Its so conveniently located to the path train. I like the current music that they play there allows for dancing on the dance floor. When you walk in, theres a very narrow bar so you can congregate there and just drink if you are not there for dancing. In the back, there is a smaller bar- CASH only at that bar.
I came here a lot for Thursday happy hours and it can get really crowded. Its usually a good mix of people, and ends up being a good time... Weekends are also fun here!
I'm sure i'll be back again!
well I checked  my bank statement today and someone at this place clearly forged a tip that I did not leave because of the poor service at this venue and because I was thrown out for no apparent reason at at so now I guess I will have to contact my bank along with the local authorities.
Review Source:Sooo the only good days to go to Green Rock are Tuesday nights. I've been there on weekend nights and it's too overcrowded to move, let alone have fun. I only like going here on Tuesday nights for Dollar Beer Night but I haven't even gone to that in a while. Why, you ask? Because now they're trying this new thing where they charge you a cover charge. And they're not even consistent with that. At first it was that the cover charge was only for guys after ten. Then it changed to $5 for ladies after 10PM and $10 for guys. Then that got pushed up till 9PM. And now most recently they changed it to all night.
Like seriously? Come on Green Rock, make up your mind. Your Dollar Beers are not worth the cover charge.
But before this silly cover charge issue began, Green Rock was my solid Tuesday night choice.
I love this place's happy hour (even though it's just light domestics) and I like the decor in the front of the bar. Â It has nice wood decor with some bar tables right by the window. Â Really nice for some afternoon drinks. Â However, I avoid this place like the plague come night time. Â For some god awful reason this place gets lines at night as if there is anything worth seeing inside. Â A lot of people who don't live in Hoboken end up here. Â These are the a$$holes who terrorize a town they don't reside in by getting drunk and running around yelling racial and homophobic slurs at the tops of their lungs. Â It's unfortunate that there are places that cater to a crowd like this, especially considering it's right in NYC's backyard. Â Ok, so I went off on a bit of a tangent.
In summary, a ton of meatheads and morons (maybe that's redundant) and the trash they try to bring home. Â It's kind of a zoo.
I agree with another reviewer that a review is not needed as everyone I know in Hoboken, or who has visited knows this bar. I've been coming here to visit friends and family since I lived in Connecticut and had college friends who came here and worked here. Even living in the city, I'd meet up with friends as this is a great place, located near the path, decent prices, good burgers and wings without too much of a hassle. It's a great bar to meet friends after work and grab some $1 beers during the week, typically a Thursday if you don't know if heading home, staying out or hitting the next bar on a crawl home. I greatly enjoy the atmosphere, bartenders, waitresses and staff. I can understand why it would get mixed reviews in regards to maybe a Thursday, Friday or Saturday night: It does get younger crowd and packed as anyone visiting Hoboken gets off the trains and hits here, Texas Arizona and everything in that epicenter of bars but for the location, you have to expect that .ideally, If you go during the week, it still has the local bar feeling, as it's people coming home from work and hanging out. Especially now with chairs set up outside, I pass it and restrain myself from wanting to stop in and text friends to meet up. There are plenty of locals and a lot of the same people time and again who are friendly and you bullshit and have drinks and shots with. The bartenders, waitresses always remember me and friends and we get served promptly, and go back for these same reasons. I can't see how someone can think this bar with prices, staff and atmosphere is horrible, unless they don't enjoy having fun and cheap drinks.
Review Source:Is a review of Green Rock even necessary? Â Pretty much everyone knows what this place is all about. Â Good times, good music, good memories. Â It's a young crowd--once you hit your late 20's you'll start feeling like a dinosaur. Â
But there is no doubt, this a fun place, and even if you can't stomach the long lines and packing like sardines on the weekends, they have a great happy hour during the week with $1 draft light beers. Â Even though the drafts are in smaller mugs than usual (and the beer might be watered down?), it's still a great deal. Â Sometimes you will find weeknights where most of the other downtown bars are dead, but Green Rock will be the one place that has a good vibe.
Everyone in Hoboken goes through a phase where Green Rock is their staple "go-to" place for a while. Â If you're reading this, you probably haven't reached that phase yet, so get ready.
This place is just so... Jersey! All the Jersey stereotypes come alive here. Hot orange fake blonde chicks and short beefy orange guys - all drinking and fist pumping. I was entertained, nonetheless!
Came here with few people to watch the second half of the Superbowl. I liked that they put on music during the commercials (though I love watching the commercials, I love dancing more).
It was jam-packed here - impossible to walk through the bar area as this idiots all just stand there. I had to rub up on a few people just to get to the back area (which had tables, chairs, TVs, and some free space.
I do give this place some props since it is fun to come to a trashy place like this on a drunken night. Also, our waitress Katie was attentive and quick.... plus, cheap drinks.
Lastly, a block away, you can find a taxi stand and the PATH - very convenient.
If you're in the mood for drinks, dancing, and specials - Green Rock is the place.
It's a local fav of mine, specially because I have found that not many bars in hoboken have Fireball shots.
Wednesdays they have 2 for 1 burgers. Love the burgers here, they are delicious. Great happy hour deals. They do several charity events here, and good crowd. Gets really crowded sometimes but I dont mind it.
I have friends that bartend here and just love dancing all night here. Fun place.
Cool, cool, cool. Â Cheap and kinda trashy, exactly the kind of place you wanna go to listen to dance music and get drunk on cheap liquor. Â And supposedly this place has AMAZING happy hour specials. Â I'm sure it gets packed since it is so close to the PATH train. Â
Not my first choice for drinks and dancing but on a certain kind of night, I wouldn't mind making an appearance.
This is a bar and it is popular. Â I didn't buy my drinks here, but I saw the bill and it was cheap. Â Great. Â There was a fair amount of people here and we easily made more friends. Â Great. Â Being able to start an impromptu dance party. Â Great. Â
With all of those great things, it is still a bar that is popular and for good reason. Â It is a NORMAL bar. Â OMG A NORMAL BAR! Â Finally something NORMAL that either does not suck or tries to hard to be rad.
So my wife tells me the other day that she's heard the patrons at Green Rock sometimes skip the walk to the bathroom and just find a nice wall or corner to handle their business. I of course had never heard this before and go here pretty regularly with my coworkers for lunch. Awesome. I guess it's not a huge surprise given the location in Hoboken combined with the $1 happy hour beers.
I'm still going here for lunch though because the deals are good and they make a pretty great burger. Â Depending on the day of the week they have deals like $6 burgers, half price entrees, etc. I just won't be sitting along the wall anymore.
MAD.HOUSE.
That is what comes to mind the few times I've gone to Green Rock. It has a prime location right off the PATH, so understandably it is gonna get packed. However, it was ridiculous this past Saturday.
In an attempt to celebrate my friend's birthday, we headed on over there to start the night. Unfortunately, boyfriend and I waited ten minutes to grab a bartender's attention when we realized that it just wasn't in the cards. We left un-served and unhappy-- they let too many people in and not enough people come out.
I think the atmosphere of the place is cool when it isn't filled to the brim, but it is a rarity. Also, can someone explain what's with the napkins all over the floor everyyyyy time I go?
I last wrote a review almost 2 years ago, and I've been back a few times since. Â It's still pretty consistent. Â They still have good deals and service.
On a recent trip, my little daughter tagged along and she broke a cup. Â The staff wasn't upset about it. Â They cleaned it up right away.
Ugh. Â I have never been a fan of this place and I am still not. Â I think it would not be so terrible if the clientele was better, but for some reason every jerk in Hoboken likes to go here. Â Personally I never want to wait in line to get into a bar. Â I dont understand why it is so popular. Â And someone please explain to me why it is suddenly OK to just throw napkins in the air all over everyone? Â This seems to happen frequently.
If you like jerk hoboken clientele, go here. Â I wont be there.
I only attend this bar when forced by friends. Â Otherwise I avoid it like the plague!
My last review was pretty sarcastic; so much so that I forgot to mention how good the food is at Green Rock. Â Wings are great. Â Two for one burgers on Wednesdays is ridiculous. Â I was expecting a mediocre, overdone burger. Â Instead, I got a delicious, big burger two for one. Â Can't beat that. Â
Try the breakfast burger (burger, cheese, bacon, egg...yes).
The specials at this place are without a doubt the best in Hoboken. Â If you tune-out the drunk junior investment bankers that frequent Green Rock on the weekdays, I suggest you make the trip after work.
Came in during a slow time, but this place was open when many other pubs in the area were closed.
Lunch special was still on, so had some great food and drink for a little cheaper than normal. Chicken BLT and southwest chicken wraps were delicious. The music playing was fantastic. Â We're visiting from Chicago and were staying in Manhattan. So relieved to be getting such good food and drink without paying the Times Square markup. Cheers.
Anywhere I can get $1 beers and $5 appetizers is a gold mine to me. Yes it is crowded, if you don't understand why, re-read previous sentence.
Get here early, get a table, watch the recent college grads get hammered in their adult clothes and relax. If you hate people leave Hoboken...or go next door to Scotland Yard for some $5 cherry bombs.
My review for Green Rock was one of the very first I wrote on Yelp, way back in 2009. I stopped by recently and it's good to know that things have not changed much.
Stopped on a Thursday night. Still super crowded in the front, although at least the line wasn't too long this time. Â Decent club music inside, but the floors and walls were stickier than I remembered.
Also passed by on a recent Tuesday night, which used to be Green Rock's only saving grace ($1 mugs of domestic beers all night). Â Although they still have that deal, now they charge a $5 cover in order to get in. I guess in the grand scheme of things, $5 isn't a huge amount, and at least there was no line.
In the end, I can't give Green Rock much more than my first review. 1.5 stars, rounded down because with closing of Lana, you're one of the few places in Hoboken that charges a cover.
Where can you sit outside and get drunk on $1 beers?
Where can you sit outside and get served by a dope-ass tanned waitress?
Where can you sit outside and watch the d-bags flow outta the PATH station during rush hour?
Where can you sit outside and watch the ex-sorority ho's flow outta the PATH station during rush hour?
Green Rock. Â Bringing d-bags and ex-sorority ho's together since 1997.
Jersey gets a bad rap fo' sho' and if people visit this bar in Jersey that rap will most definitely live up to it's reputation. Free for ladies $5 for dudes on a Tuesday. $1 beers of Coors, Bud and other big name domestic drafts. Meh. But, a $1 is a $1.
I was pretty drunk, and the horrible music blaring from the DJ booth (i.e. wierd remixes, and top 40 garbage) got me on the dance floor in minutes. I actually approached said DJ and made a request which he told me he couldn't since he had to play a certain type of music. What?? You have to play horrible music? The answer was yes. I still danced. I enjoyed every second of it. The back is pretty open for said dancing. Lots of dudes everywhere. This is where Snooki most def would have chilled if she lived in Hoboken and wasn't all preggers.
Would I ever come back here? I probably will end up here but not by choice. Wouldn't say this was my scene....ever. Did I have fun? Yes, admittedly I had fun.
So close to the Path Stop.
The inside changes at 9:59 pm from an average joe bar to sorority girls gone wild.
Seriously, my friends said it was too early to be dancing at 9:30, but bam, when the Kappa Kappas walk in strutting their stuff with their heels and start mooching with the ugly guido in the corner, you know someone's about to have a good night.
Bud Light $4.
This place is located in the historic terminal building and is just a few steps away from the Path station. Due to it's close proximity to public transportation and really nice happy hours, this bar is always packed and attract so many people.
The bar has an authentic antique bar decor which gives it a look of early 1800's.This is one of the best spots to enjoy drinks with friends.This place has one of the best happy hours in the hood. They have Tuesday specials with Yuengling and Coors light for a buck, but they also have cover charge which can be sometimes five or ten bucks.The place is always packed on Tuesday.
The layout of this place is such that one will definitely bump into people while walking past the bar to go to the back side.The DJ was nice and played everything right from 80's, 90's to current pop music. The servers were nice and attentive.
Green Rock is my arch-nemesis. Â My friends dare not even suggest it for our weekend itineraries. Â
Every time I've gone here its been a miserable experience. Â The place is constantly packed wall to wall with tons of drunken fools who are 25 going on 18-and-I-can't-hold-my-liquor. Â The only way to walk the length of the bar is by shimmying against strangers' bodies while dodging clumsily held pints and flailing body parts. Â The air is thick with beer breathe and slurred words, and the dance floor sticky with various fluids.
Not.my.scene.at.all.
NOTE: Â Even though I hate it here, everyone else in the place always seems to be having a blast.
The Green Rock is a rare find in a yuppie town like Hoboken. Â
To be fair, I feel like I must start this review by being brutally honest. The bar isn't the nicest of venues. Â It has that odor of old wood that has been marinated in gallons of cheap beer, most likely the result of hundreds of spilled $1 drafts... but I digress. Â The bar has some tight spaces, and it can be ridiculously difficult to maneuver through the crowd . Â Also, the ladies room is tiny and is one of the worst that I have ever seen.
Yet the Green Rock does have some redeeming qualities. Â Most importantly, some fantastic deals. Â I have only been for happy hour on a Thursday night (actually, make that several Thursday nights) and have enjoyed the $1 drafts from 5-8, at which point the drafts increase to a shockingly high price of $2 a pint. On Thursdays you can also find a 2 for 1 appetizer deal that helps to make it a cheap night out.
If you like the fancy trendy bars and clubs, you will hate the Green Rock. Â But if you're a fun, go with the flow type of person, give it a shot.
Green Rock is the bar equivalent of a Justin Bieber jam. Â If you're over the age of 13 (which you have to be to enter), it isn't your proudest moment to admit you like it. Â And much like Justin Bieber on the radio dial, if there is anything even remotely better or hipper going on, that's where you're going. Â But sometimes there isn't, so you sing along and actually kind of enjoy it. Â That's a night at Green Rock. Â I'll go but I will be damned if I check in on Four Square.
I would be remiss if I didn't kick this off with a glowing review of $1 beer night. Â Sure, all you are getting for a dollar is a Bud Light or Coors Light, but also you are getting a Bud Light or a Coors Light on a Friday in Hoboken FOR A DOLLAR. Â My local rip-off liquor store can't beat that deal. Â As to be expected, dollar beer night is nearly always packed, sans the Friday before a holiday weekend. Â If you get there early, you can try to commandeer a table, but inevitably a local frat boy will make your table his own as he hunts for a place to put the 20 beers he just ordered.
The food here is edible, though certainly nothing to write home about. Â The bar pies are decent and the wings are above average. Â I never plan to have a meal here, but the fare is decent enough that I don't kick myself if I forget to eat before I head over.
Other than the dollar drafts, Green Rock's saving grace is their willingness to accommodate with their sports packages on the television. Â While the game you want might not be on when you first walk in (and truly, why would a Twins/Angels regular season game be?), but if you ask nicely, they will always find a screen to put it on for you.
Green Rock is not a place for those with a weak stomach for the stereotypical New Jersey characters. Â They'll always be out in full force, knocking into you while they gravitate towards each other for a fist bump. Â But if you can enjoy a night out with some blinders on and have a group at the helm to protect you from body blocks, you'll have a good time at the Green Rock. Â Just don't tell anyone you did.
I'm no bar person, but I strangely adore this place. Â Probably because I've come here a few times after work with some co-workers to enjoy the happy hour of $1 mugs (tiny mugs, like the size of 1 can of beer) and the wings. Â The wings are very good if you like those classic hot wings, dripping in orange sauce, with a hint of spiciness. Â And they have 2 for 1 appetizers Thursday nights, so get yer quesadillas and spinach dip (amongst other things) for cheap!
People tell me they dilute the beer down for the $1 mugs. Â I don't know about you, but it still gets me drunk...
What amazes me is that Friday, Saturday nights there is often a line out here. Â Seriously? Â That always amused me. Â I have been here before on a Saturday night, and the eating area became a pseudo-dance floor, with beer and guidos and all. Â Felt like trashy NJ fun, but I actually had a great time!
I walked into this place and immediately turned around and walked back out. Â
The only reason to come here is if...
#1: You like to imitate the Jersey Shore fist-pumping characters and don't want to feel out of place
#2: You like the smell of gallons of cheap cologne/perfume
#3: You want to get your drink spilled on you by some asshole
#4: You want to be ogled, or worse - groped - by some asshole (that you can't get away from because you're packed in like sardines)
Seriously, this place epitomizes any/everything on my list of "can't stands" in Hoboken.
Green Rock is like an ankle-biting terrier. It may help you talk to pretty ladies, but it's small and annoying, and has this Napoleon Complex that makes it think it's one of the big dogs. It's not.
Rather, Green Rock is almost certainly the most over-rated bar in Hoboken. While I am by no means above dollar beer specials, you'd think this was a town of broke-ass deadbeats given the crowds that swarm this narrow watering hole for happy hour and beyond. I don't get it.
I don't get how people enjoy drinking within a smaller amount of personal space than the PATH train during rush hour. I don't get how one is to make it out of here without spilt liquor on your shirt or scuff marks on your shoes. I don't get how they pay a DJ that is no better than free FM radio. I just don't get how so many young individuals of both genders think this place is a good time.
On the relative upside, Green Rock is paces from the PATH, the drinks are cheap, and I haven't exactly had an all-out, life-scarring, terrible time here - I've just consistently wished I was somewhere else. In as legit of a drinking town as Hoboken, Green Rock's reputation as some sort of libation destination continues to confound me.
After a weekend evening attempt at this packed downtown bar a year or so ago, I had vowed not to return. Â The babyfaced crowd had me feeling like a cougar, which is never an enjoyable way to start an evening. Â
However, I was recently required to meet a friend at Green Rock, as she was enjoying their happy hour specials with her colleagues. Â Though the tiny quarters were still as cramped as on a Friday or Saturday night, the crowd was a better mix of ages and professional levels. Â The $1 beers that were served until 8 pm were enough to entice anyone to stop in, cougar or otherwise.
One of my Hoboken friends, upon hearing that I was headed to Green Rock, said "Oh.. that's a young bar".
I'm not exactly sure of the implications of that comment, but it seemed to be a pretty solid range of people here.
I have only been here on Monday nights with intent of having 25¢ wings and $1 Yuenglings. It is what it is.
The server is super busy, the food takes a while to get.... but it's cheap.
One thing that persistently bothers me is the noise level. It's extremely loud, even when no one is in there. I don't know if the walls are made of echo-wood or what.
Nachos & Wings are good.
This place is a Hoboken phenomenon, and I just don't freakin get it. Â
Staff is ok, but the clientelle couldnt be more stuck up. Â Isn't this place popular because of the $1 drafts? Â Don't you forgo your right to be arrogant when you go somewhere for $1 drafts?
Always a line and too crowded when you get inside. Â Tough to get a drink.
Are we getting there?
If you have clean shoes, defintiely avoid this place, because even if you dont get spilled on, the layout when you walk past the bar in the front room ensures you WILL get stepped on. Â Oh, and don't hold your breath for anyone to apologize. Â I've been dragged here more times than I'd like to admit, and I'm still waiting for the first "excuse me".
I have waited on a line to get in somewhere 2 times in my life. I am truly embarrassed to admit that this was one of them.
We were lured by the idea of an easy night out (no need to glamify and trek 10 minutes into the city) and $30 open bar for somebodies birthday. We were meeting a friend who was already inside and had already paid his $30, so we sucked it up and waited 45 damn minutes of our lives to get in. In fact, my friend even tried to slip the bouncer 20 bucks so we didn't have to wait and HE WOULDN'T TAKE IT! Isn't that the point of being a bouncer?
It really is any other Hoboken bar, filled with lame girls who got decked out for a bar in NEW JERSEY, douchey 20 something guys and, of course, douchy 30+ guys who are hoping to score with drunk girls that got decked out for HOBOKEN.
Ugh. We ended up having a good time with our $5 Coors Lights (?), decent dance music and spontaneous dancey time, but I have absolutely NO intention of ever, ever coming here again.
Green Rock Rocks. I know that sounds stupid, but this place kicks a$$ for a Hoboken Down and Dirty bar.
There are always specials. I think there is a $1 Beer special every night of the week until 8pm. And on Wednesdays there is a 'buy 1 burger, get one free' special to go along with the $1 beers. I think the cheapest bill I've ever had was here, for about $15. We (2 guys) stumbled out of there with a good buzz.
Avoid GR on friday and saturday nights after 9pm. Super slammed.
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