C J Avery's

Dropped in to have dinner and catch the Bruins game on 6/7/19. Atmosphere was good. Large screen tv's. Out door deck. Place was clean. Good service. Good menu selection. There specials looked great! Appetizer crab cakes and Entre Stuffed scallops with butternut squash qccompanied with mashed potatoes and gravy. Bread roll was fresh and warm and worth a second. Pricing was a bit expensive considering but good quality, great presentation and compliments to the cook. Kerry the bartender was very pleasant, promoted good service and was attentive to all her patrons. Good job overall.

Awesome as usual!! Edit.... unfortunately this place has gone downhill. Went about a year ago and was completely ignored at the bar for about 30 minutes. Decided to try again this past Friday to give another chance and I couldn't eat my French onion soup because it was way too salty. I was still charged for it even though I mentioned it to the waitress I couldn't eat it. Used to be one of our favorite places but we won't be returning again.

My girlfriend and I were recommended this by a trusted source and are sad to say we likely will not be returning here. Figuring it was going to be busy, we called a night before to try and make a reservation, but were met with a rude-sounding voice on the other end informing us they don’t. The next night, we arrived and felt somewhat ignored as a frustrated-appearing wait staff buzzed by us without acknowledging us. Other patrons were already complaining of a 45 minute wait and that kitchen staff was extremely backed up. We were finally met by a frazzled hostess who was short with us, but found us a table a few minutes later. We sat down at a freshly cleared table, but the cleaning solution didn’t smell...clean. Our waitress came over and took our promptly drink orders. While looking over the menu, we heard other patrons complaining of not having food after being there for approximately one hour. In perusing the menu, nothing appeared to stand out or offered verbiage to make the dishes seem enticing, almost to the point we walked out without food. Our waitress took our order and otherwise delivered our food in a timely manner. We ordered and received the following: a French onion soup that was more sweet than savory, potato skins that were soggy and looked thrown together, and salads that offered little more than lettuce and a couple of slices of onion. For our main course, we each ordered the $30 - 12 oz prime rib, claimed to be near famous and what we received was one of the blandest cuts of meat we’ve ever received. And for $30. It was tender, but that was about it. We couldn’t finish either. The sides are hardly worth mentioning. A house-made mashed potato and gravy that lacked any flavor profile, mushrooms that were underdone, and a butternut squash (?) that we couldn’t touch. For an additional $4. To top things off, my second beer was served in a cracked beer glass. We brought this item and our dissatisfaction about the meal to the attention of our waitress who rectified these issues by not adding the second beer and one of the prime rib dinners to our bill. If not for her understanding and working to make things right this would have been a 1-star review. The place labels itself as a sports bar, but with sports bars a dime-a-dozen, CJ Avery’s doesn’t offer anything to really stand out in the market. The flow of the floor space is weird, carpets are worn, the walls are dated, and the decor is thrown together. Overall, the place felt dirty and unappetizing as soon as we walked in.

Got recommendations from a local that steak was good and the prices were better than other steak houses. We all had the ribeye, portions were great, but my steak didn't have much taste, the rolls were delicious, clam chowder was great and the french onion soup was yummy. It was pricey. Probably wouldn't go back.

Haven’t been here for 2 years. Very different now. Saturday night at 7 pm and they’re out of prime rib. I ordered the seafood combo and was told they’re out of scallops also. I asked to have a little swordfish in lieu of the scallops. The waitress said we can’t substitute. The place was very empty, I would think they would want to make their few patrons happy. Also the squash came out luke warm. On a good note the stuffed shrimp and haddock were very tasty. Unfortunately, probably won’t be returning too soon.

My wife and I were in there this evening there were approximately 4 people at the bar not including us and two I believe were the owners.pretty quiet being a Wednesday night and all.I looked through the menu I couldn’t believe they are asking 15.00$ for a meatloaf sandwich not a sub a sandwich!Any way we ordered two beers (again at the bar)the bartender disappeared and we were left there at least 5 min. Mind you the owner or manger sat across from us also at the bar with no care in the world Needless to say we walked out Don’t waste your time in this dumpster dive