Boathouse Bar and Grill Reviews

Matt Mastrorilli, Night & Day Magazine

"The Boathouse (wings) are the best of the best...They take their wings as serious as their beer... something necessary for proper football watching..."

Night & Day Magazine

Winner - BEST WINGS 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007... More to come!

Night & Day Magazine

Best Casual Dining... 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Night & Day Magazine

Best Bartenders

Don Wilno, Asbury Park Press

"My filet mignon, cooked perfectly, was soooooooo tender and tasty."

AOL on line poll

2005, 2007 Best Sports Bar

AOL on line poll

2006 Second Place Best Sports Bar

Wesley Yang

The Boathouse is a clean-cut sort of bar, shiny and spotless, with good ventilation, salubrious air, dark, heavy woods and a whimsical nautical-themed decor. The cleanliness alone tends to repel the malignant, the loutish, the shirtless -- and thus the Boathouse draws a nice, respectable crowd. Rowboats and surfboards hang from the ceiling, and fishing nets drape some of the walls. Its wide windows open out onto a lovely outdoor terrace with shrubbery and little trees. You can watch every game being played on a given night with the help of more than a dozen big-screen televisions distributed throughout the bar. The surprisingly extensive menu is filled with heavy half-pound burgers, char-broiled New York strip steaks, barbecued ribs, etc. The bartenders and management set the tone: loose, friendly, fun-loving. Simply by being real people, they prevent the bar from resembling one of those odious suburban chains its shiny newness might otherwise evoke.