Hemingway's Cafe

It was our first time here. Such a great party place!! Big dance floor and more bars than you could need. Bartenders are great and they had great entertainment. My favorite band, The Characters were awesome. They have a nice sized stage and sound system was great. The food was very good.

Hemingway's Cafe, is more then a cafe. It was eatery, bar, dance hall, sports bar, and private hall. Ambiance wise it spot on. A dark music enriched place to eat with family and friends. The staff were present and attentive. The food was great and filling. Later in the night a DJ/live music takes the stage by the dance area and the place changes. I recommend you bring your friends.

We moved to Seaside Heights in September 2024, although we have only been to Hemingway's for drinks during a couple of events. Tonight we went to eat there for our first time and both my wife and I ordered only off the specials menu. Their Lobster Bisque is to die for. There is tons of lobster meat and very tasty (no salt or pepper needed at all). My wife got the Halibut special with fresh asparagus and risotto, and it was delicious. I got the hanger steak with broccolini and garlic mashed potatoes with garlic herb butter. Everything was flavorful, although the steak was a little undercooked, which is my own fault for not sending it back to cook a little more. Service was great, and our waitress was very friendly, never leaving us waiting for anything at any point. They had live mus

Stopped in to hear the band on a Sunday, summer afternoon and stayed for dinner. Started with an amazing bowl of their special lobster bisque, loaded with morsels of fresh lobster in a delightful and velvety bisque. We went on to have a chicken ceasar salad and a crisp, cold and fresh wedge salad, topped with bacon and homemade blue cheese dressing that was over the top. Hats off to the bar staff here for switching their TV’s to the USA-Mexico Gold Cup final. This may seem like a little thing but I can’t tell you how many times I have been to a bar or sports bar and you get ignored for asking to put a big game on. The bartenders were very busy at the time but still were able to take care of a simple request, that alone got you five stars !!

The food tastes good, although deep-fried items are a bit over fried and hard, and the roasted potatoes are a bit undercooked. The service is good, although I never understood this "trying to take the plate away the same time asking the customer are you still working on it when they are still eating from the plate"(please, don't do that.) The environment and the atmosphere are fine, although this time there was live singing, TVs with different games in, billiards, bars, and a bartender with piercing voice, so it's kind of noisy. The main drawback is the price, it's overpriced (maybe like most restaurants nowadays), and they transfer the surcharge to customers if using credit cards -- fine prints on the bill, but they don't bother to tell you. So please pay attention to check the bill, othe