Great place to celebrate a special day! Really only elegant restaurant around plus a beautiful view from rooftop lounge where you can order the full menu. We celebrate our anniversary here every year and are always treated so well, especially this year when we were here for our 50th!! Love Caribsea! Delicious shrimp & grits and crab cakes that are all crab with no "cake", wonderful! read more

We stayed a week on the island and this was a place that we ate dinner out one evening. It was the best place that we tried that week. They have indoor and some limited outdoor seating which was nice as it was a nice evening to sit out. I had a salmon meal and my wife had a steak. Both were very good and the service as nice. It is a little pricey but you kind of expect that in a beachtown during summer season. We will definitely go back next year when we visit. read more

Caribsea - Seafood Near Me - Emerald Isle, North Carolina

Good potential/bad execution. Menu is good. Waiter was very attentive and knowledgeable - except he had too many tables. Spent a good amount of time explaining the menu then gone for the night. Martini excellent and cold, wine very good/took at least 20 minutes to get them. Had to flag down waiter for refills. Dinner came in 45 minutes. Flounder and grouper. Again because of the waiter being overworked, seems that plates were under the lights too long/ both fish were overdone/very dry and steaming. Grouper advertised as topped with 2 ounces of lobster/actually an unrecognizable thimble of something supposedly lobster but tasteless. the grouper topped at least a quart of rice making the dish unappetizing. Grouper - presentation was good but again overly heated and dry. Black rice was good. The concept I like - prices very high keeps the restaurant not too busy and not too many families as paying $75 for small children's dinner is exorbitant. I will give credit for the warm bread. Really disappointed read more

The right place at the right time sometimes overrides all other choices. Caribsea just happened to fit that situation, and I was not disappointed! Reservations recommended but not required... though, we visited in the off season for the coast and even early dinner was busier than expected. The location and entrance is a little deceiving until you realize it is not only inside the hotel, but also up on the third floor. That lends itself to a nice view of the sound side, and an intimate setting. I was there with a friend and we were looking for something light with preparing for a long day of bike racing the next morning. I chose the shrimp-n-grits, and was absolutely impressed with the depth of flavors the kitchen was able to achieve in the dish. The grits were creamy, with just the right texture, and savory, while complementing the slight saltiness of the bacon and butter, with the sweetness of the shrimp. All in all, an extremely pleasant culinary experience! read more

Caribsea - Seafood Near Me - Emerald Isle, North Carolina

Amazing! Filet mignon just melts in ya mouth. Service was 100/10. Very nice dinning area! read more

Caribsea - 5 oz Fliet Mignon - Seafood Near Me - Emerald Isle, North Carolina

Caribsea has never failed us on a "date night". Food is always spectacular, friendly service, and the torpedo lounge up on a small roof top is nice. We typically like to eat our dinner on the roof top every time the weather is just right. read more

Caribsea - Crab cake entree- I was impressed with their crab cakes *Special of the night*- Some kind of Grouper madness but so yummy! - Seafood Near Me - Emerald Isle, North Carolina

Very nice dinner the other night, 3 of us got the special red snapper on bed of pesto jasmine risotto which was fantastic. Definitely check this place out if you like a nicer restaurant. After dinner we went to rooftop the Torpedo bar for a few drinks and they had live music, and was in our opinon one of the nicer places on the island to watch the sunset. read more

Bartender was awful! I have nothing else to say other than I will not be back! I later called and spoke with the manager, and the manager was nonchalant and apologized profusely. However, I will say I still will not be back to this establishment. read more

different great and great service. I would recommend it to anyone for birthday or celebration.

For the price, this place is probably not worth your time. Steak and snapper were both good enough, but they should be great for the price tag. Crab cakes are pretty good, but a bit overhyped in my opinion. read more

Good food and service. Nicest restaurant in Emerald Isle. If you're looking at other places on the island, suggest Cloud Nine in Atlantic Beach food is a little better but, the facility is not as nice. read more

Amazing food and great wait staff. We took our whole family including 4 children. Everyone enjoyed their meals. read more

Came here from brunch - wouldn't recommend. Eggs Benedict was a solid 10-15 mins after everyone else's food came out at our table and was so undercooked . Of course my fiancé never sends anything back but if it was mine I totally would have. The pistachio butter for the French toast tasted awful and was separating . Potato. Casserole was cold and onions very raw . read more

Very good food and nice view. Crab cakes were great. I recommend this restaurant. Our waitress was very efficient and nice.

We generally have had great experiences for dinner Caribsea. We tried the new Sunday brunch for the first time. Probably won't go back for brunch. Pretty simple orders for our table of 4, and 2 of the 4 orders came out incorrectly. Presentation was OK, but not consistent with the pricing for breakfast. For example, fruit was poorly trimmed. We paid $8 for an extra side of sausage and were presented with a plate containing a single sausage patty by itself. The atmosphere was OK, but the staff seemed generally not up to the task. Waitress didn't know how to enter the orders into their system, the check was wrong and needed to be corrected, and the Chef was visibility frustrated in the visible kitchen. Overall, the support staff seemed unhappy to be working. On a positive note, most of the food we had was good. Eggs Benedict was prepared very well. The waitress was friendly. Maybe time will let them work out the kinks, and it wasn't all bad, but currently the overall experience was not worth the price for brunch, so 3 stars. read more

We visited this restaurant while on vacation in Emerald Isle. Little did we know when visiting everything in the area food wise is pretty much closed between Mon-Wed which left us with very limited options. We looked up reviews for this place on yelp and saw mixed reviews but we had hope. We gave Caribsea a chance and we are SO glad we did. We are foodies (from Buffalo Ny) so we love our food and can say our dinner here was AMAZING! It was so fresh. My husband got the sushi to start which was great. The simple salad was incredible. Simple but so good. For dinner we tried the shrimp and grits and it was so flavorful. The shrimp scampi was also great. Lots of shrimp came with it. Highly recommend coming here. It has lots of mixed reviews but it was the best meal we had in Emerald Isle all week! Great sunset views. Jessica the server was great. read more

Caribsea - Seafood Near Me - Emerald Isle, North Carolina

The food, especially crab cakes, are the best you will get outside of Maryland. Sit at the bar for great service and ambiance. The bartender, Katie, will make you drinks to go with your dinner! read more

Do Not try the cab cakes. Leave them all for me. I love good crab cakes and have had them far and wide. None better than Cadibsea. I haven't had many other dishes because why risk a good thing. Since I haven't tried many other items, as well as these afe not cheap(because it's all jumbo lump) , I will give a 4 read more

Overpriced for sub par food. We went to Caribsea thinking it would be a more upscale dining experience. We had a reservation for a party of seven and arrived a little early was told we could not be seated until our exact reservation time (despite the restaurant not being full) that was okay, we waited patiently. At the precise time of our reservation we were seated. Our waitress was not pleasant and acted like she was annoyed to be working. We ordered appetizers and food. Our party was nice and polite, one person ordered a regular soda and got a diet so she asked for it to be exchanged which she was hesitant to even do. The food is very pricey compared to other area restaurants or restaurants with similar prices and options (we eat out often) but that is okay IF they live up to their marketing and give you the wow factor of good food. Really the food wasn't bad but was sub par compared to other places and defiantly not worth the price you pay or the service. My husband ordered the crab cakes and said they were okay but not the best he has had, that is his go to when we eat seafood. Maybe it was a bad night or maybe they capitalize on the tourist dollar and one time diners and good marketing. Either way it was a disappointing experience. read more

We sat on the rooftop deck as you didn't need reservations for that (which is awesome) there was live music and full menu service. We shared an app that was honestly the best part. Our meals were good but nothing special, per se and the dessert was also pretty good! read more

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On Emerald Isle in an office building looking type place is where you'll find this incredible restaurant. Take the elevator to the 3rd floor where you will meet the friendly staff. One part is a little more casual and the other area was a little more elegant. The food was soooo good. We started with the simple salad that had fried goat cheese cake on it. That goat cheese cake was excellent and made the salad. We also had the shrimp and grits (try not to lick the plate) and the mahi mahi with red curry curry & lemongrass-coconut milk, zucchini & yellow squash, creamy polenta. It's a must try when in Morehead City area. read more

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Over hyped and over priced. One example, ordered drinks then order some appetizers. The appetizers came first and the drinks didn't show up until we were almost done with the appetizers. Then immediately she wanted our dinner order. Seemed like hurry up and get out. Next table!! Food was good, that's all. read more

We were there in early November with excellent weather. We went there early in the evening for drinks and appetizers. Everyone had a good time and enjoyed this respite before we went to an outdoor outing nearby with music. read more

Hands down the best burger I have ever had in my life and that's no exaggeration. The key lime pie was also a 10/10. Our server was phenomenal, very attentive and was on top of everything. The inside was very clean and has a nice modern atmosphere. Very roomy and comfortable. Would definitely recommend this place. read more

We went here several years ago and it was the best meal. This time..... not so much. Both steaks were ordered medium and came well done. Seriously? The dishes were $60 & $80! They offered to make it again which I didn't want to wait after waiting already and then offered 25% off those two meals. Fries and asparagus were lukewarm. REALLY disappointed. Not what I remembered. I really expected more for the price. read more

Excellent food and excellent service! Highly recommend for a nice dinner on the Isle. read more

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Prices too high now cheapest veal 52 it cost me almost 200 where I use to eat 100 bone in ribeye they jacked from 58 to 78 enough for _1 not 2 oz very disssatisfied I use to enjoy the place children taken over gouging for Use to be good not now children have take it jacked all prices food not away over Proced read more

Clean and welcoming environment. The whiskey tango foxtrot drink is amazing and so are the crab cakes!

Prime rib special Was delish! We ordered the special which included a salad, prime rib and dessert. I was so happy that this place stays open during the fall months! Have already recommended the Tuesday Night special read more

We stopped by to have a drink on the rooftop bar. They had a fantastic musician, he was funny and we really enjoyed ourselves. The service was great, the views were beautiful. You can take the stairs or an elevator to the top. I will definitely be back! read more

Caribsea - Seafood Near Me - Emerald Isle, North Carolina

Really nice setting, but overpriced with decent (but not great) service. Food was okay.

There are quite a few different ambiance's you can experience at this restaurant. Both indoor options match the price point of the menu. The decks, however, are entirely too informal for a high end menu. There is so much that the rooftop space could offer and it's absolutely underwhelming. Cheap furniture stacked on top of each other. The food. Overall, everything was "fine". But again, just doesn't live up to the price point. I would come back here again with different expectations. It's more of an "appetizers at the bar" situation...the dinner experience fell flat. read more

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Wow Caribsea was great! We had the best steaks ever! Our server was excellent! A little pricy, but you get what you pay for. We went for the first time over the weekend for our anniversary. It did not disappoint! We can't wait to go again. Best food ever! read more

I am so glad that Yelp recommended this to me. I am staying right up the road and the reviews sounded great. On the outside it looks like a fancy office building, then you go up the elevator to a beautiful restaurant. I loved the decor and the view. The staff were all very friendly and our server, Rhett was fantastic. It was his first night and he did great. The manager came over and he was also fabulous. We started with a crab dip and beef tartare. I loved the chickpeas on the tartare. It was excellent. The crab dip was delicious. It was not overly creamy and it was full of crab. We each ordered one of their famous crab cakes with the simple salad. It was pure crab. Absolutely wonderful!! The salad was also wonderful. I loved everything about this meal. I look forward to dining here several times. They also have a bar on the 4th floor that's open Wednesday-Saturday. read more

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I don't t know if you know how fabulous the team is at Caribsea. We celebrated with a large group of 50. Vito, chef and the ladies did an awesome job. They put together an incredible evening. The entire crew were professional and pleasant and the evening was very well orchestrated. Love the food!!! We can't thank you enough!!! read more

Ate here twice in one week. Still thinking about those crab cakes. The first time was dinner with friends. Nothing to complain about, but overall we were underwhelmed. My friend had been there before and her favorite entree was no longer available but the server was able to recommend an alternative entree that was altered to be similar to my friends choice. That was a definite plus and very appreciated. If, when they brought the food, they would have know which steak was well done and which was med rare that would have been nice as well. Instead we ended up having to trade at the table. Overall our table of 4 had 4 nice entrees and we were fine, but no one was overly impressed with their meal for the price. Where we were impressed was the crab cakes and the desserts. Honestly, I'd go just for either of those and skip the entrees. The second go round was a company cocktail and appetizer hour (or 4!). Water only for me, but give me those crab cakes. Not every appetizer was amazing but there was plenty of good stuff to try. Give me a piece of key lime pie or cheesecake and it would have been perfection. read more

Caribsea - Steak Diane (?) altered to be similar to an item on the older menu. - Seafood Near Me - Emerald Isle, North Carolina

The food was amazing, the service was fantastic and the ambiance was lovely. We were a party of 13 and we had 2 under 2 with us and the wait staff was great. Our waitress was very attentive as well as really anyone who was working. Highly recommend for a family wanting a nice night out with delicious food and drinks. We come here every time we are in town. It's a must visit restaurant at Emerald Isle. read more

The restaurant has great ambiance with a rooftop bar and balcony views. Our server was attentive and the food was amazing.

This is a nice fancy restaurant where fancy means you just should wear a collared shit and nice shorts for a guy and a nice beach dress for a girl. Great selection of small and large plates, a special sushi item etc. I had the sushi special, the small size, a great sushi roll. It was plenty for an entree for one. We also had the baked oyster appetizer, three oysters each. My wife loved it! It was just OK to me. We also each had their small dinner salad, which was good but I felt it was missing something. It needed something small and sweet, perhaps craisins to offset the tartness of the baked goat cheese. My wife had the shrimp and scallops fish entree but it is appetizer size, 3 shrimp and 2 scallop. Very nice atmosphere with a rooftop bar (Torpedos) and an indoor bar with a big TV for rainy or sports days. read more

Caribsea - At the Torpedo lounge on the roof of Caribsea. Great exotic drinks. This restaurant is the best along the NC Coastal Islands. - Seafood Near Me - Emerald Isle, North Carolina

We were excited. Liked the look of the menu. The wine list was limited and they did not have the wine we asked for. The service and food were very average. It's massively over priced. Disappointing. read more