We had a fantastic experience at Cape Fear Seafood! The food was fresh, flavorful, and cooked…read moreperfectly. I ordered the blackened catch of the day tacos, and they were delicious--the fish was seasoned just right, and the mango salsa gave them the perfect fresh, sweet kick. The side salad was crisp and fresh, and everything came out quickly. The service was friendly and attentive, and the atmosphere was relaxed and welcoming. It's easy to see why this place is so highly rated. We'll definitely be back the next time we're in the area. Highly recommend!

What has happened to Cape fear?! I live here in Leland. I…read morecome to Cape fear pretty often, but it has been several months since I have been in. I usually get the fresh catch which is usually pretty good and I got the salmon with the creamy risotto and asparagus. Also, we had ordered the sweet and spicy shrimp as an appetizer which tastes very much like bang bang shrimp. Usually, the dinner is absolutely phenomenal and the appetizer as well! I don't know what has happened, but they have changed everything! The creamy risotto was extremely mushy and tasted like it had cream of chicken soup mixed in with it and I normally get the lemon Blanc over my salmon and as you can see on the plate below, it tasted like cream of chicken soup mixed with cheap wine poured over my salmon, it was thick and it was awful! We ordered the shrimp and had to send it back twice because it was so overcooked and so hard and almost inedible. I did explain it to the waitress that something has changed and asked if they had a new chef, and she said not to her knowledge. Then I start to look up reviews and noticed that there are review stating that recently food has been overcooked and the entrées have been very underwhelming, which is exactly what I am experiencing. I would hope that they take this review seriously and fix what is wrong! It wasn't only but a couple of months ago that everything was fantastic and tonight was very very disappointing.

Love this spot! One day soon, could you bring back the old hot dogs?…read more Here is my argument: 1.They are sooooo much better. 2.My partners fave chili cheese dog. 3. I love them too and I'm not a hot dog lover. It's really a win-win. I won't have to hear him crying every evening after golf and you sell more dogs. Truly can't wait ! On a serious note : The staff there is always so great, the food is always amazing! Happy New Year!

A lovely venue and the new menu is nice, however the service is just incredibly poor. Not sure if…read moreit's the norm or growing pains, but we are unsure if we will come back anytime soon. Been waiting 20 minutes for the check after waiting 10 to be acknowledged. It's a shame because the outdoor deck on the golf course at sunset is really nice.

This spot is popular for a reason. The interior is small (only 9 tables and bar seating), but it…read moreisn't cramped at all. There does tend to be a wait on weekend nights. I ordered the fish and chips, and upgraded to the Guy Fieri-approved onion rings. Pretty, fresh, and tasty meal. Also, the portion was perfect and I was part of the clean plate club. Service was friendly, prices were reasonable, overall- great spot!

What happened to the 109 Chestnut?! I have enjoyed it for…read moreyears. Eaten literally hundreds over the years. The last few months they have all tasted bland and dry. The chicken and the bread. I hope you guys are not trending down. It's no longer worth the wait and price... It's hard to say goodbye to such a great spot.

If you are not watching your calories, Smithfield's is a fabulous place to eat. BBQ or fried…read morechicken with sides of corn, Brunswick stew, fries, hush puppies, cole slaw. How can you go wrong. Chicken is fresh and hot and battered just right. BBQ is moist and flavorful. Great tea and banana pudding! This is good food and they give you great portions Can't go wrong !!

One thing I can say about this place is that the have the most juiciest most delicious pull pork…read moreand chicken tenders I've ever had I was very much satisfied with the food and the customer service is excellent when I come in to Henderson from Boston to visit family this is my go to place for good food and excellent customer service so I definitely highly recommend to stop by and give it a try it's definitely worth it

A girlfriend and I decided to grab lunch here one day after seeing some good reviews. You go…read morethrough a gated neighborhood entrance to get to the restaurant so you have to tell the guard at the gate where you are going. There is plenty of parking around, and the neighborhood is lovely. We arrived right when lunch hour started so the restaurant was pretty empty. We were immediately seated and our waiter, Luke, was great with bringing drinks and menus asap. I decided to try the summer salad and add shrimp and an order of the kalbi wings. The wings were absolutely delicious and enough to share. My friend ordered the deviled eggs app and loved it too. The summer salad was very generous, but the reason my review is 4 stars and not 5 is because it was $10 for 6 shrimp! Regular sized shrimp. The salad was $15 which is totally fine, but $10 more for 6 shrimp is ridiculous. I would go back and just not add the shrimp. There is a really cute outdoor area as well. It was too hot to sit there at lunch time, but I imagine for dinner it would be lovely so I will go back another time to experience that.

You won't find this place in a usual location, but it's cute, clean, modern, well designed and the…read morelighting is set for the perfect dining experience. The staff was extremely friendly and efficient. The food came out extremely fast. I started with a Moscow mule, and for dinner, based on the recommendation, got the nights special, which was crab stuffed speckled trout with green beans and twice baked potatoes. The fish was sadly overcooked and both the crab and the trout were flavorless. Green beans were cooked well but also bland. The potatoes and the Moscow mule were the best thing I put in my mouth. 4 stars solely for the amazing bartender Hannah and overall atmosphere.

This place has been here for 2 years and I finally decided that try and happy I did. I had the…read moremeatballs and garlic bread which didn't disappoint! Great drinks as well. One of my favs while in ILM.

Walked in just to have a drink and ordered the sliders and the cheesesteak chimichangas...wow. The…read morefood is amazing. This place made great food filled with love and Southern charm. Yum I really appreciated the chef coming out to check on us and our enjoyment of everything.

As a native New Yorke, there's a tendency to judge restaurants unfairly because a great dining…read moreexperience is not hard to come by. I must say, the experience my wife and I had was delightful. The service was nice, the atmosphere, "quaint". The food was very good--a welcomed relief from the so-called "organic". As expressed on the menu, the eggs are from "cage free" chickens--evident by the texture and taste. If you're an out-of-towner, or an another demographic you may standout--as much as the food does. A fine compliment to my wife from the host, "You look like Lencia Kebede from the Broadway play Wicked". REC & TLC

Always enjoy this place for breakfast and stop when we can on our way to Wilmington. Food is good,…read morestaff is great, seating is limited so place stays crowded. When it is nice outside we prefer to eat on patio. All around, great place.

Delicious grilled cheese on sour dough bread. Believe it or not the vegetables were amazing! El…read moreDente and fresh. My husband's Italian sub was good and he loved the fries - a little different than the usual. We are here on a holiday weekend on Friday at 4:00. It is very cool inside with ac and lots of people are sitting on the covered porch out back. There is a little pond adjacent. I can hear myself talk and my husband even though people are at the bar cheering for the USA Soccer Team. I like it here. It is reasonably priced. People greeted us as we walked in, even holding the door. We'll be back when we drive through again.

We met a friend at Brunswick Beer & Cider for lunch after hearing good things about it. I had…read moreespecially heard about the lavender lemonade, so of course I had to try one! It was really good and definitely much better fresh at the brewery than the canned version I had previously picked up at Total Wine. For food, we tried two Smashburgers -- one with beer-battered fries and one with onion rings -- as well as the fried chicken sandwich with curly fries. Everything was very tasty. The burgers came out great, the onion rings were especially delicious, and the fries were all good. We also tried the strawberry lemonade cider, which was really enjoyable. Our waiter, Will, was very nice and took good care of us. The biggest downside was how long it took for our food to come out, especially for a lunch visit. It was a noticeably long wait. Overall, we enjoyed our meal and might come back, but since it's a bit of a drive for us, there are quite a few places closer to home that offer a better value and are a little more convenient.

Arguably best burger I've had in Wilmington! My boyfriend and I got the fried pickles and ranch,…read moreand then split a hot mess burger with fries... 10/10. Good amount of food even split down the middle!

We went to try this place very excited but we were turned away…read more We came on a Monday at 2pm. There were a few people eating inside and outside. They had 2 open tables. A waitress/hostess came up to us and said they were currently not sitting anyone and that the kitchen was taking a break and to come back at 3pm. Huh?? The hours online do not reflect this. It's advertised as 11-9 on Apple Maps so we were very disappointed. We just came home. We don't plan on ever attempting to go back because that was just very weird. And now I'm scared we would just be turned away again if we went. So if you're thinking of going you should probably call ahead and ask if they will let you come in and eat with everyone else or if they are not letting people in at the moment.

We were in Wilmington for an extended weekend trip and stopped by the Rooster & the Crow after…read moreseeing that it had good reviews and a nice, varied menu. This is located very centrally in downtown Wilmington and offers parking validation so don't be discouraged about the parking situation. There's a lot on the side you're free to use. We were seated right away on a weeknight and it was actually pretty full for being a weeknight. They have a good amount of space though. Millie was our server and she was a sweetheart. She was on it from start to finish. Checked in on us very regularly and provided above and beyond service. She contributed to our excellent experience. Fried chicken had to be ordered as it sounded so good and it definitely didn't disappoint. It comes with two sides and all of the sides were fresh. Portions were super hearty and generous. Chicken was fried to a crisp, in a good way!! The chicken sandwich was also great, but the fries are also very memorable, incredibly fresh. We were so surprised by how hot the food was in temperature, again in a good way. Everything was made to order. I loved that we were able to try this place out. I definitely recommend it and we will be thinking of the fried chicken for a long time!

Tl;dr - If you come here for their main event - chicken and fries - it's very good. Anything else,…read moredon't waste your time. Vegetarians need not bother. 3.5? I was not in love but I think there are some caveats there because I am not the typical customer. First, we appear to have come right at the height of their dinner rush. It took a while to get seated. The hosts told us to sit at the bar and then the bartender kicked us out of our stools because we were waiting for a table and apparently the bar stools were only for people who were eating, so we had to go find a bench. When we did get seated they put us at a really weird high top in a separate room when there was a much nicer low top available in the main room that we switched to. I got the sense both that this place was kind of hectic and that they didn't think they needed our service. But then as we were eating it cleared out all of a sudden and we were the only people left at like...8 pm. Our server was...accetptable. Not rude, but kind of short. Compared to the lovely personable service we got at other places in Wilmington it felt...I dunno, New Yorky? Then there was the food. And here comes my biggest caveat. I am pescstarian and do not eat chicken. So I ordered a shrimp po boy. It was not good. Not bad. But not good. Especially for the price which, honestly, competed with the prices where I live in DC. Every other person around me ordered chicken. My husband ordered chicken. He really liked his chicken. So obviously, this is a place where you get chicken (if the name didn't make it obvious). Had I ordered chicken I likely would have enjoyed my meal a lot more. But if you have shrimp po boys on the menu, endeavor to make them decent or take them off. Also I subbed a side cesar instead of fries and it was an afterthought. The fries themselves were excellent. If I ate chicken and came back to Wilmington I would maybe give this place another shot but as it stands, nah.