Lucky Bones Restaurant Review

As you come to the end of the Garden State Parkway and go straight towards Cape May, you will find a restaurant located at the Marina called Lucky Bones. The rustic looking restaurant has a great choice of classic sandwiches and meals, but also a variety of different dishes.

My wife and I were looking for a place to get a good salad and sandwich for lunch when we came across Lucky Bones. Other than friends stopping there for drinks at the bar and saying they had a great variety, we had not heard anything about this restaurant.

The establishment is nothing fancy, but has the feel of a fishing village with the dark brown woods and the fireplace roaring. We enjoy rustic, and felt right at home. We were immediately seated, which surprised us because the parking lot was almost full. The menu offered exactly what we were looking for; Sandwiches and Salads.

Our waitress, (I forgot her name), was European and very pleasant. She brought us drinks while we looked at the menu. I originally was going to order a salad and sandwich, but the appetizers caught my eye as being unique, so I opted for Brick Oven Roasted Lemon Garlic Shrimp w/foccaccia bread for dipping, and the Fish and chips, which happened to be, flounder.

My wife wanted to share a Roasted Beet and Goat Cheese Salad, but since they offered a smaller version for only $5.00, she ordered that and the Grilled Chicken BLT. This sandwich was a grilled chicken breast topped with black pepper bacon, lettuce, tomato, and an herb mayonnaise on focaccia bread.

Our appetizers came first and to my wife’s surprise, the salad was a very good portion with plenty of goat cheese and the thyme vinaigrette dressing was fabulous! My lemon garlic shrimp was great and the bread, which was awesome, came in handy to dip into the juices left from the shrimp, garlic, and lemon. We were both very pleased with our initial choices.

The restaurant was very crowded and our meals came out at a perfect time. My fish and chips were very good. The flounder was cut in squares and lightly breaded, and the fries were good, but not the best I’ve had. My wife’s grilled chicken BLT was excellent and the foccaccia bread made the sandwich along with the herb mayo. She could only eat half of the sandwich after indulging in the wonderful salad. Neither of us had room for dessert.

Lucky Bones, owned by the infamous Washington Inn owners, received and excellent in all categories from us. You are not talking gourmet dining, but for the price, everything was great. Lunch for two was $45.00 including tip.

We were seated near the kitchen so we watched as many other tantalizing entrees were brought out. We can’t wait to try one of the specialty pizzas, or large burgers. Everything looked tempting and we will be back soon!