The Madison Bar & Grill Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Customer service, excellent."
• "Service was great, they are pet friendly and the waitress showed up with water for our dog."
• "Kenny is a monster behind the bar. He's super quick providing service with accurate drink orders in a professional and polite fashion."
• "Service was fast and the food was delicious!"
• "Our server was superb as was all staff. Quick professional and friendly."
• "The bartenders, a guy in a girl, were very friendly, very attentive, and professional."
• "Mary was our waitress and she was the best server we have ever had in Hoboken!"

Cons:

• "Waited a while for a server to come, when we finally got our food my chicken panini was INEDIBLE tasted like the bread or bacon was stale."
• "Service wasn't impressive, as we chose to eat outside."
• "The waiters took our order an never came back."
• "Super unprofessional and really inattentive to the point not even saying hi to the customers."
• "Service was abysmally slow."
• "The service here’s horrible and I found a hair in my food."
• "The service was terrible and slow! They didn't bring everything we ordered even after a couple of reminders/complains."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food is very good - the Jersey Devil Burger is delicious!"
• "The breakfast pizza was fantastic."
• "Big fan of the french onion soup dumplings, its strange but really tastes amazing."
• "Food was outstanding."
• "Delicious food!"
• "Everything tasted great, the portion sizes are good."
• "The food was fantastic, the service was great."

Cons:

• "Cocktails weren’t great either and the beer we’d gotten was skunked."
• "The Buffalo pizza was a little burnt with barely any Buffalo taste and the crust seemed undercooked."
• "Food was a disappointment in culinary skill with lack of respect for presentation."
• "The food lacked taste and we saw a patron clean a table with the same mop he cleaned the floor."
• "The siracha mac and cheese balls were cold on the inside and tasted like leftover Mac and cheese from my fridge."
• "Not sure if we ordered wrong but the food was pretty tough."
• "The calamari was tough and rubbery and it was hardly able to chew."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "This place provides a solid night out."
• "Ambiance was perfect and the food was excellent."
• "Lively bar/restaurant on the corner with partial views out onto the street."
• "Atmosphere - classy bar and grill."
• "I love the seatings, the atmosphere."
• "Ambiance- excellent covid outdoor seating with beautiful patio."
• "Wonderfully restored and reminded me of a classic English pub."

Cons:

• "It was soo painfully noisy and loud, that we could not carry on a conversation."
• "It was hot as hell and everyone was sweating. It's humid and UNCOMFORTABLE."
• "July 2023 dinner inside atmosphere is confusing with linen table cloths and dj clurb music."
• "The front room with the bar is loud and festive but there's a dining room in the back with a more mellow vibe which was exactly what I wanted."
• "Very rude people."
• "She offered me a seat at a corner where all the filthy cars are passing by."
• "The employees were always congregated in the far right corner talking or on their cell phones."

Drinks

Pros:

• "Cocktail was super tasty."
• "The cocktail menu was great!"
• "They have good martinis and excellent calamari."
• "The drinks are half of the price during the happy hours."
• "They recommend amazing drinks and food, which both got me drunk and satisfied."
• "Hands down the best Negroni I've had in the area."
• "Our cocktails were pretty good too."