Upscale Restaurants in The North Carolina Coast

Upscale Restaurants in The North Carolina Coast

Restaurants Overview
Name Price/
Cuisine
Location
 
Back Porch Restaurant
Seafood is the star here, naturally, but there are notable beef...
$$-$$$
Ocracoke Island
 
Basnight's Lone Cedar Café
Hearts were broken when this 25-year-old restaurant, owned by...
$$$-$$$$
Nags Head
 
Big Daddy's
You can't miss this 30-year-old institution—the huge sign...
$$-$$$
Kure Beach
 
Bistro by the Sea
An atrium in the bar is decorated as a grape arbor, which says...
$$-$$$
Morehead City
 
Blue Moon Bistro
Chef Kyle Swain, a Beaufort native, returned home to put into...
$$-$$$
Beaufort
 
Blue Point Bar & Grill
This upscale spot with an enclosed porch overlooking Currituck...

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$$-$$$
Northern Beaches
 
Breakwater
Fat Daddy crab cakes, rolled in potato chips then fried and served...
$$-$$$
Hatteras Island
 
The Captain's Table
South of the entrance for the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, this...
$$-$$$
Hatteras Island
 
Chefs 105
Named for its street address in a 1929 Gulf Oil Corp. warehouse...

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$$$
Morehead City
 
The Chelsea
This two-story restored 1912 structure, originally the second...
$$-$$$
New Bern
 
Clawson's 1905 Restaurant & Pub
Housed in what was a general store in the early 1900s, Clawson's...
$$-$$$
Beaufort
 
The Flame
The considerate staff at this woodsy steak house with furnishings...
$$$-$$$$
New Bern
 
Full Moon Café
Colorful stained-glass panels hang in the large front windows...
$$-$$$
Roanoke Island
 
The Net House
Once upon a time, the Net House, a long, low-slung building with...
$$-$$$
Beaufort
 
Nicoletta's Italian Café
White linen tablecloths, flowers, and a view of the Currituck...
$$$-$$$$
Northern Beaches
 
Owens' Restaurant
A classic clapboard cottage with pine paneling hosts this half-century-old...
$$$-$$$$
Nags Head
 
The Pelican Restaurant and Patio Bar
This 19th-century harborfront home in a grove of twisted oak...
$$-$$$
Ocracoke Island
 
Penguin Isle Soundside Bar & Grille
The views from Penguin Isle's main and gazebo dining rooms on...
$$$-$$$$
Nags Head
 
Pier House Restaurant
The restaurant is literally on the crooked, rickety Nags Head...
$$-$$$
Nags Head
 
RV's Sugar Creek
If fiery red sunsets and marinated tuna entice you, this is the...
$$$
Nags Head
 
Sanitary Fish Market
In 1938, when the Sanitary was founded, many fish houses were...
$$-$$$
Morehead City
 
Shuckin' Shack
Shuckin' Shack . The front doors of this main-drag raw bar are...
$$-$$$
Kure Beach
 
The Spouter Inn
Dining at a shaded table on the Spouter's deck overlooking Beaufort...
$$-$$$
Beaufort
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