When it comes to American cuisine on Hatteras Island, it doesn't get more Hatteras Island than seafood. Tuna, mahi mahi, tilefish, blue crab, shrimp, oysters and more – prepared in ways ranging from broiled seafood platters to fried fish sandwiches – steal the spotlight on these restaurants menus. Of course, there’s plenty more than just seafood at these Hatteras restaurants. Sports bars, delis, burger joints, barbecue spots and grills delight an array of palates and tastes with sandwiches, burgers, salads, steaks and more. The majority of Hatteras restaurants offer dishes and create environments that diners of all ages can enjoy, with eateries perfect for grabbing a bite while hopping between activities as well as upscale spots for a special occasion.
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Hatteras American & Family Oriented
40774 N.C. Highway 12, Avon
Oceanas is a casual, cozy restaurant that the locals love. In the heart of Avon, its welcoming atmosphere beckons diners for lunch and dinner daily and breakfast on the weekends. The lunch and dinner menu features freshly made, well-seasoned burgers, fresh local fish and seafood, crab cakes, a variety of sandwiches and wraps, salads and the very popular fish tacos and grillers, which are like an open-face quesadilla. They also have some fancier offerings like prime rib, NY strip, sesame-seared tuna steaks (the house favorite) pasta dishes, chicken, daily specials and a very nice wine selection. Weekend breakfast brings omelettes, Benedicts, biscuits, wraps, bowls, pancakes, avocado toast and more. True to Hatteras style, Oceanas is a place where everyone feels at home. Relax in the bar with your favorite drink and watch the big-screen TVs or gather with friends and family for an enjoyable dining experience. Outdoor seating is available on the porch. Oceanas is open every day year-round.
Oceanas is a casual, cozy restaurant that the locals love. In the heart of Avon, its welcoming atmosphere beckons diners for lunch and dinner daily and breakfast on the weekends. The lunch and dinner menu features freshly made, well-seasoned burgers, fresh local fish and seafood, crab cakes, a variety of sandwiches and wraps, salads and the very popular fish tacos and grillers, which are like an...read more
Oceanas is a casual, cozy restaurant that the locals love. In the heart of Avon,...read more
Hatteras American & Family Oriented
46843 N.C. Highway 12, Buxton
Diamond Shoals is a family-owned restaurant that has been serving visitors and locals for 30 years. It’s open seven days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner and welcomes large groups. Breakfast is full service and hearty, including omelets, platters, hotcakes and more. At lunch or dinner, be sure to try their award-winning clam chowder and crab bisque. They are well known for having the largest fish selection on Hatteras Island as well as for their large salad bar and full-service sushi bar, which is open Monday through Saturday. Since Diamond Shoals Restaurant carries all ABC permits, they have a vast selection of cocktails and favorite draft beers as well as an established sake bar, which makes them unique on Hatteras Island. Their seafood market is open daily with a large selection of fresh, local seafood. Catering for all your events or family gatherings is available; choose from sushi, fresh seafood or from their vast menu of options.
Diamond Shoals is a family-owned restaurant that has been serving visitors and locals for 30 years. It’s open seven days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner and welcomes large groups. Breakfast is full service and hearty, including omelets, platters, hotcakes and more. At lunch or dinner, be sure to try their award-winning clam chowder and crab bisque. They are well known for having the largest fish selection...read more
Diamond Shoals is a family-owned restaurant that has been serving visitors and locals for 30 years. It’s...read more
Hatteras American & Family Oriented
40050 N.C. Highway 12, Avon
This long-established, freshly updated seafood-oriented restaurant is committed to serving top-quality, scratch-made fare in a friendly setting. In the ship-themed pub and dining room, diners enjoy lots of seafood, burgers, sandwiches, steaks, pasta dishes, gluten-free items, vegetarian options and kids' offerings. The full bar has a focus on craft brews and North Carolina beers, and their in-house sommelier has gathered wines from around the world into an impressive wine selection. On select evenings, they offer a six-course wine-pairing dinner. The popular Sunday Brunch is offered from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a special menu. Private dining areas are available for wine dinners, events and celebrations. Froggy Dog is the sister restaurant of the popular Avon restaurants Cups & Cones and Muffins & Scones.
This long-established, freshly updated seafood-oriented restaurant is committed to serving top-quality, scratch-made fare in a friendly setting. In the ship-themed pub and dining room, diners enjoy lots of seafood, burgers, sandwiches, steaks, pasta dishes, gluten-free items, vegetarian options and kids' offerings. The full bar has a focus on craft brews and North Carolina beers, and their in-house sommelier has gathered wines from around the world into an...read more
This long-established, freshly updated seafood-oriented restaurant is committed to serving top-quality, scratch-made fare in a...read more
Hatteras American & Family Oriented
24502 N.C. Highway 12, Waves Village Watersports Resort, Rodanthe
Whether you’ve worked up an appetite kiteboarding on-site or you just want a meal with a water view, Good Winds Restaurant is an excellent choice on northern Hatteras Island. Good Winds serves tasty and inventive beach cuisine, fresh-caught local seafood and the widest selection of wine and regional craft beer in the Tri-Villages. Located above Kitty Hawk Kites on the second floor of Waves Village Watersports Resort in Rodanthe, Good Winds is known for delicious food at a reasonable price and for the most spectacular sunsets on the Outer Banks. Situated directly on the soundfront overlooking a premier kiteboarding spot, Good Winds is an unforgettable setting for a romantic dinner, casual get-together with friends or a family outing.
Whether you’ve worked up an appetite kiteboarding on-site or you just want a meal with a water view, Good Winds Restaurant is an excellent choice on northern Hatteras Island. Good Winds serves tasty and inventive beach cuisine, fresh-caught local seafood and the widest selection of wine and regional craft beer in the Tri-Villages. Located above Kitty Hawk Kites on the second
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Hatteras American & Family Oriented
21250 N.C. Highway 12, Waves
Mirro's is a beach-casual café serving breakfast, lunch and dinner with a smile. For breakfast try their omelets, wraps, biscuit sandwiches, pancakes and more. For lunch and dinner they specialize in burgers, baskets, wraps, salads, seafood and sandwiches like oyster and shrimp po’boys and Reubens, perfect for the beach. They have a kids' menu and they serve beer and wine and all the coffee and espresso drinks you’re craving. Dine in or take your meals to go. Pets are welcome if you’re dining on the porch.
Mirro's is a beach-casual café serving breakfast, lunch and dinner with a smile. For breakfast try their omelets, wraps, biscuit sandwiches, pancakes and more. For lunch and dinner they specialize in burgers, baskets, wraps, salads, seafood and sandwiches like oyster and shrimp po’boys and Reubens, perfect for the beach. They have a kids' menu and they serve beer and wine and all the coffee and...
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Hatteras American & Family Oriented
40774 N.C. Highway 12, Avon
Oceanas is a casual, cozy restaurant that the locals love. In the heart of Avon, its welcoming atmosphere beckons diners for lunch and dinner daily and breakfast on the weekends. The lunch and dinner menu features freshly made, well-seasoned burgers, fresh local fish and seafood, crab cakes, a variety of sandwiches and wraps, salads and the very popular fish tacos and grillers, which are like an open-face quesadilla. They also have some fancier offerings like prime rib, NY strip, sesame-seared tuna steaks (the house favorite) pasta dishes, chicken, daily specials and a very nice wine selection. Weekend breakfast brings omelettes, Benedicts, biscuits, wraps, bowls, pancakes, avocado toast and more. True to Hatteras style, Oceanas is a place where everyone feels at home. Relax in the bar with your favorite drink and watch the big-screen TVs or gather with friends and family for an enjoyable dining experience. Outdoor seating is available on the porch. Oceanas is open every day year-round.
Oceanas is a casual, cozy restaurant that the locals love. In the heart of Avon, its welcoming atmosphere beckons diners for lunch and dinner daily and breakfast on the weekends. The lunch and dinner menu features freshly made, well-seasoned burgers, fresh local fish and seafood, crab cakes, a variety of sandwiches and wraps, salads and the very popular fish tacos and grillers, which are like an...read more
Oceanas is a casual, cozy restaurant that the locals love. In the heart of Avon,...read more
Hatteras American & Family Oriented
47355 N.C. Highway 12, Buxton
Rusty’s Surf & Turf brings the bold flavors and colors of the tropics to Hatteras Island. Owner and chef Rusty Midgett, a native who left the island and honed his restaurant and kitchen experience in some of Philadelphia’s top restaurants, is inspired in the kitchen by the places he has traveled on surf trips – the Caribbean, the Mexican Riviera and the Pacific Rim. Let him surprise you with his creative preparations of fresh fish, local seafood and premium beef. Midgett gets his seafood directly from Hatteras Island sources. The restaurant serves dinner seven nights a week in the summer; call for off-season hours. Reservations are encouraged and can be made online. However, walk-ins are always welcome. You’ll find Rusty’s between Natural Art Surf Shop and the ABC Store.
Rusty’s Surf & Turf brings the bold flavors and colors of the tropics to Hatteras Island. Owner and chef Rusty Midgett, a native who left the island and honed his restaurant and kitchen experience in some of Philadelphia’s top restaurants, is inspired in the kitchen by the places he has traveled on surf trips – the Caribbean, the Mexican Riviera and the Pacific Rim. Let...read more
Rusty’s Surf & Turf brings the bold flavors and colors of the tropics to Hatteras...read more
Hatteras American & Family Oriented
Angelo’s is a casual eatery that serves Italian-inspired favorites like pizza, calzones, subs, spaghetti, lasagna, a variety of appetizers and daily specials. This is a great place to take the family because it’s laid-back enough for kids and there’s a super-cool arcade room attached to the seating area. It’s open for lunch and dinner daily year-round. read more
Hatteras American & Family Oriented
Askins Creek Store on the south end of Avon is a gas station and retail general store, but it's also a place for quick meals and snacks. At the self-serve food court you can get warm breakfast sandwiches on Pillsbury biscuits and croissants with choices of sausage, ham or cheese. At lunchtime there are Nathan's all-beef hot dogs with chili and freshly chopped condiments, cheeseburgers, chicken...read more
Hatteras American & Family Oriented
Run by Hatteras Island’s native Oden family, The Breakwater at Oden’s Dock offers the village’s most upscale atmosphere for dinner and a long-standing tradition of excellent meals. The second-story restaurant and bar overlook the harbor and its stone breakwater, from which the restaurant gets its name. The view of the sound and the sunsets is breathtaking. The restaurant serves dinner nightly in season starting at...read more
The sibling owners of Bros Sandwich Shack share a passion for cooking and a love of Hatteras Island. Classically trained as chefs, the brothers long dreamed of owning their own restaurant. While vacationing on Hatteras, they found an opportunity to open a restaurant and jumped at the chance. Now they have a second location in the Outlets at Nags Head. From beef ground fresh in-house to...read more
Hatteras American & Family Oriented
Burger Burger specializes in fresh ground beef burgers made by hand. There’s a variety of burgers to choose from, but the local’s favorite seems to be the Smile Burger with cheese that’s been crisped on the grill. They also offer seafood sandwiches, including their signature Kinnakeet Monster (a tasty concoction of crispy battered jumbo local fish fillet, cheddar cheese and jalapeno tartar sauce), wraps, wings,...read more
Hatteras American & Family Oriented
Buxton Munch has been rockin’ Hatteras Island lunches since 1999. Located next to the ABC store in the Osprey Shopping Center, Buxton Munch Company serves big portions of good eats at great prices. The fish tacos, shrimp tacos and crab cakes are stand outs, and there are also gourmet salads, munchies, quesadillas, wraps, sandwiches, subs, Angus burgers, seafood and excellent vegetarian fare. They serve coffee,...read more
