This is a bar. Â They serve beer. Â They've got a pool table.
All compelling reasons to go here, if you want a bar that serves beer. Â Mostly, though, you should go because they have a great jukebox. Â If you like to drink your Yeungling while listening to Holland 1945 or the Flaming Lips and are near this bar, head on in!
Cool place
Nice little dive bar that's great if you're trying to avoid crowds and grab some cheap drinks.
Perfect example...came here with a small group during the St. Patrick's day festivities in Hoboken. They were one of the few bars not charging cover, we got a great spot in the window away from the mob, got fast bar service and a front row view of the people stumbling down Washington. Made for an entertaining afternoon.
Arguably my favorite bar in Hoboken. Â Great Jukebox and good crowd. Â Â Its a dive so no what to expect, its not fancy, don't expect drunk yappy 21 year old girls nor top 40 music. Â Its the kind of place you wanna go to hang out with a neighborhood crowd and not worry about a whole lot.
Review Source:What is going on here?? We go to 3 bars in town... Maxwells, Northern Soul and Louise and Jerrys...now we will only go to 2. Why is my bartender resemble Dina from Jersey Shore,slightly skinnier,and wearing ridiculous spandex. I come here to chill with the other non black bear types and now im stuck with juice heads and juicy couture?? By the way, it took 15 minutes for the bartender to come over... why you ask... she had to talk to her friend about brother ' drama'! When was 'drama' associated with Louise and Jerrys? Give me a buzz when MTV isnt contributing to your salary.
Review Source:Always feel at home in this place. Â Big comfy couches in the back near the pool table, good music, and the bartenders are awesome. Â Can order food to the place which is nice too. Â They have a lot of good beers on bottle (Purple Haze!) and other IPA's as well. Â Not the typical Hoboken bar that's overcrowded with lame persons. Â I would highly suggest this bar.
Review Source:This place is great for a hang-out. A very small place, I'd imagine it gets packed on weekends, but on weeknights its just a cool place with great music and a friendly crowd. Even with a full bar it took just under a minute to walk up and order a couple drinks and the bartender was polite and efficient. I'd definitely drop in here again to grab a quick drink on my way home after eating on Washington street or if I had some time to kill in Hoboken!
Review Source:You know what this divey bar steps below Washington St is actually kind of awesome. It is definitely a fun dive bar that you can walk into and not expect any judgment. Reasonable prices, but don't expect anything fancy. Pool table and one of those quasi-shuffleboard/screen setups. This place was exactly what I was hoping it would be. The bartender was really friendly too.
Review Source:Another reason I miss Hoboken. Â
If you like overpriced foofoo drinks, microbrews, trendy finger foods, and background top 40 noise, this aint the place for you. Â
But if you are cool, like punk and old school rock n' roll with an amazing jukebox, cool bartenders, cheap beer and even the occasional foofoo drink (Brian makes a GREAT vodka soda which is basically vodka, club and cranberry - in a pint glass - he rocks). Â They don't have food, but have menus for delivery - I've had my pizza delivered there more than once. Â
There is basically a bar and a pool table. Â You can get sports on, Sunday afternoons in summer time, baseball games and in the fall of course football. Â At night, you'll see the UFC stuff. Â I mean, there's something for everyone. Â If you're cool that is. Â Don't come in here expecting to hear Britney Spears or something. Â The Clash, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Stones, Replacements. Â Sigh. Â I miss their jukebox.
Every now and then, I get a hankering for a bar like this in the city. Â The only place remotely close would be in the East Village I guess, but that's Guam to me. Â In Hoboken, I know what I am going to get, so I always have a soft spot in my heart for L&Js.
They are one of the few bars in Hobo that have PURSE HOOKS for the girls. Thank youuuu.
It's a dive bar. I only reason I know I was here because of my string of Facebook check-ins.
I walk by here every morning on my traipse to the Path. They leave up their sign about booze in the morning sometimes. It sure is enticing.
I walked into this place on a Tuesday night and instantly felt like I was back home in Boston. All the people who were there were cool and it gave the place a very laid back atmosphere. As far as I'm concerned, it's a hidden gem in Hoboken and I hope it stays that way. Not that this review will help that.
The bar itself is in the basement of the building and as soon as you walk in you have to wait for your eyes to adjust because the place is dark. The bar takes up most of the place with a pool table at the back. Â The pool table is great if you want to play while having a couple of drinks and cost a dollar per game. If not, you can sit at the bar and watch something on the TV and chat with the people sitting around you. The jukebox there had some awesome tunes in it that you won't find much other places now a days. It's chock full of bands such as ACDC, The Rolling Stones, Elvis and other lost treasures.
The vibe of the place was very laid back with everybody just having some casual drinks and hanging out. There was no screaming, unnecessary loud music, or that typical crowd of people in Hoboken who's shirts are way too tight. The only real disturbance would be when a couple of drunk people would stumble in and order a couple of drinks. The bartender was wicked cool and when we had heard almost everything in the jukebox he let someone plug in their iPod to continue the good tunes. He also always made sure your glass was full or that you were all set with everything.
The drinks were cheaper than other places I have found in Hoboken, with beers being about four dollars and mixed drinks being about five to six, depending on what you get.
Overall I gave this place a four star because of the great atmosphere, the cheap drinks, the good staff, the excellent jukebox and so much more. Â I plan on hitting this place up again and again. My home away from home bar.
Is it fair of me to rate Louise & Jerry's? I live in a veritable oasis of great bars (that is, Brooklyn), and here I am tramping over to Hoboken to take the piss out of everyone's favorite dive bar--if the Yelp reviews are to be believed. But someone has to say it: compared to Hoboken's bar scene, perhaps Louise & Jerry's is top-notch. But compared to the glorious bars that await you on the other side of the PATH (and, er, another couple of rides on the subway), this bar is pretty run-of-the-mill. Adjust your expectations accordingly.
Review Source:One of my favorite local dives for years. If you want to avoid the "scene" this is a great place to go.
Awesome juke box with all your punk favorites and some more esoteric bands.
Decent prices, considering the area. Met some cool people here over the years.
Bartender pours get more generous as the night progresses.
Is it a dive? Â Hell yes it is. Â
Is the jukebox beyond stacked with great music? Â Hell yes it is.
Are the prices fair? Â Hell yes they are.
Is there a good mix of "young professionals" and "old school punk rockers?" Â Hell yes.
Are the prices fair? Â Hell yes.
Will they let you bring in your own food? Â Hell yes.
Pool table and Buck Hunter? Â Hell yes.
every review i've read mentions the jukebox, and with good reason. Â this place is a gem for music fans who want to go to a bar and not hear the same 20 songs over and over again. Â do people know tom petty has more than american girl and that don't stop believing just sucks.
if you want to hear music you just heard on the radio with your girlfriends or who want to hear kings of leon (the sex one fire song-not their good stuff from 2003) with your bros, this is not the place for you.
if you want to hear GOOD music, and not deal with the top40/mtv party crowd, this is the place for you!!!
try to go (every other) wednesday where they have a great dj who plays really cool stuff!!
After a few weeks of residing in my new home in Hoboken, this is officially my favorite bar so far. Â Not much to add to my previous review aside from the fact that draft beers were $4, there's buy-backs, the bartender is still the nicest guy ever, and the jukebox is one of the best I've seen in a long, long while.
Review Source:And I thought most of Hoboken's bars were filled with prissy girls and fist pumping guys. Â Okay, maybe they are but Louise & Jerry's definitely stands out amongst them. Â It is a dive bar but I appreciate them especially when they have great bartenders, cheap drinks, and a $1 pool table in the back.
I came here with a few friends to celebrate my birthday. Â Our first round of drinks which included shots, beer and mixed drinks (8 total) came out to a whopping $36?? Yes, you read it right. Â I fell in love.
The bartender was super nice and payed attention to us when we needed more drinks. The bar was semi packed but after all it was a Sunday night and only the alcoholics come out to play then. Â Teehee.
We only stayed for an hour or so and moved to another lounge next door since they were closing at 2 AM. Â Trying to be efficient with our time. :)
Louise & Jerry's I WILL be back!!
'Louise & Jerry's' might be one of the last standing bars in Hoboken with the classic dive bar mentality. It's fantastic. Great bartenders, great beer, pool table, and an amazing juke box. Along with that dive bar mentality comes the locals who are true Hoboken-ites (Jersey City as well) not the shore trash that come into Hoboken looking to cop-a-feel towards yuppies at 'Bahama Mama's.' When you step into 'Louise & Jerry's' you automatically roll with the laid back vibe or they'll send you back to 'Texas Arizona' with all the other 'jersey trash.'
They have beer on draft but more of the impressive varietals come from bottles which, realistically aren't very cheap. If you spend the whole night there sipping on Abita Jockamo's, playing pool and taking an occasional cheap whiskey shot you're look at spending maybe $40-50 (depending on how much of a dive bar alcoholic you are.) Then again, it's Hoboken and no bar is really all that cheap to begin with. However the bartenders are honest and if you ask they will make you a strong mixed cocktail for a very reasonable price.
The bar is rather small so as other users have said, don't go in large groups to this place. There are many other bars in Hoboken which cater to that kind of vibe.
I can't stress enough that this is a place where if you were cool back in the 1980s and living in Hoboken you would be a regular at. It's completely real. It's not young professional or hipster either, it's just very straight forward -- pretty much unlike any other in the area.
This is what I picture when I think of an average, all-American bar. A long, narrow space, with a long wooden bar along the side, and a pool table at the end.
It's compact. It has good beers. It has a cool bartender. It has people sitting watching sports but *not* yelling or screeching. It has a jukebox at the perfect volume. This was around 7pm on a Friday, so maybe it gets rowdier later, but I enjoyed a relaxed drink and a few games of pool.
Hoboken's classic dive bar. It is one of the only places in the town that caters to the kind of demographic you find more in the lower east side or Brooklyn. The crowd is more 30s than most other Hob bars nowadays.
Decor hasn't changed since at least the 1980s. Juke box is eclectic and indie. There's got a pool table. Little corner nooks where you can chat. Pat, a great, great bar tender, who is serious about what he does.
I wouldnt plan a rowdy night for a crowd of more than 4-5 people here... This bar is for those relaxed evenings when you want to hang out, have a few drinks, shoot some pool, have some fun, low-key conversation with new people.
My recommendation is... check it out on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon. Decide whether you like it. It's not everybody's cup of tea, but that's one of the things that makes it great.
Hands down the best bar in Hoboken.
Amidst the sea of cheese that is 07030, L&J's is cut from a different cloth. The fantastic jukebox is updated just frequently enough (always new stuff, but the classics stay put), and Pat is one of the best bartenders around. Also - a major plus is the complete absence of guidos, which is no mean feat for the mile square city.
The crowd is definitely local, but not townie. Always a bunch of people playing pool and Buck Hunter in the back. It's a skinny bar that can get cramped, so maybe not the best place for large groups. However, if you like laid-back bars with great music, good bartenders, and interesting peeps - L&J's is your place.
Well, I suppose ratings by nature must be subjective. After all, what one person considers to be "great" can be another person's "trash".
However, I feel that at the very heart of it, a bar should be entertaining. This is why some people go to bars with dance music (to dance); others go to bars with TVs (to watch sports games); and others go to bars with a laid back atmosphere (to socialize with friends).
I'd venture to say that L and J's fits into this 3rd category, although it doesn't really do it too well. It's about small to average sized, so if you've got more than a few friends, it's probably going to feel a little cramped. The only time I went, I didn't really get a feel for anything mentioned in the other reviews... in fact the atmosphere was very sterile, and although I knew people there, I left after a short while.
There's no loud music or huge plasma TV's, which is fine, since that's not what they're trying to be about, but like I mentioned above, they're not really succeeding at doing much if anything.
If you hate the Hoboken scene, as many do, then you might find some solace here. If you're looking for a good time with friends and are under the age of 30, then stay away from this place. Â 1.5* out of 5 (they didn't spit in my beer so I can't give them a 1).
Really, I swear, I'm convinced that this is the only bar worth hanging out at in Hoboken. I've tried the others, Mile Square, Black Bear, Nine, etc. and they are all filled with the townie folks who refuse to ever cross the Hudson and head into this wonderful place called "Manhattan".
Louise and Jerry's feels like it should be on the LES somewhere, and somehow was put in Hoboken. It's quite small, but somehow manages to fit a pool table and Big Buck Hunter, plus it has a pretty decent beer selection. The people that hang out here are pretty chill and are hanging because they HAPPEN to live in Hoboken (probably because it's cheaper than Manhattan) and this is their local bar.
So if you're a guy that puts on your "happy hour Steve" uniform every night before going out, or if you're a girl that can't possibly go out in jeans and a t-shirt EVER, this place is probably not your cup of tea.
Small pub with a decent selection of beer. Â The place has a very good vibe and not nearly a frat bar, which is a good thing. Â The jukebox is awesome and the music is not too loud that it drowns out your conversation. Â A tad on the small side, so its not great for a large group, but smaller ones like 3-4 people will fit in nicely. Â Its also not crowded to the point that you cannot move. Â You do have the occasional 'excuse me' to get a shot off while playing pool.
Review Source:This is a bar. Â They serve beer. Â They've got a pool table.
All compelling reasons to go here, if you want a bar that serves beer. Â Mostly, though, you should go because they have a great jukebox. Â If you like to drink your Yeungling while listening to Holland 1945 or the Flaming Lips and are near this bar, head on in!
Why not 5*? Â because I don't live in Hoboken and don't have a burning desire to go to Louise and Jerry's unless I'm already in Hoboken, but it is pretty much the best weekend bar on the busy stretch of Washington St. (Maxwell's is kind of off in its own corner.)
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