EJ's — Restaurant in Seaside Heights

Not really sure where to start…

For starters it was July 4th at night and the place was absolutely dead. Let that be the first red flag. Then as are about to walk in the bouncer is just…observing the railing on the boardwalk nearby? So instead of waltzing in, we wait on him and let him check us instead. We get inside, it’s dead, one of the pool tables eats our quarters and the bartender has to come fix it. Tells us we can’t put a water bottle on the pool table, fair enough. And then (with attitude of course) tells my girlfriend she can’t bring in outside liquor. (Didn’t know this because other bars literally let you buy packs and bring them around to other bars. I know because WE DID THIS) but as she’s walking out the airheaded bouncer starts yelling at her (even though the bartender already told us) and getting the police attention even though she’s ATTEMPTING to throw it out at a garbage that isn’t very close???? Yea…

These guys are rude, the place is dead on July 4th, and you won’t feel safe here at all. Listen, seriously speaking there are other bars on the boardwalk that are fantastic. And even better bars with pool tables not directly on the boardwalk (not sure if I can name them). This bar is NOT the only one with live music. Don’t...

My father in law used to come to this establishment and really enjoy it. So while here visiting we came in on a Friday with his son and our daughter and had a nice time. We came in today on a Saturday to see my father in law who was at the bar with a beer. We didn't even sit down, we just walked up to our father to show him a picture of us on the hydra roller coaster across from the bar. This big man behind the bar with a backwards hat and a strawberry blonde beard barrates and disrespects me in front of my family and daughter for no reason about an ID when I didn't even order a drink or anything. We didn't even sit at the bar. I understand being safe for underage drinking but he had no reason to be so extremely rude. If he's there, we won't be. Unless he is enough of a good person to apologize for speaking down to another human being for absolutely no reason other than us walking in the door then I don't believe EJs deserves my hard earned money...

When we went in around noon, everything was fine. Server was a little gruff, but we weren't there to pick up the server, who was probably a grandmother twice over. The alcoholic drinks are moderately priced, but they really soaked it to me, the "designated driver", for a cup of Coke. But anyways, we were just there to dodge the beating sun for a while, so we let it go. At some point, she realized there was no music playing, so she gave the volume a crank or two, and it was instantly obnoxiously loud. We asked if she could ratchet it down a half notch, and she got all rangy and butthurt, claiming that she was trying to draw people in with the music. Draw them in from where? Boston? So we had to go sit outside where it wasn't ear-splitting loud. Otherwise, this place is your typical open-air, salt-rusted watering hole. Pool tables...