The Miracle Pub

Atmosphere upbeat and everyone is happy here. Décor is so interesting and you can go several times and enjoy something different. Truly one of a kind. Highly recommend this for all. Older gents go early. Packs in younger generation early.

One of my favorite stops. Great tasty food selections and prices are great for the region. Be sure to stop in, get past the dive bar outside and enjoy the great atmosphere inside.

If this place didn’t have flat screen tvs on the wall you wouldn’t know what year it was. There are some people who never grow up and I think they all congregate here. Picture a bunch of 50 somethings fist-​pumping and yelling «Teenage Wasteland» and then segueing into Funkytown. Now, don’t get me wrong, I the music I grew up with. I just don’t want to be with the people who don’t get that it’s not 80s anymore.
Food? Drink? Didn’t bother. The overgrown Jersey Shore frat boys get all the attention from the staff.

I just realized that I never wrote a review for Miracle Pub! What can I say, I don’t actually go to drink at bars all that often, since when I do feel like drinking, it’s so much cheaper to just drink at home while watching the game. That being said, this place is a great place to go and watch whatever sporting event you’re interested in. There are plenty of Giants and Jets fans during football season, and one time I came in when they had a few of the Jets cheerleaders in for some reason. The only downside is that the place is a little small and fills up quickly, so it’s hard to get a seat, even at the bar.
I really love dive bars like this, though. The music isn’t so loud that you can’t maintain a conversation. It also operates as a package store, so you can buy six packs and cases of beer to bring home to keep the buzz going. (But seriously, if you think you have a drinking problem, please seek help.) And most importantly, the food is actually, surprisingly, really good! Sure it’s your standard pub fare that includes thin crust bar pies, wings, burgers, sandwiches, fries, and plenty of beer to wash it down with. But sometimes, that’s all I’m really looking for. The wings are jumbo sized and have plenty of sauces to choose from. Burgers are good, as are the ultimate rib stack sandwiches. But tonight I just had their «Kiss my Blarney» sandwich special for St. Patrick’s day. It’s a hot corned beef sandwich on rye with some melted Swiss cheese, Russian dressing, and coleslaw. It was so good! I might have to stop by and get one of these again before the Irish theme this month is over.
I probably never would have stepped foot in this place if my little sister’s good friend didn’t work here and talk up their food selection a few years ago. To say that the place doesn’t look like much from the outside is an understatement. I never knew this place existed, despite driving past it countless times over the two decades since my family moved to Toms River, and even working right there at Community Medical Center for a while. I suppose my experience with the service at the Miracle Pub has also been on the good end, since I know a few people who work here. Shout out to Zach! If you’re lucky enough to have him as your server, make sure to tip him well. He does a great job!

Even though it does get a little crowded sometimes, the food is excellent and the prices are very reasonable. Mike makes the best corned beef sandwiches, they are to die for.

This place has excellent food and good prices …always packed by the locals very good.

Go for the booze; forget the food. Fish & chips were greasy like they were made at Jiffy Lube. It’s dim and dungeon-​like inside; perfect for the 55 and older crowd who want to get liquored up. It’s been here for ages (remember when it was just the Miracle Bar?). They are open every single day of the year — all holidays. Let’s all meet Christmas morning around 10am… just to see who goes to such a place on such a day. Should be interesting people watching. BTW, the men’s room smells like it was sprayed with a combination of DDT, sulfuric acid and Raid with a touch of Old Spice… smelling is believing.

Love the food, great local bar atmosphere, however, the cranky rude old lady hostess pretty much refused to seat us, discouraged us from even waiting for a table because she was holding at least 4 tables for reservations. I didn’t even know you could make reservations there. It’s a bar!!! She told us maybe 2o minute wait, but people are here to watch the games and aren’t in any rush to leave the tables. Another couple walked in behind us, she told them 45 minutes and suggested they come back another night. Their attitude towards their customers is awful… I guess they just feel there will always be someone else. Won’t go back after dealing with that lady… too many other places in town to go for better service.

Awesome food and fun atmosphere. Had the ribeye sandwich with aujus. Yummmm. Great beer menu too. Fun place with a laid back crowd. Will
Go again.

Although we had read about their bad service reviews on Unilocal we went in with an open mind. The place has a nice atmosphere and the food was excellent. The thing that bothered us was the poor attitude of the server, especially when a discrepancy on the bill was addressed. We just happened to be sitting under a Sun NFL special board that posted some nice prices for draft $ 3.50 and Vodka Absolute drinks for $ 4.00. When the bill arrived the special drink prices, although reasonable, were not honored. The server had an attitude when we asked questions about the pricing. She grudgingly took $ 2 off the bill with no reasonable explanation. Another local customer came over and said that it is a routine ocurrance as he has questioned his bill in the past with no good reason for the price difference. The manager came by with vouchers for 2 free drinks on our next visit. So the question arises why not honor the drink prices advertised that day and fix the bill. This did not happen and leaves us to question the ethics of this business. To the business owner I say: With a crowded parking situation outside and a bar full of people willing to pay normal prices for a beer why are you allowing a bunch of 20 year olds to run your business in such an unprofessional manner? Do you or your staff feel that you are unable to earn an acceptable profit margin within the realm of honest business-​to-​customer behavior? It certainly is not about the price of the beer – it is about the principal of the matter. Local officials should maybe look into the business practices of this pub.

Nice little hang out. Bar pies are great and the Bloody Mary’s are fabulous!

Was looking for a local pub down here and I have finally found it in The miracle pub. As soon as you walk in the ambience of the place is great. It’s decorated very well and has multiple tvs. The staff is great and very accommodating (especially Julie). Awesome selection of beers on tap and in bottle. Surprisingly big menu and great daily specials. The food was delicious and fairly priced. I’d recommend this place to anybody young or old.

Do you live in your parent’s basement? Have you never left ocean county? Do you never get tired of the miracle pub? This is the place for you!
It’s a miracle this place is still open.

Horrible place! Watch out with some of the bartenders skimming your money and when talking to a manager to bring issue up, not believe the patron, but standing by bartender who denies accusation and the customer gets «flagged» from bar! And gets kicked out. Don’t go there! It was a «Miracle» I got flagged and kicked out of a bar I tell you that! Never in my life! It was a FIRST!!!
Save your money! Mix drinks and shots are way overly priced anyway! Plus any other money they take off you if your not paying attention to your money when they take it off the bar. The guy bartenders are okay. It’s the female bartenders you have to watch out for at this place.

Went back to MB the food is still awesome but they have some young kid behind the bar (Tom) who shouldn’t be there he hears only what he wants to and doesn’t know how to make half the drinks. He must be related to someone because he just doesn’t belong back the on a busy friday night. If this keeps up ill have to find a new friday night hangout. Yeah new stuck up guy is useless time to try The office again at least they have competed bartenders. Ill come back hear when they fire the stiff.

The place was nice at first ppl were friendly, But I guess once they seen that we were bringing more people in and they have to actually so their jobs «on a national drinking holiday» they decided to be ignorant and pay no mind to the people who pay their salary!!! I don’t want to rant on how bad the service is I am just going to say we should have left after the 2^nd beer. The women bartenders are absolutely wonderful… haha NOT!!! I am giving them 2 stars because the only beers that were enjoyable were the first 2 :(oh and our bar «TABS» equaled over $ 300 hmmmm yup never going to see me or my friends there again!

I’ve been trying to go here for a few months now. The place is always packed. I usually take that as a good sign. So my g/​f and I were finally able to get over there this weekend to watch some football, have a few drinks and some delicious food.
Walking in, it was a bit smaller than I thought it would be. It’s by no means tiny, but the amount of cars in the lot suggested a much bigger place. It is long, but shallow inside. A large bar, with tables and a package area. We considered the bar, but it was packed, so we opted for a table.
They have my favorite cheap beer, Miller High Life, score! The g/​f was doing vodka cranberry and there was a football special on those. If I remember it was $ 4.
We started with wings. I got Asian red pepper which were delicious, but not too hot. Even if you aren’t a hot person, give them a try, the heat factor was minimal, while the flavor was great. They were nice jumbo wings, cooked well and tasty.
I got the Jersey Shore burger, which was a burger with pork roll and american cheese. It was so good. Nice, juicy, cooked perfectly and pretty large.
We are hoping for a return visit soon.

When my boss told me to schedule a brainstorming meeting at the best dive in town, only one place came to mind. I was a little worried because I didn’t really know how taking the CEO of my company and a few of my new co workers to Miracle would turn out. I must say it was a perfect experience. We were sat at a table almost immediately, even though it was a pretty packed Thursday night. Our server zach, couldn’t have been any more charming. He never left anyone with a dry beer and managed to get the food out correctly and quickly even though people arrived at staggered times. Everyone was happy, the food was good and the environment was very comfortable. Hopefully we have all our future meetings there.

Food is outrageously good, I go here at least once a week. Their specials get updated weekly with seasonal flares and they have a huge selection. Pastrami Reuben is ridiculous, fiesta poppers with red jalapeño halves and cream cheese filling I think I order every time I am there. You absolutely have to try their signature prime rib melt.
Outside of the food, service is great too. Bartenders remember what you drink, what you spoke about last time, etc.
attention to detail ++++

Talk about a great turn around story, this is it. For years this dive of a pub featured a few old men and a liquor store that everyone knew. Few people ate there and although it was a landmark (or blight) in town, it needed some new blood. Enter Mike Browner and family. The entire place turned around and it started with the food. Better than good bar food at reasonable prices. Beers you can afford to drink– unlike so many chain bars you see too much of everywhere, and great and friendly service. There is a dart league on Monday nights and football packs a crowd as well as just about any other sporting event. Sunday brings a very reasonable brunch. All in all, this is what a neighborhood bar and restaurant should be. Well done!