We sat outside in the side patio. There was a band playing that sounded great and the crowd was chill. It was a beautiful night so sitting outside was really nice! The mussels are phenomenal. We ordered the Thai sauce and I was pleasantly surprised. Not too spicy but a nice kick! We also had the best and goat cheese salad, rotisserie chicken wrap and a cheeseburger. All three were delicious. Service was friendly and the drinks were tasty. If you're only going to get apps I highly recommend the mussels. read more

Went the other day for lunch. They did a great job with renovations! Clean and open. Waitress was very attentive, and they had a decent amount of beer on tap. I got burger and fries and it was cooked to a nice medium as I requested. Came out rather quickly too. Will be coming back! read more

Anchor is a nice new place in Belmar! The wood decor really makes for a nice atmosphere. Lots of good beers in bittles and on tap. Mussels marinara were great, ribs were great, quesadilla was above average. Service was prompt, friendly, and consistent. Really not much negative to be said about this place except wish they had a big parking lot, because parking down the shore sucks when it warms up! Enjoy! read more

My burger was actually cooked to a perfect medium, and the service was excellent. I saw about 700 appetizers I wanted to try so I'll be back, especially considering the prices are reasonable. Overall, this is a welcome addition to Belmar! read more

Service wasn't amazing, our waitress spilt my Mum's drink on her lap and didn't even offer us napkins to clean the mess up. Food order wasn't correct when it came out. Which isn't so horrible since,I'm not picky. Food itself was pretty good. Overall I'll probably return just for the drinks. read more

The location and outdoor seating are great for summertime guests. We didn't go inside so I can't comment on the rest of the ambiance. The mixed drink I ordered was tasty but a wee bit small for the price. The salads we got to start were great... their dressing is fantastic. I got a roasted chicken w sweet potatoes and mac & cheese. The chicken & mac & cheese were OK, but the sweet potatoes were horrible. Tasted straight out of a can. My bf had the ribs w mashed potatoes and grilled veggies. Everything tasted fine but he felt bad all night after. The cornbread sides were OK. The new look is a step in the right direction but the food needs work. read more

Clean! I appreciate the quality of renovations when I can walk into an establishment and feel like it's my first time in the building. The place is well kept and displays a wood finish that allows for a cozy feel with plenty of natural sunlight. The staff was friendly and attentive. The manger came over and checked on our table in a welcoming manner. As for the food, I had a jersey burger (pork roll and egg) that hit the spot. The beer was cold as well! I will definitely be back as there is large tv's with great sight lines from anywhere in the bar area. read more

Late night (for us grown folk), bar grub & cocktails, throw down. Really glad we gave Anchor Tavern a go. First time... & we'll be back. Band was really good & fun. Service was spot on.. thank you Erin! If ur lucky enough to score Erin as your server, tip well... she's working hard, cheerful and a pro. Cool area to stroll/nosh/cocktail... good energy. read more

Great place to relax and eat. The staff was super friendly and the food was good. Happy hour on Saturday's is a plus!!! Perfect location!

Good wait staff. Beer selection is ok...cuisine is very good. Atmosphere/ambiance is pleasant

Went to this place while they were still doing construction on the outside. Therefore, it just opened. The inside looked fantastic, after being redone from what Connolly Station used to be. I ordered their French onion soup as an appetizer, and it was great. Full of flavor. My friend also got the same. I ordered the chicken salad sandwich, and it was also quite good. Wish they had more options other than white bread. I have to add that 3/4 of the sandwich was lettuce though. My friend got the hedge salad and said it was great. We finished our meal then moved to the bar. Overall great experience, and great prices. I would totally go back. read more

The food just isn't that great at all. Gave this place two tries and won't be back for a third.

Love the atmosphere at both indoor bars and the outdoor bar. My go to bar during the warm weather. The food is delicious, particularly their in house baked chicken wrap. The wait is never long and the prices are reasonable. read more

Our waitress Jackie was awful. She charged us for 3 she extra beers that we didn't have and talked about us to other customers when we questioned her. She was rolling her eyes the whole time and had a terrible attitude. The food is great but because of the horrific service we will never visit there again. read more

My favorite bar in Belmar. They have a great menu with amazing food really cool vibe and awesome staff. Definitely check it out if you're in the area. They have a good happy hour too read more

By far my favorite place in Belmar. Food is fantastic and the service is always exceptional. Brian the bartender always goes above and beyond. Very welcoming and always has a smile on his face. My girlfriend and I come here just to see him. A true professional. Looking forward to many more trips to Anchor Tavern! read more

First time here, but I will try again. I had lunch here today and I'm still a bit nauseous from the greasy food. I ordered the buffalo chicken sliders for lunch. They just took kids chicken fingers fried them to death and put them on a small bun. They were so greasy I couldn't eat them all. However, my friend had a smoked rotisserie wrap that he said was the best he's ever had. Next time I go, that's what I'll try. read more

This place saved our lives late night. Went on a fishing trip for my birthday off in Belmar. It ran later than expected and we were starving. Everywhere around there stopped serving food early, but Anchor Tavern had a late night menu serving until 1am. Awesome food, awesome service, awesome drinks (thanks Sam) read more

We came in for drinks once and found that they made nice cocktails. The bartenders were friendly and urged us to come back for the chicken. We returned one night for dinner and started with mussels steamed in white wine and garlic. Way too much water in the broth so the dunking liquid was flavorless; the mussel liquor and spices are an important part of eating mussels. Management apparently disagrees, because they only served half a piece of bread with the appetizer. The mussels themselves were juicy but not as flavorful as they should have been.. Cut to the Cesar salad, which was okay, but the cheese was sliced too thick -if it was Parmesan, it was flavorless Parmesan. I got my entree 30 seconds later; not great timing. The chicken meat had a nice flavor from the wood, but the skin was barely spiced. Skin should be the best part of a rotisserie chicken.... The cornbread was good, but the whipped potatoes must have been made with sour milk. Yucch. Gravy and stuffing edible, but subpar. Service was okay. You'd think they'd offer us dessert or something after we mentioned how dreadful the potatoes were, but no. read more

Went here with a group of friends and we had three kids with us. It was a big group and I did call early to see if we could make reservations but they do not take reservations. We did have to wait but considering there were 11 of us and it was a Saturday night they didn't make us wait to long. The waitress was friendly and everyone enjoyed their food. I had the salmon with the wood fire vegetables and whipped potatoes. I really liked it. My husband had the baby back ribs and he didn't really like it but he did like his sides and he also got mussels for an app and enjoyed those. All the kids got Mac and cheese and they all seemed to love that! They did sit us right by the bar so it was a little noisy but for the most part we all enjoyed dining at anchor. I would def recommend trying it out read more

First time here since it changed owners And it was delicious! We sat at the patio tables and Bobby was a pleasure! We both got burgers and they were some of the best we've ever had. They came out in minutes, not even sure how it was so quick. We will be back. Thanks Bobby G read more

It is easy to get to many parts of The Jersey Shore from NY via Penn Station's NJRR/ NJ Transit Trains using their NJRR NJ Transit Blue Coastal-Line Branch. This time we, again, decided to re-visit Belmar, NJ. The Belmar NJ, (The Jersey Shore), RR Station is, more-or-less, just off Route 35 River Road at, roughly, between, what could be considered Ninth Avenue and Tenth Avenue. We do not think that is an unreasonable distance to the general vicinity of the areas that we wished to re-visit, which were approximately in the vicinity of Eighth Avenue and Main Street, or, thereabouts. In inclement weather -or- if you do not care to walk, the taxi ride is not too unreasonable. This time in Belmar, we chose the Anchor Tavern on the corner of Main Street and Eighth Avenue in Belmar, NJ, before having our desert nearby. IF you are going to eat outside, it is probably easier to use their Eighth Avenue entrance. We chose to eat inside so we chose to enter via their 713 Main Street entrance around the corner. It is just easier to get to the vintage-type wooden-booth tavern-tables for an informal, relaxed, deliciously tasty meal from a decent menu, especially their Daily Special Menu. Informal friendly "Rustic, Tavern-Style" service was appreciated that came with a very comfortable Price-Tab. Their Daily Special came with two sides. All the selections we choose here have been always delectable; all their choices always are for us each time we visited. We never find any fault with enjoying any selection from their menus. And, we find that their late night menus that go to 1am comes in very handy if we want to catch a late meal before taking the Railroad back to NYC Penn Station. We always enjoy our meals at Anchor Tavern when we come to this area. If you enjoy casual, informal rustic tavern-type eating, then we think you will also enjoy Anchor. read more

Frequent visitor and have found the place to be friendly and responsive. My problem is with the food! I was there this Saturday with my son and daughter and a friend of my daughter. I ordered the Steak Salad and my son ordered a Filet Mignon. My jaw is still sore from attempting to chew it. My son had the same experience. Probably should have sent it back, but I am always hesitant to do that. I will definitely be back, but it won't be for the STEAK!!!! Frank H, Belmar read more

Atmosphere is fun outside in the summer. Rotisserie chicken is tasty but a tad dry. Whipped mashed very good. Corn bread is HORRIBLE! Roasted veggies need seasoning. Prices are fair...Key Lime pie is above average but they add cream cheese to the key lime i think. Cause the key lime filling is white. read more

The food was great. We were seated immediately and the service was impeccable. We never ran out of drinks and the waitress was prompt without being intrusive. After spending the day at the shore it was perfect. Good beer selection. read more

We ate here both days during our recent stay in Belmar. We ordered the Jersey Burger - a burger topped with pork roll, egg and cheese. The burger meat is a custom blend of three cuts of beef making them the BEST burgers we've eaten. Fries are delicious, you just don't get enough of them. The goat cheese and beet salad over arugula, topped with our choice of grilled salmon was also delicious. The salmon was very flavorful, moist, flaky, and grilled to perfection. We also tried the New England clam chowder that's topped with a tender puffed pastry. Although very good, the soup is thin. The pineapple margaritas are refreshing after a day at the beach. Our only issue with the service is that we had to ask for utensils both times we were there. read more

Great place to sit outside and eat a burger. The staff was friendly and the food tasty.

Bar is great. Love the atmosphere. Very comfortable. The only suggestion would be to have food available past 10 pm. Even it was a smaller menu. Tap house keeps brick oven pizza until midnight to satisfy the crowd. read more

This is a fun bar in Belmar and is a great place to come and watch the game. The issue is the service at the bar was at a snails pace. I sat down and the bar was no full. The bartenders walked by me 3 times. Then I had to wait 15 minutes to get the check. I held my money up several times to pay. Then I asked can I pay and was told wait a minute while the bartender stocked the bar. I had considered eating here while I was waiting and then figured I didn't have the time to order food, wait and then wait again. It's too bad. The bar is fun and looks like it has a great menu so go in there with more extra time than usual and you should be fine. read more

I love, love this place, The food was great. We came here with the family and we enjoyed it so much. I'm definitely coming soon with the husband. He needs to experience this great time and the food! SEE YOU GUYS SOON!!!! read more

Absolutely delicious! For dinner I got the 1/4 white with mashed potatoes and homemade stuffing. I was extremely impressed with how authentic this meal was. It blew away the franchise places that are known for this kind of dish. I can not wait to return and try more from the menu :) read more

My husband and I went here on a date night but we were very disappointed with the food. I ordered the baby-back ribs which were so DRY I couldn't even eat them. My side of mashed sweet potatoes were obviously out of a can and my macaroni and cheese side arrived barely warm. My husband's burger came with mushrooms which tasted like they were from a can also. The only thing good about our meal was his side of french fries which were actually very good. Our next date night we went up the road to a great local BBQ place where we had a MUCH better meal. read more

So I wanted to eat somewhere outside and I chose anchor tavern in Belmar because it was close and the menu sounded interesting. One of the worst meals I've ever had out. The twice baked potato soup was spicy and gummy. The Bavarian pretzels were good and the red sangria was good. The soft shell crab sandwich was so tiny you couldn't even see it on the sandwich. The fish and chips were soooo greasy and it was definitely frozen fish. The fries weren't even that great. The waitress was pleasant but the server was throwing the food on the table. Definitely not going there again!!! read more

My mother and I went to the tavern not knowing Connolly station was no longer there.. decided to try it anyway. Great job with the renovations. Food was great, pretty traditional shore town tavern food, but delicious and served quickly. Our server, however, was very rude. Brianna, I believe. Not sure what her problem was, we were very nice, but she took my mother by surprise, which rarely happens. People like that just do not belong being part of wait staff. Otherwise things were nice. It looks like there is an outside bar being built, we will certainly return to try it out! :-) read more

The service was great! Our waitress jackie was sweet and pleasant and made our experience for what it was! Food was mediocore, I ordered chicken with macaroni and cheese, the macaroni and cheese was great but the chicken not so much, which was surprising since that is their "specialty". But I would defineltey return and try something else due to the amazing service from our waitress! read more

Was very disappointed to say the least. Close the kitchen and just be a bar if you wanna serve people stuff like that. There are a ton of places in belmar yo eat. This place does not hold a candle to any of the smaller restaurants in town. I left and went to another restaurant immediately. Horrible, horrible horrible. Need to train staff on menu, and fire the head chef. read more

This place is packed! Went in for dinner on a weekend, and the wait was long but understandable. The entire staff was really friendly, especially my server, Jackie! The receptionists, Anahi and Lexie, was super fun to talk to as well! Seriously keep up the good work guys! Now for the food. Popcorn as a starting snack is really unique, never seen this before! And oh my the soft shell crab was heaven in my mouth. Seriously this is amazing, and it's so unique. Personally one of my top foods now. The serving portions were very good for the price. Every burger/sandwich comes with fries, and they're pretty tasty. God I wish I lived in this area. Now I know why it's so popular! As for the interior, inside is super clean, a bar in the middle with TVs surrounding it, and USB port sockets on booth seats! In short, Anchor Tavern is a modern, cozy, beach shack that is so much bigger than a shack, that serves savory, mouthwatering dishes with such lovely staff members. Thank you for giving my family and I such an amazing experience! read more

Chicken wrap with avocado is amazing, sounds so simple but it's so delicious! I haven't had one of their burgers but they always look great! Outside seating is always a great options, live bands some nights too. Check it out read more

Great food, great atmosphere and a great place to relax and watch the games. You got to try their burgers. Definitely 1 of the best around. Rotisserie chicken is also great and for a nice price. read more

Not a terrible place, but not something to rave over. My food had a hair in it. Other than that it wasn't bad. My girlfriend enjoyed her food. Service wasn't great. Went here over the summer. read more