Blarney Station

This is a bar, and I'm giving it 3.75 stars for food, and I am as flabbergasted as you are.

The food was great, and the service was fast and easy. I would go back. It's still a bar, so it was a bit loud, but I saw people with kids at one of the tables, an elderly couple at another, and overall it wasn't crazy. Some men watched sports boisterously at the bar; some ladies met up for drinks all dressed up. It's a bar. It's not super fine dining. But I'd rather eat here than Applebees, Red Robin's, and other bar-y places based on this first visit.
 
We went at 6 PM on a Saturday. We walked right in and sat down. A waitress came immediately. We didn't have any liquor, just soda, and my diet coke tasted a little over-syruped.

I ordered a queen-sized filet mignon with double vegetables and Gaelic sauce. There was no problem skipping the rice/potatoes/starch and getting double veggies. The steak was cooked to my order; rare, rare, rare. It was perfect. Meaty taste, meltingly soft texture, and $22 for 8 oz. I was really satisfied. The Gaelic sauce was a whiskey cream sauce that was just meh, but the bonus is that it came with mushrooms, onions, and peppers in the sauce, which I mixed with my squash vegetables.

My partner got the shepherd's pie. He is Irish and orders it frequently at restaurants. Usually, it is disappointing and bland. It was really good here. I tried it and agreed. The loose meat/onion/pea mixture was nicely flavored, then topped with potatoes, then topped with gravy. I liked the meat enough I snuck another forkful. There was no gravy in that layer, just juices and flavor. The gravy on top of the potatoes was a bit deadened in flavor to my palate but not bad. The portion was very generous - a dish the size of a football.

Our bill was $40-50. I'd go back. I usually hate bars but I didn't feel uncomfortable. We were in and out fast, our food was good, prices were good, and service was good.

I came here once a few years ago. I think it was a Friday or Saturday as it was quite crowded. Friendly staff and good drinks.

Good, solid Irish pub with standard Irish pub fare. But the real kicker are the steaks. It's like they sprinkle them with pixie dust or something, they're so damn good. Well drinks tend to be on the weak side, and it can get crowded here. Good tap beer selection, though, and servers and barkeeps are great. Plus, they're right on the NJ Transit line, so even Manhattanites can venture out of their bubble a bit and  have fun here.