Tommy's Tavern & Tap, Freehold, NJ: A Restaurant Review
Tommy's Tavern & Tap
3492 US Hwy 9
Freehold, NJ 07728
(732) 543-0055
Website
Restaurant Highlights
Fare: Tavern comfort food
Price: Moderate
Food Quality: Above average Tavern Food
Service: Friendly, welcoming, attentive
Ambiance/Decor: Sports bar ambiance with high exposed ceilings, hanging fans, and rustic, wainscoting wood walls with lots of large TV displays offering a view from every table in the house
Overall Rating: 2 1/2 Stars
Note: Four star Rating System from 1/2 Star = Poor to Four stars = Best in Class
Noise Level: Very loud
Dress: Casual
Recommended For: Millennials who enjoy a high energy, trendy, sports bar tavern tavern with well made comfort food and a well stocked bar.
Not Recommended For: Diners who prefer an old world, low key BYOB restaurant with an eclectic menu.
Recommended dishes: When available, Tommy's Classic Coal Fired Pie, Tommy's Original Coal Oven Roasted Wings, and the Tavern Dip Sliced Prime Rib.
Liquor: Full bar service with hand crafted specialty cocktails, with a variety of craft beers, and a good variety of well wines by the glass and bottle.
Tommy's Tavern and Tap opened in early June, 2019 and immediately achieved instant success.
This Freehold Hot spot has experienced huge crowds, an overflowing parking lot, and unfortunately, long waits to be seated.
Any one wishing to get in without a long wait is advised to wait several months when the rush has died down. The crowd is filled with largely millennials who enjoy the high energy, loud, sports bar/tavern with trendy ambiance.
Tommy's Tavern and Tap is a family operation run by Yvette Bonfiglio, and their daughters, Christina and Andrea.
The interior has an open feel with a sports bar like ambiance with high exposed ceilings, hanging fans, and rustic, wainscoting wood walls with lots of large TV displays offering a view from every table in the house. The centerpiece is a huge bar with seating for 55, surrounded by booth/ table seating. During the warmer months there is outside dining on the patio surrounded by tall green arborvitaes.
The food is prepared in three separate kitchensقone for regular menu items, one for sushi, and the other for Tommy's signature pizza.
The menu is heavy on comfort food, sandwiches, pizza, and sushi. In addition to Tommy's signature pizza, they serve sharing sizes of Tommy's Original Coal Roasted Oven Wings, Stromboli, Calzones, Burgers, Sandwiches, Soups, Salads, Desserts, and a few items of Large Plate Entrees.
The quality of the food is a notch above the many other Western Monmouth County sports bars. But the reason you come here is for the high energy sports bar/ tavern rustic, ambiance with live bands and DJ entertainment
Happy Hour is only available at the bar. Monday - Friday, 3pm -6pm
(updated June, 2024)
How Do We Review (analyze) Restaurants?
New Jersey Leisure Guide strives to provide analytic restaurant reviews.
The methodology used is research, analysis driven --- as opposed to that of a single restaurant critic or a social media platform, viewer comment posting board.
