Top NJ Bars and Pubs in New Jersey

Best Bar in it's Class - A destination bar that you would travel out of your neighborhood to visit!

 

Top Northern NJ Bars

Bogarts Lounge
Woodbridge Hilton
120 Wood Ave. South
Iselin, NJ
(732) 494-6200 x2235
A popular place for the 40+ older crowd. 70's type bands on weekends.

 

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Blackthorn Restaurant & Irish Pub
1735 US Highway 46
Parsippany
973-334-4202
Traditional Irish fare, live music, step-dancers, bagpipers live music and Irish beers. Outside tent open in Summer.

 

 

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Colorado Cafe
!54 Bonnie Burn Road
Watchung, NJ
908-322-7200
A country bar with country line dancing, live bands, happy hours, mechanical bull rides, and karaoke. They attract a large singles mixed crowd.

 

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Crystal's
525 Riverside Ave
Lyndhurst , NJ
201-939-0550
Not open during the summer. A popular place for the upscale, older crowd, and to meet other singles. Friday is Salsa night and Saturdays they have Bachata and Merengue with a DJ or live band.

 

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Egan & Sons
118 Walnut St.
Montclair, NJ
(973) 744-1413
Most of the woodwork came from Dublin, salvaged from a bar near Dublin Castle. They have Live bands, Irish dancers, good food, and brew their own Irish beer.

 

 

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Grasshopper Off The Green Irish Pub & Restaurant
41-43 Morris St.
Morristown, NJ
973-285-5150
Three floors of dining and lounge seating with entertainment every night. Live Irish music, Irish dancers, bagpipers, Irish fare, and large TV's for sports events.

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Landslide Restaurant & Saloon
1090 State Route 173
Asbury, NJ
908-735-6919
A taste of a real country saloon with live country music, saloon games (billiards, quoits, arcade video games, and wii bowling. They also feature karaoke and have large screen TV's to watch sports events.

 

 

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Lua
1300 Sinatra Dr N
Hoboken, NJ
(201) 876-1900
Lua has one of the most awesome waterfront views of the Manhattan skyline and is also one of the most trendy spots in New Jersey. It has a high energy atmosphere and a great place for singles, dates, or a night out with friends who enjoy good drinks and food in an attractive, upscale, and energetic atmosphere. The huge bar, packed with a good-looking, 25 - 45 + year olds is open to 3 am on weekends.

 

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Mannion's Irish Pub
150 West Main Street (Route 28)
Somerville, NJ
908-203-0700
Irish beers, DJ music, Karaoke, and a second floor Club House Sports Bar that features 8 HD TV's, Pool Table, tournaments, DJ Dancing every Friday and Saturdays, Thursday night Karaoke, beer and shot specials Daily . A great place to celebrate St. Patrick's day

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Miami Mike's Sports Zone
130 Route 10
East Hanover, NJ
(973) 887-1300
On of NJ's top sports bars with over 50 satellite TV's covering every game available. They have a full lunch and dinner menu daily with nightly entertainment including live bands, all UFC and PPV events.

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Molly Maguire's Pub & Restaurant
1085 Central Avenue
Clark, NJ
732-388-6511
A good place to experience a taste of Ireland with pints of Guinness draught and glasses filled with Smithwick's Irish Ale as you experience to music of their Irish Sessi'uns and other performers who know and play the occasional rebel tune.

 

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Nine
333 Washington Street
Hoboken, NJ
(201) 795-9899
Popular with a younger set, a tapas lounge and martini bar with lots of cozy banquettes and comfy couches, and DJ music.

 

 

 

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O'Donnell's Pub
233 Harrison Ave
Harrison, NJ
973-482-9800
An Irish pub with the finest beers and whiskies of Ireland and Scotland with live and original Irish music.

 

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Orange Lantern
15 Firehouse Lane
Paramus, NJ
201- 652-4433

A Sports Bar featuring satellite TV, dart boards, arcade style golf, touchscreen gaming, Wi-Fi internet access, trivia, Karaoke and great local cover bands on Fridays and Saturdays! They also have agrest Beer Tower.

 

 

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The Ship Inn
61 Bridge st.
Milford, NJ 08848
(908) 995 0188

Situated in rural western New Jersey's scenic Delaware valley, The Ship Inn has the distinction of being the first brew pub in New Jersey to brew beer since prohibition. The reason to come to this brew pub is for a bit of history, and their seven barrel craft beer brewing system! It's also a good place for a low-key casual place to meet with friends for some craft beers and casual food.

 

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Plank Road Inn
1538 Paterson Plank Rd
Secaucus, NJ
201-865-9516
One of NJ's top sports bars with sports events covered on 40 TV's. Coverage includes every NFL game, over 750 NCAA Basketball games Including every March Madness game, 35 Major League Baseball games a week, and NCAA Football on ESPN. Domestic beers are half price during happy hour.

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Pub 46 - Clifton
1081 Route 46
973-473-8184
A popular sports bar and pub featuring TV football and UFC fight nights. Local cover bands are also a draw packing the crowds in every night.

 

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Southside Grille
2 Main St.
South Bound Brook, NJ
732-563-4972
All round bar popular for watching football, baseball, basketball, hockey, and NASCAR on 10 TV's. They also feature other fun events such as Dart Leagues and Karaoke Nights every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday with music from the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, and today's tracks.

 

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The Auld Shebeen
on the lobby level inside the Hanover Marriott
1401 Rte 10 East
Whippany, NJ
(973) 898-6454
An Irish pub with Irish whiskies, ales, and beers in a reconstructed Irish Pub with the interior made from imported construction fixtures from Ireland. popular spot for Monday-Friday Happy Hours.

 

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The Dubliner
96 River Street
Hoboken, NJ
201-656-7731
Draft Irish beers with the 2nd floor having darts and a DJ on Fridays and Saturday nights, Sports TV's for Sunday football.

 

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The Loop Lounge
373 Broadway
Passaic Park NJ
973-365-0807
theloop@gmail.com
They have name acts with two rooms and 2 DJ's Wednesday through Saturday 9PM- 3AM.

 

 

 

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The Whiskey Cafe
1050 Wall Street West
Lyndhurst, NJ
(201) 939-4889
The have a variety of events for all ages including a great happy hour and specialty DJ's, live bands, and car shows. Each nite they have a special theme such as swing bands, 8 minute speed dating, Country dancing, ladies nite, Dj mixed nite dancing featuring, Hip Hop, RNB, Reggaeton, and Freestyle, and classic oldies of the 50's, 60's and 70's.

 

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Willie McBrides
616 Grand Street
Hoboken
201-610-1522
Live Irish music and beers with 18 HD Large Screen Tv's for sports events, as well as a pool table and dart boards.

 

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Zeppelin Hall Restaurant and Biergarten
88 Liberty View Drive
Jersey City, NJ
(201) 721-8888
Zeppelin Hall is as close to an authentic German styleBiergarten as you will find in the U.S. This is a huge restaurant with both indoor and outdoor seating and spaces where hundreds of people gather to drink beer, eat, and socialize in a festive atmosphere. The crowd is young and energetic, and is popular with college students and the 21 to 30+ crowd who come in groups to have a unique beer drinking experience. During Octoberfest, there is a huge outdoor Biergarten almost the size of a football field with trees, beer-branded umbrellas, and long tables, that can accommodate over 800 people.

Top Central NJ Bars

Bar Anticipation
703 16th Ave.
Lake Como, NJ
(732) 681-7422
One of the most popular bars in NJ. Without a doubt one of New Jersey's best bars. They have events every night of the week with a great happy hour of Friday's great bands on Fridays and DJ and dancing on Saturdays. There is anawesome outside bar and volley ball courts.

 

 

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Boathouse Bar and Grill
1309 Main Street
Belmar, NJ
732-681-5221
A sports bar where you can watch every game being played on a given night with the help of more than 30 flat screen TV's and 3 jumbo screens and a dozen big-screen televisions distributed throughout the bar. They have a good selection of burgers wings, etc. The bartenders and set the tone for a loose, friendly, fun-loving bar experience.

 

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Brighton Bar
121 Brighton Avenue
Long Branch, NJ
(732) 229-9676
They feature NJ bands and national acts performing original music ranging from rock to jazz and more. Often they will have as many as 4 or 5 bands in one night.

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Clydz
55 Paterson St.
New Brunswick
(732) 846-6521
A popular singles bar during Monday - Friday Happy Hour from 4pm to 7pm with half-price drinks and $5 appetizer specials!

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Connolly Station Restaurant
711 Main Street
Belmar, NJ
732-280-2266
They feature daily drink and food specials and DJ and live music entertainment with many Irish beers.

 

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Donovan's Reef
Ocean Ave.
Seabright NJ
732-842-6789
This Jersey Shore bar features a private lifeguarded beach, where you can party, swim, drink, play volleyball, eat, and listen to bands.

 

 

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GLO Ultra Lounge and Tequila Bar
367 George Street
New Brunswick, NJ,
732-261-4044
Where upscale people come to socialize. Features $2 beers and drinks on Tuesdays, cross fader Wednesdays ---- with old school hip hop, R & B and today's new tracks, and more.

 

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Kelly's Tavern
State Highway 35 South
Neptune City, NJ
732-775-9517
A sports bar with 14 large screen TV's, Irish beer, wings, bar pies, and corned beef

 

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St. Stephen's Green Publick House
2031 Rt 71
Spring Lake Heights, NJ
732 - 449 - 2626
Located in the Spring Lake shore area known as the "Irish Riviera", with many of the patrons having been to Ireland, they know they have to be authentic. It's one of the best places on the shore to hear traditional Irish music every Tuesday & Sunday Nights.

 

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The Dublin House Restaurant & Pub
30 Monmouth St
Red Bank, NJ
732-747-6699
A popular downtown Red Bank Irish Pub with plenty of Guinness and Irish Beers on tap. It's especially popular on St. Patrick's Day and for watching Irish soccer, rugby, and the World Cup. In the warmer months you can eat out and have drinks on the attractive back patio. The Dublin House Pub has an energetic happy hour from 4 pm to 6 p.m, Monday - Friday, with a dollar discount on beer and mixed drinks.

 

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The Shack
1121 Route 12
Frenchtown, NJ
908-996-4300
A popular sports bar with a large venue for big screen TV's, fooseball tables, pool tables,

games, Texas holdem poker, volleyball, live bands, and an outside deck.

Top Southern NJ Bars

Chickie's and Pete's
Two South NJ locations:

183 Route 130
Bordentown
(609) 298-9182
A top Sports bar with huge TV's and a great place for Phiily and NY sports fans to trash talk eack other and enjoy the f "Battle of the Broads," annual radio simulcasts between 610 WIP and 660 WFAN built around big Philly vs. New York sports battles.
6055 Black Horse Pike
Egg Harbor Township
(609) 272-1930
Great sports bar with huge TV's. Popular with South Jersey Phiily fans.

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Joey Harrison's Surf Club
1900 Ocean Avenue
Seaside Heights, NJ
732-793-6625
A New Jersey Entertainment Resort "Right"on the Beach, offering diverse Multi Generational entertainment schedule, including s Doo Wop Oldies, American Roots Rock, Teen Night, The Best Modern Rock, Reggae, Cover Bands and DJ’s. They also have cover bands, tribute bands and national acts.

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Keenan's Irish Pub
113 Olde Jersey Avenue
North Wildwood, NJ
(609) 523-8886
A popular place with the Philly Irish-American summer vacationing crowd. Live bands and nightly food and drink speciasl and no cover charge with a dance floor and nice patio bar.

 

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Martell's Tiki Bar
Boardwalk
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
732-892-0131
A great beach summer bar with live music during the day and night. They feature a large stage on a pier out over the water. They have a private beach and beach club allows you to sun, swim and with access to the Tiki Bar.

 

 

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The Irish Pub
164 St. James Place at The Boardwalk
Atlantic City, NJ
609-344-9063
The Irish Pub is one of two of the best bar's in Atlantic City. The Pub is 35 years old with dark paneled walls. It's Irish in atmosphere with the smell of a European pub. This is one place in Atlantic City where you'll never lose your shirt, the prices are excellent, you can look all day --- or night --- and you will not find better prices.

 

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Rí Rá Irish Pub
The Quarter at The Tropicana
Brighton and The Boardwalk
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
609-348-8600
If you are looking for a real Irish St Patrick's Day pub celebration with more than just the typical corn beef and cabbage, Irish music and beer, and low prices, try Ri Ra.

 

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Prospector's Steakhouse and Saloon
3050 Rt 38
Mount Laurel, NJ
(856) 235-1121
A country restaurant and bar that features live entertainment every Friday nite, country dance lessons Wednesday and Thursday nights, family friendly country fun for all ages dance lessons on Sugarfootin' Sundays twice a month. Also has large screen TV's for sports events.

 

 

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