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    Jerry's

    4.5 (121 reviews)
    PriceyNew American
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    Crème brûlée
    Melissa T.

    This is a little hole in the wall that you don't want to miss!!! We went for my husband's birthday on a double date couples trip. The service was amazing! This was my husband's 37th birthday, and we were the "youngest" crowd in there. We are never in a rush to eat and leave. And this is that kind of relaxing place. Enjoy some yummy drinks or a bottle of wine while you catch up and enjoy your company. And your food is being prepared with love and perfection! We left here with such big bellies that we probably needed to be rolled out. If we were locals this would be our go to special dinner spot!

    best key lime pie EVER
    Kent M.

    Jerry's is a long time Wilmington restaurant that seems to get overlooked by far too many residents. It is located at a prime location where Wrightsville Avenue ends at Eastwood Road just before Eastwood crosses the bridge on Wrightsville Beach itself. It sits in a low key strip mall sandwiched between a Domino's Pizza and a bagel shop, the restaurant is ANYTHING but low key. When you walk in, the bar is on the left, and the dining room is on the right. Jerry's has a beer and wine list, but no cocktail list. However, do NOT let that lack of a cocktail list fool you. They have a full service bar, and the bartenders know how to make more complicated cocktails like manhattan's, vieux carre's, and Hemingway daiquiri's. Just ask and you shall receive. I had a couple of manhattan's this night. The menu is upscale American. They always have a unique appetizers, soups and salads, at least two seafood entrees, and some beef and pork entrees. They are known for their Chateaubriand; you certainly won't go wrong there. I also have had their tuna with a crab/horseradish crust on top that is insanely delicious. This time, I opted for one of their specials: lamb meatballs, with portabella mushrooms sauteed to perfection, with several sauces and vegetables to keep it entertaining. The entire dish was melt in your mouth. For dessert, I couldn't resist. Jerry's serves that key lime pie made by the lady that grows her own key lime on her tree right there in Wrightsville Beach. One of these days I will remember her name, but that key lime pie is the best I ever had. Most commercial made key lime pies are way too sweet. This pie is proper tart from the key lime, and rich with just the right amount of sweetness. Jerry's does take recommendations using Open Table, and I recommend booking a few days ahead of time as they stay busy. Enjoy!

    Duck
    Kimmie G.

    The evening my husband asked me to marry him was preceded by a DELICIOUS Christmas dinner at Jerry's. Therefore this restaurant holds a special place in my heart...and in my tummy. Jerry's feels like a well-kept secret (that I'm letting you in on, so you're welcome :) Jerry's is a fine dining spot located in a shopping center next to a Dominoes. The menu is amazing and is ever changing, so you'll have to visit a few times in order to experience an assortment of amazing food. I've only been during the holiday season, and the decorations inside are always so beautiful and the ambiance is so charming and inviting. Here's to a trip to Jerry's in the coming weeks! :)

    Warm Jumbo Lump Crab Cocktail
    Brooke H.

    We had a wonderful dinner here. It was pricey but the quality of the food is exquisite. The place is beautiful and the staff were very friendly and attentive. We started with the crab cocktail. I could have just picked up the cocktail glass and drank it but it's a fancy place. I then had the Caesar salad. The portion size was very generous and it was delicious. I had the grouper and my husband had the special which were short ribs. Both of our meals were fabulous. To end things, we had the chocolate torte. The chocolate was so dark, decadent and rich. Yum!

    Menu 6/15/19
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    We made reservations at 6pm on Saturday for Father's Day weekend. They graciously let us keep our table when we were about 11 minutes late. There were still plenty of tables available but it did start to fill up ~7:30pm. The restaurant is small and intimate but has a relaxed setting. The soup of the day was tomato basil. It was deliciously creamy with a slighty tart taste. It was not overly sweet or too heavy. The warm jumbo lump crab cocktail starter was also delicious. It came with roasted tomatoes and artichokes in a thin lemon-sherry butter sauce. They were served with 4 buttered grilled small baguette slices. They let us have more baguette slices at our request. The cocktail did have a small piece of shell but I didn't mind. All of the ingredients were fresh and there were plenty of crab and artichokes, chopped. For entrees, I ordered the grilled red drum fish which came with grilled cauliflower, grilled peppers, pigeon peas and a she-crab sauce. They allowed me to substitute the grits with mashed potatoes. The dish was good, fish was tender. My dinner companions also enjoyed their horseradish tuna and crispy soft shelled crab entrees. For dessert, we had the homemade cheesecake and coconut pineapple cake. I'm not a cheesecake or huge coconut cake fan, but they were both good. The coconut cake had small pieces of pineapple throughout and was topped with a rich buttercream. Service was great from beginning to end. Jerry himself stopped by each table to say hello.

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    Great food, service and atmosphere. Can't wait to go back. We both enjoyed our entrees t n e seafood was fresh and very well prepared.

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    Great place to eat!! Always consistent and our servers are always professional and kind!! Everything is good here.

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    Beautiful restaurant with nicest and most professional staff Everything @ Jerry's is always absolutely perfect

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    We stopped in for a late lunch after the beach and LOVED our experience. The crab dip had a…read moregenerous portion of crab, however our tables favorite were the fried black eyes peas - super savory with the right of amout sweetness with the honey bourbon light glaze. I shared the calabash style shrimp with chip and A Maker's Mark Salad. Both were delicious. The grilled peach sangria was refreshing and our server brought out my daughters order in record time which was much appreciated. The indoor area was nice and cool after a day at the beach. We were all left satisfied and full.

    This is the worst place I've ever visited in life and I do food review all up and down the east…read morecoast. I'm extremely disappointed. I saw so many tik toks about this place so I drove a little over two hours to visit and was surprised that it didn't look as good as it presented online. Starting off, I walked in and wasn't greeted at all by the host who I kindly asked to help me locate the restroom. When I came back from the bathroom, I sat at the bar waiting on my boyfriend to park his car to join me. As I sat at the bar, the bartender completely ignored me and didn't offer me a water or anything else which I had to request. My boyfriend came inside the restaurant after a very sweet, skinny Caucasian girl with long hair with a pony tail assisted him with parking (we're not from this area but come every year for the past 3 years). This lady was the only reason why we even decided to place an order at this restaurant. As we ordered our food, my boyfriend reassured me he would be more comfortable knowing I had more space being seated at a table. We requested to be sat at a table after placing an order at the bar. Once seated, I spotted a orange dot in my water (that I had to request) and as we were being seated, we requested a booth near the window and were informed there was a reservation for that specific booth although the entire restaurant was practically empty. Not only that but the host didn't wait until we were seated to allow us to finish our order, we made adjustments to the order we placed at the bar AT THE HOST STAND. Never have I been to a restaurant where the you make adjustments to your order at the host stand, he could've waited until we were seated to make sure our order was correctly placed while grabbing us both a water but neither the host or bartender did that. Overall, while visiting, I had to ask a series of questions that could've been avoided if I had just been acknowledged and given the basic decency of someone who works in a hospitality industry. Never have I had to sit down at a bar and request to be served or any restaurant in general. Other than that, the restroom was extremely uncleanly. The staff was passive aggressive and the server who took our order was practically whispering under his breath after I had already informed him I have a hearing impairment. This is the last place on the entirety of east coast I'd recommend you to eat. I'd suggest going to McDonald's before recommending this place- genuinely. Please bring Guy Fiery back, the menu was also overpriced for basic food items and we eat everywhere from dive bars to top scale expensive five course and Michelin star dinners... never again.

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    Jerry's - newamerican - Updated September 2026

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