Monarch Diner and Restaurant

Second time for dinner at Monarch tonight. Ordered the Marblehead Seafood Combo. Dinner came with crabcake, stuffed flounder, stuffed shrimp, and 2 sides. Also comes with soup, salad and dessert for $20. My wife had chicken and pasta dish. Both meals were delicious and our server (I apologize for not taking note of her name) was so great. Our total check was $50 and we brought home 1/2 our meals and 2 rice puddings. Tonight they were also giving guests a piece of Anniversary cake to celebrate their 6 or 7 years in business. Can’t beat it!! We plan to revisit often.

The service is always great but the food can go either way. Today my daughter ordered chocolate chip pancakes. When the arrived it was an order of pancakes with a few chocolate chips placed on top (not baked in like they normally are). I got the french toast and it was wonderful.

The food was good and we had nice size portions. Some staff were nice and some others were okay. It was early and staff were just getting in so not too chipper that early. As we were leaving, locals were coming in for Sunday breakfast and it was beginning to get crowded.

Solid NJ diner. Portions are very large, prices reasonable, and food good. I do wish the scrapple hadn't been so thick. I like it crunchy.

Server was very friendly. Calamari appetizer was a bit mushy and the plate was very oily (seemed like the fryer temp was a bit low). Shrimp Alfredo was quite nice. Wife enjoyed her chicken parm alla vodka. My son enjoyed his huge micky chocolate chip pancake.