The Best Family-Friendly Restaurants
1. Circus Drive-In (Wall Township)
2. The Pop Shop (Collingswood)
3. Duffer’s (Wildwood)
4. TIE: Maui’s Dog House (North Wildwood)
TIE: CB Huntington’s (Bayville)
The Best Burgers
1. Stage Left (New Brunswick)
2. 25 Burgers (Flemington)
3. Rossi’s Bar and Grill (Hamilton Township)
4. Hansel ‘n’ Griddle (Multiple locations)
5. Baker’s American Bar & Grill (Monroe)
The Best Diners
1. Marvis Diner (Wildwood)
2. Ponzio’s (Cherry Hill)
3. Mastoris Diner (Bordentown)
4. Medport Diner (Medford)
5. Diamond Diner (Hainesport)
The Best Breakfast Spots
1. The Mad Batter (Cape May)
2. Uncle Will’s Pancake House (Beach Haven)
3. TIE: Shut Up & Eat (Tom’s River)
TIE: Turning Point (Multiple locations)
5. Amy’s Omelette House (Multiple locations)
The Best Date-Night Restaurants
1. Stone Fire Grille (Beachwood)
2. Capital Grille (Multiple locations)
3. Riverwinds Restaurant (West Deptford)
4. Zinc Cafe (Medford)
The Best Pizza
1. Sam’s Pizza Palace (Wildwood)
2. Manco & Manco Pizza (Ocean City)
3. King of Pizza (Multiple locations)
4. TIE: Slice (Sewell)
TIE: Villa Barone (Multiple locations)
The Best Cupcakes
1. Sweet Eats Bakery (Multiple locations)
2. Gallo’s Bakery (Cherry Hill)
3. Crust and Crumb Bakery (Beach Haven)
4. Carlo’s Bake Shop (Multiple locations)
5. Cake That (Manahawkin)
The Best Ice Cream
1. Hoffman’s Ice Cream (Multiple locations)
2. The Original Kohr Brothers Frozen Custard (Multiple locations)
3. Duffer’s (Wildwood)
4. Cool Scoops Ice Cream Parlor (North Wildwood)
The Best Donuts
1. Uncle Dood’s Donuts (Tom’s River)
2. Shore Good Donuts (Multiple locations)
3. OB-CO’s (Tom’s River)
4. McMillan’s Bakery (Collingswood)
5. Browns (Ocean City)
EDITOR’S NOTE: In our reader survey, we defined the sections of New Jersey as follows: North (Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Union, Sussex, Warren); Central (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset); South (Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean, Salem).
The Best Family-Friendly Restaurants
The Best Date-Night Restaurants