They have a lovely fireplace that they won't seat you by despite the place being empty. Just as well, because you might as well just throw your $ in the fire & let it burn, since using it for the food is just as much of a waste. Good service & ambiance wasted on grossly overpriced fare that you could match at any decent NJ diner. If you like paying big $ for mediocre snacks---this is your go to. read more

It's got a great outside patio and back porch seating. The food is over priced and the service was a bit strange. They kept having to ask the chef or the bartender if they could make anything. In a very cute little town. read more

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What a lovely brunch. A cozy table by the fireplace, great food and drinks and personable waiter named Mark made it memorable. A happy time for sure! read more

Excellent food and very fresh! Service was great and the setting is beautiful! Outdoor dining was perfect!

I stopped by this evening in hopes of a great burger. The patty was juicy, nothing to write home about. I will say that the service here is top-notch. I appreciated my bartender Alex going above and beyond to get me potato chips for my burger. I will be back to visit the bar. read more

Food was great and the place looks amazing, we went also because Jeiris Cook was playing on that day

Came here as part of a group lunch by suggestion. The ambience of the place was nice, nothing over the top but cozy. Overall I wasn't impressed with the food, even with average prices. We started off with some guacamole and chips and a flatbread French dip pizza. The chips were overly salty and the guacamole didn't have much flavor to it. I have to say the best thing here was the French dip flat. It was tasty and reminded me of eating French onion soup. I got the steak frittes. It was decent, nothing particularly wrong with it, but nothing exciting about it either. Some of my colleagues got dishes with a side salad. I thought it was cute they served the salads in cups, it looked pretty but didn't seem to be the most efficient way to eat salad. We decided to skip dessert here. The menu struck me as average, some typical options and it's farm to table. There's nothing that is drawing me to come back here again. read more

Gladstone Tavern - Gaucamole and French onion pizza - New American Near Me - Gladstone, New Jersey

Pretty much the response everyone anticipated......Then don't confirm seating area 3x in advance.

Never have I walked into a restaurant when I asked the waitress to make me a special drink and the bartender actually makes it unknowingly with fresh squeezed grapefruit juice. I ordered the chicken alt which came with a ton of fries and was fresh and delicious. It's an upscale homey tavern feeling. The service was great. It's obviously a local favorite for all the right reasons. read more

Gladstone Tavern - Dining room - New American Near Me - Gladstone, New Jersey

I really liked the food here and it is a somewhat causual but elevated ambiance. The servers were attentive and friendly. Good local restraunt read more

I've been a regular customer here for several years. They make terrific drinks, and their food is usually quite good. The management is comically combative when it comes to negative Yelp reviews. Tonight, I ordered the goat cheese ravioli. This is a dish I've ordered before, and it's been FANTASTIC: homemade pasta stuffed with perfectly spiced, fresh goat cheese. It was surpassingly good. The best ravioli I've ever had. Tonight, I was served a plate of what I'm sure was Celentano frozen ravioli. There was no goat cheese. The ravioli itself was round (like Celentano), not square like the the ravioli served previously. And it was stuffed with tired, flavorless ricotta--clearly a frozen supermarket entree. And I know my frozen supermarket entrees. Umm. That's a $26 item on the menu. Available for $5.99 from your local Safeway. But, hey, they've got good drinks. Maybe I should just stay quiet and appreciate the plight of a hard-working restaurant owner, yes? read more

First time coming here was in the summer , I really enjoyed that seasonal menu . I came back this week after a hike . Decided to sit outside . We started with a cheese board and beer . The beer selection is pretty good & the cheese was yummy as well . For mains I ordered a shrimp avocado wrap which was a little too fishy for me . It almost tasted as if it was a seafood salad mix . My friend got the brisket sandwich , it was good just a bit dry . We got the pumpkin cake for dessert which was delicious . Our service was fast and friendly as well read more

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I'm always glad to be traveling by and stop in for a meal. They have interesting drinks and a diverse menu may be a little pricey, but always yummy. The staff don't always know the menu but they're always glad to ask questions. read more

food was ok, we had the scallops and they weren't great. The food took over an hour to come, any everything seemed a little overpriced for what it was. edit in response to the owners reply: if you speak like this to your customers i'm shocked you have customers at all. We rated 1 star due to the fact our food wasn't awesome plus the wait was so long. Not sure if this was due to one our guests ordering a steak and may have taken a lot longer to cook than our scallops, but we arrived at 6 and didn't receive the food on our table till around 7:15/7:20. When you have a yelp page you are open to review, and spoiler alert: not all reviews will be 100% positive, as a business you're supposed to take criticism and grow from it, not get nasty in response. read more

Great food and very nice wait staff. Some of the staff has been there since they opened like 15 years ago, which is always a great sign. Some family favorites for us have always been the crab tots, chicken schnitzel, duck, and the oysters (I had a friend tell me they were the best oysters they had ever had). Nice vibe, not too fancy like some other places in the area. read more

I strongly recommend the Gladstone Tavern! We had specialty cocktails, appetizers and four delicious dinners, every item was unique, layered with flavor and beautifully presented! I'm looking forward to my next meal there read more

This is a very fine restaurant, and for those Debbie Downers who have complained big time and I glean that it's typically a holiday (be it a Mother's Day, Easter etc), you've got to be out of your minds thinking that you won't be waiting for your entrees. That and you obviously don't dine out much, or understand that service staffs in most businesses are running 'light'. Dined there last evening with our experience being superb. What a beautifully appointed room with wonderful, personable waitstaff. My mushroom flatbread appetizer and chicken schnitzel were very good. Well prepared and plated. My friends were equally blown away by their meals as well. Butternut squash bisque (which I tasted) was different and well executed. Boneless beef short ribs with creamy horseradish mash with root vegetables were highly praised by my friend. High marks for our server 'Eulie' who does her job extremely well. A damned fine ending to a wonderful Thursday night for us. read more

Went on a Saturday at 5:00. The maitre d was extremely rude when we said we didn't have reservations. He offered for us to sit in the bar, however the bar was a ledge with stools. The hostess, who was very sweet, said they had tables available and the stanley tucci look alike maitre d thought he whispered to her- but we heard- "no we don't". When someone is rude I will never go back to their business. read more

Love this restaurant! Great atmosphere, attentive service (most staff has been there for years) and delicious, fresh, creative food. The best salads ever. We especially love Thursday Burger Nights, have tried them all and can't decide which is best. Highly recommend this gem. read more

Today, as for many years, our family had the pleasure of dining at Gladstone Tavern.  We had the big pleasure of Brunch with our beloved dog Maggie, and helped to raise money for NJSH Pet Rescue.  It was such a lovely day to sit outside on the patio.  Maggie had her own specially prepared dog meal, which she loved.  We've been dining at Gladstone Tavern for 16 years, and have never been disappointed.   The food is the best in the area, everything is made in house. It's also one of our favorites, Lobster Week read more

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Excellent food! Excellent service. Met the owner, really nice guy. Good music on the weekends. Good vibe good date spot

One side is bar, the other is a restaurant. I have been here several times both at the bar and for dinner. The place is small and quaint. Food is good but not exceptional. The bartenders and staff have always been awesome. Drinks are pricey. Worth stopping in if you are passing by. read more

Amazing experience from start to finish. Our table of 4 received attentive service and incredible food. We started with crab tots, lobster corn chowder and the fresh-baked focaccia. From the specials menu our server recommended the lobster pasta, absolutely delicious! We also enjoyed three other seafood dishes, mahi mahi, branzino, and shrimp in a blue cheese sauce. Each entree was beautifully presented and so good! The chef/owner Tom stopped by our table to make sure everything was to our liking...and we assured him that it was! We will be going back to the Gladstone Tavern again, and again, and again! read more

This is a very nice casual but upscale restaurant. Staff was very friendly and professional. The food is excellent! I highly recommend.

We've been going to this place for years and it has been consistently excellent on all counts. However we went last night and the food was stunningly awful, among the worst entrees I've ever Not eaten: the skillet fried half chicken. It was simply skinless and boiled to tasteless rubber and briefly fried in greasy chicken juice served with mushy warm ratatouille. The buffalo cauliflower was very good. The bacon peach pasta was edible so we ate most of it. The peach salad very small. The fries were excellent as always. Our waitress struggled to manage a smile but she did her job and we had a lot of drinks (They have a great bar) so we tipped her well. On the whole fries and appetizers were good but the food was not even close the standards we expect from one of our favorite eateries. Thanks for getting back to me . I appreciate your comments. read more

Service was slow Table was sticky And they screwed up my dinner order and didn't even apologize Friday 7/14 read more

I recently dined at Gladstone Tavern with friends and thoroughly enjoyed the entire evening. It's a beautifully restored farmhouse, with an upscale horsey vibe. We were there on a Friday night and the bar was lively and energetic, with LIVE music! The drinks were amazing! I savored a Smoked Peach Old Fashioned that was a piece of art. We planned to sit outside on the patio, but gusty winds landed us in a cozy room with a large stone fireplace. The real highlight was the food, all made in house, from scratch. Short ribs are my specialty, but these were other worldly. My friend had the best fish tacos EVAH. The plating was artistic and appetizing. Apparently the chef makes his own ice cream that came with my banana crunch dessert - the most delicious rum sautéed bananas in a filo nest with almond bark. WOW. We'll definitely be back. Highly recommend, a real gem. read more

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The Gladstone Tavern is excellent...the food, the service, the ambiance, are all top notch. We recently had dinner there, and every course featured delicous creations. The Tavern offers indoor and outdoor dining with a large covered patio, as well as seating on the wide front porch. We started off with the lobster corn chowder, crab tots and fresh baked focaccia. For our entrees we each chose a different seafood dish...lobster, shrimp, mahi mahi, and branzino. Each was prepared expertly and the portions were generous. Chef Tom Carlin stopped by the table to see if we were happy with our meals, and we assured him that we were pleased with the meals and were looking forward to dessert! The dessert menu has both simple and complex offerings. My husband always wants a warm chocolate chip cookie, and the rest of us enjoyed peach upside down cake with homemade ice cream. We will be back to the Gladstone Tavern again, and again, and again! read more

Have been coming here for many years and always have a great time. Excellent food, drinks, and service.

First - I have read the other reviews and the owner of GT does not like YELP, and he says that in all the negative reviews. EDIT - you can now read Tom's reply below! He says that the Maitre'd was not yelling at us but in fact HE WAS and his attitude MADE US FEEL uncomfortable and unwelcome!!! This is absolutely not the way this should have been handled at a fine restaurant like GT. Tom, the owner, also says that I made an online reservation and did not specify a location, I know for sure I did not pick outside seating and I did not know that I could be sat ANYWHERE including outside, even if I did not pick it. That was MY understanding when I made the reservation. Second -- I write MANY, MANY, MANY positive reviews! Third -- I'm sad and disappointed that I am writing this poor review for The Gladstone Tavern. We have been patrons of the Gladstone Tavern for at least 10 years maybe longer. I say that because, I want to be clear this is not our first or second time. Over the years we have had many amazing meals, celebrated many special occasions, Thanksgiving and attended Mixology classes with Robby (the most amazing bartender)! So, to our dinner last night at the Gladstone Tavern, April 29, 2022. I made a reservation through Open Table and was sure NOT TO CHOOSE outside dining. We were taking my 85 year old Mom with us and I knew she would not want to eat outside, she would be most comfortable inside. We arrived and the maitre d' started to walk us to our table. He was walking us to the back of the restaurant - which I knew meant we were headed outside. We told him we that we wanted to eat inside, he was not happy with our request and it showed. As I looked around, there were PLENTY of open tables in the main dining area. I repeated to him that I had made a reservation and was certain, that I did not pick outside dining, this basically just made him more frustrated and it showed (very unprofessional). He comes back from the host stand and offers us OUTSIDE on the Front Porch. We repeated that we wanted INSIDE. We got on the phone, made a reservation at another restaurant and walked out! As we left, the same Maitre d' was shouting at us as, in front of all the patrons on the front porch - embarrassing! This is NOT the Gladstone Tavern we have loved over the years, the poor attitude/behavior of the Maitre d' is something we never want when going out for a nice meal but even more disappointing that this happened at GT. We will never go back! read more

Always a local favorite place to meet up and have an enjoyable dinner. The staff are very attentive and friendly. We have enjoyed their menu options and if undecided always go for their burgers. We love sitting on their front porch for lunch or dinner. read more

The Gladstone Tavern is the perfect spot for any day of the week. They have a cozy outdoor dining area, accompanied by a fireplace for the chillier nights. A great dining room area and a friendly bar if you're looking for a quick drink and appetizer. The signature cocktails change with the season and the bar menu will never disappoint. One of our favorite local spots! read more

Noah makes this amazing Clarified Rum Punch that is amazing! Service is great and the bar food hits the spot! If your looking for a inviting and relaxing atmosphere with good food and drinks stop by! read more

Popped in for a few drinks and light bites. Noah at the bar served us the clarified rum punch and it was unbelievable. The ambiance was relaxing and inviting. Absolutely recommend stopping by. read more

The brunch was excellent, the service was as well. The music during brunch was unexpected and lovely!

My better half and I just got home from our first time at Gladstone Tavern (we've lived in the area for years...not sure why we've never been here before). One word...AWESOME. My prime pork chop was phenomenal...perfectly cooked...tender...juicy...etc. Most places dry out pork...not Gladstone Tavern. Her crab cake was great also. She had a glass of Rose, and I had one Ketel martini...the martini was spot on. Lastly, we took home 2 items off the kids menu for our twelve-year-old, and he loved them both (kids burger and chicken nuggets). We'll be back this week! read more

Noah makes the BEST cocktails! The Bees Dream was an absolute dream- delicious and creamy. The food is good but we would come here just for the drinks! read more

Went here for dinner. Sat out on the patio away from the rain and had a lovely time. Everyone was very friendly. Now the food: Lobster corn soup - tasty and filling Fried chicken - good local chicken - sizable portion Quinoa stir fry - very tasty! Wonderful evening read more

Thanks to Alex for letting me try a one of his new concoctions! If you like a drink with an edge, ask him for one of his house-infused cocktails:) read more

We haven't been to the Gladstone Tavern is a long time and decided to try out their Burger Night - we both ordered their Tavern Burger. It was good, not amazing, but not bad. Fries were ok - lacked seasoning, but overall they were good. We sat down on the tavern side, they were able to accommodate us without a reservation. The ambiance was great - nice bar area on one side, full restaurant seating on the other side. Service was very slow - the bartender had a big job, tending to all the drink orders from the restaurant and taking orders for those seating at the bar and tables in the bar area. She had her hands full for sure. Wait time for burgers was rather long, the appetizer never arrived so we canceled it. In the tavern (bar) area, there were a couple customers vaping at the bar - not pleasant at all with folks eating right next to them and kids sitting in the area. I thought NJ had a law for this, however management or the bartender didn't seem to mind - maybe they didn't notice, but I'm not sure how you couldn't. Anyway, we would go back and try again - hopefully better service and no vaping in the tavern. read more