Fun place to go for a night out when on the island! Â Usually have live bands playing every night, and if not they have a DJ that takes requests. Â Usually a pretty happening place in July/August- even on the weekdays. Â Taking the Nardi bus is fun and free (although, you should tip the driver!) Â Only goes up to Division St. on the Surf City end. Â Bus can be a little rowdy on the way home, but that's all part of the experience! Â Fun, friendly, knowledgeable and attentive bar staff. Â Pretty decent food ... had a yummy cheesesteak and some good fries here. Â Average-priced drinks. Â Can't wait to try out happy hour this year!
Review Source:I live five or so blocks from Nardi's so naturally I have become a bit familiar with it. It's a great place for a fun night out, not a place for an afternoon lunch or evening dinner. The food is nothing to brag about, neither are the drinks. But, I don't think that's why everyone goes there. You go to Nardi's for the bands and that damned pink school bus. It's a fun place with lots of dancing and debauchery but don't expect much else.
Review Source:Came here twice while on vacation and had a great time. Â There's always something going on here, which worked out great for us since we were visiting off-peak season. Â Â Â
The service was great. Â Mike the bartender is awesome and I hope he's still there when we come back down to visit the island!!!!! Â Cold tasty beers and yummy food as well. Â The mussels (both red and white) were out of this world both times we came by, too! Â
I hope to ride the famous Pink Bus next time!!
I really never thought I would even like a place Nardi's - kind of thought the pink bus was a little ridiculous but it's actually pretty awesome. Â For those of you who don't know, the bus will pick you up pretty much anywhere on the island after 9pm and then drop you off that night, too. Â Obviously, they are trying to get you in the door but they also make it an incredibly safe way to travel if you are planning on going out and having a few cold ones.
During a week in LBI, my wife and I stopped in here a few times. Â It's a nice place - relatively new and everything is clean. Â They actually have very good happy hour specials - $2.50 for domestic light drafts. Â I believe happy hour only goes from 3-5, though. Â Some of the bartenders are better than others, but that's pretty much the case at any place. Â Never tried the food here but there were always people eating when we went and they have live entertainment. Â I actually do like Nardi's and I wouldn't hesitate to pop in here for a beer when I am back in LBI.
Ok seriously, Â how could you not love the Pink bus?? Â Â Why doesn't every bar down there have a pink bus? Â Â I always have fun here. Â My boyfriend likes the food, but I go mainly for the drinks. Â I miss Dogvoices though. Â :( Â Â When Monte was there he used to rock the house. Â Â Always a good time. Â I miss getting seasonal houses down there. Â I might have to change that for 2013.
Review Source:This place can turn into a real sh*t show late night, but it's centrally located and easy to bike to from almost anywhere on the island. The bouncers sometimes get a little bit of a tude (sorry bro, not EVERYBODY can be a cool local like you.) The cover bands are usually decent, and the drinks aren't over priced. The bus is a little over hyped, just suck it up and pay for a cab if you are too lazy/drunk to bike over!
Review Source:I wish every bar in LBI had service/staff like Nardi's!
Bartenders are always friendly and actually seem happy that you're there!
(how refreshing on this island!)
Great happy hour specials!
The menu is basic, but delicious! Â Very very reasonably priced.
Breakfast might be my favorite.
Best Bloody Mary's on the island.
My ID got checked 20 times, going through various scanners. Then I had to pay a cover so I was already annoyed when I finally made it through the door. It was crowded with a lot of older women. I ordered a drink that was tiny, overpriced and basically just juice. My friends and I left shortly after that. I would avoid this place, unless paying $10 for 4oz of juice is your thing and you're looking to hit on moms, then go.
Review Source:OK, its a beach bar with a pink drunk bus. Â This place has an incredibly eclectic crowd, Â and like most of the other reviews state, 30's-60 with a handful of underage drinkers. Â The food is actually pretty good, but if you're plannng on eating, go well before the bands come on. Elvis cocktails is a riot and Sinatra night is great if you're over 70. Thursday to Sunday nights its a $10 cover which is nuts, but its still probably worth it to crowd watch. This place gets packed, everyone is friendly, and I swear its a swingers hangout (I've had some odd propositions) but its still a must stop on the LBI visit. Â Don't expect alot, and you'll have alot of fun
Review Source:What can you say about a place that has an Elvis impersonator on Friday night? The place is not high-brow but obviously has no problem poking fun of itself.
The meals are decent-basically it's a cheap decent place to eat. We got the pizza-decent pie but nothing to come back for again. Â Bar scene was eh-diverse crowd but mostly an older crowd with lots of people in their late thirties, forties, and fifties.
I am going to take this in another direction. Yes, Nardi's a Shore bar. Yes, people can skew older....but if you rent nearby and want to grab quick pizza for the backyard party, Nardi's is surprisingly very good. The specialty pizzas knocked people's socks off. We expected nothing and got  really good pies, particularly the Nardi's Special and the Fra Diavolo.
If you are the one picking up the pies, tell your family it's ready in 5 minutes even though it will be 20. Go get a beer. Take a cousin. Get a breather....and enjoy.
We felt really welcome here, I have to say.  You have to love a place that has great service  I appreciated the party bus coming and picking us up. The cover charge was $10, not too bad. The bar itself was nice, air conditioned, mixed crowd. The dance floor is small, but sufficient. They do carry-out here, so they have a great selection of bottles - I like drinking Bud Light Lime at a bar. The bartender was really friendly. His name was Mike. Although Mike was busy, he was very attentive and asked us where we were from, etc. The band we saw was called Animal House, they were a decent cover band. We waited a few minutes for the bus, and then were safely home before I knew it, thanks to the friendly driver Lou!  Dont forget to tip your driver!  We will definitely be back!
Review Source:Stopped in for lunch & a drink on a hot Saturday - thank you for the air conditioning! The ladies' room did not have paper towels, but the hand dryer was frighteningly strong...so I guess this is acceptable since it did the job. Not like those weak hand dryers that only help covered wet hands slightly drip less.
Paper menus lined the long, extended bar top every few seats, as if to say, "Sit. Eat. Join us!" The place has a welcoming feel to it, so we sat & immediately browsed the menus.
Within a few minutes we were greeted and served our drink orders promptly by a friendly bartender. "Locals" must have to the right of us as they complained about how crowded it was for a Saturday lunch to one of the pretty female bartenders they seemed familiar with. She conceded and explained they're even busier these days for breakfast.
But why shouldn't it be crowded!?! With bartenders on the ball, satisfying food with whole, fresh ingredients, and a large dining area with fun pics of pop icons lining the walls behind several HD TVs...I don't think I'm the only "benny" who likes this place. And will return!
Went to LBI without much of a plan on the weekend of the 4th. Â Someone mentioned there's a place called Nardi's with a drunk bus that can get pretty wild so I figured I would check it out. Â This supposed friend of mine is no longer to be trusted.
Nardi's is packed with 30s and 40s and the occasional jail bait. Â It could have been a unique Friday given it was the weekend of the 4th, but there were some weird creepers at this place.
From what I can remember...
Subject A: Mid-40s, wearing a Hawaiin shirt with a super tuck into his cargo shorts. Â All he did was stand next to the dance floor and stare at everyone with a huge smile. Â Apparently he rolled solo.
Subject B: Blacked out cougar lady who is dancing wildly and knocking into everyone, spilling her drink in the process.
Subject C: Local grunge guy w/ friends hanging out at the bar. Â Overall bar area and crowd seems disconnected from the dance floor which might be a good thing, but doesn't fit in with everything else.
Avoid this spot unless in your late 30s to 40s and are looking for love at the Jersey Shore.
As if there were hundreds of night life options to be had in Long Beach Island, I rate this place based on consistency of service as much as I do basic first impressions and such. Â Long story shorter, my buddy Jason has been coming here for years with his birthday bashes which alone serve to be entertainment for the entire island. Â The confidence it takes to have a bright pink bus pick up pre-partied punters who've previously partaken in powerfuil potions prepared pool-side at various other parties, gives Nardi's the badge of courage that can only be worn with a brightly flashing guitar and glowing sun pendant pinned on at previously mentioned party.
Should you go? Â Hella yes. Â Should you stay? Â Perhaps only for a short while to assist the helpful hosts as they graciously grin at the fact that you all needed to come there to conclude your evening reaking havock on all the locals who were not again invited to the previously mentioned party.
It's a great place to meet some Beach Haven inhabitants who are pretty much eventually likely to have their name appear on the marquee or to have a drink decorated with many umbrellas named for them! Â
See you at Nardi's next June!
Nardi's has always been my main drinking hole on LBI. Â I wouldn't say the scene is old, but it's most definitely a mix of ages. Â On my last visit I saw a woman of about 65 table dancing, and I was being repetitively bumped into by a chick who didn't look like she was legal to be in the place. Â It's definitely a variety.
I personally thought the bar was a lot better when the Nardi family owned it. Â They sold in 2005. Â While the place looks the same, has some of the same people at the door, and features the same bands, there's definitely a different vibe. Â I mean, a $10 door for a cover band? Â Give me a break.
But the coolest thing about Nardi's is the pink party bus. Â Had too much to drink? Â Leave your car in the parking lot, board the bus with the other revelers and get a free ride home. Â Can't beat that. Â It's always a party at Nardi's!
When I saw the magenta party bus in front of this dive bar, I knew I may have found "the one" in LBI for the week. Complete with barf buckets, the bus parked in front of Nardi's may be your vehicle to paradise.
I first entered on like a Sunday night, just a drive-by to see what it was all about. There were tons of people there, and I saw some hipster guys with glasses- SCORE.
I rode my bike a day or two later and got there around 4 pm. I was treated to Miller High Life at happy hour prices and free pizza (WERD). A real local's bar, there were no tourists and I was the only other woman there. The rest were guys talking shit about work. I noticed the mural on the wall of like Patti Smith, James Dean, Elvis...and started to wonder about this place...
On Wednesday we decided to hit it up-there was a 5 buck cover charge to see the cover band (what??) and the beers shot up to like 5 bucks for an Amstel Light! There were bouncers everywhere, all the bartenders were men, a very different scene. There were tons of MILFs and their gold-chained menmeat. The cover band had a small corner stage and it was so packed one could barely move, although I did get to find out where an awesome Garfield t-shirt had been bought.
After not being able to cover Guns n Roses or Talking Heads, or anything not for the masses, my brother and I jetted out of there.
My last day on the island, I stopped by for more happy hour beer and pizza on my bike ride back, and found it more to my liking again. Tourists ruin everything! AND I got to play a hunting game like my beloved BuckHunt in TC's Lounge in Boston.
This place is it...maybe just not at night...
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