My wife and kids have gone to Tatchen's quite a few times over the last couple years and we've always loved every soup, sandwich, or piece of bread we've ever had so when I got in a jam this Mother's day, I knew exactly what to do. Every year for Mother's day, I take my family to a restaurant on the Jersey shore and we indulge in their delicious Seafood Bisque. This year we weren't able to get a reservation and I knew my wife would be terribly disappointed so I had to come up with a backup plan. I stopped in at Tatchen's on Friday morning and finally met Mike for the 1st time. I explained my situation and asked if he could make a special pot of Seafood Bisque for me. I told him the basic things that we love in our Bisque and he said he could do it. I went back Saturday morning to pick up my Seafood Bisque and he had gone above and beyond and made me a special braided loaf of his amazing bread and some delicious Maple butter. We just finished lunch on Mother's day and my wife was totally blown away. The Bisque was absolutely delicious, the bread was perfect, and the butter was an amazing finishing touch. I highly recommend Tatchen's for his amazing food as well as Mike's warm, welcoming demeanor.
One of my teammates took me here for lunch and it was amazing. I tried her favorite sandwich, which was the Sweet Potato and it was so good. The roll was so fluffy and fresh. We were offered so many different soups to try, which was very nice. I took home the Tomato Soup which was also incredible. We ended our lunch with delicious cookies too. Make sure you check the menu, it changes every week!
The owner does the best lunch I have found in the area. The menu changes weekly. Five soups, three entree salads, and 5-6 sandwiches. Mike bakes bread/rolls every morning and roasts all his own meats. The sandwich choices are great. Most recently, I enjoyed his house made pastrami with Swiss cheese, pickled onions and mustard on a fresh rye roll with a Southwestern, spicy corn chowder. Loved them both. The seared tuna salad on fresh greens with a wasabi dressing is outstanding.
The food here is so damn good. You can taste the effort put in I love it here.
If you are looking for a great place for lunch alternative to fastfood, try this place. Soup, salad and/or sandwich. Love the concept of the menu, simple and quick. Chef Mike, gives you a sample tasting of his soups while you contemplate what you want. Checkout the website for weekly specials. The creamier soups were well seasoned (corn or mushrooms soups) but the others could use a little more salt/seasoning. It would be great for those that are on low sodium diet and maybe that was his purpose. I had the grown up tuna and roast beef sandwich and it was spot on. Perfectly cooked roasted beef and tuna was fresh. The bread that the sandwiches comes on were so soft and found out he bakes them every morning. Will definitely come back to try the other sandwiches and their salad. He also does tasting menus on the weekends. Ask him about it.
Perfect medium rare roast beef. Very hard to find and this place nailed it.
This was by far some of the best food I have ever had. The owner and chef has such a unique and creative take on food and creating amazing masterpieces of taste. This was truly an amazing experience.
Great soup, great sandwiches, great place!
Stopped in today for the first time, not knowing this place even existed despite living nearby. The owner was friendly as cited in other reviews, letting me sample several of his soups. Everything I took home was fresh, delicious, and filling. Now that I've found this joint, I'll be sure to return.
I love the food, great salads and soups that are unique.