This WEB site is a "Just for Fun"  This page contains information about Restaurants within 10 Miles of downtown Toms River, NJ.  Most Restaurants in the area have 2 menus, one for the summer crowd and one for the clam diggers in the winter.  At some restaurants service and food quality tends to degrade during the tourist season.  I have personally dined at every establishment on this list more than once. If your dining in the summer months you can expect a minimum of one star less. 
 
UPDATED 10/2011
After a long hiatus I just got around to updating this list and as you can see many of the restaurants are out of business.
I'll try to get some new ones on the list.
You can also check out Tom's list.  Its a bit more current
 
5 Star Rating  Pricing Name MAP Comments

Lost 2 stars
in 2011		 $$$$$ Atlantic Grill Seafood, Excellent food. View of the Ocean.  Limited seating. A bit noisy when crowded. Parking lot is on west end of hotel or try for the limited street parking on south side of hotel.  Worth the wait. 
(Update: Rumor says the chef has quit and the food quality is bad)
(732) 854-1588

Lost 2 stars
in 2009		 $$$$$ Bergamo's
> 1000 Miles		 Italian, At the Mercado in Orlando FL. Excellent Food and Wine.  The wait staff are all professional singers and perform as they serve. Very busy in season. Ample parking. My favorite but a bit of a drive. ;-) 
 (Update: They moved locations and my last 2 meals at the new location were bad)
(407) 352-3805
$$ Bum Rodgers Seafood, Famous for garlic crabs. A locals spot, paper plates and getting your fingers messy, The Bartenders like the music deafening. Bar is VERY noisy.  Scheduled live music.  Street Parking only.
$$$ Ciao Baby Italian, limited menu but great food.  BYOB, lots of parking.
(732) 262-7799
  Clark's Landing Haven't been here in a long time but at least they fixed their broken web site. Was good at my last visit in 2001.
(Update: They changed to a Wedding Hall.)  
At the wedding I attended the food was excellent!
(732) 899-1111
    Concetta's American, BYOB  Expanded  menu. Inside and outside dining.  Parking at Church on north side of block. 2 Visits so far this year and both were good.
(Update: Out of Business)
(732) 793-0111
$$ Crabs Claw Seafood, House of 100 beers. Make sure you get a 100 beer card. Scheduled live music. Street parking only.
(732) 793-4447
$$ Craig's When busy you may have to park on the street. 
(732) 295-7929
$$$ Hot Tomato Italian, BYOB, limited menu.  Parking limited.  Parking OK on side street or lot next door.
(732) 270-8911
$$  Klee's Bar & Grill   Irish Pub, steaks, burgers, fries, pizza and sandwiches. Great food, good value. Usually a 45 minute wait in the summer. Anal about seating your entire party.  Scheduled live music  Street Only parking. Meters enforced 7x24 May to October.
(732) 830-1996
$$$$$ Molly Pitcher Inn
> 10 Miles		 Waterfront views, Excellent food but expensive. Had my Wedding reception here.  Extensive wine list. The restaurant is top notch, the hotel rooms are not.
(732) 747-2500
    Old Time Tavern Steak and Ale,  huge menu. Lots of parking and seating.
 (Update: Out of Business)
(732) 349-2387
$$$ On Top of Spaghetti Italian, BYOB, Street parking ONLY. 
(732) 854-9400
$$$ Pilot House Last visit was 2001. The food is better than the WEB site!
(732) 920-8900
$$$ Rockafella's Italian, BYOB, always busy. Limited menu. just enough parking.
(Update: Out of Business)
(732) 506-7500
$$$$ Spike's Seafood, BYOB Excellent food.  Limited seating  One of those places that looks like a dump but has the BEST Seafood in 100 miles.  Try the Key Lime Pie for desert. 
(732) 295-9400
    The Southern House   Southern. House burnt down. Southern style ribs, chicken etc. Doesn't look like they will rebuild.  My friend told me the entire town smelling like barbeque for days after the fire.
$$$$ Villa Victoria's Italian,  excellent wine list, valet parking on weekends. Almost always busy but surprising short wait times.
(732) 920-1550
= Average food,  = Excellent food.      $ = Inexpensive, $$$$$ = Expensive.