Zack’s Oak Bar & Restaurant
10
November
(2 votes, average: 3 out of 5)
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11/10/2006 Update:
SEE BELOW FOR QUICK REVIEW
Also… if any one of you frequent this place regularly as a watering hole, what’s the scene like on weekends? Please let us know!
Zacks, same owner as Ted & Jo’s.
Description - Casual bar & restaurant. Entrée price range $8-$13.
Services - Bar, Restaurant, Steaks, pasta, salads
Address - 232 Willow Ave # 1, Hoboken, New Jersey ( NJ ) 07030-7903
Telephone - (201) 653-7770
November 2006
We stopped in one afternoon for a quick lunch. Having been here before and knowing the food had always been good, it was time to throw together a quick review.
Since the place was essentially empty, it was best that we ate at the bar, which is practically a dead ringer to Ted & Jo’s.
Bartender was friendly and efficient enough. Good with keeping the drinks topped off.
We overate as usual (the “excuse” being - “need to review more items”). Could have been just fine with a sandwich each, but had to order an appetizer, which was a giant plate of Nachos. That alone could easily have fed two people by itself. Very tasty, despite being a bit of a pain in the ass to eat.
Rather than ordering something off the menu, we picked the two sandwich specials for the day to share. One was a grilled cheese with bacon, tomato, cheddar and meunster cheese. It was a hit. A little too much butter, but it sure tasted better than the grilled cheese at the NY Milk Shake Company (which proudly displays their “best grilled cheese” award). We couldn’t finish either sandwich after stuffing our gullets with nachos.
The grilled chicken with avocado and onions was also pretty good. Kind of hard to eat, but still tasty. We had to take doggie bags home. I think I’m going to re-name that phrase to “piggie bags”.
In general, the food is always good at Zacks, just like their sister restaurant. They have some of the better fries in town. We didn’t notice a bad smell in the place anymore (I guess since the smoking ban). Wait-staff and bartenders are good as well.
A reliable Hoboken restaurant indeed!
hoboken, zacks
21. chitchat | November 14th, 2006 at 9:10 pm
Thank you for clarifying the myth!
22. potatochip | January 22nd, 2007 at 2:01 pm
had dinner here on Friday night. Service was great but the food was ok, at best. I ordered the Turkey Burger and it was extremely dry and I could barely swallow it. I ordered the mashed potatoes instead of fries because i don’t eat fried food and they had no flavor?? how do you mess up mashed potatoes? i dumped salt and pepper over them and still nothing..
my dining companion (as 411 would say) ordered the monroe and it was good but not enough chicken and too much bread.
the split pea soup was good though, i must say.
there was some hammered drunk girl next to us on a date which made the experience very interesting and fun despite the mediocre food.
23. bexak | May 11th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Does anyone know if Zack’s is under new ownership? I hadn’t eaten there since Ted and Jo’s closed and when I went in last week I didn’t recognize any of the wait staff. Everyone also seemed to be wearing “uniforms” (white shirt, black pants) which I hadn’t noticed was previously the case. Any insight on this?
24. tiffany2288 | May 12th, 2008 at 8:25 am
Those nachos look amazing, does anyone know if they still make them like that?
25. Comfort_Foodie | July 26th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
I’ve lived a block from Zack’s for over a year and tried it for the first time last night. I have to say that I was impressed by the soft shell crab app but VERY unhappy with the burger, so much so that I ended up feeding it to my dog. It was over cooked and the cheese smelled old so I took it off. The wedges were good, ate em all. It’s too bad becuase it would have been nice to have found a place close by for a good burger, any suggestions? Oh, that’s right, we just got a grill!