Farside Bar & Grill

The best place to get a drink and some food in Hoboken. Except for when there is live music, this place is very low key. The staff are super nice and try to get to know everyone to comes here. Also, the food is great if the kitchen is open (only closed on Mondays).

This is my go-​to spot after playing recreational soccer. Its got that «cheers» feeling, where you walk in and there are definitely people here that have been coming here routinely for years. It’s a place in hoboken that isn’t bro-​y or pretentious and is just casual, chill, let’s grab a few beers and chat. It’s unassuming like that. Bartenders are friendly and helpful. It’s a place that is no frills — it doesn’t need to because the quality of the time you have here is another about the place, ambiance, or atmosphere — it’s back to basics where you can focus and have a good time with who you’re with. Sometimes that’s all you need.

Not only did the LADY bartender (manager?) add two shots to my friend’s bill and forged my friend’s signature when we didn’t even order shots, she ILLEGALLY GAVE HERSELF A $ 5 TIP.
Illegally.
Illegally.
Illegally.
Illegally.

Don’t run a tab. They add drinks on that you didn’t order and forge your signature when you refuse to pay for drinks you didn’t order. Illegal.

Saturday nights in da ‘boken can get pretty crazy. After midnight, most of the more ‘popular’ spots have massive lines that sprawl down the block, or are so packed inside that you’ve barely got room to move or breathe. Me thinks not.
If you aren’t afraid to travel a little further uptown on Washington St, then you can ditch the crowds and claim all of the space that you need over at Farside, which is literally on the far side of the heavily concentrated area of Hoboken bars.
It’s definitely low-​key, so don’t expect a crazy party. But if you purposely left the madness that is Black Bear or Mills then you probably already knew that. I came here to escape the crowds with a few friends last Saturday night and we were really happy that we came. It was still nice enough to sit outside, and we were able to claim a table as our own and easily order drinks. Oh, and being able to hear each other speak was also a pretty nice perk.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s fun to go to some of the louder bars and dance. But after a while when you’ve had enough and just want to have a drink and chill then this is the perfect place to end the night. So much so, that I don’t even mind traveling over to the ‘far side’ of town.

Nice stop on Washington Ave. I came during happy hour. Really nice unpretentious bar with awesome and friendly bartenders. I had the margaritas. Strong and delicious. I definitely had a nice time. Definitely headed there soon.

Stooped in while waiting to be called for a reservation at Bareburger a few doors Dow. I ordered wine and played darts with my friends. The place has maybe 5 other people at the bar on. Friday night which isn’t a good sign, especially on Hoboken. I had fun only because my friends were with me and they had darts. I wouldn’t go in to hang out alone or even really suggest going back with a group of people. There wasn’t anything memorable about the place. Even the bartender didn’t seem too excited to be there. Its Hoboken, waste your money at the hundreds of thousand other bars, on that block alone.

I’m back after my spat with the owner because I miss the Jazz Jam on Saturday. Gregg and Izzy behind the bar are great and Jazz Jam is super fantastic. Oh and the food is good, too.

We stopped at this dive bar on Washington during a walk around town on a beautiful day. We were able to sit outside with out dog, which was nice. We spilt nachos and wings and had a couple of drinks. The nachos weren’t as heavy as your typical bar fare which was nice. When we got the bill, we where happily surprised at how cheap everything was. I would definitely come back here again — maybe for some college football!

the whole place smells like a wet bathroom… WHY?! can’t you have it even decently clean? bartenders aren’t the best. Guy bartender only tends to females and the woman bartender, can’t get her attention. And then the guy asked us to bring our empties in from outside because they ran out of cups/​glasses. oh really? you run a bar with not enough cups? that’s… nice… It’s also pretty loud and only place for some quiet is outside, which is a plus, but only when it’s nice out.
plenty of other bars on this street, I suggest somewhere else.

Farside is cheap, and close to Stevens. Naturally, it’s full of Stevens students. It’s also a very cool dive bar with a dart board and a back patio. I often found myself here between classes for a beer and some darts. Smoking on the back patio was nice sometimes too.
This was the 3^rd stop on our bar crawl.

Good bar in Hoboken, this is were a lot of college students from Stevens Institute of Technology hang out, so if you don’t want a college scene, this bar probably is not for you. I like that they have a dart board, and they have a really nice outside deck area that has a fireplace so you can chill there all year round. Drinks are good, nothing fancy.

Dark interior, the food was ok but a little over priced. The service was pretty bad. It took over 15 mins to even be addressed and over 45 mins to get 2 burgers with fries. They also forgot to being out the appetizer of spinach dip. My roommate and I will not be going back.

Absolutely disgusted by the owner of this bar! I thought I would come here for a good crowd and drinks … Beware. The female owner came in drunk at around 11– touched my face and arm and repetitively asked me to come behind the bar and «show her what tab was mine» when I tried to order a second round. She was giving «free» drinks to everyone. When I went to get my 2 drink tab from another employee — she had told him I had 7 shots. When I told him she gave me a round he hands the check to her. She comes over and says «well whose going to pay for this tab it says you had 7». I’m like your drunk– you gave me a round (4x) and you just told the guy to add 7 to my tab. She asked me again to come behind the bar and talk to her. I said that was inappropriate. And she said she can tell me to do whatever she wants she’s the owner, she can say whatever. I tried to grab my card and she snatched it and would not let me leave (employees were useless old men who I feel bad that they work for that unprofessional woman). I said I would call the cops and she was okay with that. So I filed a complaint.
Absolutely disgusting inappropriate behavior. Drunk nasty woman behind the bar marketing herself as the owner. She must of taken some sort of drug too bc she didn’t even remember what I was saying minutes before.

By Hoboken standards this place is dive. I stopped by for a drink while I was waiting to pick up keys to my new place and was pleasantly surprised that the happy hour specials were good a cheap. 7 bucks for a kettle and soda if I remember which was nice considering a lot of bars don’t discount the top shelf. I looked over the menu because I’m that guy and it was your typical bar food. Nothing exciting or worth noting but i’m sure their fryer works and would fill an alcohol filled belly should the urge arise.
They had the doors open but it was still hot as hell inside. When another patron asked for them to turn the AC on the guy said okay but then complained he had to close to the doors. I didn’t get it either.
Not a bad spot to grab a drink before heading elsewhere. The crowd seemed to be older and less Jersey then further down the block.
Cheers!

Came here in the middle of a snowstorm for a low-​key night with a couple of friends. Had no idea what to expect, but this bar provided exactly what I was looking for.
Dark, divey bar with cheap drinks and a wide variety of people, ranging from young professionals to old creepy dudes. There was a blues band when we first came by, but they wrapped up around 9:00. After that, we pretty much owned the jukebox, even though the music selection was pretty poor.
Can’t say anything for the food, but based on some of the other reviews, I might have to come hungry next time.

The backyard patio is cute and a relaxing place to chill with friends on a sunny day.
They have a decent selection of beer, but nothing special (coors, blue moon, yuengling, etc.). And, the menu is limited. My friends and I ordered the nachos and they were alright. The toppings were not well proportioned and were placed far from each other, but it’s hard to completely ruin nachos.
Would come again for the ambiance, but would probably eat elsewhere.

Darts! High quality metal darts and nearby chalkboards to keep score. We were here with a group of 10 – 12, so we paired up and played some epic games on this board.
Very relaxed atmosphere. It’s a medium sized bar, but it looks like there is more room in the back. I didn’t try the food but it seemed like traditional bar food. It smelled good, but just about anything deep fried smells super yummy
Drinks were on the inexpensive side. Bartenders were relaxed. We lost one of the darts when one person in our group decided to throw the dart into a bulls skull that was hanging on the wall. Perhaps he was shooting for a literal bullseye?
I just met this dude that night, but they introduced him as DB. Wonder what that stands for…
Still, the real story here is how nice the bartenders were about it. They just handed us another dart so that we could keep playing. Thanks for not flipping out on us!

Stopped by one Sunday because of the drink specials posted outside.
$ 2 Labatt Blue Pints
$ 3 Coors Light Pints
These sold us immediately, so I don’t even recall the other specials, though $ 7 Mojito seems to ring a bell. Even got a non-​beer drinker, who couldn’t say no to $ 2 suds, to indulge in one.
They’ve got a nice patio in the front and back, which makes for good people watching, the staff was quite friendly, they chill their glasses in a low tech but effective way (ice water), and they have food (which we didn’t try but looked like typical bar fare). It wasn’t crazy busy like many of the other bars, I’m guessing because it’s not loaded with TV’s like typical game watching venues, which was great for us! The interior seemed a bit dark, though.
Definitely will stop by again, particularly on a nice day when we can sit outside.

This bar, for me, is soo college. And that is not a bad thing! This was my go-​to spot when I went to school at Stevens (GO DUCKS). It is your typical bar with your normal selection of drafts. I feel what defines this establishment is the great people and awesome bartenders and servers.
The bar is pretty spacious in the main room, with a patio in the front for nicer days as well as a back patio to lounge and spread out some more. There is a dart board by the front, and the entrance has black lights for those who think that’s cool. I’ve played many cricket and baseball games on that dart board (granted I was never any good).
Whenever my core group of college friends want to meet up in Hoboken, we’d always default to Farside. This is where I’ve wandered off to when stressed out for Finals, celebrating Senior Week, and catching up with the bromigos over some Black & Blues. I’ve recently tried their food and have no complaints. The chicken fingers and quesedillas were nothing out of the norm, but oddly addicting. Big shout out to Izzy the server for always making sure we were helped in a timely manner.
Needless to say, I’ll be back to Farside more often than not. I’ve never had a bad experience here.
Random note: last time I was here, an elderly band was performing with this old Korean lady on the drums. She was pretty solid.