The Tap-In Restaurant and Sports Bar — Restaurant in Jackson Township

I'm local, live in Millstone, decided to go watch college ball with my best friend somewhere we had never been, and didn't even know this place existed. Let's hit it on an off afternoon/night. Here is our experience. He got there first, was drinking water, and we both won't drink and drive. I ordered a Diet Coke, but he was drinking water because, unbeknownst to me, he had sent his back; their soda was all flat. In itself, no big deal. He orders a platter, I order a cheeseburger and fries. Before it comes out, for some reason, the waitress askes us if we want our check, I say no. Before everything comes out, he decides he wants wings. We order, and she again asks us if we want the check. I tell her no; we are here to watch college football. The platter and my cheeseburger arrive, oh ya, he was right, the soda was flat. We had no cutlery, so we asked for it, but it was as if we were asking for something obscure; they seemed annoyed. She returned with the cutlery and again asked if we wanted the check. I just said no. When I tell you I could have gotten a better burger from Burger King, it's no overstatement. The burger was overcooked, dried out like it had been microwaved, and it was an actual gut bomb. The wings came out, one was raw, and the other lukewarm at best. The food was horrible, we didn't complain, we asked for the check, $78.00 for wings, a burger, a small platter, flat soda, and water. The place is priced like a ski resort, with Six Flags and the sports complex; if people don't know what's just across the 195 bridge, they have a captive audience. So if you are heading East on 537, put Nick's in Millstone in your GPS; it's a 5-7 minute ride, with excellent food and drinks. If you're looking for a closer pizza place that doesn't have alcohol, try GianMarcos, just 3-5 minutes, two traffic lights past 195 on 537. If you're heading west, the Plumstead Inn has incredible food and is a local favorite. It's about 15 minutes away and easy to get back to the NJTP. Save yourself, I almost didn't make it back from Shoprite if you know...

Great.place and atmosphere. I would love to give it 3 stars but can't. They close too early and their marketing team is doing a horrible job of getting this bar resturant on the map. It is close to home and very convenient. When I tell my neighbors and friends about it their response is 'oh I didn't know that was in there, thought it was just golf'. Jackson people don't golf.... there is no signage on the road for the tavern and the entrance is awkward. And the lack of patronage shows that the word has not got out to the locals this place is open Food is great best burger in the area hands down. We also had the chips and salsa with guacamole, very fresh and plentiful. French onion soup was also abundant and tasty. Beer on tap has a good variety of IPAs and other beers. The atmosphere is nice set up like a sports bar with multiple tvs all over. The only thing I would say is the lights need to be dimmed when the sun goes down, makes it hard to feel warm and cozy and night and hard to see the TV screens. Staff is very friendly and attentive. Get a feeling of a home town location. Help spread the word so they can stay open umtil 2am like a sports bar should instead.of closing at 10pm on fri and sat nights. Definitely going back and going to try the taco salad, saw it on another table and it looked...

This place would have so much potential if they changed the staff. We walked in one afternoon and sat at the sticky dirty bar. No eye contact with any staff for a out 20 minutes. For context, the place has about 18 tables and a horseshoe shaped bar. The place probably had maybe 6 tables sat and 8 to 10 people seated at the bar which seats 25. We got up and left unserved after 20 minutes of waiting. I approached the two bartenders who were deep in conversation at the far end of the bar, letting them know we were splitting unserved. They seemed unphased. It's a shame as it's a cute never place and as 19 year residents of Jackson, we are always looking for a new place for a drink and a quick bite. The table staff also looked really stressed out over working a place that was less than half full. It seemed like a bowling alley bar staffed by successful restaurant rejects that are running it into the ground. And again for context, we frequent the usual places in the area without issue. It would appear that as a "bowling alley bar" attached to the sports complex, it will always remain open whether it's a success or a failure....