Back Again…Little Town, NJ in Hoboken!

A TON of you read my previous post on the restaurant in Hoboken called Little Town, NJ. I had written it after my family went there for a nice night out and got some drinks and dinner. If you didn’t read it, go check it out. Then come back and read this one.

In that previous post, I basically stated how bad of an experience I had there. Food was good, but the overall experience was bad. The post got a ton of hits and one of them happened to be the manager of the restaurant. Obviously, he wasn’t too happy with my going off about his restaurant. So he set out to fix it. Randomly, one day while I was interning, I got an email from him. He apologized for the experience I had there and told me that that’s not how they normally operate. He asked me for my home address because he wanted to send a gift certificate so that I could come back again and give it a second chance. At first, I was like… okay, I’ll give him my address and he’ll probably send a $10 card or something and it will take months to actually get to me. I was WRONG.

Not only did he email me back almost right away, I got the gift card in the mail two days later. And on top of that, it wasn’t for $10. It was for $50. Which considering it’s a bar restaurant, $50 can get you a pretty hefty meal for 2. He also told me to email him directly when I wanted to come in and he would make the reservation for me and that he would like to meet me personally when I arrived.

Chris (my boyfriend) and I are completely obsessed with Hoboken; we both want to live there once we graduate from Loyola and since he doesn’t live too far from Hoboken, we figured we would head in and get dinner there and then walk around. I let the manager know that we were coming in and he told me that it was all set and to ask for him when we arrived. When we got there, since it was a gorgeous night outside, there were a ton of people eating in their outdoor area, but the inside was much more empty. We chose to sit inside because it was quieter and I’m not a huge fan of outside seating.

Sadly, the hostess informed me that the manager had left for the day because of a family emergency but we were promptly greeted by the guy-in-charge, who had definitely been told we were coming and he was super accommodating. The whole staff was. We never had empty drinks, the head chef came and asked us how our food was, and overall, the experience was completely different from the first time my family went. The food was AMAZING. We got the chicken tenders appetizer to split, which was more like chicken cutlets but they were so good. The dipping sauce definitely made them 100x better too. I have no idea what sort of sauce it was, but we could tell it was homemade and phenomenal. For our entrée, I got the Farmer’s Daughter wrap (I’m attempting to be somewhat healthy) and Chris got a burger. I couldn’t even finish my wrap because I was so full from scarfing down the chicken. It was great though. Chris absolutely devoured his burger; it was that good. We passed on dessert as we had made pie earlier in the day to eat after dinner (a post will be posted about that soon!) and spent the rest of the evening walking around Frank Sinatra Park, which is right across the street from the restaurant. It made me remember why I want to live there.

The view from Frank Sinatra Park in Hoboken. Such a gorgeous sight!

Overall, I could not be happier with Little Town. The experience was great this time and I will definitely be going back. I even got another email from the manager apologizing that he wasn’t there and told me to contact him next time I want to come in and that’ll he’ll make sure he’s there! I’ve got a little left on my gift card so I will sure be returning 🙂 If you’re in the Hoboken area, go check it out and let me know how it goes!

Have any of you gone to Little Town? What was your experience like?

Little Town, NJ Restaurant Review

NOTE: This post in no longer valid. My second (and much more positive) review of Little Town can be seen HERE. Decided to give the place another chance 🙂

This past Sunday night, my family had another family outing at Little Town, NJ, a new restaurant and bar that opened in Hoboken, NJ. The restaurant is on the beautiful Sinatra Drive, overlooking the water and features a beautiful view of New York City. If you haven’t ever walked down Sinatra Drive, I highly recommend it. Do not go on the 4^th of July though. It’s a zoo as it’s a perfect place to view the fireworks, aka the entire state of NJ flocks there.

Walking into the restaurant, it was nicely decorated and featured quotes from famous NJ-ites on the walls. There was a decent sized bar, as well as booths and tables for dinner. We had made a reservation prior to going, as we had a party of 10. However, the restaurant wasn’t too crowded. All of the outdoor seating was empty, most likely because it was so hot and muggy out. But inside, it was cool and there were a few other families there, plus some couples sitting at the bar. We were immediately greeted and brought to our table.

Once sitting down, it took our server a while to greet us. When she came, we ordered drinks and she managed to mess up a few of the drink orders. My aunt even got a margarita that had a bug in it. The waitress was nice enough to take it back. However, she completely forgot that I had ordered a Diet Coke, which kind of irritated me as I was craving it, but she was never around for me to remind her. After coming back to get our appetizer order, which was probably close to 15 minutes after we sat down, she didn’t ask if we were ready to order our entrees, even though no one was even looking at the menu anymore because we’d been sitting there for a while. After coming back again to get our dinner orders, the appetizers came and were decent. The disco fries, a Jersey classic, were soggy and the rice balls were cold. Our entrees came out some time after that, yet they didn’t all come out together. My two little cousins came first, a majority of the others came another 10 minutes or so later, and my one cousins came another 5 minutes after that. Not exactly timely. Almost all of us ordered burgers, as there wasn’t a huge selection to choose from. My burger was okay- nothing spectacular but it wasn’t bad at all. Just your average burger and I’ve definitely had better. That seemed to be the general consensus among my family.

Overall, I wasn’t too pleased with the experience and food. While the restaurant was nice, our waitress was slow and inattentive, and the food was only decent. Plus, the bathrooms were disgusting. Out of toilet paper and a nice layer of liquid on the floor. It reminded me of the dive bars back at school. Gross and not what you expect from a nice, new restaurant. Especially one which is kind of pricey.

If you’re looking for a place to eat in Hoboken, there are definitely better options. (I can’t vouche for the bar scene there at night; for a bar, it would probably be considered nice) Hoboken has such a variety of restaurants and bars, from the high end to the small pubs. It’s safe to say that my family won’t be returning for a family get-together again.

Have any of  you eaten at Little Town before? What was your experience like?