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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 #600 on: March 02, 2023, 07:00:34 PM »

Authentic Kosher Chinese seems to have very reasonable prices.


Agreed - though they have a few different names on UberEats. Dunno why; just look for a store listed location of 105 Clifton

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #601 on: March 02, 2023, 08:37:20 PM »
That sushi spot doesn't seem too inflated either

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #602 on: March 08, 2023, 02:37:52 PM »
Any nicer meat places open for lunch these days?
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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #603 on: March 08, 2023, 02:46:19 PM »
Any nicer meat places open for lunch these days?
Think Smokey Hill is

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #604 on: March 08, 2023, 04:39:05 PM »
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Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #605 on: March 08, 2023, 05:14:53 PM »
nope
Wonder if they couldn't drum up enough lunch business. He was definitely open for a few weeks for lunch

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #606 on: March 09, 2023, 03:34:47 PM »
Any nicer meat places open for lunch these days?
Tomahawk.

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #607 on: March 09, 2023, 08:40:10 PM »
Any nice places open past 10:00?

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #608 on: April 20, 2023, 10:56:30 AM »
What's PH Modern Grill next to Smokey Hill?

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #609 on: April 20, 2023, 11:06:37 AM »
What's PH Modern Grill next to Smokey Hill?
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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #610 on: April 20, 2023, 11:08:28 AM »
pita hut
Competing with Smokey Hill? Isn't he an owner?

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #611 on: April 20, 2023, 11:12:43 AM »
Competing with Smokey Hill? Isn't he an owner?
idk who owns what but they were there for years. Just rebranded. Anyways you never heard of a business opening another to compete against each other?

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« Reply #612 on: April 20, 2023, 11:16:02 AM »
idk who owns what but they were there for years. Just rebranded. Anyways you never heard of a business opening another to compete against each other?
Looked like it's becoming upscale and it's going to compete with the store that he owns right next door lol
Guess it's just a rebrand and will still be Israeli takeout?

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #613 on: April 20, 2023, 11:21:13 AM »
Looked like it's becoming upscale and it's going to compete with the store that he owns right next door lol
Guess it's just a rebrand and will still be Israeli takeout?
Not competing. It's nicer than it used to be but still not a full service restaurant. Food is incredibly good
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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #614 on: April 20, 2023, 05:58:23 PM »
Not competing. It's nicer than it used to be but still not a full service restaurant. Food is incredibly good
It’s the same food as before.

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #615 on: April 20, 2023, 06:10:37 PM »
It’s the same food as before.
Correct and it was excellent before too
With eateries like this there is always a risk that during a renovation someone will throw out their frying oil and it will take years till the food tastes the same again
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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #616 on: May 25, 2023, 12:09:33 AM »
I'm very impressed with Glatt bite's makeover. I haven't been in there for a while so I don't remember it clearly from before the makeover.

Now it's very clean and nice. The ordering tablets at the tables is very smart.

My only criticism is the shelving for the unpaid and paid orders. It looks nice but it doesn't seem very efficient for them to have to go around and put orders on the shelves. And it's not that easy to find your order.

But at the end of the day it works for their store.
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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #617 on: May 25, 2023, 12:15:16 AM »
I'm very impressed with Glatt bite's makeover. I haven't been in there for a while so I don't remember it clearly from before the makeover.

Now it's very clean and nice. The ordering tablets at the tables is very smart.

My only criticism is the shelving for the unpaid and paid orders. It looks nice but it doesn't seem very efficient for them to have to go around and put orders on the shelves. And it's not that easy to find your order.

But at the end of the day it works for their store.
Am I the only one who think the food quality has taken a hit?

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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #618 on: May 25, 2023, 12:30:16 AM »
Am I the only one who think the food quality has taken a hit?
You have any specific item(s) in mind?
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Re: Lakewood, NJ Restaurants Master Thread
« Reply #619 on: May 25, 2023, 12:31:43 AM »
You have any specific item(s) in mind?
No, general feeling last 6 months.