Restaurant Review
TA New Jersey Paulsboro

This "Restaurant Review TA New Jersey Paulsboro" is a review of the restaurant at the TA (TravelCenters of America) in Paulsboro, NJ, USA, based upon our own expectations of what a restaurant that caters to professional truck drivers of commercial motor vehicles should be like -- as well as our own preferences in foodstuffs.

This location is also called the Paulsboro Travel Center. The restaurant's name is the Buckhorn Restaurant.

Restaurant Review

Date: 8/3/2010

Location: TA (TravelCenters of America), Paulsboro, NJ, I-295, exit 18

Pros: Restaurant Review TA New Jersey Paulsboro

• The salad bar had a nice, albeit small, selection of items. Vicki chose lettuce, shredded carrots, shredded cheddar cheese, sliced cucumbers, sunflower kernels and a little salad dressing as well as four grapes. Mike chose lettuce, cherry tomatoes, sliced cucumbers, shredded cheddar cheese, croutons, sunflower kernels and salad dressing.
• From the display card on the table (not the paper menu offered), Vicki ordered the grilled chicken with a baked potato (butter and sour cream on the side), and stir fry vegetables (although they appeared to be steamed rather than fried, which Vicki liked better anyway).
• Mike ordered the fried chicken, mashed potatoes with brown gravy and corn.
• Both of our orders came with Texas Toast.
• Mike also got a bowl of bean and ham soup.
• Mike got a re-order of the fried chicken the second time around.
• Vicki was so impressed with the hot "stir fry" vegetables that she asked for a re-order of them only.
• Mike liked the dinner rolls.
• Vicki noticed as soon as the platter with her order was put in front of her that the grilled chicken had a strong "grilly" smell. This carried over into the taste. She mentioned it to our waitress who knew what the problem was and made things right.
• Mike really liked the fact that this restaurant uses "real butter," not some "whipped spread."

Vicki's salad from the Buckhorn Restaurant at the Paulsboro Travel Plaza in Paulsboro, NJ.

Mike's salad from the Buckhorn Restaurant at the Paulsboro Travel Plaza in Paulsboro, NJ.

Vicki's grilled chicken dinner with baked potato and stir fry vegetables from the Buckhorn Restaurant at the Paulsboro Travel Plaza in Paulsboro, NJ.

Mike's order of fried chicken, mashed potatoes with brown gravy and corn from the Buckhorn Restaurant at the Paulsboro Travel Plaza in Paulsboro, NJ.

The bowl of bean and ham soup that Mike got at the Buckhorn Restaurant at the Paulsboro Travel Plaza in Paulsboro, NJ.

The re-order of fried chicken that Mike got at the Buckhorn Restaurant at the Paulsboro Travel Plaza in Paulsboro, NJ.

The re-order of "stir-fry" vegetables (which looked and tasted like they were steamed) that Vicki got from the Buckhorn Restaurant at the Paulsboro Travel Plaza in Paulsboro, NJ. She used a little of the butter that had come on the side for her baked potato on these.

The rolls that we ate at the Buckhorn Restaurant at the Paulsboro Travel Plaza in Paulsboro, NJ.

Cons: Restaurant Review TA New Jersey Paulsboro

• At the time that we went to get salad, the amount of lettuce was very low. Several patrons had to wait while someone went to get more -- after Mike requested that they get more.
• There was no cottage cheese on the salad bar.
• The fried chicken, Mike said, was dry and needed more seasoning.
• Vicki said that the grilled chicken was dry.
• The bean and ham soup had tomatoes in it! Mike said it tasted odd.
• Mike was disappointed with the size of the portion of mashed potatoes that came with his entree.
• Our waitress was not wearing a name tag.
• We do not recall seeing any dessert on the salad bar and none was offered to us.

Overall grade for this restaurant at this facility on a scale of A+ to F- (with A+ being the best, F- being the worst): B-