"FIX THE SALAD BAR For my girlfriend and I, Charlie Browns is a huge favorite of ours to the point we drive well over an hour to their Woodbury location just to enjoy their salad bar and prime rib. There are only two locations left in NJ and we happened to accidentally stumble on their second location in Scotch Plains this last week. We were so excited to find this place and knew we had to have lunch there. Before I get into the huge negative of this location I need to stress that we had an excellent meal and everyone was incredibly friendly from the gentleman who greeted us at the front desk to our waitress. The location is clean and my Prime Rib was perfectly prepared. The huge disappointment here is the salad bar. When you go to the Woodbury location, they have an open salad bar where you can walk around and serve yourself as much as you want. Here, the salad bar is served to you by an attendant. It was explained to us that this change was made during Covid. Okay, understood. However, Woodbury has their salad bar out in the open, so why not put yours back out? Now, credit does need to be given to the attendant who dished out our salads, giving us ample portions of everything we asked for. However, there is something to be said about the experience of doing it yourself, picking your portions, and organizing those items on your plate exactly the way you want. That experience is completely lacking here at the Scotch Plains location. It's a shame. Scotch Plains is half the distance of going to Woodbury. Yet, we are going to choose to drive twice the distance just so we can experience a proper salad bar. I would urge management to put their salad bar back in the open again. There aren't many restaurants left that offer an open salad bar (or any salad bar at all) and what you guys have done here has ruined the experience. Service: Dine in Meal type: Lunch Price per person: $20–30 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5"
