PINE TAR BAR & GRILL

Forked River, NJ · American restaurant

Rating
4.1/5
★★★★☆ 4.1
Reviews
20
Rank in Forked River
#39
of 59 restaurants
City Percentile
22%
rating percentile
Address
PINE TAR BAR & GRILL, 121 S Main St, Forked River, NJ 08731
Phone
(609) 489-4286
Website
www.pinetarbargrill.com
Status
Closed · Opens 11:30 AM

PINE TAR BAR & GRILL is a restaurant located in Forked River, NJ. It is one of 59 restaurants listed in Forked River. Its 4.1-star rating is slightly below the Forked River city average of 4.3 stars. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

About PINE TAR BAR & GRILL

NEW LOCAL OWNERS! Please come visit us and share your thoughts! We are looking forward to getting to know our customers and working on small changes that will make a big difference - like consistency of the food quality (see, we're listening!). The... More

Hours

Saturday11 AM–1 AM

Customer Reviews

★★★★★ 5.0 Lorrie Malagoli · Nov 2025

This is such a fun place!! They book great bands on the weekends and their food is delicious. We were there this Saturday night to see The Characters band. We had a table of 12. The service was great, the food was perfect and came out hot and fresh!! We ordered the thin crust pizza, the Bambino, the cowboy wrap, which was delicious, and the chicken special. Everyone complimented the food and was very happy. The prices were on point for the amount of food we got. There was also plenty of parking. I would not hesitate to come again for lunch or dinner. I do hope they have The Characters back again to play!! They were fantastic and had everyone up dancing.

★★★★★ 5.0 Chris Radd · Oct 2025

We stopped in on a Sunday to meet a few friends for beers. $3 miller light drafts were cold and came quick. The draft beer also tasted good. Not like some other places that can have a funky taste. We ordered a few apps. The $5 for 5 wings was my favorite. These are not small wings either. I ate one of the wings before taking the pic. We didn’t plan on ordering a full meal but we will definitely be back. The new owner, Rick, came by and introduced himself. Super nice guy. We wish him the best of luck in making this bar a highlight in the area.

★★★★★ 5.0 Willa Oshel · Oct 2025

New owners definitely stepped up the food! Lots of great specials and great football special deals!

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Karen Colon · Nov 2025

Would be zero stars. First off, place was FREEZING! Had to keep my jacket on the entire time. Service was mediocre at best. Menu was very limited. Don't go by the pictures on the website, those are old. Pricey as well. I got the pretzel and beer cheese appetizer $13. The pretzels were so salty they were inedible. The beer cheese was gritty and bland tasting. I got the Bambino sandwich as an entree $18. Got it without the roll, which was huge, others in my party ordered as well. The chicken cutlet was paper-thin and extremely dry. The breading was was burnt, nearly impossible to saw through. The mozzarella cheese, roasted red pepper and balsamic topping were bland. Needless to say disappointing all around. Will not go back and definitely would not recommend.

★★★☆☆ 3.0 Ryan Peslak · Nov 2025

I've only ever ordered takeout from pine tar until recently we had decided to dine in due to new ownership. Was curious to see what had changed if anything because we were already pretty keen on the food before. Heard people raving about the new management like it has changed everything so it seemed like a good time to try. The food and presentation was really good but it did take the server 25/30 minutes to take our order. Mind you we were the only ones seated in the building for food besides the 5 maybe 7 people at the bar. The waiter only had come over to us due to us standing up to flag him down. After that, an older blonde lady took over bringing out our food/handling us the rest of the night to which I will say, her service was a million times better. The restaurant section of the es

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Restroom ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Seating

Services

American restaurant

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