Tim Kerwin’s Tavern

Great to hang with friend’s. Great wings, burgers and fries. Also has great deal on the Rib eye dinner. Saint patties day hot spot. Very good corn beef and cabbage.

Bar is located in Middlesex right up the street from a few other Dunellen bars. The place itself does have ample parking. Many would consider this a Dive bar and I suppose I agree. However dive bars are great when that what your in the mood for. A good dive bar has cheap shots, cold beer, entertaining locals and a jukebox and in my opinion they have that covered (with a bonus of 2 dart boards). I have been to this place a few times solely for late night drinks with friends and this is the only place that closest to 2am. Zupkos up the street would be my first choice because they have very nice bartenders there. Tim Kerns staff is a HUGE hit or miss. I have been there and had bartenders are engaging and then other times I get the guy who seems impatient, pours your round of shots and says $ 12.50 stands there like a collections agency barely making eye contact lol.
Nutshell. Shots and Beer kinda place come with your own friends.

Still excellent food and service… If you haven’t been to Tim Kerwins yet then what are you waiting for??? Excellent bands to…

You want a dive bar with bad music, staff with an attitude and awful food? You’ve got it. Been there several different times to give it a chance but all it seems to attract are unsigned musician wannabes and old lady barflies from the neighborhood. Reputable bands won’t play here. If you want good food and great entertainment, then stay away from this place.

A nice dark place, lots of seating and a large horseshoe shaped bar. The bartender was a little inattentive and didn’t look like he wanted to be there serving paying customers, but it’s just that kind of place I guess.
Enjoyed $ 2 PBR drafts and a BLT & kid’s chicken finger meal. It’s not $ 2 for all domestics– Yuengling was $ 4. We came on a rainy, sleepy Wednesday for happy hr and left before the free juke box night started at 9pm. The place seemed to be getting a little more crowded when we left. The bathrooms were surprisingly clean and updated.
That pretty much sums up our visit.

Welcome to a nice addition to the central NJ dive crawl.
I was sold at $ 2 daily domestic pints until 8pm, hitting category #1 of my unwritten dive check list nicely. Dated look and feel will become abundantly clear from parking lot to entrance. Now if your gut reaction is to bolt, remember that’s a good thing in the world of diveyhood. Expect a few stares and an immediate drunken patron conversation within 2 to 5 mins after propping upon a stool. Where’s my anti bacterial gel should enter your mind. Ice in the urinals. Yep if all checks are accomplished you’ve reached an acceptable dive institution.
The bonus here is the food which is your basic pub grub is fairly decent and of course priced well. The «sloppy Joe» is a triple decker $ 8 with ham, turkey, swiss and slaw on rye with russian dressing, was ample and made to satisfy.
This guy will be popping in for a cheap cold one again, that’s for sure.

We saw the sign out front advertising prime rib, I am always looking for a good prime rib. This is not the place to go for prime rib. I cut, from different parts of this «prime rib» four different places before I gave up, my shoe would have been more tender.
Started with French onion soup, zero flavor, after maybe five spoons of the soup the waitress came and asked if we wanted our dinners or she could put them on the top of the oven. We decide to take them.
A green salad came with the meal, after I have given up on the «prime rib» the waitress came to the table with the salad and a «to go» box, said «they rush me too much and I did not bring out your salad, you can take it home.»
I will say the baked potato was worth the trip, perfect.

This place is consistently great!
Good food and friendly staff!

Most friendly bar. Closest thing to «cheers» as you can get. Great food at reasonable prices. You must have Chef Michael make you a «Pittsburgh-​Style» Ribeye with garlic butter. Yum yum yum. Best steak in the world.

The food is great! REALLY GREAT! Most of the wait staff is great too! So, why only two stars? Because they nickel and dime you to death for water and soda. Here’s the story: My husband and I spent 6 hours there eating and drinking to celebrate his birthday. Our bill for food and alcohol was over $ 130. Towards the end of the night, I asked for water. $ 3 they charged for water!!! And when the bill came, even though there was over $ 70 worth of booze on the bill, come to find out they charged for each of the sodas our designated driver drank. This annoyed me so much that I won’t go there again.

overpriced for bullsh*t food and service food took forever to come out

Great food! The chicken Parm sandwich was fantastic! Tender chicken cooked to perfection! Priced right! The staff was very friendly as well! From what I hear though. Do not attempt to go to this place on patty day!

Tim Kerwin’s has been around for three generations (that I know of) and is a neighborhood institution in the area. Very good quality food and drinks at reasonable prices. The waitresses are all very sweet, and although the bartenders will never become your buddy, they remember your drink and keep them flowing. The pizza is great and specials are on the board daily. A very neighborhood bar, sometimes clique-​ish, Friday’s and Saturday nights usually offer great live music beginning around 10PM-​with no cover! Decidedy an ‘over 30′ crowd, which is fine for me so I don’t drink along side college kids doing shots of ‘Red Death’ or ‘Irish Car Bombs’ all night. The place is rather dark and probably has never been renovated at all, but is always decorated for every holiday throughout the year. A nice, unprentious place to go and unwind.

A great neighborhood bar. Ice cold beers and great pizza. A little bit of an older crowd which is a plus. Friendly staff is good. A great place to stop after golf or just to relax. I’ve only been here during the late afternoon on Sundays so I can’t speak on the scene on Friday and Saturday nights… but the late afternoons on Sunday’s after golf are cool.

Pretty good place for a burger and a beer. Mostly a neighborhood crowd.