Colts Neck Inn

Colts Neck Inn is a historic steakhouse restaurant and an adjacent boutique hotel located at the intersection of Route 34 and County Route 537 in Colts Neck Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The restaurant, often referred to as the Colts Neck Inn Steakhouse, occupies a site that has hosted an inn or tavern since the early 18th century and is frequently cited as the oldest inn in New Jersey (established c. 1717) and among the oldest in the United States. Originally a colonial-era tavern and stagecoach stop, it evolved into a hotel in the 19th and 20th centuries before refocusing as a steakhouse. A separate lodging facility, the Colts Neck Inn Hotel, was built adjacent to the restaurant in 1997 to continue the inn’s hospitality tradition with modern amenities. Both the restaurant and hotel have been owned and operated by the Mavrookas family since 1973, spanning three generations as of the mid-2020s.