🍽 Finding good lobster is a given on the New Jersey coast, right?

🍽 But there are some great lobster places throughout the Garden State

🍽 Here are 15 restaurants in New Jersey where you can get a great lobster meal

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New Jersey has so much to offer: beaches, mountains, farms, wineries, hiking trails and countless restaurants serving every cuisine.

Whether grilled or steamed, whole or tail-end, sliced ​​with butter or squeezed with lemon, there are countless places in the Garden State to get fantastic lobster.

Here are 15 of the best lobster restaurants in New Jersey.

The Lobster House

906 Schellengers Landing Rd, Cape May

We can’t make a list of lobster restaurants without mentioning The Lobster House in Cape May. Open for lunch and dinner, 7 days a week, year-round, The Lobster House has been in business for four generations.

A variety of lobster dishes are offered. The Lobster House specialty is lobster tails, scallops and shrimp served with linguini and garlic butter. The Port and Starboard is a small filet mignon with half a stuffed grilled lobster. The Broiled Fisherman’s Wharf Platter is half a 16-ounce lobster stuffed with crab meat, a flounder fillet, scallops, clams and a stuffed shrimp. The Schooner Dinner is a 16-ounce lobster, cherrystone clams, scallops, shrimp and mussels served in a cauldron.

And then of course there is the Northern Australian lobster tail dinner with crab meat stuffing. You can also choose a live lobster from one to three pounds, served steamed or grilled.

Point Lobster Company

1 St Louis Ave, Point Pleasant Beach

Point Lobster, a local fish market in Point Beach, has been the place to buy lobster and other fresh fish for over 35 years. “Fresh lobster shipments arrive daily from Maine and Nova Scotia. The crystal clear waters in our 30,000-pound system ensure that all of our lobsters are packed and delivered alive,” the website states.

The restaurant area offers many lobster specialties on the menu. Two lobster tails are served with lemon, coleslaw and a choice of seasoned chips, salad or rice. Whole Maine lobsters come in three sizes: 1 ¼ pounds, 1 ¾ pounds and 2 pounds. Enjoy them simply steamed with lemon and melted butter or as a lobster casserole with seasoned bliss potatoes, corn on the cob, coleslaw, lemon and melted butter.

Salt Seafood and Oyster Bar

103 Church St, New Brunswick

While Salt is known for its oysters, they also have a great lobster dish on the menu. It consists of two South African lobster tails with lemon, baked baby potatoes, asparagus and chive butter. A must-try if you’re in the New Brunswick area!

Bahrs Landing Famous seafood restaurant and marina

2 Bay Ave, Highland

Founded in 1917, the Bahrs family has been serving lobster on the East Coast for over a century. The restaurant is located at the entrance to Sandy Hook National Recreational Area in Highlands.

There is a menu devoted to lobsters. Bahrs’ lobsters come from Canada and New Jersey. New Jersey’s lobster catch comes primarily from ocean-going boats that travel out to Point Pleasant. The Jersey boats set their traps about 100 miles offshore and 400 to 1,000 feet deep on the walls of Hudson Canyon. Choose between a 1/8 pound to a 5 pound lobster for your dinner.

Also try the small lobster tail plate (four Brazilian lobster tails, 85 g each) and the lobster pate.

2. Seafood Pier

140 Ocean Ave N, Sea Bright

A great spot away from the ocean is 2nd Jetty in Sea Bright, where lobster is at the top of the menu. Order it steamed, grilled, and stuffed with crab meat. The whole lobster fra diavlo is a 1.4-pound lobster served with shrimp, local clams, mussels, a spicy plum tomato sauce, and over linguini.

Don Pepe

844 McCarter Hwy, Newark

Since 1981, Don Pepe has been serving classic Spanish cuisine in the heart of Newark. Don Pepe’s is known for its lobster specialties. Choose hard-shell Nova Scotia lobsters ranging from two to four pounds. Another dish to try is Langosta al Horno, which is lobster stuffed with crab meat, shrimp and scallops.

Photo by: Mud City Crab House

1185 E Bay Ave, Manahawkin

Mud City is one of the small marshy islands north of Bay Avenue in Manahawkin that are often prone to flooding. The Mud City Crab House opened in 1999 in the tradition of this unique area where life is all about the good times. While Mud City Crab House is known for its blueclaw crabs, it also serves good lobster.

Enjoy two lobster tails (2-4 oz South African tails, split, grilled and served with butter and lemon), steamed whole lobsters (from the cold waters of the North Atlantic, these lobsters are served steamed fresh from the tank in sizes up to 3 pounds). There is also a steak and tail dish (8 oz filet mignon and a 3-4 oz lobster tail).

Pub 199

199 Howard Blvd, Mount Arlington

Pub 199 is known for its fresh seafood. Choose from a whole lobster with baked potato, two lobster tails with baked potato, a shrimp cocktail with two lobster tails, two dozen mussels with two lobster tails, a lobster tail with a T-bone steak, or a lobster tail with a porterhouse steak.

Atlantic offshore fishing

212 Channel Dr, Point Pleasant Beach

The Atlantic Offshore Fishery is known for its local, wild-caught seafood, delivered directly from the docks of Point Pleasant Beach to the tables of its restaurants. The steamed, locally caught lobster weighs about 1 ½ pounds and is served with homemade french fries and coleslaw or salad.

The Angry Lobster plate is served over linguini with lobster, jalapeno, spicy marinara and garlic. Also enjoy the Lobster, Scallop and Shrimp Scampi plate served over linguini with tomatoes and broccolini. The Whole Stuffed Lobster is served with baked potatoes and corn.

Oyster Creek Restaurant and Boat Bar

41 N. Oyster Creek Road, Leeds Point

This waterfront restaurant in Galloway Township is a popular hangout for seafood lovers. Oyster Creek serves an 8-ounce stuffed Brazilian lobster tail with crab cakes. The 1 ¼-pound East Coast lobster is a whole lobster, steamed and cracked. The 1 ¼-pound stuffed lobster dinner is served with crab cakes. Enjoy a grilled filet mignon or NY strip along with a 4- or 8-ounce lobster tail, grilled or broiled.

wilderness

1 Marine Park, Red Bank

Open mid-May to mid-September, Red Banks’ hidden gem, Boondocks, is “Key West and Maine collide in New Jersey,” according to its Facebook page. Sit back and relax to Jimmy Buffet’s music while you enjoy lobsters by the water. Bring your own wine.

Every Tuesday through Thursday, customers can “party like a Lob*Star.” Starting at 4 p.m., enjoy two lobsters, corn and potatoes for $36.95 plus tax.

Boondock’s is scheduled to reopen for the season on May 21, 2024.

Klein’s Fish Market and Restaurant

708 River Rd, Belmar

Klein’s is open year-round, but closed Mondays and Tuesdays. It’s a great place to eat lobster. You can choose from 1 1/4 pound, 1 ½ pound and 2 pound steamed lobsters. There’s also a lobster roll with fresh lobster salad mixed with Klein’s house-made dressing served on a buttered New England roll with coleslaw and french fries on the side. For all other entrees, customers can add a 6-ounce cold water lobster tail to their plate.

Segovia

150 Moonachie Rd, Moonachie

Family-run for four decades, Segovia Restaurant offers an authentic Spanish dining experience. If you’re in the mood for a great lobster meal, Segovia won’t disappoint with its abundance of menu options. Order a whole Maine lobster (1 ¼ pounds of lobster, either steamed, grilled or sautéed), surf and turf (10 ounces of filet mignon and one 12 ounces of lobster tail), two baby lobster tails (two 5 ounces of lobster tails, seasoned and grilled), a double whole lobster (two 1 ¼ whole lobsters, steamed, grilled or sautéed), the langosta rellena (1 ¼ whole lobster stuffed with crab meat and shrimp. Note: Cooking time is 40 minutes) and jumbo lobster (ask your server for available sizes).

Beacon 70

799 NJ-70, Brick Township

Overlooking the marina on the Metedeconk River, Beacon 70 in Brick has a variety of lobster dishes on its menu that keep customers coming back. On the Raw Bar menu, you can choose from a half or whole chilled lobster, The Chef’s Tower (Gulf shrimp, clams, oysters, shrimp cocktail and a whole Maine lobster) or the Beacon 70 Tower (Gulf shrimp, clams, oysters, shrimp cocktail, tuna tartare and whole Maine lobster). The menu also features live Maine lobsters (steamed, grilled, with spicy tomato or ginger scallion). Choose from 1 ½ pounds to 2 ½ pounds. The grilled lobster is topped with chimichurri dressing.

Every Wednesday at Beacon 70 there is Maine Lobster Night from 4pm to 11pm for $25

Shrimp box

75 Inlet Dr, Point Pleasant Beach

Now open for the 2024 season, The Shrimp Box is a great place to eat lobster right on the water. Enjoy a 1 ½ pound or 2 pound steamed lobster served with melted butter, French fries and creamy coleslaw, or choose the Prime Surf & Turf (8 ounces of filet mignon and 5 ounces of South African lobster tail served with Yukon mashed potatoes and asparagus).

Of course, there are a sea of ​​restaurants serving great lobster throughout the Garden State, so wherever you go, enjoy it.

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