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Restaurants

Entree - An upscale meat place but great food and service  (Moved to 4th and Monmouth)
Ottimo- Dairy, upscale, great reviews, great lunch special
Estreia - upscale meat restaurant, a little noisy. Opens at 5:00pm
Pizzano- A pizza store with nice sit down area also has a large dairy menu
Upper Crust- A pizza store with nice sit down area also has a large dairy menu
Sushi Nation - Exclusive sushi spot. They also sell sushi in some other stores. Closed down
Kava - Nice Cafe with a drive-thru, they do events as well.
French Press - Niche coffee store
Cafoterria - Dairy place at the Avenue Shoppes at New Hampshire, also delivering to the business district
That Sushi Spot amazing sushi on Clifton Ave and they offer curbside pickup
Kalamata - upscale dairy cafe attached to pizza store. Has Simcha room.
Lamp Post - upscale meat restaurant in Toms River
Loft - coming soon
Tomahawk - Upscale NYC style steakhouse. Extensive menu. Simcha room.
Sugo - Upscale cafe on Lakewood/Toms River border.
Smokey Joe Order only, WhatsApp 347-743-5648
Smokey Hill BBQ BDE
Seared Very upscale\Very expensive
Taquito - Authentic mexican food. Behind Eat-a-pita
Char Q - An upscale steakhouse & bar, CHAR Q overlooks the beautiful & secluded Eagle Ridge Golf Course
Ishtabach Tom’s River, branch of a store in the Shuk in Yerushalayim

Fast Food

Meat

Glatt Bite- Massive menu with extremely fast service and delicious American and Chinese food.
D'LUX- Massive menu with fast service. American, Chinese, and sushi  :'(
Yussies- Deli and sandwiches. Delicious fries.
Glatt Gourmet- best homemade take out food (also sandwiches and chinese)
Yapchik- Nice menu great homemade take out, or eat in
Bun- Nice place, great burgers
Authentic Kosher Chinese- Chinese place on Clifton, recent change in ownership/name. Small, cheap, good food
Sushi Express- sushi and Chinese, they deliver 732-901-7874
South Side Sandwich Shop- Fast-food joint Extensive sandwich menu. Has delicious smoked Ribs/Lamb and chicken. Friendly service. Located on Cedarbridge between Martin Luther and Arlington Ave. (Changed Owners - Different Vibe)
Snaps- Fast food in Westgate
Glatt Gourmet- Down the 9, across from Bun. Good food, jammed Thursday nights
Pita Hut [PH Modern Grill] - (3 locations) Only 1 location Spruce & 9. Awesome Israeli food, free cholent on Thursdays with your purchase
Eat-A-Pita - Nice schnitzel/schwarma place, now with a hot dog bar, on Clifton
Keepshuto - (2 locations) On South Clifton Ave; On County Line.
Hamisada - Upscale Middle Eastern cuisine on the 9 just outside of Lakewood in Howell, Olympic Pita style
Flysh
Lipa's Munch
Mike’s
Burger Bar Located in Jackson co-op plaza
Teyavon Chinese, located near Chick Chock in Jackson

Dairy

Circa - Clean pizza store/cafe with large menu + sushi.
Pizza Place- A pizza store with a large dairy menu and very nice setting located in WestGate 732.730.1144
Pizza Plus - 4th st btwn Clifton and Lexington. Original Lakewood pizza store. Foods great.
J2- Pizza and sushi in Gourmet Glatt plaza. Pizza is good, great sushi.
J2 south - Pizza in the Evergreen plaza
That Sushi Spot- Clifton and Third.
Village Pizza (2 locatioons) - Pizza store with a dairy menu
Village Pizza South - Near Bais Shaindel, south side of the lake
Bagel Nosh - Legendary bagel store, needs no introduction
4 Corners (4 locations) , bagel store+ sushi ]
Out To Lunch - Nice, upscale dairy cafe across the street from Circa on Cedarbridge
Panini Cafe - Nice, new, sit-down place with iPads for ordering :)
Pop Up Pizza in Jackson Crossing (next to the WaWa outside Westgate)
Bagel King Great bagel store with drive-thru in NPGS Jackson plaza
Esty’s Bestys Milchigs in Jackson next to NPGS
Hot Bagels 3 Locations. Spruce & 9, 2nd bet Clifton & Lex, Drive through on Kennedy Blvd. Great breakfast special & place is packed on friday for sourdough Challah.
Toast Manchester. Breakfast and Dairy cafe.
Rosemary Jackson. Bagel store.
Avo Cado Dairy Cafe in Seagull Square.
Say Cheese in Jackson near NPGS
Fialkoff’s in Jackson near NPGS

Ice Cream

Yismach Yisroel Westgate Westgate plaza
CREMEThe Avenue Shoppes, 12 America Ave
Sprinkles Gourmet Glatt plaza
Rita’s Open Spring/Summer, in the same plaza as Village Pizza South
Rita’s North in the same plaza as Staples in Howell
Sprinkles South In the Closeout Connection strip mall, with Bun
Yismach Yisroel 4th and Lexington

Takeout

Aisle 9 (grocery)- Nice fleishig selection, arguably best sushi in town, now with a Jackson location as well
Seasons (grocery)- Good fleishigs and bakery
Gourmet Glatt (grocery) Just about everything, North location is on County Line in Gourmet Glatt plaza next to Chase Bank and South location is in Seagull Square
Evergreen


Catering

R&S - Probably the oldest establishment in town. Most famous for their liver.
Simcha Caterers -
Greenwald Caterers - They have a sort of monopoly on large events/Simchos

Bakeries

Gelbstein’s - On Clifton, next to His Place
Hershey’s in Amazing Savings plaza
Sesame In Mike's Chicken Plaza

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #180 on: January 22, 2019, 04:10:57 AM »
So, a bar in Westgate?
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« Reply #181 on: February 19, 2019, 12:12:09 PM »
Any updates on UberEats? New areas, new restaurants?
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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #182 on: February 19, 2019, 09:37:10 PM »
I'm seeing:
Snaps
Eat a pita
Revolve
Sushi nation
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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #183 on: March 03, 2019, 08:00:04 PM »
I haven't been to Snaps in a while and decided to take the family there tonight. It was a really great meal!  They keep adding to their menu and all the food looked great, tasted fresh and delicious.
A real treat was the meat pizza, we had the pulled brisket version and we loved it. Another interesting dish we tried was the Ramen Pho bowl, which was a huge portion, more like a soup, with meat and soft egg inside.
I would definitely recommend trying Snaps, especially if you haven't been there in a while, and we'll definitely be back.
The place was pretty full and I'm happy for them. Yussi the owner is a great guy, schmoozing with the customers...

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #184 on: April 11, 2019, 12:53:07 PM »
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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #185 on: April 11, 2019, 02:15:16 PM »
Soft opening today, looks nice.

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is that the new desert place thats suppose to open?
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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #186 on: April 11, 2019, 10:27:43 PM »
is that the new desert place thats suppose to open?
The new desert place will be in Marcy’s plaza

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #187 on: April 11, 2019, 10:34:27 PM »
Soft opening today, looks nice.

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I'm told they couldn't keep up today the crowds were so large.
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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #188 on: April 12, 2019, 06:56:50 AM »
I'm told they couldn't keep up today the crowds were so large.

They had a decent crowd but they couldn’t keep up because they had a terrible ordering process and were just plain slow. Bagel Nosh would have no line for the same amount of people.
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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #189 on: April 12, 2019, 01:27:51 PM »
They had a decent crowd but they couldn’t keep up because they had a terrible ordering process and were just plain slow. Bagel Nosh would have no line for the same amount of people.
I would assume that's why they only had a soft opening.
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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #190 on: April 12, 2019, 01:55:08 PM »
The new desert place will be in Marcy’s plaza

um, desert or dessert?  competition to caffoteria?

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #191 on: May 01, 2019, 08:29:15 AM »
Looking for a nice milchig place for lunch. Looking for a drop nicer than a pizza store but I don’t need fancy. Should I try panini cafe or cafoterra?

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« Reply #192 on: May 01, 2019, 08:42:01 AM »
Looking for a nice milchig place for lunch. Looking for a drop nicer than a pizza store but I don’t need fancy. Should I try panini cafe or cafoterra?

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #195 on: May 03, 2019, 04:34:43 PM »
Anyone know prices for making a sheva Brachot at circa ?
Or anyone recommend any other places ?
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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #196 on: May 03, 2019, 05:08:35 PM »
Anyone know prices for making a sheva Brachot at circa ?
Or anyone recommend any other places ?
There is some discussion of that beginning here:

Also, both Shloimy's and Simcha caterers have a "simcha in a box" option. I have recently done some research on this myself and some results are below:

Prime 95 $32pp+18% gratuity=$38 min 30
Glatt Bite $38 pp min 40
Dlux $37.50 pp min35
Yapchik $35 pp +250 min 40

Milchigs:
Pizza Place $35pp min 40       buffet style-pay for food minimum $450 plus I think $100 for room
Circa $30pp+80 min 45
Out to Lunch $35pp min 40
Ottimo $40pp min 30 or $35 pp min 40
Greenhouse Cafe $35pp min 30         Buffet $29.30 min 30
Kava $38pp min 30      Buffet $30 min 30
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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #198 on: June 18, 2020, 05:23:33 PM »
Anyone have a list of which restaurants are open for sit down, and whether they have seating outdoors, indoors, or both?
Would like to start going out again.

Here's what I got so far:

Dairy:
Cafoterria - Should have outdoors
Cream - Should have outdoors
Kalamata - Outdoors
Pizzano-
Ottimo-
Upper Crust-
Sushi Nation -
Kava -
Circa -
Panini Cafe -
Out To Lunch -
Fish Grill -

Meat:
Bun - Outdoors
Eat-A-Pita - Outdoors
Entree - Indoors only 🤫
Estreia - Believe they have both
Revolve-
Prime 95 -
Glatt Bite -
Yapchik -
Kosher Chinese -
Sushi Express -
South Side Sandwich Shop -
Snaps -
Keepshuto -
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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #199 on: June 18, 2020, 07:19:54 PM »
Anyone try it yet?
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