The Shepherd & the Knucklehead of Hoboken — Restaurant in Hoboken

This is the ideal spot in Uptown Hoboken to catch a game given that it's in an excellent location, is a well-kept bar, has excellent sports bar food/a huge range of options, and has NFL Sunday Ticket to catch any of the games that are on. The beer options are definitely very good for a typical sports bar.

My review would be 5 stars if it wasn't for the absentee service that I have gotten almost every time I've been here for the last 3 years of living in Uptown Hoboken. Trying to get the attention of the one and only server that they usually have working is a tough task, so unless I'm looking to sit with nothing for 30 minutes+ I more often than not I have to order food or drinks by coming right up to the bar. If I'm looking to get a certain game put on I will also need to remind them a few times other wise they'll only have the Jets and Giants on almost all of the 20+ TVs.

I'd say that they should probably have more consistent staff on hand, but it seems like the 1-3 people that are usually working are focused more on larger groups or people that are clearly regulars/know the staff. If I go in solo/with a small group it feels like I'm asking for a favor by ordering another drink or having the channel flipped to a different game. From reading the other reviews on here I know that management may say "this isn't like us" in response, but unless we're talking about pre-2019 service, I'm not sure we can say it's a coincidence.

But other than the strange service that I've seen the last few years, overall a...

I am cutting this place a little slack because it's week 2 but as of right now, pure amateur hour. Considering this isn't their first location, I'm being extra generous.

I live in Weehawken right across the bridge so I was hoping to finally having a local craft beer bar in walking distance. Now, I'm thinking probably not.

1. Menu notes "VIP Hoboken residents coming soon!" Guess they don't care about my business and think there's going to be tons of tourists coming besides it being nowhere near the PATH.

2. It's week 2 and I saw many taps finished without being replaced. Extra worse considering they don't sell bottles.

3. It's a craft beer bar but sizes are based on pricing rather than ABV (even though they aren't advertising "all beers $7 or less" or whatever it is).

4. It's craft a beer bar but no good descriptions or RBV/BA ratings.

5. It's a craft beer bar but bartenders don't seem to be well trained on what to recommend when a person asks for a Bud/Coors and told they are out.

6. Week 2 and they were already running out of specials on NFL game night so much that by the late game they just had to say they had no specials because they ran out of cans.

7. What bar, no matter what they're specialty, has no Jack Daniels?

8. I tried the poutine tacos and they were pretty bad. No gravy and no cheese curds. I was told by other people that the burgers are good and the giant pretzel looked good though.

In summary: it's nice to have a 2nd beer bar in Hoboken (after Corck City) but I was expecting so...

We went to this place with a group of 19 adults. Around 6 PM. At this point, there about total 25 ppl in the entire bar (basically a few more than us ).

For the next 20 minutes, no one bothered to come and take our order. Following that when we asked/questioned the bartender was not happy (god knows why) and took forever to come to us.

Even after we started drinking, he was hardly paying attention to us even if we were walking up to the bar asking for anything. He often would walk around at bar ignoring me and my colleagues too and go chit chat with others and his co-workers.

At end of night, around 11 pm, when my colleagues asked him if you can give fireball shot, he said no, then we asked if he can give Jägermeister shots, he said he doesn't have it too. Then suddenly someone asked about Jameson shot and he said that's how you are supposed to drink, telling us what we ordered was inappropriate, asking for liquor shots is absurd. Furthermore, he was like "who asks for liquor shots at this time".

Who the heck (you know which word I really meant) is he to decide what shots are absurd versus what are appropriate??? If he did not have enough Jägermeister, why didn't he simply say it so instead of insulting us.

Anyway, this was my first and my last time coming here, and I am sure my followers will appreciate my honest feedback.

One star...