Bait Box Restaurant — Restaurant in Greenwich Township

We were searching for a historical area to tour around and ended up out in the middle of nowhere, not quite what we had in mind. However we didn’t want the entire road trip to be a bus and so we looked up local places to sit down and catch a bite to eat. We found this restaurant located on the shore of Cohancy River out in the middle of nowhere in New Jersey. There’s nothing out there, literally. The only things that we could find were just fields and fields of growing corn. It was actually rather surprising to find a restaurant like this! When we first arrived, we saw a bunch of all the boats that were stored on the lot which gave it a pretty authentic but eccentric vibe. Sort of like an old junkyard but for boats. It was very unique. You can’t really judge a book by the cover and so pulling into the lot further we found the restaurant. It was actually very similar to that I have a boating club. Inside, it had a “Margaritaville” like setting, And during the time of day that we arrived it was pretty empty. However outside they had a bar area set up, and there was a stage with a band getting ready to play live. We even had a very unique style bar which was made out of an old boat. They had little areas make bonfires and really cool areas to sit down around them. In the river there were a lot of other boats with boat owners just relaxing. It’s really a nice atmosphere and I truly enjoyed the restaurant and it’s set up itself. A really good point was that their dessert was rather tasty. They had a really great chocolate cake. Their drinks were also pretty awesome. I had a mai tai. The service was also rather quick but to be honest with you the only negative thing about the restaurant was the menu. I ordered some kind of shrimp spaghetti stuff and I didn’t really enjoy it. Just seem like a bunch of egg noodles with some spaghetti and clam sauce slept in there with some shrimp. Other than that I think it was pretty good experience and worth going to. You just have to be very careful what you order. I think they had some really great selections of steak and shrimp as well as any other fish and some burgers that would probably very worth trying. Overall I really loved...

I came for crab cakes but the shrimp tacos stole my heart. We arrived at sunset after a quiet drive through the swamp to the buzz of a band playing live music and orange hues lighting up the docks through our car windows. As soon as we open the car doors, we realized that the buzz was in fact human-eating flies likely evolved after decades of living too close to the nuclear plant. After battling said gnats while my toddler lost her shoes on the way in, we were beyond starving and carrying the battle scars of carnivorous flies. Thankfully, the friendly atmosphere and aromas satiated our nerves long enough to browse the tasteful menu. After tasting the menu, even my one year old thought everything was delectable! The tacos were definitely top-notch and win for culinary creativity, the crabby fries were actually quite amicable when eaten, and their succulent flavor was a gracious compliment to any entree. The pizza was satisfactory and the Alfredo and palatable although it lacked in the waves of flavor that the other dishes possessed. This is definitely a gem of south Jersey and well worth the drive..... possibly even worth risking life and limb through the...

If you're looking for a place with a relaxed vibe that has great food with an even better waterfront view that's TRULY off the beaten path, then have I got the place for you! The Bait Box Restaurant in Greenwich, NJ checks all those boxes and more. Located deep in Cumberland County along the Cohansey River, the only thing I regret about the hour drive was that we hadn't discovered this place sooner. They've only just opened for the season, so they're still operating on a limited menu, but the offerings we tried were all excellent! The New England clam chowder was chock full of clams and well seasoned, my husband enjoyed his smashburger with bacon jam, and my coconut shrimp tacos were some of the best I've ever had. Extra points to the chef for using watermelon radishes! It was modestly full for dinner tonight, but from what we heard it gets VERY crowded in the warmer months! They have bars outside, live bands, plenty of boat slips for which to dock (in case you want to arrive by water) and they're extremely dog friendly! Did we just become best friends?! Seriously, this might have been our first visit to the Bait Box - but it will absolutely not...