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Barbarella
Oct 28, 2009 11:29 AM
How come no one has mentioned th Ulgy Mug? We always eat there when in the area. Their berger with crab and cheese is really good. It is sooo good I am ordered to bring some home for the rest of the gang!!!
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re: Barbarella
We ate there last Sat (10/24). My husband really enjoyed the lobster special - 1 1/2 to 2 lb steamed lobster. Said it was very sweet and meaty. I had the Chipolte Chicken Panini special which was good and more than generous. Half of the sandwich was enough. The corn/black bean salsa with it was bland but the guacomole was good.
I had two problems with the place. It took us 3 tables to get to one where we were not blasted out by music on speakers. And I was in a mood for a hamburger but a 1/2 lb burger is just too much. I really wish restaurants would offer several sizes of burgers.
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Panini
452 Route 37 E, Toms River, NJ 08753
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GarageRock
Sep 23, 2009 08:04 AM
Cape Orient is the best inexpensive place in town, by far! Bella Vida Cafe is relatively inexpensive too, and has a lot of healthy options.
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I'm so surprised that noone's mentioned Louisa's on this board. When we go there, we eat there almost every night, because where else can you find a cute place with very good, simple food with prices in the 12-15 dollar range? It's tough to get in; they only seat about 20, so you have to call on a Tuesday right away to get your reservations in for the week. Carnivores will be unhappy-- it's almost all fish, with a chicken here and a pasta there. Such a wonderful place.
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re: Laura Loewen
I second Laura's recommendation. My wife and I liked Louisa's so much we went back the 2nd night of our stay. The first night I ate grilled bluefish snapper, rubbed with smoked paprika, black pepper, and a pinch of cayenne pepper, served with rice and a lemon slice, and excellent fresh tasting coleslaw - shredded cabbage, red onion, cilantro, and olive oil Cost? $18.95 for the entree. There was a vegetarian entree available for $16.95. We shared the Indian corn pudding with baked caramel apple slices on the bottom for $5.95. As Louisa's is a BYOB I bought from the nearby liquor store a delicious chilled white wine Crios de Susana Bilbac Torrontes 2002 for $13. So for an excellent seafood meal for a couple in a pleasant atmosphere with wine we paid $65 including tip, plus $4 to park in the nearby city parking lot - the meters on Jackson St take credit cards. Worth every penny. Louisa's accepts cash only and I suggest you book ahead as there is seating for just 24 diners.
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Louisa's Cafe
104 Jackson St, Cape May, NJ 08204
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Good cheap eats is hard to find in CM. That said, we did find great 1/2 price wings at the C-View Inn -- either Tuesday or Wednesday -- don't remember which. They also have decent bar pizza for half price the other of those days during the summer. The Lobster House has a good takeout counter outside that serves a fabulous fried fish sandwich and fries that you can eat on the deck. Everything from the take away window is much cheaper (and seems to taste better) than the ho-hum overpriced main restaurant. And their lobster salad, which you can buy by the pound from their fish market, is a bargain at around $12/lb for almost pure lobster meat -- half the price of Wegmans. I've had ghastly meals at both Jackson Mountain and the Ugly Mug.
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Cheap - dunno...
But 410 Bank Street makes one of the best blackened prime rib in the northeast. They run out of it, too - so go on the early-ish side (before 8:30p)...
~waves
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re: waves
I second 410 Bank Street. We also like the Mad Batter at 19 Jackson St. Also not cheap but very good. I don't think Cape May does cheap unless you want just grilled cheese or hot dogs -- and then I'm not sure they do them well.
Marie-
re: Marie
Last Fall I had a dinner at 410 Bank Street that was excellent, by any standards. I recommend it highly, based on my one visit. If Cape May were just a little closer, I'd head down for a day trip just to eat at 410 Bank Street again. It's BYOB, and I brought a 2001 German Spatlese Riesling, which turned out to be the perfect choice for their New Orleans-style cuisine (if I do say so myself). A similar wine of the 2002 vintage could be found now for around $20, which would help to cut down on the price of the meal.
A dinner I had at Ebbitt Room, on the other hand, was disappointing. The setting was nice, a pleasant, "fancy-restaurant" kind of room in a nice old hotel, but the food was quite ordinary and not worth the cost.
A friend of mine recommended Daniel's on Broadway, but I read some mixed reviews on Chowhound, and postponed my visit until my next trip to CM.
I had a brunch at the Mad Batter that wasn't noteworthy, even in comparison to other eggs/pancakes type brunches. I wouldn't go back there for the food, but their sunny patio was a beautiful place in which to start the day -- among many others in Cape May!-
re: Caseophile
Freshly back from a Cape May (long) weekend, we had a mixed bag of experience:
JACKSON MOUNTAIN - Bar/Rest. - decent pub grub, chicken wings.
PILOT HOUSE - another same genre, ate there because of the 10 o'clock street roll-up at 90% of everything else.
MAD BATTER - had A++ time at the bar with ultra-gentleman Tom the Bartender and a great local crowd...go for happy hour and have a FEW cold ones at the price!...we also had Easter Dinner and found the food a few cuts above the above.
BLUE PIG (in Congress Hall Hotel) - Cape May elegance in main dining room...interestingly, the eponymous (roasted pig) dish was a huge porkchop that suffered overdoneness, but the staff was quick to satisfy with an exchange and even comped us a dessert...otherwise, all good and even better bar with jazz/blues live!
CABANAS - on the Beach Street strip...made the best fries in town, but beware of the blue cheese on the burgers.
LOBSTER HOUSE - can't spell it without so-so in it.
BALLPARK CAFE (in the Atlas Hotel) - for $3.95 and whatever cost of a beer, the House Chili bowl is the BEST MEAL IN TOWN...amidst a treasure trove of Hall-of-Fame quality baseball memorabilia...Gotta go!
Also found the Cape May prices overly rich...especially for off-season.
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