Otto's Tavern — Restaurant in Ocean Township

Met a friend for lunch about a month ago. I've heard of this place when it was in another location but never been. I'm always up for a new experience. What a disappointment! The moment I walked into this place, I felt uncomfortable. Not much of an inviting atmosphere starting with the setup and decor. I knew it was some sort of sports, casual type bar/restaurant. But, wow it exhibited non. VERY low energy starting from the very few patrons at the bar, the bartender and waitress. And this was at lunch time! I said to my friend "this is different, not what I expected" because honestly, had I been with anyone else, I would have said "let's go somewhere else". But, my friend seems to like this place since they frequented this place often. I ordered a grill chicken sandwich that came with fries. Somewhere under that not so fresh roll was a small dried out piece of chicken breast. Fries were good. For a handful of people that didn't seem to order any food, it took too long for our food to come out. Gave it the ole college try! No VIBE at all!...

Went after my husband passed away. Walking distance for me. The bartender was so rude as we're his regular customers. The bartender even called the owner because despite me telling him I'm walking, he said i was driving. I'm not an angry person at all. Friendly, talkative. A hairdresser. The owner said he wasn't sure why he called him. I said that man shouldn't be behind a bar. You could be so much busier. He said good bartenders were hard to find. Lol. I bartended for many years. I guess he doesn't know what a good...

The place was ok, food was ok, not great. The French onion soup had croutons, it was still pretty good but not great. The mozzarella sticks were good but the marinara sauce was not good, the burger was ok, but just ok.

I think part of what ruined it for me was a girl sitting at the bar with the most obnoxious laugh you have ever heard. Every few minutes a jarring hyena shriek would send chills through everyone in the place, and that's not really the...