Dog House Saloon & Grill — Restaurant in Township of Washington

This place has literally been on my radar for almost two years; I read a review citing its incredible burgers and it has taken this long for me to get up this way (2 hours from home, thanks to a client meeting in the area). Let me begin by saying this place has been described as a 'dive bar' and though I don't have much experience with establishments of that classification, I'd say that's pretty accurate. It's small, intimate, and during the day at least, likely a shadow of its rockin' self at night when the live music is playing. But, I digress...

You are looking at the aptly-named "Meat Lovers Burger," which has their 1/2 pound Angus beef patty, crispy bacon (I counted at least eight, possibly ten slices), fried pepperoni, grilled Taylor Ham ('Pork Roll'? Not on your LIFE!), cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato and onion. I wish I'd taken a photo as the waitress brought it over, I could tell it was epic from 20 feet away.

Can a burger be "too big"? Yes, it can, obviously, and the Meat Lovers Burger (and possibly others on the menu) should come with instructions: "some disassembly may be required." I literally had to remove the bacon (and eat it like a french fry, separately, after each bite) to have even the most REMOTE chance of fitting this monster into my mouth. IT WAS SO WORTH THE EFFORT!

The bun-to-meat ratio was adequate only because of the MASSIVE amount of meat in the sandwich. The bun itself was similarly MASSIVE and not really to my taste as I try to avoid bread as much as possible (low-carb dieting, you know.) The burger was cooked acceptably (I asked for rare, seemed to come out a little more well done) but the rest of the assembly was flawless, making this CLEARLY among my Top Ten burgers of all time. The fries (the few that I had) were tasty and the service was fast and friendly, just what you'd expect. Parking is available but be advised the painted lines on the pavement aren't always super visible so you might find yourself getting creative with where you park. I had no problem (visited around 3pm on a weekday).

Loved the place, loved the service, will totally come back when I am...

This place is abhorrent. If you're not an old prune or conservative, do not go here. A group of friends and I decided to see what the place was about on New Year's Eve and we are eccentric young adults. I am near-positive the moment we walked in they decided they needed to find a reason to kick us out. Immediately this 3-foot-tall woman approached us demanding IDs. We obliged, but she was collecting & holding onto them. She was about to walk away with them when I said "I need my ID back..?" and she gave me a nasty look and replied "I need to scan them." A few minutes go by. In retrospect I should have said to her "fine, I'll come with you to scan them". Finally she returns with our IDs and questions us: "who has the New York ID?" I reply "I do" and she looks me dead in the face and says, verbatim, "this is a New York ID with a New Jersey address, I cannot accept this." I could tell she was adamant about it, and the few minutes she took to "scan" our IDs gave us more than enough time to sus out that this was not a place we wanted to be. People were allegedly staring at us (I was zoned out) and, as aforementioned, it's THE spot for all of the old geezers -- God forbid anybody under 40 enter! Alas, I bent down to meet this person's height, and replied "honey... I moved from New York to Jersey, but you know what, we're about to leave anyway because this place is lame as Hell." I grab my ID. Then, an older woman (presumably the owner) comes to her defense (as if she had accompanied her, as if they had discussed their adamancy to get us out of their literal dog house just because we're eccentric & young) and attempts to frisk me. I made it damn clear I was not interested in touching this old prune. And yet, she starts going off about how she's going to call the cops. Honey... for what?? We were all of-age and had done literally nothing. Then she followed us outside... absolutely unhinged, feral, disgusting people. And honey don't you doubt for a second that these one-star reviews are gonna keep coming to you. I hope you're happy in your dog house, you...

This place is awful, awful I tell you! Totally discriminatory its a literal shack filled with old dogs, so judgmental and absolutely unhinged. Everyone here looked like they kill puppies. My friends and I came here on nye to scope out the vibe, ive heard some things about this place and wanted to check it out myself and tbh I wish I didn't. It was an old disgusting atmosphere filled with old farts who only know how to interact with their own kind. Me and my friends are an eccentric RESPECTABLE group of clearly gay young folks, why did we ever think this was a good place to go is beyond me however we were there for approximately 5 mins before they threatened to call the cops on us all because they were too incompetent to read an ID when they scanned it. My friend who recently moved from NY to NJ still has a NY licenses but it scans as a NJ ID when they told us they wouldn't accept the ID we tried to explain the situation and they tried to frisk my friend without his consent and then threatened the cops. I was about to tell them to call them because I knew we were not doing anything wrong, ultimately we just left because we knew it wasn't worth our time but the better business Bureau WILL be hearing from me because this is unacceptable. You could tell as soon as we walked in they wanted a reason to kick us out, we weren't there long enough to know how the food or drinks were but im sure its just as disgusting as their service and attitude. What a shame there's still places like this in business (hopefully not for long LOL). THIS...