A pretty standard bar - one plus, they had free wings at 9pm which my friends and I DEVOURED. Â They also had mini pitchers for something like under $7 - which consisted of 2.5 drinks or so. Â Great deal, service and atmosphere were so-so. But, I'd come back and give them another shot.
Review Source:I go to this place nearly every weekend as I live in the area. I would not say it's the complete place for everyone but I certainly enjoy it during the more normal hours.
Service: I personally think it could do a bit better. The staff is really congenial but at times I find myself having to patiently wait a little longer than I want, or I feel uncomfortable asking for service due to attitude. That being said, it could potentially be from being constantly understaffed by management as it seems they typically have 2 waiters and 1 bartender at the most. On a more positive note, any request I do make usually gets fulfilled hastily.
Food/Drinks: Constant lineup of beer specials and great bar food. As all the other reviews go, wings are the best choice. Great selection of sauces combined with the cheap price, it is a much better deal than Buffalo Wild Wings. I have tried other items and have never been too upset; everything tasted as expected.
Atmosphere: Sports bar by day into early evening. Club-ish by night. A lot of televisions including a large projector, generally filled with people watching the same game which is always fun. If you are there on a weekend, as soon as it gets to be around 10:30p or 11:00, you will notice a dramatic shift in the environment. Lots of college students, shots, loud dance music, and yelling. Not my cup of tea but if that is what you are seeking, this would be a decent option in downtown Burlington.
Overall: I rated the place a 3/5 because of the times I do enjoy the place. Great spot to watch sports, eat and drink for about 3 hours but if I were to remain for another 2 hours I would be miserable surrounded by obnoxious drunks.
Best wings in town, especially for the price. Â From 5-9 every day the wings are $.40 each, and you can get them in whatever denominations you like. Â 2 bbq, 3 hot, 9 cajun...sure.
I recommend 6 cajun and 6 hot bbq accompanied by switchbacks and football during the winter. Â You won't be disappointed.
Granted in college the wings were $.10 each....damn you inflation.
All of that being said....at the advanced age of anything over 21, I would suggest never stay after 10pm. Â First, there are no more wings, and second, it turns into exactly what it should be...a dive college bar with primarily shitty music and girls looking to make mistakes.
I'm not a jock and I don't really care for the college meat-market that this place becomes after the sun goes down. But, for real: MY FAVORITE BURGER IN THE WORLD. Its a big world, and I've eaten burgers all over it. To recap: Meat market=blarf. Meat patty=YES, with beer-battered fries, please. No, its not grass-fed, local beef, which I believe tastes superior; its just whatever they season this meat with, or perhaps how they cook it, that nobody can seem to replicate. I have no idea what the secret is-I know some of those cooks have been around since I started coming here in 2003. I don't know if they know they are culinary legends in my warped mind. But as long as I continue to rot in this godforsaken town, I will always come here for an early dinner, to maybe catch a low-key baseball game, have a Switchback and a medium-rare burger, beer battered fries, side of garlic mayo, before the meat-head parade and its ensuing cologne/perfume miasma waft into the joint and all you can hear is "yah-dude" and "like, Omigawwwd!".
Review Source:Good god. Â I loved RJ's in colllege... for about 4 weeks at a clip. Â Then, I would revert to loathing the place. Â Later on, I would decide that it was the best place to go to get some free wings/cheap beer when my friends and I were broke again.
Yes, it's a piss-pot. Â It's only really enjoyable after 10 PM if you are loaded...and I mean..LOADED. Â And the happy hour is pretty decent, despite the shitty service and the lack-luster ambiance. Â If you are anti-Red Sox or anti-Patriots, you and your friends will most likely receive the side-eye from the staff, or possibly even get kicked out if you get carried away.
On the same note, please be forewarned! The f**king bouncers tend to be steak-necked pricks, the guy:girl ratio is terribly out of whack, and you might leave crawling out of the place is worse shape than when you started...but hey, it's a college bar, and while I have some fond memories of RJ's (I'm typing this with a cynical cringe)...I stay far, far away post-graduation.
Don't think they have this so-called happy hour anymore, definitely not
free wings. Â Someone please let me know otherwise.
The Food here is surprisingly good, flame broiled monster burgers at half price blow scuffer and rira's food away in taste and portions. Â Atmosphere is great to watch a sports game.
Def a great place for wings!
$0.50 wings are an awesome deal and free chips! when they come out fresh for you they are the perfect thing to go along with a $5 pitcher of PBR.
As for the bar here, they have a full one and I have been a number of times, but Nectar's was my spot. I really loved RJs for the wings and beer deals after a long day riding on the hill!
Like most places up there they have a great selection of VT brews, which are superior to most!
In college, my friends and I would race to RJs after class to snag a table and cheerily ring in happy hour. For a phenomenon that I haven't witnessed any place in Boston is the standard of RJs happy hour: free wings. Yup, order a beer and nurse it for an hour if you'd like. Those wings will keep coming and coming despite your slow imbibing. (At least this was the case when I was there up until 2004.) RJs might have actually spoiled me because shortly after college I went to a happy hour in Denver and was surprised that my friends were excited about 25 cent wings. Psshhh!! What a rip off!
Anyways, aside from that RJs is your typical college bar. Frat boys ordering Long Island Iced Teas while challenging each other to Buck Hunter, a very pathetic-looking pool table which only serves to take up space and barely any room to navigate when looking for the way-less-than-stellar bathroom.
And yes, 3 stars for the happy hour alone.
The crowd at this bar exhibits everything I hate about college bars, but RJ's was my regular hangout every Friday night when I lived in Burlington. The reason: $5 pitchers of Labatt Blue, and unlimited free wings from 5-9pm. While you can argue with a wasted fratboy about who was in line for the bathroom first, you can't argue with that deal.
Review Source:This is one of my least favorite places to go in the city of Burlington. Â It reminds me of those lame parties I went to during my freshman year at UVM. Â It's crowded, it's loud, and I feel like I need a shower every time I use the restroom. Â I've never had the food here, but I'm sure it sucks as much as the people and music. Â I'm giving it two stars rather than one because this is where I had my first Jager-bomb. Â mmmmm
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