The Blackthorn Restaurant & Pub

One of my favorite in Parsippany. Me and my friends like this place and we visit here several times a month. Last Tuesday, I was there to celebrate the B'Day of one of my friend and it went awesome. The waitress Nicole was very nice to us and she was prompt to our needs. Overall a very good place to hangout.

Went on a Saturday night to see a friends band play.  Sat at the bar.  Had the blackthorn salad ($12).  Nice and fresh. Good start.  Moved onto the blackthorn chicken sandwich on this incredible brioche roll. Was like butter!  Oh, and it had bacon and cheddar cheese on it.  Bonus.  Very very tasty.  Ended with the chocolate lava cake desert ($6).  Awesome, moist, and pretty rich.  Came with vanilla ice cream.  Bar service was great!  Would I go back?  Yep!  Might try it again tomorrow.

Yup. This place falls in the Irish Pub/Bar/Restaurant category (like we need more of these).

This is a retardedly easy concept to deliver on. Just play some Dropkick Murphys, pour some Guinness and serve some fish and chips (and maybe a reuben or two-here and there-easy, done). Therefore my expectations are set rather high.

Let me start by saying that this is the closest bar/restaurant to my office. As a result, we are here more than I would like. Impromptu office gatherings or a quick bite with a vendor... "lets go to Blackthorn." For some reason, I always go?

The service is meh.

The food is meh (but on the upper limits of meh).

The drinks are meh (if you are buying beer). BUT they are an ABSOLUTE RIP OFF if you are purchasing spirits. Please refer the Federal Fines and lawsuit they recently incurred due to their substitution of bottom shelf spirits in place of top shelf spirits. WHO DOES THAT???????

Ultimate Pro: Their fries, although frozen, are f@#king delicious!
Ultimate Con: They are Con artists that will sell you well drinks out of top shelf bottles. SMH.