Jersey City: Dorrian's Red Hand (September 2014)

My spouse and I visited Dorrian’s Red Hand on a Saturday afternoon in late September 2014. We did not have a reservation, but plenty of tables were available; however, we decided to sit at the bar. Dorrian’s has a second location on the Upper East Side in Manhattan, which opened in 1960. Dorrian’s in Jersey City is open for lunch and dinner daily.

This restaurant is located on Washington Boulevard near the Newport Center Mall. It offers both indoor and outdoor seating, and both areas are large. The restaurant also has a smaller private room for events. The bar is long and curved at one end. High-top tables are available in the bar area, with regular table seating in the main dining area.

Dorrian’s serves Irish pub fare, as well as American options. We shared one appetizer in addition to our drinks: cheesesteak eggrolls, which were better than average. They were more of the spring roll shape and width, and they did indeed taste like cheese and steak (sometimes the flavors are masked during the frying process, but they were not at Dorians).