So we went to see a band called THE COMPANY, who have a-lot of props. The Kove is a beautiful space - big bar / restaurant downstairs and a hall upstairs. The band was last minute and they hardly drew a crowd. I felt badly for them. We all agreed that we'd see them elsewhere. The other couple we met up with there had dinner and said it was "terrible!" I forget what my gf said they ordered. I doubt we'd return. read more

A local recommended this place to us and the staff were very friendly. The best way to describe the food is a cheap catering company - which makes sense because the "restaurant" is a banquet hall - dance floor included. There was a small crowd - probably locals- and everyone was sitting at the bar- we were the only ones in the entire place who ordered food. That should have been a sign :) read more

I was there for the Valentine's Day dinner and it was absolutely amazing. The food, the music, and the overall atmosphere were all exceptional. The décor was spectacular and created a perfect setting for the evening. The dishes were flavorful, beautifully presented, and clearly prepared with care. You can really tell there is attention to detail in every aspect of the experience. It's under new management now, and they have done an incredible job elevating the restaurant to what truly feels like a five-star customer experience. From service to ambiance to quality of food, everything was thoughtfully executed. Highly recommend and looking forward to coming back. read more

Food completely went down in flavor from one Christmas party to the next. Always had good service as far as staff, but later found out that they have not paid staff and have law suites against the owners. Also have not paid vendors and the big one is not paying for their plumbing service by way of 2 bounced checks. I would never step foot inside their building and I suggest to anybody else to not give their money to a company that treats servers or vendors like they have been doing.... poor management read more

Our church had signed a contract in August 2024 with The Kove in Audubon for a sit-down luncheon in October 2025. Meanwhile the ownership changed hands...and The Kove honored the contract! We were so pleased and we were able to move forward with confidence. The day of the luncheon for 101 guests was held October 26, 2025. The layout of tables was perfect..the centerpieces were fresh flowers. The staff who served were so professional and went out of their way to act upon even the simplest of requests. The food served was wonderful and so delicious. All of the guests who came had nothing but positive compliments on The Kove, the servers, the food and the set up. Thank you so much for making the 100th Anniversary of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Oaklyn so special for everyone who attended.And Special thanks to Ariel for providing a sound system for us. Thank you! read more

Too much staff turnover for mediocre food and inconsistent meals. Skip it and go somewhere else.

Vampire Blood Martinis make Tina a rock star and the seafood nachos are delicious adds few oysters and I'll be back again

It's getting better here. The service has always been excellent and restaurant is always clean. We ordered 2 pizzas which perfect. Out appetizers were a bit sus tho. I ordered mussels in the fradivalo sauce and it wasn't spice at all. Marinara sauce is spicier. Ketchup is actually spicier. I was very disappointed. At least the mussels were fresh tho. We also ordered cheesesteak egg rolls which were just ok. This is a great place to eat at and is kid friendly. They have one of the better beer selections around. Really wanted to give it 5 stars but the appetizers were that disappointing. We will definitely be back and start coming more regularly. It really seems like they're getting it together. read more

This would've been four stars if the situation hadn't been so abysmally disappointing. It was our first time, and we were invited to meet up with other parties "at a really nice bar." I'm thinking laser lights, New Years partying, lots of drinking, casual and fun entertainment! What I didn't expect? A Country Club wannabe. An actual "really nice" bar, in the sense of appearance and self-proclaimed class. Everyone had reservations - We had no idea. The attentive hostess allowed us a table, but the spot was treated like a consolation prize for the servers, as intended people had apparently cancelled. My friend and I weren't hungry, but I ordered something just to be courteous, all at once for convenience: Pizza, sweet potato fries, and a few drinks. Simple! I still wanted to gradually get drunk, but those hopes withered as every table around us was promptly catered to. Was I supposed to go stand by the bar all night? I had no idea. It took approximately 35 minutes just for me to get one of two identical spiked lemonades though. The kitchen worked faster than the bar apparently, but even that had no benefit. Pizza was simple, fries didn't have powdered sugar or maple glaze. Once it cooled down, it was tasteless junk. The night carried on, and my second drink only arrived when I finally called for the check... after three people came to the table to ask what I'd even ordered, an hour and 10 minutes later. It would've been better if they didn't bring it at all; they made it disgustingly strong - Not a lick of lemonade in the glass, literally ending the night with a bad taste in my mouth. The server gave a few exhausted apologies, and I gave a minimum tip. My friend and I wiggled our way out with that. As someone who grew up in the restaurant business, I can say that the place really isn't suited for anything remotely close to maximum occupancy, and everything was egregiously disorganized. None of this was worth it, and I doubt I'll come back for anything else at this location. read more

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I have eaten here twice and the food has been good both times. The staff are very nice and helpful. I really enjoyed my Chicken Neapolitan sandwich, it was unique and very flavorful. I also got the carrot cake, which was good, but didn't impress me. I would definitely come back here, as the rest of their menu was filled with interesting options. read more

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Best chicken tenders around and very friendly staff. They also gave me a pitcher of water on the table.

Buck a shuck jumbo shrimp and oysters fantastic half hour! Great bartenders! Beautiful place to hang out with friends.

Great food. Great atmosphere. Even better service. Donna Phyllis is the best waitress! We look forward to going to the kove not just for the food but to see her. Thank you for the laughs read more

The food here is good for the most part. BUT only if the person taking the order cares for it to be so. Tina took care of me on several occasions and my order was always spot on. Not so with other bartending staff. I since have literally walked out if I came in and someone else was working. Other bartenders just don't care. When at a table Phyllis is very good - no one other server. read more

Really good place. Not much is advertised for this restaurant/ bar but everything we had was excellent. I had the filet special and bacon wrapped scallops. Definitely will be coming back read more

Is it that hard to provide customers with freshly ground pepper or at least a better quality pepper. These shakers look like they belong in a cheap buffet or McDonalds. And it's time to fix the bar foot-rail, broken for over a year!! read more

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Oof, where to begin? I feel like this restaurant doesn't know what it wants to be. We pull up and one person says "I think we're underdressed." I saw the menu online and said no, you're fine in jeans. There is a man standing outside who appears to be a valet and greets us. There is no one inside to seat us. The man comes back in after a minute or two and seats us (apparently not the valet). The architecture (high ceilings, large windows, trendy colors) does not match the tables or chairs (plastic, drop-leaf, low end). Each place setting comes with a red paper placemat. The Guinness is cheap enough at $4 a glass, but the staff doesn't know a Guinness from a wheat beer. Really? I don't even drink beer and that's a no brainer. Wait staff was awkward and uncomfortable. To reiterate the reviews of others, you would've thought they had never waited tables before. Had the roast pork, which is served on a gargantuan round sourdough roll. Bread was very good, but there was too much of it. Pork was gristly and smothered with canned gravy. This pleased my husband, who likes canned gravy and greatly displeased me as the menu stated "natural juices". Sandwich came with exactly 13 french fries. This amount would not even fill half a coffee cup. Fries were limp and appeared to be slightly seasoned with garlic salt. There were also about 5 pieces of mixed greens lettuce for color (I can only assume). The other members of the party had the crab cakes, the cuban and the roast pork. They thought the food was decent but would probably order something else if they went again. Me? I'm not coming back. read more

Good buck a shuck - really expensive bar items - really loud and the cook spent most of her time on the bar floor - she should've been working on making the red clam chowder edible !! Gag me! If you want fresh buck a shuck .. Wednesday the pour house on Haddon ave read more

Food is excellent and I really like the atmosphere. Service is very friendly but sometimes a little slow due to having many tables but it's a relaxing atmosphere so I don't mind. Had the blackened swordfish tonight and it was amazing. Very nice house dressing for the salad also. read more

My girlfriends and I went here for a Pottery Paint Nite. Place was really nice and we would've never heard if it if it wasn't for this event. Staff was nice. We got drinks, steak bruschetta, and crab dip. Crab dip was AMAZE. read more

We had stopped in for an early evening dinner during the week. I must say, the outside/inside has been nicely remodeled! I especially like the bar area. The dining room has lots of elbow room between tables......almost too much, maybe a few two-tops or four-tops are needed to fill-in some space & make the downstairs a little less banquet room looking. For an appetizer we started off with the 'Pub Style' PEI Mussels. It was just meh. The broth had no flavor (was neutral)....... So, in return, the mussels didn't take-on any goodness. The mussels only came with (2) small toast points...... fine by me since we didn't want to soak up the tasteless broth. The Mussels were a little chewy (maybe 60 seconds too much cook time). Kate had the Top Round Beef sandwich. She really liked it. I had the Cuban Style sandwich. It was okay, nothing to write home about. Both sandwiches came with shoe string style fries (we prefer skin-on style fries). Our server was attentive/ friendly. However, she seemed kind of shy or maybe this was her first time being a server? She would not come close to our table, she maintained a 3 1/2 feet distance from us while she was talking to us (besides when she cleared our plates or refreshed our beverages). Maybe she thought we had some sort of communicable disease. The prices were very reasonable. (both food and alcohol). I would like to see some vegetable side items like swiss chard, Brussels, etc. Maybe I am biased since this restaurant is located a few blocks from our home. I want this place to succeed. I am still giving them a respectable 3 stars which earns them a return visit in my book. Next time we will try some of there entrées or we will sit at the bar for a few drinks. read more

I went this past Sunday for the Mother's Day brunch. The staff was really nice, and attentive. But, they were all younger, and their uniforms needed a lot of help. They are required to wear all black from what i saw. I saw bleach stains, crumpled unironed clothing, poorly fitting clothing, different shades of blacks, and super tight tights. With the atmosphere they seem they strive for, they need to fix that problem. As far as the food, therr was absolutely nothing spectacular about it. It was an open buffet, and I don't particularly eat a lot of things due to being picky. They had a variety of warm food. I will say the bbq orange chicken was the best thing I ate. read more

Finally an addition to Audubon that is worth yelping. The place which was once a broken / failed upscale restaurant come diner is now an appropriately priced establishment that should be around for a long time. The food is ok for the type of menu (catering driven) and they have definitely worked out the kinks. unless there is an event. The wine selection is limited and on the low end and the bar prices for the whiskeys are very reasonable. Over all I am glad to have them in town!!! read more

Found out about this place from a co-worker and decided to check it out because it was so close to home. I was a little hesitant when I pulled up, It looked like a wedding hall on the outside, which makes sense because that is one of their selling points. I went to check out the bar and was pleasantly surprised by the selection of beer and cocktails. Not as abundant as Pour House or Irish Mile but still not bad. Pros: Affordable prices Friendly staff Good food Proximity (for me) decent beer selection Cons: A bit bright in the bar area for my taste Not easy to com across if your not local Age group on the older side All in all I will be adding this place to my other local hangouts read more

An amazing place! Last night I DJ at the Kove Bar and I had an awesome time. Every Kove staff member I encountered was friendly and had positive energy! During the party I was DJ'ing, the staff members checked on me regularly to see if I needed anything. Thank you KOVE BAR!! DJ Reese (Martin Ike Nwoga) read more

Fresh, DELICIOUS food. Our server was attentive, helpful and efficient. A must go for date night! And the drinks were out of this world! Am def going back! read more

Love this spot for good food and drinks. Good entertainment, older crowd which is nice to be around. Clean environment, plenty of parking

Food is mediocre at best. Service is terrible. Gave it few tries because I wanted a good local spot. I've been there late night when they start breaking down the place to close early and herd you out of there. The room echos and it's a confusing space. It's a restaurant with an identity crisis. read more

I've never ever had a bad meal here. The food is always consistent and delicious, never have to wait or make a reservation, just walk right in and be seated, the servers are always polite, attentive, and quick. Large parking lot, some nights they have live music, other nights it's a quiet dinner. It's always clean, 7 televisions, full bar. I enjoy myself very much when I come here, maybe once every 2 months or so with the husband when we wanna get out, also great prices. Ignore the fact that it's three stars, it's worth it. read more

Awesome food and drinks!!! Good service and clean. What a great hidden gem!! Definitely recommend any of the pizzas. The margarita is my favorite! read more

Just having a beer. Wow. MNF with confusing audio from commentators. Echoing. No one has thought about the customer experience. It takes 5 minutes. Dumb da dumb dumb. 8 people here. Wonder why. read more

Imagine having your daughters 1st birthday there with your family and everything you wanted to have had for her big day be ruined by extremely poor service and handling of a situation that should have never occurred! We were wrapping up and gathering our things as my mom was feeding/finishing a bottle for my daughter when they began to clean up and move the tables a few of us were still sitting at finishing up a drink and chatting. My wife asked if they were closing and they said no, she asked if they were kicking us out she said we're rearranging the tables, the woman(manager) seemed to give off an attitude when we became aggravated! The waitress explained that she didn't get tipped enough, now there was a decent amount of people there, 4 couples, 4 kids, a grandfather/grandmother and a close family friend...when asked, most said they tipped 20% or a bit more, others explained that the service didn't deserve it, for a slow Saturday, food/drinks took some time but we never complained about it, the vibe we got from the waitress felt rushed and annoyed etc. now an argument was beginning to consume the end of the evening for my daughters 1st birthday, when another manager began to threaten us to either leave or ha e the cops be called?! We were extremely upset, and voiced our concerns up front, not cursing or causing a screaming scene in front of other Guest, the waitress with her arms folded annoyed because she felt under paid, her managers threatening authorities became the ending to what was a beautiful day/night! Instead of letting things be and letting us leave with a sleepy daughter happy as can be, they rather cause their own scene in front of their other guest and put heir reputation in the eyes of all who were there and lose out on every one of us, oh and it didn't air long for the people to realize it as a couple saw our situation and turned and left as another customer outside gave his apologies! Plain and simple, AWFUL/UNPROFESSIONAL/BS! read more

We stopped in for lunch on a Saturday afternoon just a week after the Kove's 'soft' opening. We were the only patrons when we arrived (around 4pm) but a few more parties were there when we left. My wife had a Moji-tea (mojito like cocktail with sweet tea) which she really liked. It was very sweet. I had a draft Guinness (in a standard pint glass, but still fresh and tasty). Food quality was very good. A crab cake sandwich was extremely flavorful. Served on a snowflake roll with lettuce and tomato. The Audubon burger was topped with bacon, portabello mushrooms, white cheddar, and a hint of horseradish sauce. It was prepared just as ordered (medium well) and was fresh and juicy. Rather than a standard hamburger bun it came on a fresh brioche roll. Both sandwiches were accompanied with standard shoestring fries and pickle chips. The Kove is located in a large building. The main bar and dining area are in the first floor. There are two more floors above. One for parties of about 30 or so. The top floor is a large hall adequate for larger groups and weddings. The building location is on a light traffic side street so you really need to know where it is because you probably won't just randomly drive by . All in all I'd say the Kove is a great addition to Audubon. The Lamainia family has a good reputation for serving quality food/drink both as an event caterer and as lunch/dinner neighborhood restaurant. My only advice is that because the Kove is not located in a high visibility high traffic area they need to strive to be something unique.Simply, there are too many other choices in the area (Pour House, Taproom, Giumarello's G-Bar, etc). I'm guessing that banquet/catering might be a big part of the operation. That could be the differentiating factor. Nonetheless, The Kove is a fine choice for lunch, dinner or just drinks. read more

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I went to the Kove for dinner on a sunday night. The place is quite visually appealing and provides a decent atmosphere. The waitress was friendly albeit a bit nervous but I didn't mind. I had the plain pizza which was decent for a bar pie. My wife got the crab cakes which she enjoyed but I was pretty surprised that they came with no dipping sauce or remoulade. I wonder what the thought process is behind that. My father in law had an audubon burger and my mother in law had a fish entreé which they both seemed to enjoy. My major bone of contention is with the beer selection. They are definitely attempting to make craft beer available but it looks like the selections were picked by someone who is on the outside of the craft beer culture. The most appealing thing I could find was a Sam Smith's oatmeal stout which was 6.50 for a bottle. Way too expensive and will never compete with places such as the pour house where you can get the same thing for almost half the price. As far as the rest of the beer menu, how about some double ipa's, imperial stouts, barleywine's, barrel/oak aged beers? They list Goose Island on the draft menu. Goose Island makes like 50 different beers, so that being listed as Goose Island tells me nothing. If this place stepped their game up with the craft beer, I guarantee that customers would come in droves. There are plenty of incredible craft beers that are widely distributed and readily available. So this was a major turn off for me as well as the open bible on the table by the exit. That's just inappropriate. Obviously they are working out the kinks, but overall it wasn't bad. I hope the owners take heed to this advice: Differentiate yourself with a truly great selection of craft beer, and they will come. Craft beer is a huge trend and it is growing exponentially. It will make your establishment truly succeed. read more

We live local,and enjoy coming here for girls night occasionally. There are usually 8-10 of us. Food is good, atmosphere is nice. The only problem we tend to have here is that the service is ALWAYS slow! Food takes forever to come out, and drinks from the bar take even longer. The servers tend to disappear for long periods, and don't ask you if you'd like another drink, you have to flag them down and ask. And this is every server we have ever had here, every visit, no matter how slow or busy they are! It's a standing joke between our group. As I said, we continue to come back occasionally because the food is decent and it's local for us. But it would be really nice to see this problem improve! read more

I've really tried to like this place I've tried it 5-6 times I love the building very spacious bright and airy. I've been in there for lunch where there were only my party and a couple of people at the bar. Sometimes you are greeted as you walk in sometimes you wait for what seems an eternity to then be told sit anywhere No matter the time of day the service is slow. The wait staff pleasant and efficient but it takes forever for the food to come out Then the food. I ordered a hamburger it was obviously a frozen commercial patty. You can get fresh ground beef at smash burger or five guys. Nachos came with black olives that were old and made me nauseous. The pizza not fully baked and unacceptable for a bar and even frozen Ellio's has more flavor. Steak sandwich was ok not good for the south jersey area a crab cake sandwich so so Tonight my wife ordered a shrimp pasta dish in wine sauce that was very good. I ordered the pan seared crab cakes. Service was slow. The salad of mixed greens tasty but small dressing served in plastic containers. My crab cakes came burnt the inside had plenty of crab and was tasty but they should have never been sent out of the kitchen in that condition Since it took over a 1/2 hr to get our meal I ate the insides of the crab cakes and brought the burnt part to the attention of our server she apologized and took the meal off the bill. IMHO this place has an identity crisis it does not know if it wants to be a bar a fine dining restaurant or a caterer. The dining room seems to be an after thought. I've heard the catering was sub par also (a mashed potato bar??? Really???) Although my wife has had good experiences here I'm done read more

I've been picking up hot sandwiches here for a couple of months for lunch and I really have enjoyed every thing I've had here. I can't comment on the table service since I've only been taking food to go. I have found the staff to be very friendly and accommodating. I will update my review once I've had a chance to order an entree or two. read more

I was pleasantly shocked at the quality of the food. Great choice of draft beers, excellent service. Everyone seems to try hard.

We've been back a couple of times since my first review and things have definitely improved at The Kove. Service has been better - more prompt and accurate. The food, which was not an issue before, remains good. It's so nice to have a place within walking distance. I was worried that it might not be around very long, but if they keep improving, then I'll keep supporting the neighborhood bar and come back again and hopefully other people will too! read more

This place does a nice job and isn't pretentious about the food or service. Highly recommended.