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 TA New Jersey Paulsboro
Date: 8/3/2010
Location: TA (TravelCenters
of
America),
Paulsboro, NJ, I-295, exit 18
Overall Facility: Restaurant Review TA New Jersey Paulsboro
- This restaurant was laid
out a little differently from other TA restaurants we've been
in.
- The only bar that was up
was the cold bar.
- This restaurant features
an all-you-can-eat menu.
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."
Photos: Restaurant Review TA New Jersey Paulsboro
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
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-
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