The food is excellent, great service. I have never been disappointed with the food, very friendly service. My favorite restaurant on the north end of LBI for over fifty years. read more

Lunch was wonderful, service was timely, food was very good, prepared as we had asked. It was nice to eat and not be blasted by music or sports read more

Friendly staff, large portions, lots of choices. I have not had a bad meal yet. And I loved the honesty of our waiter.... I ordered an espresso martini for dessert and he informed me immediately that there was no espresso in it, only espresso flavored vodka. So I ordered another after dinner drink. Other places wouldn't tell you before hand. read more

Came here on a Thursday night for dinner with a party of 6 and we were not disappointed. Started out with some coconut shrimp which were fried perfectly and the mango Chile dipping sauce they came with added a nice tangy zest. My husband ordered the wedge salad with steak on top. I ordered the shrimp and linguini. My friend ordered the country fried rib with Mac and cheese. Everything we ordered was amazing and we had a little bit to take home. Serving sizes were very reasonable for the price. Kubels has been a staple in Barnegat Light for decades and rightfully so. The menu has changed a little bit since the last time I was here, so you know the chefs are trying to change up things every now and then. read more

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Great spot. Solid food. Friendly staff. One of my favorite go to places year round for a meal or a couple drinks at the bar. My favorite spot on the North End of LBI. read more

Could arguably be on the LBI "Rushmore" of restaurants. A true staple with a storied past for the Historic Barnegat Light community. Most impressive to me was the Scallops. As local as you can get with a simple beurre blanc, steamed broccoli and lemon wedges. The garlic steamed clams also perfectly tender. Cheerful and attentive service capped of a wonderful family meal. As someone who was born and raised on LBI but has since moved away, it's a treat to dine at one of the best when I'm back in town. read more

Kubel's - Barnegat Light Sea Scallops - Seafood Near Me - Barnegat Light, New Jersey

Super fresh seafood! Excellent and friendly service! Amazing casual atmosphere -you can sit inside in dining room area or outside. They even had heaters in early September! Great overall dining experience and a good value! Food is not outrageously priced like some other restaurants on the island. read more

Been going to Kubel's for years. Service is reliably very good. The bar mixes a good drink and the food is comforting and delicious.

The food is very bland including the appetizers. Like the use no spices at all Kind of diner tasting.

Great neighborhood place. Good food always consistent, nice bar area and good service. Cozy in the winter with the fireplace.

Large selection. Everything we ordered was great! Can waitlist on yelp and find out wait times

The worst thing we experienced was the long wait, but once seated the food was amazing! And the restaurant itself was beautiful with nice lighting and many candles. Alongside that the service was incredible with such nice staff, the only bad service was the hostess, who was rude, other than that it was an amazing experience, would definitely recommend! Would also recommend trying the mozzarella sticks as they were amazing. read more

Everything We had a great server. Menu choices were great I chose the swordfish. It was so fresh and delicious everyone else's meal was just as good. How do you recommend this place highly read more

Great place. Been coming here for years. Food, service, atmosphere are the best! Great family place! Great bar too!

Great place whenever I am in LBI it's a must and I always get a gift card to give to a family member

Service was great. I had the special tuna with wasabi mashed potatoes and a three different sauces and mango salsa. Tuna was perfect and the sauces were delicious. Presentation was wonderful! My husband had the jambalaya and said it was excellent and my mother had the shrimp and linguine and said it was very good and the pasta was perfect. They brought her out a puce of apple pie with ice cream and whipped cream for her birthday and a group of them sang. We had a very nice dinner. This is our go to restaurant on the island. Always a good meal! read more

The food and atmosphere you can't beat!!! My family and I go all the time. Compliments to the chef!!

First time eating here, good service, large menu mostly seafood but also good other options. Entire page of app, dinner, and dessert specials. Good food presentation. There was a 5 table wait (8pm Saturday night) but moved quickly and nice area to walk around until they text that a table was ready. Will definitely eat here again. read more

*Disclaimer: this is a review of my take-out order during COVID-19* Tasting notes: Mussels fra diavolo: large meaty mussels; tomato broth not really spicy, appreciated large juicy chunks of tomato; breadstick soft to the bite with dense crumb that picked up broth really well Grouper tacos (daily special): arrived with tacos assembled with slaw and fish side by side atop flour tacos; uniformly browned exterior of the fish; excellent crunchy coating to meat ratio; fish itself was flaky and tender; slaw added tang and creaminess as well as more crunch; diced mangoes a little underripe; accompanying rice was savory and aromatic; appreciate lemon wedge Seafood tortellini (daily special): great seafood to pasta ratio; loved the big size of the shrimp and scallops; flavorful, fragrant sauce that was not too thick in consistency with chewy sundried tomatoes and crisp asparagus discs Side salad: fresh spring mix with crunchy cucumber slices and whole cherry tomatoes Other thoughts: - Order was ready 20 minutes after phone call on a Saturday evening off-season - Pick-up was easy without wait - Plastic forks provided, not wrapped - For the price of each entree, very pleased by the large portion sizes; even the side salads were larger in portion than expected - Love that there is an updated specials list every day that appears to have good variety read more

Kubel's - Mussels Fra Diavolo (top), grouper tacos (bottom) with side salad - Seafood Near Me - Barnegat Light, New Jersey

Simple dive bar located at the end of LBI near the lighthouse. food is good staff is friendly and the bar is fun read more

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A wonderful standby with great food. Try their tavern steak! Wait staff friendly always. Vibe just feels good.

Sunset was an extra wow factor. Drinks were great, service great and food was great from appetizers to meals. I had seafood boil, crab bake for my sister in law, and two other dishes sea bass and seafood linguine for my husband. All great, the stuffed clams were great too. Worth the trip and wait. read more

This is classic restaurant and a family fav. for burgers and beer. The service is normally super nice. Last night, for the first time, we experienced rudeness by the hostess at the front door. She was simply mean. Not consistent with the warmth of the place. read more

Very much so 3 stars. If you're starving, MAYBE some items could be 4 stars. Some items could easily also be 2 stars. It's all very average food. The inside is very cozy and comfortable - that part I liked. Seems like they have a popular bar scene - all of the seats were taken on an early, rainy Saturday afternoon. Service was fine - everyone was nice. This place really gets you with the LBI prices though...$16 for like 8 buffalo wings is pretty outrageous. They weren't even great. Sauce was kind of oddly sweet. They were fried, but skin was still a bit "gummy". I will say- I asked for all flats and they did indeed give all flats, so I appreciated that. My husband had fish and "chips" (he got sweet potato instead). He really enjoyed the fish and the sweet potato fries were basically any frozen fry you've had before. The fish looked like chicken fingers, so some would say that they are frozen fish sticks (they honestly probably are). Which like- if you're down the shore you would expect to have fresh fish for fish and chips. My husband still liked them regardless. It was all just....fine. read more

Nice local restaurant in a quiet part of town. Gets super busy. Long wait time but went by fast. We got a drink at the bar and waited. Server was nice. Food came out at good timing. Would go back read more

Service excellent, food excellent, ambience what a view , customer for 30+ years. You will not be disappointed read more

As residents of ocean county, I thought we had tried all the cozy, old school bar & grills, until we happened upon Kubels. Stopped for lunch on a cold, winter day and warmed right up. Bartenders were friendly. We ordered 2 lunch specials, fried shrimp and chicken pot pie. Both delicious and reasonably priced. The interesting decor and fire blazing sealed the deal for us and we'll definitely be back. Maybe not in the summer though... read more

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BEWARE!!! Their website states they accept takeout orders until 6pm. We called at 5:40 and got through at 5:50. We were then told that they do not take To Go orders after 5:30pm (which in and of itself is ridiculous). When I pointed out the website said 6pm I was told "we do the best we can" - yikes if that's you best. Had we know we would have place the order 20 min earlier. Now I'm glad I did not give them any business. I give them a single star for actually picking up the phone. read more

Friendly bartender with helpful suggestions on the menu. Having withdraw symptoms from the K2 still being undeveloped.

Ole reliable. Open year round and always a good meal. Great out door seating with a view of the bay.

The staff is fantastic! The food is also really good. But the music in the bar is HORRIBLE. It's like Sevenfold, Linkin Park and other bad bands. The music doesn't resonate with the customers who are in their 50s and 60s (plus) nor with the staff who are in their 20s It's just bad and unrelenting and unfriendly. Just do what other beach places do and play some Yacht Rock read more

We went to Kubel's for dinner last night. Sat on the brand new deck area. It was lovely and spacious. I had Scott's smoked ribs and my guest had the Crab Pie. We both enjoyed our dinners very much. We each had a martini as it is our favorite drink! Service was excellent. We were there for a good long time, but the time just flew by because we had such a good time!! read more

Kubel's - Kubel's beautiful deck! - Seafood Near Me - Barnegat Light, New Jersey

Our favorite place on the island to grab some food and drinks. Always a large specials menu. Went with their Mahi Mahi special and was licking the plate afterwards. Their jagerschnitzel is a staple. The free popcorn is always nice. Tends to be very busy and might have a wait during the summer months, but that's expected. read more

The world's best scallops, from the commercial fishing fleet a stone's throw from the restaurant. A Barnegat Light tradition that keeps on delivering at a high standard. read more

Always a great meal and wonderful staff. I suggest reservations. They are building another area , can't wait

We had late lunch in a Saturday in off season. Place was decorated for Halloween and fire place was on. Nice atmosphere. The fries were the best. My Dad enjoyed the crab cake with no complaints ( hard to please) My wedge was good but way too much dressing. Scallop were cooked right for the bacon wrapped app...just way too much sweet sauce in them....Wish they had some gluten free options for celiacs. My daughter had the chili and the fries all though they can't guarantee they are gluten free. Overall fun to see a place off season! read more

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Always a good night out at Kubel's. It's nice to be able to get added to the wait list on Yelp.

Food, drinks and service are great! Waiter Alex is terrific! Kubel's has become our "Go To" place! read more

The service was excellent. They did not hand out straws if you've picky with drinking out the cup. We had the green tomato crab appetizer and it was delicious. They have the typical chicken fingers for kids but these were actually good and look like real chicken. My husband had the fish and chips and he loved it. I had the fish tacos, which were really good I just did not like that they were doused in the aioli sauce. Def could have went lighter on that. We did not have desert so cannot review that. Other than the aioli issue it was a good spot to eat near the lighthouse. read more

We have been going to Kubel's for the last 20 years to order their scallops. They used to consistently be the best, even through Covid when places were short staffed. I don't know what has changed but last night (10/29/23) was the worst dining experience I have ever had. We arrived aroung 6 pm, just before the dinner rush. We were seated at the outside deck as it was a beautiful Indian Summer evening in October. We waited patiently for service but no one approached our table to take out order. Other parties seated after us were being taken care of but not our table. We inquired 3x before someone came to take our order. We were told no one was assigned to our table. Right away my red flag went up indicating bad management. My husband and I ordered the BARNEGAT LIGHT SEA SCALLOPS broiled with a lemon buerre blanc and topped with seasoned bread crumbs for $40 (MP). My experience in the past has been that this is simple, clean dish highlighting the scallops which had a buttery texture. HOWEVER, this night was completely opposite experience. The scallops were tough and had an ammonia taste!! And the buerre blanc was completely different than what they used to make. It was as if they completely changed the recipe!!! The tough texture of the scallops and ammonia taste was so bad we couldn't finish our $40 plates. This was so inconsistent with our past experiences here that we asked to speak to the manager whom we thought would want to know about this. We also wanted to know if they changed the recipe of this dish. The manager who came to speak to us was a young woman, nice but ineffective. When we notified her about our concerns regarding the dish, she defensively assured us the scallops were fresh and that she saw them washing the scallops on the boats at Vikiing Village that very morning. I had to explain to this young manager that it was in her best interest for the sake of the restaurant and customers to listen to our feedback and find the source of the problem. I suggested they check their purchase from Viking Village or speak to the chef because something was very different. I felt like I was coaching her on how to do her job. My husband reminded her that we paid $40 ea for a dish that we can't eat. She simply 'smiled' and assured us that the scallops were fresh and nothing has changed. Even when I explained the recipe was different, she smiled again and said the recipe is the same, nothing has changed. That was a very BAD response to customers who have eaten here over the past 20 years. Very sorry to say that we will not be coming back. Don't think they will even notice or even care as they are always very crowded. Except for a few good wait staff, the manager clearly sent the message that they do not care about the satisfaction of their customers. read more