Ultimate dive bar. Â 'Nuff said. Â Dark, old, lots of characters. Â Cheap beer, cheap women, cheap eats.
Nachos come on a g*ddamn cookie tray. Â It's a monstrous portion fit for sharing with three other people, minimum. Â If you order them as takeout, they come in a g*ddamn pizza box.
Wings are good as well. Â Don't let the decor scare you, everyone is nice. Â Don't make any stupid demands of the bartenders. Â Don't ask for dumb, girly mixed drinks. Â This is a beer and shot bar. Â You'll be looked at sideways!
HOLY. DIVE...er.
This is about as divey as you get. Jay's Elbow Room is a regionally renowned hot mess with cheap beer and terribly good bar grub.
Classy, it is not. But it's probably the cheapest drinking experience you've had in a while and their nachos, served on an elegant spread of tin foil, are pretty darn bomb!! This place is like a mini-reunion for anyone who went to school in South Jersey, which is a good or bad thing depending on your high school experience.
If you're not looking for a high brow experience, but wouldn't mind a night of drinking and dinner for under $15, then welcome to heaven.
I stopped in around noon on a Thursday for a beer and lunch, and was pleasantly surprised once my eyes got used to the dim light. The place is small, dark yet comfortable and is full of tv's, one had to be 70"+. Hard to believe frenzied Rt 73 is only a few feet away. Eddie the bartender immediately introduced himself and showed me a well organized beer list. They plan on having 16 taps installed in a few months. Weekday lunch specials include a different sandwich for $1, menu is large, beers are cold and reasonably priced. I had the roast beef sandwich on a hard roll and it was delicious, ask for well done fries. I didn't notice any wierd smells like some reviewers...but I left my white gloves at home. Great place to relax over a sandwich, a few beers and a friendly discussion. Patrons didn't give me the stink eye when I entered the front door.
Review Source:Slightly smelly, and unless you went to high school with the regulars they'll look at you with a "Hey I don't know you. Â What are you doing here?" look. Â Those are the negatives. Â The positives are you'll adjust to the smell - it's like bleach and bathroom cleaner, so I guess it could be worse. Â The prices are very good, the food is solid pub grub, and the chicks serving the food are all very nice. Â
Good place to meet up before going somewhere nice, or a good place to end up late after you've been somewhere nice.
Anyone who lives in south Jersey or has had any exposure to south Jersey knows Jay's. Â
There is nothing fancy about this place and the decor today is probably the same decor from 1982. Â
Awesome specials and pretty decent food that is cheap. Â
Oddly, despite being such a dive, you can come to this place all dressed up or all dressed down and fit in perfectly.
I have seen many things in my life. Some good, some bad. I've watched good people die for no reason. I've seen a cat giving birth to kittens. Ive been down and ive been up.
None of that matters though. Jays is the best experience in my lifetime. A place where troubles dont exist, where beer is cheap, where service matters, and where wings are all you can eat on tuesdays.
God Bless America
I really like this place. Â The garlic wings are very good, and the beer selection is surprising. Â They have a different craft beer bottle on special just about every day, and other beer specials during the game. Â Staff is decent. Â Make sure you enter through the side door to avoid the uncomfortable gazes from the regulars sitting at the bar by the front door. Â Then again, try it once for kicks.
Review Source:I guess for a few cheap drinks and really crappy food you can't beat it. It's just over the bridge from Philly on the Jersey side, and that is the biggest problem this bar has. That it's in Jersey and loaded with Assholes. The patrons no doubt if you slit their throats would bleed out at least a pint of wing sauce. The sticky peeling wood colored Formica tables and wobbly chairs make a prison visitors room feel more welcoming. Â Look I used to tolerate this white trash hole for a quick beer in and out of the city until I got into a brawl with a uniformed cop a few years ago there. This house of douche bags is only really good for washing your balls in their bathroom sink.
Review Source:Oh yes a dive bar indeed. I've wanted to come here since like forever ago. I finally convinced my girlfriend to go (girls these days not wanting to go dive bars, see what I've gotta put up with?) Anyway, we finally made it, which explains why I am writing this review. We walked in and Led Zep was on the jukebox! Already we were both happy since we are huge fans. We opted for hot wings and cheesesteaks (chicken and beef). I think they had Coors specials, but if I wanted piss in a cup, I would've stayed home. Instead we both ordered the Anchor Christmas Ale, only $4.25 a pop. NOT BAD! We checked out the jukebox selection which is AWESOME by the way. Our wings came out first and were great! The sandwiches were good as well. Their prices aren't bad either. We dropped around $30 for everything we got. The only crappy part is that you only get one song for a dollar on the jukebox. A little bit of a rip off if you ask me, but it's a small price to pay for a place with good food, cold beer, and awesome music. Pay them a visit!
Review Source:Is what it is. Think blue-collar bar. Very good food, very good beer selection, friendly staff. Get the wings. Not a 1st date spot, but great spot to relax.. catch the game on one of their MANY HD TVs. Â Great Happy Hour specials. Wish I lived closer, I'd be a regular.
Did I mention their wings are the thing?
I still love Jay's but I just wanted to send a note so people didn't come here and be surprised -
We went on Saturday night for some beers with people that live in Pennsylvania -
They wouldn't take their valid PA driver's licenses...it was very bizarre - said they weren't "reacting" to the light as real IDs...we were a little surprised and then the server said that we "better leave now because I'm supposed to hold these until the cops come."
A little odd...this has happened to me once as a Jerseyan in Pennsylvania - they wouldn't serve JR C. and myself when we were out in Hersey because they didn't like our IDs...
So, moral of the story, bring a backup ID...like...a passport when you go from PA to Jersey or Jersey to PA. Â They are essentially different countries anyway.
I love this place. Â Personally, I think they have the best cheesesteaks in South Jersey, and they're better than any I've had in Philly (and I lived there for four years). Â Very good wings, cheap beer, and great clientele.
Ask for 'The Polish Wizard.'
The back deck is nice during the summer, and I've drank many a $6 pitcher of Bud Light back there!
A total dive, but friggen AWESOME.
Cheap drinks. Cool crowd. AWESOME bar food. And beer to go. What more could you want?
Jay's is an awesome bar to catch a game or just partake in a refreshing adult beverage. The prices are so right ($1.50 Bud Light? Oh ok) and the staff is laid back and inviting.
I feel like it's my living room with a few extra people.
Old school dive bar. Either you love it or hate it.
Getting out of the car, the smell of old greasy french fries is immediately apparent. You push open the dark, heavy door and are washed over with the smell of old smoke and old beer. (There's no smoking permitted inside; it's just that old). Very dark, very dated or retro depending on your vantage point.
The most expensive item on the menu was 16 wings for $11. Service was quick and polite. Bathrooms reasonably clean and I didn't have to hold the door shut with my knee, which seems to be the custom in most dive bars. Not ADA accessible.
This is where you come to drink dollar Buds and eat bar food. They did have Anchor Steam Christmas and Yards. We had chicken steak, turkey wrap and old bay fries, all of which was decent. They don't serve coffee FYI.
Don't know why but I am drawn to this place. Â Is it because of the relaxing atmosphere? Â Maybe. Â Because it is one of the only South Jersey bars grandfathered into a 3am close versus the typical 2am? Â Much more likely. Â
If looking for good microbrews, not the place to go, but also not the point of Jay's. Â Great place to show up to grab a couple appetizers (I suggest the fried chees balls) and some domestics with friends. Â Very friendly staff and always a good time.
Sure, it classifies as a dive. Jay's is off Rt 73 just past a sketch motel nearby a mall. Nothin' classy about this joint, but it doesn't rate among best of the worst. Case in pt, the large Sony flatscreen on the wall.
Also, on a Thursday night, there was no grime on the tables, no wet rings from earlier patrons. My friends and I did appreciate the $6 pitcher of Bud; not so much the beer but the cost and the silly small glasses we received with them.
In here, no one is gonna judge our war stories negatively. The waitress was fine, left us alone, and the two stall bathroom was spectacular for a dive. We're talking you could almost almost sit on those toilets.
So for my first time at Jay's where I enjoyed inexpensive time with friends that could have gone on til 3am, four stars!
If I could change anything about this place, I would just add some more local beers of course!
I have a sweet spot for Jay's. Â I have been coming here since I was probably 14 or so just to enjoy their wings with my dad. Â After I became legal I started going here after work because it was close, cheap, and easy. Â This has now become stomping ground for my friends and me who frequent the bar 2-3 times a week when we can. Â If we need to get a cheap beer and bullshit or just to watch a Tuesday Phils game, this is the place to go. Â The food is always good and the beer always cold. Â I couldn't think of a more homey and comfortable place considering there are no corner bars in NJ. Â I will always be a fan of Jay's.
Oh, it's a dive. But that's not at all a bad thing.
It looks like a grimy little hole in the wall, but it feels nothing like it. A lot of truckers stop by late at night, and they're usually too tired to bother anyone or just looking to trade good stories. You can sit with your drinks and whoever you came with and be left alone, or you can chat with all the other smokers outside. That's probably my favourite aspect of Jay's: You can be as isolated or as social as you want, and no one will give you any shit for it.
And the drinks are pretty clutch, man.
I just referenced Jay's Elbow Room in another post and realized I never reviewed Jay's and that's a damned shame! Â
You get from Jay's what you'd expect from a great dive bar: atmosphere, well-poured and cheap drinks and the BEST hot wings this side of Buffalo!
I wrote about Jay's a couple years ago for an article about dive bars and places to spend the Super Bowl if folks wanted choices outside of Champps. Â I guess I keep forgetting about that because Jay's is the type of joint that either you know and value or you just miss out. Â This place doesn't need PR, the mystique is in the beer soaked floors and bar maids you know by name who bring you your wings "burned" and with loads of that sauce you just love without expecting anything but knowledge that you're having a good time and that the drunks at the next torn booth aren't annoying you too much.
Let me warn you, this place is not for everyone. Â But to dispel any rumors, in case said rumors were keeping you from trying it out: NO, Jay's Elbow Room is NOT owned by any members of the Ku Klux Klan, NO, Jay's Elbow Room does not break out into bar fights every night and NO, Jay's Elbow Room is not all about the twenty-something kids looking to drink excessively sweet pink drinks and fall into bed with each other (this is a shot and a beer joint people).
But do go and enjoy a casual good time.
I feel obligated to post a review of this bar, pretty much because I think I'm the only one with Internet access who has ever gone in there. Unless things have changed DRASTICALLY in the last 5 or so years, this place is the EPITOME of "dive bar" complete with neon "Packaged Goods" sign on the exterior. I will admit, I had a jolly good time there dodging thrown beer bottles during the sad Eagles-Rams playoff loss of a few years ago, but my fonder memories of the place were back in 96 when I was a young buck of maybe 19 and they served me beer without question.
Jay's Elbow room. I can't believe that place is even on here... Funny...
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