(Roro I am NOT direct ling this response to you, even though I am responding to your post. I’m just following the conversation on International Bites and not criticizing you in any way)
Well, it looks like between International Bites and Bell Works, I certainly picked the worst of the two options. Last night my son wanted Reyna’s so it was easy to sway him into trying IB since they have Mexican as well. Let me start with, I thought Greek Spot was a part of or involved in IB, they are NOT. They are simply the “store next door” but they have no official capacity at the new venture, which to say the least is “sketchy” at best.
There is -0- curb appeal to the new place, quite honestly it doesn’t seem like they know what they are doing yet either. There was someone there to greet us and explain to us that they are a “cooperative” of several other restaurants who wanted to expand their footprints without having to commit to a completely new location, so they have this. As the website shows they have; Mexitaco’s - House of Poke - Ocean Pizza - Beverages - Beach Burger per their web site.
I stuck with a gyro from Greek Spot, my son ordered a steak burrito and I had him grab one plain slice to set the expectations for quality. To summon my best David Portnoy I would give this slice a 4.3, from its awkward slice size to its completely soggy crust to the overly oregano sauce nothing about this slice said quality, it was all kwality. I don’t know if you can tell from the picture, but they pretty much gave me 1/3 of a personal pie as a “slice”. Awkward to say the least.
My son said the burrito was online with Queso (Luigi’s in Lincroft) which he orders from, so that’s not too bad, but the pizza certainly was. The gryo was excellent as usual as was he wife’s chicken souvlaki platter, Greek Spot as good as ever.
So I’m not sure what to make of International Bits, based on first impression it left a lot to be desired, would I try them again, yes, the question is when? Not any time soon I can tell you that much.
(FYI I can’t upload my pics, will try later)