Bistro 14 Restaurant & Raw Bar

Great place to eat and always a table if you get there early. I’ve had anniversary dinner and big family dinners here many times over the years and never of had a bad experience. Lots of seafood and other options. Always bring home leftovers…

We had a wonderful meal, great service, and pretty views of the sunset. While we were there the owner stopped by to ensure that everything was going well. Thanks for a great dinner!

The perfect summer place to have a relaxed lunch od dinner. Satisfying welcoming with host, great service with professional servers and the most important fresh and delicioouss food. Bistro never gets me disappointed. Every day big choise of fresh oysters, daily specials of the chef which you can never finish because the food is so good and the portions are big. I’ve tried everything from the menu and my favorite from lunch menu was oyster po-boy which is really ooo boy , so delicious. And from dinner i can’t chose everything is perfect. I was here multiple times and will always come back.

We were a group of five that ate dinner here on Saturday. Everything was outstanding. We had the opportunity to sit on the deck (amazing views), our food was very tasty and our server, Liv, was excellent. We were even greeted by the chef at our table during our dinner to make sure we were happy with our food and dining experience. Thank you for a great dinning experience!

Fresh ingredients. Friendly service. Reasonable prices. Seating is spaced out. Crab cakes were delicious. Spinach salad was great.

I don't make much money and this isn't an inexpensive restaurant. That said, I never have regretted a single penny spent at this place. Whether it was of my dinner or a friend's that they shared with me, I've never had a bite of anything here that I didn't enjoy. Excellent food, wonderful wait staff, and the atmosphere is always amazing.

Alex our waitress was lovely. The food was excellent. I had the duck. Service was excellent.

Had a wonderful low key birthday celebration out on the deck looking at the bay. Inside or outside dining. Food and service were wonderful. Appropriate for a family or romantic dinner for adults. Generous portions and comfortable atmosphere.

WHY VOLATILITY in the reviews? We were coming to eat in this space because of a dinner we had here 35 years ago, so regardless of the reviews, we were coming. But the reviews caught our attention. What do they mean? The comments are routinely answered by the establishment, so someone obviously cares, a good sign. Yes, the space is shore-rustic with a fabulous balcony overlooking the bay, but also little details from the silverware and place settings demonstrate that "someone" cares. Even though mid-July is high season on LBI, we made reservations on a Tuesday night at 7 PM to enjoy the sunset, and to avoid the "Early Bird" crowd, and largely succeeded, so the service was unrushed and polished: timing the firing of the main course; not collecting empty plates between courses by waiting until all were finished eating. We ordered 3 each of 4 different oysters, and they arrived properly separated by lemon slices, along with the printout which the waitress used to identify each variety. Now, THAT is attention to detail. (And thanks to BYOB, I could have my obligatory bottle of Muscadet with the oysters, just like in Paris!) FINALLY, A BIG HINT: a menu item that says, "Duck Confit, House Made!" HUH? You mean, someone is actually in there....cooking? Instead of being loaded off a Sysco food truck and re-heated, someone is making a Confit of Duck? (Because, do you know how many restaurants on LBI serve an item called "Cowboy Steak," right off the truck and warmed up by someone who is not a CIA trained cook....um, chef? And still charge big bucks for Island Food?) The quality continued with the flounder, its fresh breadcrumbs delicately sauteed. OF COURSE, any shore restaurant on a Saturday night that is crowded (manned by a post-pandemic short-staff with professional students and housewives who do the best they can in dealing with an often-intractable public) may struggle to control the hysteria. You won't always get it right, especially at the Jersey shore. But this modern, American "Bistro" is doing a lot of things right. Timing is everything in life.

this restaurant is excellent. I came for a holiday from turkey for 1 week. steak is very tasty. The wines are of very high quality. I will definitely come again next year.

Our multi-generational group had a great meal here. The seafood options were especially delicious, and we had a great view of the bay, even with eating inside. A great option for kids, parents, and grandparents.

Excellent food. The Crab Cakes are the best on LBI. Excellent selection of oysters. The local one are delicious. My server was very knowledgeable on the oyster selection. I found the atmosphere of the restaurant was very put together and super cute. Not overdone or tacky. Would go again and recommend highly to friends and family.

Absolutely incredible, fresh, creative food and one of the most gorgeous views on the island. Everything from fancy dinners to fish and chips are just out of this world. You won't have room for it, but get dessert anyway, TRUST ME. The owners are also incredible, just genuinely kind and wonderful people, and have been serving amazing food on LBI for decades. I've been visiting them since they served sandwiches in Bay Village and I'll never visit the island with stopping in, especially to bring family and newcomers. They have a busy night here and there, as every amazing restaurant down here does, but chances are it'll be one of the best meals of your visit.

Great dining experience last night. One of the few restaurants on LBI where you can see the bay and sunsets. Wonderful meal. Fried calamari starter. Grilled Tuna and ton of seafood on linguini. BYOB.

Absolutely delicious fried flounder, preparation was unique and flavorful!! All of our food looked beautiful, tasted great and was served at the perfect pace. We thoroughly enjoyed every minute at Bistro 14, the sunset topped off our evening. Highly recommend!

The food @ Bistro continues to be very good. I had pan fried flounder last night & it tasted great. Good size serving too. Ate outside & really enjoyed the space- beautiful with great sunset view Service was timely very pleasant. We alway love coming to Bistro 14- great food, friendly service

We come here often and are always pleased. Great food, service and the view is amazing. Just went last night, Saturday night on Memorial Day weekend and everything was perfect.

Wonderful place! Had the seafood Linguini with spinach and tomatoes and it was a great unique style meal. Had my 14moth old daughter with me that made a complete mess with her chicken fingers and fries but everyone was sincerely ok and doted over her. The one owner I spoke with was seriously a pleasure and I was happy as could be with everything. Clearly good people operating a great restaurant. I highly recommend eating here.

Terrific selection of raw oysters. The Jersey Devils from the local Mullica River were tender, tasty and couldn’t have been fresher. Lump meat crab cake sandwich was delicious as was the flourless, chocolate cake. Interesting local wine was luscious and the service unpretentious but dependable. Throughly enjoyable experience. Can’t wait to come again.

I would say this place is a solid 4 possibly 4.5 star experience, but I bumped it up to a 5 because the low 3.5 rating made me almost skip this place. There was nothing we are last night that wasn't completely amazing. The wine list from a local winery was amazingly priced for the quality, the raw bar was great, and the seafood was cooked impeccably. The scallops and fig salad from the specials menu was absolutely amazing. I was completely satisfied with everything I ordered and I will definitely be telling people to come here.