Peter's Fishery - Matawan

Our usual take out fishery is not open on Monday and we really wanted fish. Use to work in the area and went here many years, so I traveled a little extra to get dinner Tonight. Called in my order and it was ready in ten minutes. Great thing about this place is they offer fried and broiled seafood. Broiled is a great thing if you are gluten free, so I really enjoyed my platter. The fried shrimp is butterflied. Choice of a side, coleslaw, cocktail and tarter. My family felt the food was really great. Service was pleasant upon walking in. Many pluses: you can call in your order, have broiled orseafood, choice of sides, take credit cards, have a dinning room if you want to eat in, seafood counter if you want to make your own at home and own parking lot. Will definitely visit again.

All around good. Good food Good prices Good service Good quantity Lunch menu only good on weekdays so the prices are slightly elevated on weekends. Chowders were really good. We had Caribbean and New England. Very tasty.

I've lived within walking distance of the fishery for months now but finally had an opportunity to try this place out. My wife hates seafood which is sort of why we avoided it. But I think it's going to be a lot more difficult to keep that trend going For my first visit I had stuffed flounder with traditional sides (baked potato and broccoli). The flounder was stuffed with crabmeat which I thought was delicious. But it did drown out some of the flounder taste so I'm not sure if that was good or bad. The service was pretty good. The waitress took the time to review the robust menu with me tons of different seafood options (land lovers menu too for people like my wife). She also brought over some samples of appetizers to give me an idea of what their dishes look like. For a small, diner like place, this place is certainly a gem. But shying away from giving this place 5 stars only because I haven't tried other menu items.

I don 't know if they 're under new ownership or management, but something major has changed because the food quality has REALLY declined. I hate to say this because it 's been a favorite in my family for many years. This was my first time here in probably about a year. The clams oreganata were chewy and bland, served without lemon. It was hard to get anyone 's attention to ask for some since there were only three servers there doing everything. No host, no busser, no manager on a summer Sunday. The mussels marinara on special were also chewy and just had a funky taste. The (only) one that I ate had sand in it. I had to tell them and they took it off, which I hate doing, but it had to be done. My fried shrimp platter was pretty sad. The shrimp were so much smaller than I 'm used to getting from them. I got a lemon this time, but no cocktail sauce. By the time I was able to flag a server down to get me some, they were cold. I am not criticizing the servers at all, they were still doing great for all they were handling. I 'm a very experienced server myself and I don 't think I would have done as well as they did with no supporting staff. I 'm willing to give this restaurant one more chance since I 've been coming here since I was a kid, but I 'm definitely worried that this wasn 't just a bad night.

Giving this place one star is generous. My boyfriend and I recently moved to the Matawan area and decided to try Peters Fishery after work. It was a Monday and the billboard outside offers all-you-can-eat crab legs on Mondays and Tuesdays . We were told that it was unavailable but were not given a reason why. I decided to go with the Stuffed Flounder. The fish was dry and chewy and the stuffing was salty and cold. Honestly the best (and probably the only edible) part of that dish was the baked potato. My boyfriend got scallops and shrimp over pasta. It looked promising when it arrived to the table, but one bite revealed that it was nothing more than a jarred, overly sweet sauce with overcooked seafood. After our horrible meal, we just wanted to get out of there. Our waitresses left us sitting and waiting 20 minutes for the bill while they went outside and did the ice bucket challenge. Bottom line: Gross food, unprofessional service. We will not be back.