CJ’s Bar and Lounge

This is a cool, neighborhood bar. I went with a few friends to celebrate a birthday on a Friday night. The music hooked me — the DJ played 90’s pop! The DJ also played hip hop and reggae. The music is predominantly english — i don’t remember hearing any latin music. Aside from great (english) music, the bartenders served great drinks with the right amount of alcohol. There is ample seating at the bar and tables that sit 5+ people. The bar has a handful of TVs and a small dancing area. Its a great chill bar. I hope to return another night.

I wish I could give them zero stars because the management kept myself and all my friends there for an hour because they could not charge us. It seems like there is always a problem with debit/​credit cards at this place so beware if you have a card. This place does have good music and bartenders so I can’t completely shut it down. But the management is a major problem. If you are literally desperate for a bar I do not blame you. Otherwise, dont waste your time.

Disappointing. First, my visit was during the historical snowstorm of 2016 and all of New York was shut down which may have contributed to an off night for the establishment. Had a JD&coke and split since I had a few beers in the fridge back at the hotel. Maybe different circumstances would have been a better experience. If I were stranded again and could only walk somewhere I’d maybe consider checking it out again otherwise was probably a one time deal.

This place is awesome. This is the best bar in the whole wood haven/​ozone park area. Trust me I’ve been to them all. This spot has specials from 7−12am every single day. There happy hour is ridic. It’s like they want you to come and get fucked up for a cheap price. The food is awesome the cooks kno what they r doing. Disregard all comments on food as I eat there all the time and never have gotten food poisoning or a stomach ache. Very rare to still get a beer for 5 bucks and house liquor for 5 $ as well. It’s a place that doesn’t look like much from the outside but when you open those doors on weekends you’ll see what I mean. Very chill spot would recommend to anyone.

This place is such a shit hole !!!
If I could’ve given it 0 stars I would’ve. I can’t believe people eat at this place. It’s so gross !

Love this place! Great chill spot to hang out and grab a drink. Christina is my favorite bartender, she knows her drinks.

Started coming here on Monday nights for 25cent wing night and it is great! Bartenders are very attentive and friendly. Drinks are reasonably priced and they have tvs all over for sporting events. Great place to have a drink

Bartenders are usually friendly but if they are under staffed they can’t handle the bar. Usually a nice place to get a drink or two but very Overpriced unless you stick to beer or well liquor. Food is surprisingly not bad. Crowd gets Raunchy at times.

My girl and I both order patron and when we got the drinks it taste fun you. If you a real patron drinker you know it doesn’t burn when you drink it, plus it also had a weird taste. The waiter we had even agreed with us.
So I’m going say they are doing 1 of 2 things
1. Reusing the top self bottles and poring cheap liquor in to them.
2. Buying fake liquor

Cool spot to chill if you’re in the neighborhood. The bartenders are nice, but the food is messed up, maybe I was out of luck but my friends and I ordered wings and most of them were raw, plus they need to keep the tables clean, they were all sticky and dirty.

This is a lovely place to a have a nice cocktail or two, watch the ballgame on the numerous tvs and have a good meal. The service is top quality and always attentive. And for the later evening enjoy the music. An added bonus is the outdoor area In the back for a little fresh air. I recommend this place greatly.

Good go to place when you want to stay local! You also get to drink free if it’s ur bday!

Met some friends for a drink last night. Ordered some food and much better. Cook came up and made sure things were good. I asked everyone and got thumbs up from them.

After ending a week sourly with guilt ridden from a big mishap on my part, I needed to have alone time– power of one.
Empanadas– one beef, and one beef with cheese $ 5.95.
Small seasoned fries $ 2.95 was entirely salty and bland without any seasoning.
Margarita $ 9.00 during Happy Hour served «straight up» without ice was a delight.
CJ’s Bar and Lounge is a local sports bar that serves the Ozone Park, Queens community. Live entertainment is available at select nights. TV screens displaying sporting events is imperative to the regulars clientele of the avid sports aficionado. Yes at synchronized times of game winnings the bar got somewhat rowdy. For a Saturday night it was not entirely crowded nor hustling busy. Quality of food is average, but my drink and the service I’ve experienced do not diminish my perception for this review. I was hoping for Hash Brown to be offered in their food menu, but none were avail. Background music was somewhat loud.
Customer service is friendly, welcoming with smile, courteous with respect and attentive to my needs. The woman bartender engaged in a brief ice breaker conversation: «Is this the first time here? Do you live around here? What type of drinks do you like?» The bar tender prepared my Margarita without overpowering of too much sweetness. It contained a good consistency of the right balance. I did not want the salted rim around the old fashioned double glass. She appeased my concern. I did not want the drink to be entirely too sweet. Again, she appeased my concern.

I had to give the chef a tip for an amazing mouth watering dish. When I first came to cjs I wasn’t interested in eating the food but after seeing the dishes they have now I had to try it. The new cooks they have are doing their thing! Keep up the amazing work and I will surely return every time I’m in NY.

I’d give this place zero stars if possible.
I called around the night of one of the UFC fight nights to see which sports bars would be showing it– my normal spot was already packed.
The guy that picked up the phone at CJ’s had no idea what I was talking about and said he would call the owner to find out and call me back. He kept asking if I meant WWE. No, I meant real fighting, UFC.
I didn’t think I would get a call back, so I headed toward the direction of another bar (far from me) that would be showing it.
5 mins later, CJ’s called back and said they’re showing it.
Awesome I thought, I can stay local and drink. I didn’t have to head out to Astoria and find a designated driver or cab it home.
So we turned around and told the guys to meet us at CJ’s instead.
We found street parking easily since it was late and didn’t have to worry about feeding the meters. I thought this to be a good sign, but I was wrong.
Upon entering, the place is new, neat and clean– high tables and chairs with TVs screens around the bar. There’s an outside seating area for the warmer weather and bathrooms to the back.
The place was pretty empty, maybe 5 or 6 guys at the bar itself.
My friends and I sat at one of the tables adjacent to the bar and waited to be greeted.
We waited nearly 20 mins and no one came over to us. The bartender was busy flirting with the same 5 dudes at the bar and the other two guys were busy on their phones.
I asked one of the guys if anyone was going to serve us and he said «oh I can, sure.»
He went over to get menus and another party of 3 walked in at the same time.
He immediately seated them and handed them the menus I thought he was bringing over to us.
He then went back behind the bar and started flirting with the bartender.
We all immediately realized what was going on– we weren’t white and that’s why we weren’t getting service. We were the only brown people there that night and apparently they thought we were the wrong color.
As we got up to leave, the owner came over to us. He said he knows we were waiting long and apologized. He had their «cook» bring us nachos «on the house» and their signature cocktails «on the house». I explained to him the situation and he assured me that although his staff is slow, they are not racist. Then he went on to tell me about the «brown» girls he’s dated! Really?!
All the while, still no UFC being shown.
I refused to eat or drink anything in fear of someone’s bodily fluids being in my food but the guys wolfed down their drinks and nachos. They reported that the drinks were strong but the nachos were cheap microwaved garbage.
The owner asked us to stay and drink on him but we still got up to leave. As we were walking out, the bartender and the two other guys started laughing amongst themselves.
I’m glad I didn’t eat or drink from there.
I will never be back and neither will my friends.
There are so many better sports bars around the area to spend your good money at– CJ’s is not one of them!

Not far from me. Been there a few times. Food is ok. Good location if you just want to watch a game and grab a beer.

I’m new to New York and decided to head out to a local bar to catch the football game last night. The bartender was friendly and the only reason I’m giving this place two stars.
There were maybe a handful of people there, if that. We ordered calamari for a bite, it took 45 minutes and it was awful. We told the bartender and she took it back. The food took entirely too long for a place that was not busy. Music was blaring loud and tough to have a conversation with your friends.
I will not be going back.

I wasnt surprised, that I had a great time here. The owner is the same owner of cheapshots by Union turnpike. This was such an awsome lil around the way bar lounge .Very friendly atmosphere, you will run into people you havent seen in years, Crowd is grown and sexy… Drinks are great staff too. Appetizers suit the lil place good and simple. The Dj was amazing he played every dam kind of music extremely diverse… Good times. …

Place is OK. Needs some improvement. Been here plenty of times. Happy Hour is always good and 50 cent wings on Monday’s as well. Drinks are a little pricey. 13 bucks for a long island ice tea in a very small glass. Let’s just say I would have to drink 4 of them to a get a buzz. I do like their buffalo wings you can choose your level of hotness.
If you in the area give it a shot and have a couple of beers!

This was one of my worst dining experiences of my life. I wasn’t looking for 5 star cuisine, just bar food. My parents were flying out of JFK early in the AM. I thought I would take them to a local sports bar type place for a quick, light bite, as that was more of what we felt like having that night.
The music was a little loud and the waitress was a little slow but early on, we were doing ok. The chicken fingers were totally fine.
Then, my sandwich and my dad’s came out. They were followed 30 minutes later by my mom’s Ceasar salad with no meat in it. (How that took 30 minutes longer, I never want to know!) We were the only table the waitress had and still my husband’s chicken snadwich is Missing in Action. The music is getting much louder and less appealing and the waitress ACTUALLY walks out the door. She leaves! She returns says she had to «get something» which I can only assume is a part of my husband’s sandwich. She finally brings him this sandwich an hour after I have received my food. As she drops the plate in front of him, she actually says «Sorry, I know the cook, he sucks.» Then she walks away.
Later she gives us a coupon for 2:1 drinks on our next visit in order to make up for the slow delivery of the food. Great, just what I want. 2 for 1 drinks at a place I never want to return to.
Discussion occurs and she eventually makes good with an actual discount, but the damage was done.
To make matters worse, my husband actually exhibited symptoms of food poisoning overnight.

I’m just starting to get my feet wet on the bar scene and apparently in doing so I’ve stumbled into a rather quaint area of Queens: Ozone Park. And of course Groupon nudged me in that direction as well.
On the «scenic» drive you can experience the racetrack (for you gamblers), Resorts Casinos (for you penny slot players, you know who you are.), and a Cross Bay Motel (no comment).
Ironically enough the clientele in this bar/​lounge are exactly the same clientele of the previous mentioned locales. Add in a dash of blue collar and you got ya self a PARTY!
Okay, maybe not a party but on this day a group of rowdy chicks (I would assume they were regulars as the owner came out to greet/​warn them or over doing shenanigans. I guess they must have embarked on this local watering hole to get their drink on with HAPPY HOUR BOGO from 11−7pm weekdays. Indeed.
If you are a sports fan and don’t want to pay expensive ticket prices to see a game LIVE, you might as well come here because with the 5 TVS (4 in front of the bar and 1 giant TV directly across from the edge of the bar), you won’t miss ANY ACTION. The lady bartender/​waitress was extremely hospitable as one of the patrons asked her to put on a hockey game on one of the 4 TVs at the bar and she didn’t hesitate to do so to please the customer. Brownie points.
The service was pretty good considering that she was the only bartender/​waitress serving 7 people before the group of 4 rowdy chicks rolled in. Be kind to your bartender and they will be kind to you. I believe they were playing drunken music chairs or about to play it seemingly.
Bother me not however as I had food that was waiting for a date with my mouth.
*****CHICKEN PHILLY — This sandwich was pretty F – KING AMAZING! I’ve traveled to Philly to get that AUTHENTIC PHILLY CHEESE STEAK (here’s looking at you Pat’s and Geno’s) but this sandwich exceeded my expectations.
The sub roll were mildly toasted giving it a softer crunch than your authentic Phillies. Honestly, as a crunch guy this mildly toasted was alright with me. The filet mignon sliced steak was… UNBELIEVABLY GOOD.
It was tender, full of flavor and it was really packed in this Philly as it SHOULD BE. Other bars should take notice. This should be the standard in bar foods. The chunky finger fries was on point as well.
Mcdonald’s?
PFFT EFF out of here with that BS. This is the real deal.
***BUFFALO CHICKEN WRAP — I guess I like chicken. This wrap was simple. The buffalo sauce was like any other buffalo sauce served with a side of chunky finger fries. Good stuff.
***BUFFALO WINGS — Okay, I REALLY LIKE chicken. The wings were standard size with some that were smaller than the others. They had 5 options honey jack, mild, medium, hot and DAMN!
Yes, «DAMN!» was the option. Yes, I ordered it.
DAMN! was not nearly spicy enough for me as a seasoned heat seeker. But luckily the bartender had prepared a jar of Red Devil hot sauce on deck just in case so I was one happy camper once I put about 15 more dashes on it. Dripping nostrils is how I like to eat. Take note. LOL.
The DRINKS from their online site are not in the menu although the bartender kindly asked what the ingredients were when I ordered/​showed her the menu through my smartphone screen and she made it for me.
I ordered the…
****APPLE BREEZE — Absolut Orient Apple Vodka? Do you even need to ask? You got me at «Orient» even though it a word made up by you know who to describe a race of people that were not too favored at that time. This drink was well made sweeter than I thought it would be but 1 or 2 of these would get the party started for sure.
****LANDSHARK LAGER — I love this beer. It reminds me of the Harp lager. Its body was light, crisp with a smooth finish. This is one beer I won’t get tired of drinking ALL DAY.
After all this food, even the owner stopped by to ask «where are you putting this buddy…», shyt if I know, lol. I was ready for a nap.
You should stop here because there are many things in the vicinity.
Pet owners — there is a pet supply store across the way.
Yogurt/​Ice Cream fiends — there is a gelato store across the way
Narcoleptic Folks — there is a Sleepy’s across the way and a motel on the same street
Sinners — there is a motel on the same street or Sleepy’s (I honestly don’t think they’d mind)
Athletic folks — Baseball diamond/​semi soccer field across the way.
Messy Eaters — there is a laundromat across the way.
I don’t think there is NOT a reason NOT to come here.
I will come back and next time drink like it was when Prohibition was revoked.
P. S. — CASH ONLY. NO CREDIT CARDS, NO TABS. Good policy.