Grove Square
Grove Square
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Happy Hour: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Kind of like the saying, "You never know who your real friends are until the chips are down," You never know a classy operation until something goes wrong.
Came for dinner for the first time tonight and the steak, although good, was a bit overcooked. Within minutes, the manager had them remake it then came over and handed us a $30 gift card towards our next visit – plus a free glass of wine,- plus two desserts on the house. Doesn't get better in the service area than that.
The rigatoni w/ eggplant was very good, although, I'd make it a bit spicier and switch the eggplant for Italian sausage, but that's just me.
Great french fries and side salad as well.
Let's face it, bistros in the Hoboken/JC area are a dime a dozen. Most places have decent food/drink, so how do you separate yourselves from the herd? Two words – Customer service.
These guys and their staff are the best in town. Great experience. Highly recommended.
Do not go unless you want crappy food, bad service, dirty establishment (cockroaches), and be surrounded by super loud/obnoxious people. Only redeeming quality is that it's close to the Path. Not coming back.
A group of about 7 of us went to this bar to start the night (around maybe like 10?) and when we got there the man at the front door kept asking if we wanted a table. We all agreed we'd only stay for a drink or 2 so a table wasn't necessary and didn't want to take it away from people who may actually pay more. Surprisingly he mentioned that we would probably get served quicker if we got a table. We still declined and then waited for 25 minutes at the bar for the bartender to even look at us. Granted- it was a Saturday night, but compared to the other bars in the area, this place wasn't that crowded. We stayed for one beer and left. The Atmosphere was little cold and off-putting.
Meh. Just meh. We went there today for brunch because they have a $10 unlimited bloody mary/mimosa/screwdriver add on. I got the short rib hash omelet and my husband got a bacon, egg, and cheese burger. We both had home fries with our meal, and they were cooked completely differently. My potatoes were soft and mushy, not fried at all. His potatoes were fried and crunchy.
They make their drinks very weak; we had several drinks between us and left without any buzz. The short rib was under-seasoned and I had to add a lot of salt and pepper to both that, my home fries, and my bloody mary. Also, I saw the bartender making the bloody mary mix and they use canned tomato juice, soy sauce, and horseradish. Never in my life have I had a bloody mary with soy sauce – if you're going to do that then at least make it Japanese themed – add wasabi and ginger while you're at it.
The decor was nice, felt very European.
If I could give zero stars I would…
We saw a roach…. And after we ate, we saw ANOTHER!!!
The margaritas were gross and the food was mediocre; Def not a place I recommend.
This bar is a blight to the neighborhood.
As a resident of downtown Jersey City, I've listened to (tried to avoid listening to) the nightly revelry that goes on from this corner bar every weekend night and some weeknights.
At the corner or Grove Street & Newark, this bar has, since its opening, delivered consistently loud, raucous noise emanating through the night and is a disturbance to area residents. Until tonight, I resisted filing noise complaints, but the yelling & drunken partying goes on into the wee hours of the morning and is an extreme disturbance, keeping our household awake until 2 or 3, sometimes even 4 am. (It is after 2:30 am as I write this, and there is a blaring car horn and loads of screaming male voices.)
Unless the owners & managers of this bar start showing consideration for the increasing numbers of area residents moving into downtown buildings, joining those who have lived here long before this establishment brought the frat-boy spirit of Hoboken to the otherwise superlative neighborhood of downtown Jersey City, there will be noise complaints filed regularly now.
I have visited this bar as a patron once during a lunch hour. Based on that visit, I can vouch for the fact that it is not nearly worth the diminished value it has brought to the area. Fortunately, its sister business next door — The Bistro — does not exhibit the same unpleasant crap and is actually a worthwhile place for a meal or a cocktail.
If only they'd left it there. Downtown JC does not need a loud watering hole for drunkards and partiers. If LITM, Barcade, Dullboy, and other nearby bars can exist without noise disturbances, so should Grove Square or The Coffee Shop, or whatever it's called, be able to. On top of that, it draws excessive noise from car horns, revving motorcycle engines, and all manner of accompanying noise.
Please stop.
I love this place despite my 2 star review. Their food is spectacular and the bartenders are awesome. Haven't had a bad experience here except today when a man who appeared to be the owner was publicly berating his staff and cleaning out the bottom of the bar area throwing curses left and right. While there may be changes that need to be made in terms of management, you shouldn't let that leak into your customers experience or even have that happen within earshot of their dining area. Whoever this man is, he needs a massive attitude check and maybe shouldn't be an owner of an establishment if he can't keep it professional.
I like this bar a lot. Located right off the Grove St PATH, very convenient if you get off work and commute here. Very decent prices beers/drinks.
My favorite aspect is between 4 and 10 pm they have a different drink special every hour EVERYDAY ! For example 4 pm to 5 pm is $1 PBR, between 8 pm and 9 pm is $1 shots (I usually order tequila and they serve Espoloń, very fond of that).
Lots of TV's always playing all sorts of sports all the time. Will continue to go here and often.