Firehouse Eatery & Pub — Restaurant in Rahway

Bridal/Baby shower, party hosts beware. You can't play Bingo or games of chance here if serving alcohol or the owner will call the police. We hosted a Casino themed birthday party after being advised multiple times that it was ok to play games as long as no money or professional Casino staff were involved. Therefore we spent money & countless hours of time planning, purchasing, & building games for our Casino party. We purchased poker chips, laminated rules, typed up others, printed & laminated them as wel, made handmade decorated signs for each game, separated hundreds of casino chips & packed them with individual games. We decided not to hire a DJ as thought it would distract from the games. Minutes before the party, as we were setting up, the owner told us we weren't allowed to play any games with cards, chips or play any games of chance if serving alcohol. Her own staff admitted to her that they had told us it was ok as long as there was no money involved. The owner said she would call the police if we proceeded. The owner then called someone from the township or gaming commision to advise us that you need a permit. That person said you may not play games with chips cards or games of chance, including Bingo, even without prizes or money without apermit if they serve alcohol. This also goes for Bridal/Baby shower bingo if serving alcohol. This is absolutely ridiculous. This is just another worthless law created to milk people out of money for permits. What does alcohol have to do with cards & bingo? Does it make you so insanely drunk that you will become addicted to gambling? Unless, of course, if you have a permit, then it won't harm you in any way. We could have had the party elsewhere, applied for a permit, and/or had other entertainment such as a DJ had we been properly advised in advance. The owner said this happened once before. She should have educated her staff. It should never have happened twice. We did not deserve to be angered, upset, & disappointed minutes before our party. This should and could have been avoided. The owner never offered compensation or an apology for her failure & for our wasted time, money, and hopes for the party. Ladies, please go elsewhere if you want Mimosas and bingo...

I had my wedding there about 3 months ago at their Robby's Banquet Facility. Not a minority friendly environment. Racist vibes and poor communication among staff. Attitudes became rude and abrasive after my husband and I put down our final deposit. I was harassed and spoken to rudely the day before my wedding about minor things related to my event planner. My event planner had a funeral to attend and had to change the time of arrival for setup. Staff was very inconsiderate about the situation and spoke to me in a threatening tone constantly repeating their closing time. Thank goodness my event planner was able to arrive before closing and even arrived the morning of to finish final arrangements. We weren't even allowed to use rose petals during the day of ceremony because staff felt it would cause too much of a mess to clean up. Mind you, rose petals was only going to be used for the processional and my family was willing to clean it up afterwards. Staff was inflexible and made a big deal out of minor things. They were rude not only to me as the bride but to my vendors. My DJ was told months ahead of time he would be allowed 1.5 hours to set up and at the last minute was changed to hour. However, when my DJ arrived, he wasn't let into the facility right away which led to him having under an hour to set up. Management also didnt allow DJ to use their Wifi. That caused a huge inconvenience for our wedding that started at 1pm, as the music entertainment was unable to run smoothly. Thank God my day turned out beautiful despite the inconveniences thanks to my family and friends. However, I would highly suggest you refrain from having special events at this facility especially something sacred as a wedding.I felt the staff tried to sabotage my day towards its final days. I have never felt so belittled. This company needs new management and CEO/upper management needs to do an intervention. I will not return ever again not even for the restaurant part. Only pros are prices are reasonable and ample parking. However, had I know my experience would have been this way I would have looked elsewhere for another event even if I had to pay a...

I eat and drink here regularly. The food is good -- not exceptional, but very good for a 'neighborhood' bar & restaurant.

Great bartenders who make extra-strong drinks. Unless of course you don't like very strong drinks, then they'll make them the way you want. Despite how crowded the bar gets on weekend evenings, the bartenders remember you and how you like your drinks to be made.

Lots of very large TV's for sports, including 2 extremely large ones (60" or somewhere around there I think) at each end of the bar.

They have recently started doing a trivia game every Friday night at 8:30PM which has become extremely popular. 5 rounds, 10 questions per round, usually lasts until 10:30PM or 11:00PM. You can play together with your friends as a team if you like. The winner of each round gets some candy, but you're not playing for the prizes, you're playing because its fun and you might actually learn a thing or two. The overall winner at the end of the 5 rounds gets a bigger prize, usually something along the lines of a case of beer.

Everything on the food menu is well-priced, and drinks are also cheap, with plenty of free drinks if you come regularly and tip well. It's not uncommon for over half of the drinks that I order to be 'on the house'. Of course, I usually tip 25% here, but in the long run it saves me money because of all the free drinks, and makes the bartenders happy with more (untaxed) tip money.

Highly recommended. Don't come here expecting an amazing culinary experience, come here for good food and drink for not...