Tried several local "pizza" places in the area. IPPOLITO'S is the clear winner. Pizza, and meals…read moreare very reasonable and very good. Family owned business and staff is great and welcoming. Pick up or eat in Ippolito's is the place to go in the area

Greatest pizza around. Have been here many times. Very…read morefriendly staff. Need reservations most evenings.

To any bad reviewers: y'all obviously haven't been to Lakewood restaurants much before. Of all the…read moreLakewood restaurants, the food, the customer service, the cleanliness, and the amount of sitting room at J2 South significantly beats out any other similar style restaurant in Lakewood. Chaim is a great guy, Diego is fantastic, I'm here often and I recommend it to everyone. They have pizza, fries, nachos, pastas, sushi, salads, falafel, sandwiches, wraps, ice cream, fried ice cream(!), and much more. There is something here for everyone in the family (pretty much). Come, try it out, you won't be disappointed.

JII Pizza South is the companion restaurant for the original one next to the old Shoprite in the…read moremiddle of Lakewood. We went there because I was with two friends who keep kosher. They are located in the former Winkelmann's building, which has since been repurposed and remodeled. They have a very nice, new decor with cool colors. It's a dairy restaurant, so it's good for people who are vegetarians. They have pizza mostly with some other dairy based foods. I got soft serve ice cream. Although it is relatively new, the place was dirty when we got there. It was hard finding a clean table. But then we noticed that the staff started cleaning the tables. Apparently they had a big rush right before we got there. It just feels a little too hectic for my taste. But it's also good to bring large groups of kids there because they have a back room for large parties.

We love Frankie G's! Our family orders at least once a week and it's great. The bang bang wing…read moresauce is absolutely delicious haha

Food is very good. Delivery is prompt and catering is simple and always delicious!…read moreHighly recommend!

The best!! Such great food and welcoming service!! Can't beat the pizza. Definitely will be back...read more

Stopped in with no expectations. This is not one of the places that are talked about in the common…read moreriver area. I got myself a meatball parm and it was delicious. One of the better meatball parm's I've had in a long time. The meatballs are definitely homemade. The roll is perfect texture great sandwich I recently then decided to get catering from there. Got chicken, franchise eggplant, rollatini and penne with vodka sauce. Everybody loved all three I loved the eggplant rollatini and the penny with vodkasauce. Price was great. Food was great. Definitely a go to place.

Simply the best (kosher) pizza place around central Jersey. Definitely worth the drive. I've taken…read moremany people there - those who keep kosher and those who do not, and every one of them have not only been impressed, but have loved everything they tried.

Great place! Thin crust, very clean, nice staff, comfortable. Would definitely come back againread more

Closed like 6 months ago. Was excellent…read more Pazzo is in there now and is superb for pizza and Italian dinners. Try it once and you'll make it your favorite.

A very friendly staff appeared when we arrived. They were also very cooperative and competent. We…read morewere also entertained by a great performance by a local duo, Stiletto and the Saxman. The place was packed. We had appetizers, main course and dessert. The meal was very good. The place is nicely decorated with Italian decor. Their motto is: "One cannot sleep well, think well or love well if one has not dined well " Ample parking, order online. Note: for linguistic knowledge Zi is short for Zia which means aunt in Italia.

A mix between fast food and a diner-style restaurant. The menu is good and worth trying, portions…read moreare big, and prices are ok. The overall vibe is more toward a fast-food/ casual restaurant feel rather than anything fancy-- but food us very good. They don't have wifi. Service is ok nothing special .

Hubs and I were looking for a place to eat in the Jackson area and were originally going to go to…read morethe Jackson Diner. I saw this place and told him that I always wanted to give this place a try. Kalamata has both a restaurant and pizza place and we opted for the latter. This place also serves sushi as well. The windows were covered up so you can't see the interior but I knew it was a pizza joint. We ordered and shared the following: Eggplant parm pizza- when we got it , Hubs asked if we had the wrong pizza. This didn't look like the usual eggplant parm pizza. It was tiny pieces of eggplant and not like chunks of it. The pizza also had pesto spiral swirled around. It was a nice surprise. Hubs thought the pesto spiral was a nice touch. The pieces of eggplant was very flavorful. The sauce was very flavorful and the pizza crust was nice and soft but crispy enough on the bottom. Shakshuka- this came with 3 eggs. We thought this order was delicious. It came with a few slices of bread but it wasn't enough to sop up the sauce. Hubs brought it home to put it on top of his ramen. LOL. We also took home the tomatoes and cucumbers that came along with it as well. This place is a pleasant surprise. There were a lot of flies flying around the pizzas, but we were surprised that the flies didn't come towards us when we were eating. We were glad to not end up at the Jackson Diner. Will return to try other items on the menu.

They catered a memorial lunch for my Mother-in-law. Very…read morenice room and wonderful service (Lucy?) Chicken parm, eggplant rollatini and fresh flounder. Great garlic bread, salad and very good espresso. Huge portions meant plenty to take home. Vinny and his entire family/staff pitched in to create a terrific day. Thanks

Delicious food, great service, friendly owners. Always have great experience in a comfortable…read moresetting inside!

Excellent cheese pie and tremendous Sicilian We ordered…read moretwice so far, best thing crust in area. Great to have this local. ThanksPop

Delivery and customer service is terrible. I ordered delivery two times and both times they claimed…read morethat since they couldn't find my place that they just went back to the store. I never even received a call that they were lost or couldn't find it. I had to call them myself after hours of waiting and I was informed of this situation. After this I still nicely asked for them to try to find it again since I already paid. After even more time and then having to wait outside my house for the delivery driver to see, the food arrived cold, and was not even given an apology or any discount. Never again

We went to Circa because I had a friend visiting who keeps kosher. Circa is a fairly nice,…read morecafeteria-style kosher restaurant in Lakewood. They serve all dairy based foods, as well as fish. There is no poultry or beef here at all. Pizza seems to be the most popular item here. But they also have good gelato, which I didn't try. Then they have some dinners served cafeteria-style. I got the salmon, which came with two sides. It tasted pretty good actually. The prices were just very high, at around $18. There were lots of kids running around. It's a good restaurant if you don't have a lot of time, and you need kosher food.

Food is good but the menu isn't anything the hot food they serve is always the same. Pasta, salmon…read moreonly two ways , and veggies. Sushi isn't that good either fish never really seasoned. Ice cream is Theo my reason to stop and go in