and it just really looks cool. I thought the bar was kind of nicely placed in the restaurant... and yeah. It was just nice! Fancy place... and it was loud but you could still hear your own conversations.
Menu
I get kind of upset when the restaurant doesn't offer the whole menu... but I think that they still had quite a bit of choices. They had a lot of small hot and cold plates... so there were a lot of options for everything... They had 3 noodle dishes that all sounded amazing and 3 or 4 large plates... all really good choices... it took us a while to decide.
I was a little disappointed they didn't have KFC wings... because thats my new favorite thing to order at asian fusion places... but it was really good.
Drink
I had the Mojito... my friend Georgie was RAVING about this mojito, she said that it was the best Mojito she had ever had... and I had to try it. It was really nice and fresh. It was just the right amount of mint... and it just reminded me of how much I love Mojitos. I need to order them more! So yummy!
Drinks were not part of the 1/2 price special.
Appetizers
So we each got the Lobster Bisque. The menu had a Butternut Squash soup that sounded really good... they were out of that by the time we ordered it, so the waitress suggested the Lobster Bisque and it was really good! It wasn't the freshest lobster ever... but I was still really impressed with it. The soup itself was nice and creamy. There were croutons and Creme Fresh... at least I think it was creme fresh... some sort of sour cream lol. It was really good.
We also got the Pork Pot Stickers and those were really good too! There were 4 of us, we got 2 orders so that we could each get 2. They were really really good! If you were just going for drinks and snacks, this would be a good one. It was spicy... but because it was small and there weren't a lot... it was perfect. I really liked it!
Meal
I had the Asian BBQ Chicken. It came with mashed potatoes, grilled asparagus, and yellow ahi panka sauce... not sure what that is.there were some noodle things on top that tasted a little like sweet potato... there were just a lot of yummy flavors. The chicken was super nice and tender. The mashed potatoes were perfect. The BBQ sauce was really yummy and not spice... it was just perfect. So delicious. It's $24 regularly but of corse with the half off it was $12. I even kind of liked the asparagus... which usually I don't eat... but again everything is very fresh at the restaurant and it just tasted kind of like zucchini... so I kind of liked it... I kind of didn't but I still ate some and didn't hate it.
So that was pretty amazing. I was super impressed... it was really yummy.
Desserts
I had something called the Rotini Rolls... It was Malaysian Pancake Rolls served with Nutella Ice Cream. It wasn't a huge dessert... so it was good after a big meal. The Nutella Ice Cream was homemade and it had crunchy things in it. It was a very small scoop but it was really nice. The pancakes were pretty good too... They were like cakes though... they tasted a little like pancakes I guess... idk if that's the best way to explain it. It was good though! My friends got a Molten Lava Cake with a homemade ice cream with Graham Cracker Crumbles... that was tasty too. That might have been the best molten lava cake.
BTW I'm just saying yes to dessert now even if I'm full. I would rather have desserts than a sore stomach. Lol.
Overall highly highly recommend checking it out if you're in the Jersey Area... if you want to get food on Monday... this is a great one! I really really loved it! My friends seemed to like their meals too... it was really nice. Fun night.
Byeee! Hope you guys liked this review!
-Shannon
The Bar/ The Wait/ The Service.
I didn't get a drink from the bar at all, but my friend and I got a coke... which was on the house... really really nice! It was busy, but it didn't take long... I was impressed with the service at the bar!
There was a wait for the table. I think they said 35-40 minutes... I think it was less than that. I'm not sure quite when we got to the restaurant... I would imagine after 7:30 and the table itself was ready at 8.
It was a busy night... which I'll get to... but the service was super nice! Everyone was really helpful. The waitress answered all of our questions and gave us suggestions if something else ran out... and she informed us on the special that was going on... apparently Monday Nights at Teak they have a pre-set menu and everything is half priced!!!!! Which is amazing! I'll talk about that menu in a bit... but yeah. That's why it was busy.
Also I was there with my friends and we were all catching up... everyone had something interesting going on... and we stayed for a while just talking before ordering and after we finished paying... and no one tried to rush us out of the tables or anything... and we were there till close. We were the last people at a table... so thats really nice of the staff to let us stay and catch up. A lot of restaurants really really rush you out. I thought it was nice that they kind of let us stay.
The Restaurant
The restaurant isn't huge... it was kind of loud because it was so busy. It was very pretty on the inside and it just really looks cool. I thought the bar was kind of nicely placed in the restaurant... and yeah. It was just nice! Fancy place... and it was loud but you could still hear your own conversations.
Menu
I get kind of upset when the restaurant doesn't offer the whole menu... but I think that they still had quite a bit of choices. They had a lot of small hot and cold plates... so there were a lot of options for everything... They had 3 noodle dishes that all sounded amazing and 3 or 4 large plates... all really good choices... it took us a while to decide.
I was a little disappointed they didn't have KFC wings... because thats my new favorite thing to order at asian fusion places... but it was really good.
Drink
I had the Mojito... my friend Georgie was RAVING about this mojito, she said that it was the best Mojito she had ever had... and I had to try it. It was really nice and fresh. It was just the right amount of mint... and it just reminded me of how much I love Mojitos. I need to order them more! So yummy!
Drinks were not part of the 1/2 price special.
Appetizers
So we each got the Lobster Bisque. The menu had a Butternut Squash soup that sounded really good... they were out of that by the time we ordered it, so the waitress suggested the Lobster Bisque and it was really good! It wasn't the freshest lobster ever... but I was still really impressed with it. The soup itself was nice and creamy. There were croutons and Creme Fresh... at least I think it was creme fresh... some sort of sour cream lol. It was really good.
We also got the Pork Pot Stickers and those were really good too! There were 4 of us, we got 2 orders so that we could each get 2. They were really really good! If you were just going for drinks and snacks, this would be a good one. It was spicy... but because it was small and there weren't a lot... it was perfect. I really liked it!
Meal
I had the Asian BBQ Chicken. It came with mashed potatoes, grilled asparagus, and yellow ahi panka sauce... not sure what that is.there were some noodle things on top that tasted a little like sweet potato... there were just a lot of yummy flavors. The chicken was super nice and tender. The mashed potatoes were perfect. The BBQ sauce was really yummy and not spice... it was just perfect. So delicious. It's $24 regularly but of corse with the half off it was $12. I even kind of liked the asparagus... which usually I don't eat... but again everything is very fresh at the restaurant and it just tasted kind of like zucchini... so I kind of liked it... I kind of didn't but I still ate some and didn't hate it.
So that was pretty amazing. I was super impressed... it was really yummy.
Desserts
I had something called the Rotini Rolls... It was Malaysian Pancake Rolls served with Nutella Ice Cream. It wasn't a huge dessert... so it was good after a big meal. The Nutella Ice Cream was homemade and it had crunchy things in it. It was a very small scoop but it was really nice. The pancakes were pretty good too... They were like cakes though... they tasted a little like pancakes I guess... idk if that's the best way to explain it. It was good though! My friends got a Molten Lava Cake with a homemade ice cream with Graham Cracker Crumbles... that was tasty too. That might have been the best molten lava cake.
BTW I'm just saying yes to dessert now even if I'm full. I would rather have desserts than a sore stomach. Lol.
Overall highly highly recommend checking it out if you're in the Jersey Area... if you want to get food on Monday... this is a great one! I really really loved it! My friends seemed to like their meals too... it was really nice. Fun night.
Byeee! Hope you guys liked this review!
-Shannon
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