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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 #220 on: August 27, 2020, 10:46:53 AM »
all I am asking is it a good hechsher we only eat cholov yisroel and pas yisroel
but someone asked me if it is a good hechsher. does anyone know?

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #221 on: August 27, 2020, 11:42:34 AM »
all I am asking is it a good hechsher we only eat cholov yisroel and pas yisroel
but someone asked me if it is a good hechsher. does anyone know?
It's not a good hechsher. It's good enough to buy black coffee there, though.
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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #222 on: August 27, 2020, 04:38:54 PM »
Did the food at D-lux change or just their marketing team?

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #223 on: August 27, 2020, 04:59:39 PM »
Did the food at D-lux change or just their marketing team?
The food changed as well, I believe.

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #224 on: August 27, 2020, 05:02:02 PM »
The food changed as well, I believe.
Alright, guess I'll check 'em out

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #225 on: August 27, 2020, 05:04:09 PM »
Alright, guess I'll check 'em out
I didn't eat there a lot recently, only once, and the food was different. I think they are trying to make it more upscale. Prices went up as well.

I didn't eat enough to give a positive or negative review.

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #226 on: August 27, 2020, 07:14:53 PM »
so no more Thursday night buffet by DLux

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« Reply #227 on: August 27, 2020, 11:58:49 PM »
so no more Thursday night buffet by DLux
And they don’t sell poppers anymore!! :(
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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #228 on: November 04, 2020, 10:21:25 PM »
Char Q
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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #229 on: November 05, 2020, 01:21:33 AM »
Char Q

And how would you compare the food and ambiance?

Ambiance - similar
Food - didn’t get a chance to sample enough items on the menu, but what I did try was mostly delicious and they implemented far more unique ingredients compared to Entree.
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« Reply #230 on: November 05, 2020, 01:26:56 AM »
Ambiance - similar
Food - didn’t get a chance to sample enough items on the menu, but what I did try was mostly delicious and they implemented far more unique ingredients compared to Entree.
Do they have outdoor seating?

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« Reply #231 on: November 05, 2020, 09:45:25 AM »
Ambiance - similar
Food - didn’t get a chance to sample enough items on the menu, but what I did try was mostly delicious and they implemented far more unique ingredients compared to Entree.
More unique ingredients? Entree' is a nicer version of very regular food with nicer ambiance. Char-Q has a higher end style menu.
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« Reply #232 on: November 05, 2020, 10:33:07 AM »
More unique ingredients? Entree' is a nicer version of very regular food with nicer ambiance. Char-Q has a higher end style menu.

That’s a good way of describing entree food. Char-q is definitely more unique ingredients, now I just remembered I took a picture of the actual menu. Take a look at lamb riblets, includes pickled watermelon rind. Taylor hmm is a bunch of ingredients you’d never see on the entree menu. Most of what we ordered was new flavors and experiences for me.


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« Reply #233 on: November 05, 2020, 03:42:28 PM »
That’s a good way of describing entree food. Char-q is definitely more unique ingredients, now I just remembered I took a picture of the actual menu. Take a look at lamb riblets, includes pickled watermelon rind. Taylor hmm is a bunch of ingredients you’d never see on the entree menu. Most of what we ordered was new flavors and experiences for me.


Looks like they adopted the (local?) minhag of 18% gratuity automatically added to all bills.
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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #234 on: November 17, 2020, 08:43:57 PM »
Reviews on the revamped dlux?
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« Reply #236 on: December 01, 2020, 01:19:18 AM »
Any recommendations?
That’s a good way of describing entree food. Char-q is definitely more unique ingredients, now I just remembered I took a picture of the actual menu. Take a look at lamb riblets, includes pickled watermelon rind. Taylor hmm is a bunch of ingredients you’d never see on the entree menu. Most of what we ordered was new flavors and experiences for me.
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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #237 on: December 01, 2020, 06:07:02 PM »
Revolve open?

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #238 on: December 27, 2020, 06:30:29 PM »
Ottimo, The Upper crust, Cafotteria or Kalamata?

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #239 on: December 27, 2020, 06:31:21 PM »
Ottimo, The Upper crust, Cafotteria or Kalamata?
The upper crust
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