OK,
First problem. Â The Caesar salad that I got looked like it had been sitting: premixed for 24 hours. Â The lettuce was wilted, there was no crunch, parmesan was non existent- it looked like it had been fished out of the trash.
Second problem. The base Caesar salad cost me 9 dollars ( which is a dollar more than on the menu). Â Bothered me based on principle. Â I asked them to add crispy chicken onto it and they put 2 thin extremely overcooked chicken strips on the salad and charged me 5 dollars for them.
So all in all, my very very unappetizing salad cost 14 dollars. So unappetizing, my stomach was not feeling to well the rest of the night. Â I shouldn't have eaten it, but I was oh so hungry after spending a long day out in the hot sun.
The Bartender who served me was nice... but the food was just SO disappointing and at the price it came... I'm not planning on eating there anytime soon.
Recently watched the Patriots get there asses kicked by the Ravens here and found it to be a fun experience! I didn't realize this place is actually a New England/Redskins sports bar. There was a good mix of different fans watching the game which made it fun. The service was pretty good, they were slammed that evening so I was very patient. My friends and I ordered several items including the chicken fingers, fries, a chicken wrap and I got the mussels. Everything was delicious. I was really into the mussels I ordered and the delicious garlic bread! I even requested extra bread to enjoy with the broth and the server was really generous and accommodating! Prices are decent, there's quite a bit of seating if you have a large group. They have a really odd smoking area right in the middle of the building. When you head to the bathroom you have to pass this really strange open room with the most random items in it, a fax machine and what looked like a messy, outdated sad excuse for an office?
All in all a fun place to watch a game and get your grub on!
Yes it's a dive, and the food is good/not great and can hit the spot at the right time. Â The reason I give this place 5 stars is because of the bartenders. Â They make this bar what it is and is one of the main reasons I enjoy coming here compared to most bars. Â They are fun, talkative, and make this place far more enjoyable than most bars where bartenders just serve you drinks and never talk.
Review Source:This place is awesome for happy hour. Â HOWEVER if you are looking for a classy, and quiet establishment, this is not for you. Â It is a dive, but the wings are AWESOME, an the nachos are massive. Â The place was packed when we were there, but the service was great. Â I defiantly will be going back.
Review Source:Went there for the first time last Thursday. Â Trying to find parking was a very bad experience since I don't like to pay $6 for the first hour or $9 for two hours! Â Finally I found a garage that charged $3 total after 5 pm.
My girl friend and I sat at the dining area. Â Thursday Trivia was alot of fun! Â The nacho chips were stale, otherwise the nachos would have been decent. Â I don't get what the hype is over their wings. Â They're ok. Â Caddie's has better wings in my opinion. Â
Wasn't impressed with their decor.
Didn't realize that Happy Hour ended at 7 so was charged full price for all of the drinks we ordered after 7 Â (trivia lasted til 10/10:30). Â That sucked. Â Live and learn!
Soo I'm kind of a huge fan of bars that play good music and have an outdoor patio which allows me to smoke and dance and laugh. :) This is the exact place I love to go to on a summer night with me and my ladies and dance and smoke our parliament lights and drink fruity drinks and laugh at ugly guys trying to hit on us. The owner is an amazing guy named Alan, and the General Manager John is quite hilarious if I might say so myself. I went on St. Patricks day, and met a hottie from Kentucky that I ended up locking lips with. No idea his name, but thats okay. :) Tommy Joes I love you.
Review Source:If large dive-y sports bars are your scene, you should give this place a shot! Â Weekends (especially at night) it gets pretty hype, with decent radio-club music, an easy-going vibe, and reasonably priced drinks.
They have numerous TVs and several different bar areas (indoor and outdoor) from which you can typically get a good view of your favorite game.
The menu is full of typical bar fair (chicken wings, quesadillas, etc. etc.). Â Come for the wings and beer deals on game days.
Why two stars? Â It's a bit bro-ey and the bathrooms are, well, awful...I mean I don't expect much but come on? That said, I've been multiple times and will likely be back again!
More of a bar atmosphere, in fact really fun at night, there is a back outdoor bar that is very cute. However it is a great place for wings. Besides Hard Times I'd say Tommy Joe's poho style wings are pretty damn good!!! Â The rest of the food is good, very reasonable and a big variety. Really the only thing i have thought was better than average at Tommy Joe's was the wings. They are delicious!!! Otherwise I would just go at night for the bar scene, or to watch a game. GO BLUE!!!!!
Metro is best, about a block away from the bethesda metro station. Otherwise find a lot and walk, Tommy Joe's doesnt have much of a parking lot, more of a driveway.
Tommy Joes is similar to any bar, the fun factor has a direct relationship with the drunk factor. Â This is more of a summer bar with the outdoor areas. Â The crowd here is always diverse. Â I've been here on asian night.. and old creeper white man night.. and "bar mitzvah songs" dance night. Â I've had my 2am nights here as well as my fall-asleep-on-couch at midnight nights.
Review Source:I've been coming to Tommy Joe's since my early 20s. Â This is a fun atmosphere during the weekends at night. Â Lots of dancing, good drinks. Â This place is for the younger college crowd. Â Although we still have fun when we go there with a group of friends.
At the end of the night it tends to get a crazy as people get too drunk, either fight or get arrested, lol. Â So you might not want to close out THIS bar. Â Barking Dog around the corner is a better bar.
This is a fun place for a nice sunny afternoon, you can get some wings (very good) and have a few drinks underneath the sun.
More of a 3.5 stars...I rounded up because I liked our server.
I had a gift certificate from half off DC ($25 for $50), so we decided to try this place for one of our monthly "girls" dinners and it was perfect for what we were looking for!
A little hard to find - could be a little more well lit - but all good from there. Â Great happy hour specials and I like how they are offered in the dining room as well as the bar area. Â Specials were $3.50 drafts, house wine, and rails - and they had good draft choices - even Guiness! Â Also there were half price tenders, wings, and quesadillas. Â We split the tenders and wings while waiting for everyone to arrive - tenders were great, the waffle fries they came with were amazing, and the wings were just ok.
I had the filet mignon sandwich for my meal, which was very good and I believe the rest of the table all enjoyed their meals as well - mostly typical bar food. Â Another thing that made this place great was the service - our waitress was attentive, but not clingy and had a great personality. Â Granted it was not very busy in there, but our experience was great.
Thanks!
All bars in Bethesda are very much a like so I cant say I like one more than the other. What I do notice is the music, which is 85% horrible 5% satisfactory but never ever has it been good.
I enjoy Tommy Joes much more in the day time for a football game wings and beer.
Wanna get wasted and not give a damn about who's watching you- Tommy Joes is the place to go!
Went here on a Friday night. Seemed more like a frat party than a bar. If thats your "scene" then you should check it out. Dislike: the fact the lights remained ON all night. People were still dancing because the DJ was rockin it with a good mix from every genre. Drink prices were reasonable and TJs has 2 large bars including one outdoors for the smokers. Bathroom line was long and crowded.
Would re-visit in jeans and t-shirt with flipflops.
Like another reviewer, I couldn't remember this place's name after my lunch. Nothing spectacular: I had the caesar salad and French onion soup. The soup was surprisingly more tasty than I thought it would be, but unfortunately two of my friends didn't have as good of an experience. They both sent back their chicken tenders, because Tommy Joe's has apparently changed them. They complained they were stringy, as if they were eating chicken breast and not tenders. Our waitress was very sweet and apologetic about it, though; I felt bad for her.
All in all, another pricey but mediocre restaurant in downtown Bethesda.
This is one of the only bars that I'd go to when I'm in Bethesda...I just don't really like the folks that frequent this city to be honest. It's a little too stiff for my taste, but this spot is probably one of the only diverse crowds in Bethesda that I've been to. I always have a good time here & usually end up meeting with friends here on a random night. It's your typical bar, they have a "DJ" (boombox w/ CD's really), so you shouldn't be expected to pay a lot at this location. It's supposed to be cheap & convenient, which it is for both departments.
Review Source:Tommy Joe's. Â
I remember when this place got really popular, but I just never got it. Â It does nothing for me. Â My 10th high school reunion was even held here so I cannot escape the place, it seems!
Never have eaten here, and despite my lack of enthusiasm, I do like that they have an outdoor area which is nice during the spring/summer months. Â
Honestly, I'm surprised it's held on for as long as it has. Â The best advice I can give you that's related is watch out for the 5-0 when you leave. Â They prey on this section of Bethesda like hawks, plus the station is right across the street.
This is a review for the nightclub only. I have never been there just to eat during the day.
Tommy Joes is a large bar/restaurant/club right next to the Bethesda metro. There is free parking at the Garage across the street from the Police Station right across from Tommy Joes, so it is convenient to get to and from.
It is free to get in, and they have friendly bouncers (not the type that literally throw their weight around, they are nice to you unless you give them a reason not to be). The beer and mixed drink prices are very reasonable. They don't hire some stripper to be the bartender, they have talented real bartenders who will serve you fairly and quickly. Tip them well!
The reason this place is good to go dancing in is
1) its BIG so lots of room to dance, and if you dont want to dance but just want to sit down and drink theres tons of tables too.
2) no cover or dress code, none of that pretentious DC BS
3) Pretty good bar food, the seasoned fries are great
4) Mixed crowd, I see old people, young people, all races, all orientations.
The music is what you'd expect, top-40. So in summary, its nothing super amazing but if you like a relaxed no-BS bar/club to dance at with cheap drinks in a safe area right next to the metro this is your spot.
Move along folks, nothing to see here. I really don't have much to say about Tommy Joe's. You know how sometimes you meet someone over and over again and you NEVER remember their name because they left NO impression on you?
That's how I feel about Tommy Joe's. It doesn't impress me, it doesn't turn me off...it leaves no real impression on me either way. It merely exists.
However, the food is pretty decent. I used to come here for lunch when I worked in Bethesda and they have some tasty waffle fries and a really delicious steak salad with blue cheese, walnuts, balsamic vinaigrette and marinated strip steak.
They also have an indoor/outdoor bar and patio in the center of the restaurant which I'm sure is a bonus for smokers.
Tommy Joe's is also the place that on Thanksgiving Eve, everyone and their mamas that grew up in Montgomery County gather. It's overwhelming and is avoided at all costs. I made the mistake of checking it out once when I was home from college and it was like a flashback from all walks of life. A little too much when I'm just trying to chill.
If you're in the area, it's not a horrible place to go. It just would never be my first or second choice when hanging out in Bethesda.
Um, Yeah. DJ... where are you? Can't see you... and you can't seem to see the dancefloor to notice when people aren't feelin' the groove.
Hmmm...
Yeah....
That's about all I can say about this mostly-Freshman-crowd establishment.
Decor, yeah. No. But then again, those that frequent the place know what they want and know what they get so it all works out in the end.
Props to Im Han who also noted it's trying to be very ghetto, Â yet with a barely-island theme, in the middle of concrete & boredom, preppy Bethizzle.
I'm all for chill, (Barking Dog and Austin Grill beforehand that night) but this... just wasn't quite right.
VERDICT:
Pass
I went there a while ago with people who thought it's a good place to get picked up!! I wonder who they wanted to get picked up by? It's either sleazy old dudes or young right of college kids. It's a very blah place that I didn't care for. Not my crowd. We got lots of drinks and the check ended up pretty high even though the bartender was supposedly going to hook us up. Oh well not my territory...needless to say I won't miss it if I don't go there ever again.
Review Source:In brief: around the corner form the metro, $2 Coors Light Draft Pints, tasty seasoned waffle fries.
Went here with some friends last Friday evening, and it was fine for what we wanted - cheap beer, snacks and casual hanging out. Very much a dive atmosphere (e.g. plastic pint glasses, everything painted matte black, etc) but our servers were really, really nice.
I hear (from everyone I know who grew up in Maryland) that it's totally that one bar where everyone you went to high school with and don't really want to see again hangs out, but since I'm not from around here it was fine.
As I'd had an exhausting week, I headed home around 11pm, when it started to get louder and the drunker, trashier crowd started to show up en masse.
My lunch-er in crime (Anne) and I were on our way across town for a bite to eat when we walked by Tommy Joe's. My hair had turned into a poofball in the 95% humidity and her head turned once we had passed the building. "Do you want to eat there?" I asked, doubtfully (I've only ever thought of it as a bar, not a restaurant.) "Yeah," she said, "they have waffle fries!"
Sold.
I ordered the portobello mushroom wrap, and she got the buffalo chicken sandwich. Chik-fil-a's waffle fries could easily take TJ's waffle fries in a back-alley knife fight, but I have to admit that the seasoning was pretty tasty. My wrap, on the other hand, didn't taste like much, but I may be partially to blame because I told them to go easy on the pesto mayo. Service was mediocre.
On the way out I was entertained by a sign advertising "Bladder Buster Saturdays." Apparently, from 8:30 to 10 pm you can drink free Bud Light on the patio until someone has to leave to go to the bathroom. I think I'll have to come back just to watch.
Can I just say that I thought this place was a total shit hole, but it was actually not that bad! We went on Thursday night and the place was half full. The food is pretty basic pub fare, but it was good and surprisingly fresh. Plus they serve late. Our waitress was cute and friendly, and the bartender greeted us when we came in.
This is not the place to go for a date or a girls night out or with your parents or...in other words, it's not "nice" or "cool". But if you want some late night grub and a beer, do it.
It's pretty much the equivalent of a Clarendon Ballroom meat market, except that it's bethesda. The two other differences? Tommy Joe's doesn't have a rooftop bar and boasts a younger (but snarkier) crowd. Â
Since I'm very much over the "let's pretend to be ghetto-hip in the middle of bethesda" days, I'll have to pass. Â If you grew up in Bethesda and want to have awkward high school reunion moments, by all means go here. Â I'll be washing my hair that night.
We went on a Saturday night because it had the best dancing music in Bethesda. Â By dancing music I mean something you would hear in DC or on 99.5 and stations sometimes in Baltimore. Â The DJ also mixed in fun songs too. Â There is also a pretty big dance floor. Â Drinks were decent priced but the same to all of the other bars in Bethesda.
they do have an outdoor patio which they can turn on a heater if you are feeling cold. Â You can also smoke out there so word to the wise-if you dont like smoke and smelling like smoke-you don't hang out on the patio.
I went to Tommy Joe's with some co-workers for happy hour and to celebrate an intern's last day and two new hires (one including myself). Â I ordered $3.50 Coronas and as a group we ordered some bar food. Â The waffle fries were amazing and the chicken tenders were big and juicy. Â It was the first bar I went to since I moved to the area and I'm a fan. Â Hopefully I'll have more happy hours in the future.
Review Source:In continuing my friday night venture, I sauntered over here as I was attracted by the pulsing music and the collection of folks spilling out. Â I ordered a blue moon and wandered around. Â Going without a wingman is tough, but I figured I could always bail too....
I noticed the dance floor, and figured why not? Â Nobody knows me that well and most people are usually appreciative of someone making an effort. Â So for a good 1.5 hours I was out there trying out different moves with a devil-may-care attitude. Â I even had a few people give me some pointers, which was great. Â Definitely a fun place to hang out on a friday night!
I'd venture to say that Tommy Joe's has something for most. And that doesn't exclude you old blokes! Going into this establishment, I was rather struck at the extreme age ranges I saw. Whether you're 21 or 81, there are plenty of people to hang out with!
Every good mark people have given to the bartenders is well-deserved. Tommy Joe's was holding a pretty large crowd when I was there, and everyone was taken care of efficiently. I even got a free shot out of helping them move things quicker!
Why not 5 stars, if I have nothing bad to say? I don't like bars. See, I am absolutely in love with the sound of my voice, and it's much more important than the crappy music any bar will pump out, so that's what I want to hear, and I can't.
I've been here several times for drinks - for karaoke a few times and once for happy hour after work when one of my co-workers was leaving for a new job. Drinks are good. Lots of space in the main dining room as well as the atrium bar (for all of those who smoke).
Was here on Friday for lunch with my boss and another co-worker - it was nice out so we sat at a table near the open windows since the patio was mostly full. I was less impressed this time - the food wasn't that great. I had half a sandwich and a cup of the crab soup. The bread on the sandwich was so dry it basically crumbled as I picked it up. Soup was mediocre at best. My boss paid for everything, but for $9, I feel like I could have spent it elsewhere for something more tasty.
Come here for drinks and karaoke, but pass on the food.
3.5 stars
A good option for drinks in Bethesda. The food didn't look great -- but I also didn't try any of the food. Beers aren't served in glass pint glasses, but in the heavy plastic glasses -- and I don't think beer ever tastes quite as good in plastic.
One of the people I work with smokes -- and you can smoke in the atrium bar -- so it is a good option for those that like to light up. Yet, the place didn't smell much of smoke....
Great music and lots of fun. Worth a visit.
6:55. Â My friends and I think we made it just in time for the tail end of happy hour. Â Not so, according to our waitress! Â My watch is set to WTOP's time on the 8's, but oh well, I guess I'll settle for paying $6ish for a Blue Moon draft. Â And no half price quesadillas either!
The three appetizers we had here were all not very good. Â Quesadilla: Â Very little cheese; Tex-Mex Egg Rolls: Â Bland. Â Very Bland; and the Nachos that alexis g. said were the cheesiest nachos you could ever want, were not. Â Maybe they were low on cheese last night? Â The cheese on the nachos was crispy--too long under the broiler. Â AND, the tortilla chips were not fresh.
But, as far as atmosphere, this is a nice hang-out, especially if you're an alum of a Bethesda HS like the owners are. Â I used to come here all the time several years back. Â Their crab cake sandwich was one of the best in the area (I did not see it on the menu this time; only as a dinner platter).
There is plenty of room to hang out here, even in the winter season when they winterize the patio area with heat lamps (Still cold in there, so stick to the main bar). Â I am hoping they will re-institute their canine happy hour in the spring. Â That is the only thing that will draw me back. Â
Hopefully I will make it before 7pm according to THEIR watches!
Steak quesadillas-check. Â Chicken fingers-check. Â TACO salad-check. Â Tommy Joe's-this place is amazing. Â A high school cafeteria menu and the place is packed. Â WTF. Â Tommy Joe's is the spot right next to the Exxon station. Â The fumes add to the mystique of the establishment. Â As you walk in you find a bar on your right and the seating area/dance floor on the left. Â The bar isn't bad, quick drinks cheap. Â The seating area has a 8x10 dance floor which the grimiest people crowd. Â The DJ sucks. Â The music sucks. Â The food is frozen surplus lunches from the HS down the street. Â All they do to prepare it is microwave it for 3 minutes and they still seem to burn the chicken fingers every time. Â
Happy hour is pretty fun here; drinks just seem to flow down your throat. Â Soon you'll be drunk off your ass and high from Exxon Plus fumes. Â And as the room starts spinning the food starts becoming better and better. Â The place is actually enjoyable. Â You hear that song? Â The DJ is amazing! Â You make your way out to the dance floor. Â Hey that girls looking at you. Â I think she wants you to grab her ass. Â Wait you gotta go pee. Â Lines pretty long, but it's worth the wait. Â Don't slip, the floor is wet. Â It's only a couple of drips from the 300 guys who misfired on the floor before you. Â
Over all this place is only good if you like college type bars. Â Smelly, dirty, and over rated. Â Well at least the girls there are pretty slutty.
I've heard a lot of people refer to this as a frat bar -- only for the younger scene -- but I really enjoy the menu here. They have great appetizers, including some of the cheesiest nachos you could ever want and really good wings. Considering that this is a pretty low key setting, it's great they have something for (almost) everyone on the menu (not too much for vegans).
As far as Bethesda nightlife (or lack of) goes, Tommy Joe's is pretty much a staple. They have happy hour specials daily, including some half-priced appetizers. They also have a half-priced burger night on Mondays, and there usually isn't a line out the door like with some other places. This is really a great place to go after work with your cohorts, because the metro is very close in case happy hour lasts all night.
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