Stone Balloon - Gastropub in Newark - 115 E Main St, USA

We had an overall good experience here. The service was good as well. Some of the food items we ordered were yummy too. Chicken tenders were soft inside and extra crispy outside and it tasted good👍🏻, fries were a little burnt. Goulash was not for my taste👎. Pork chops was just okay nothing great. Mini chocolate molten cake was yummy👍🏻. Street parking is the only option here.

I have never been disappointed with my experiences here at the Stone Balloon and this meal was no different. The service is great for a "college restaurant" and the food is so good.

I recently moved to the area so my friend and I came here on a Thursday night. They were having a burger special - the prices were very inexpensive. The food was good, but the service was not. Our waitress seemed very bothered with having to take our order and answer questions. Our table was sticky and menus were dirty. Bummed because I’ve heard great things about this place.

First time dining, off to a rocky start. We were told it would be a 20 minute wait for a table without a reservation. We weren’t seated until over an hour later. The food on the “cheap date night” menu was worth the price, but if the quality is indicative of the quality on the rest of the menu I would say the rest of the menu is over priced. Our appetizers came out cold. The chicken in the Tuscan chicken pasta was dry and over cooked. The meatballs definitely didn’t seem freshly made. The deserts seemed like they had been frozen and thawed as the center of the cheesecake was very solid and cold disproportionately to the exterior of the cheesecake. For a restaurant with this environment and price range I would expect they’d serve their creme brûlée cheesecake with fresh fruit rather than weird gross artificial strawberry slop. Overall not impressed.

Stopped in to celebrate my birthday with a late light lunch and some beverages. Food was good. Bartender Michelle was great. Enjoyed drinks. Would definitely come back.

My experience was not great at all. The food was good but the service was a 0/10. My server was too busy to help us at all. We couldn’t get a refill to save our lives. We asked for the manager and they never sent her over. She looked too busy on her phone like every other worker did. We just wanted to have a nice meal before we left our daughter at school and it wasn’t a good time at all. I wish the service was as good as our food when they got it right the second time. Never again, do not recommend.

We wanted to try something new for dinner last night. We opted to go into downtown Newark instead of going to the same places. The Stone Balloon hit it out of the park right away. Friendly staff. Walked in and was seated right away. Greeted by our waitress immediately with a smile. She took our drink order and came back to get our food order. Difficult to choose what to eat because everything sound good on the menu. The food was amazing!!! Great service from the staff. Will absolutely be back to try other food options.

Nice inside, but the service was slow, and the French fries were bizarre! They were so dark, we thought they were burned. They were also loaded with way too much salt. The Thursday special $10 hamburgers were good.