My husband and I have been visiting Barrier Island in Duck NC for years. When Outer Bean opened at entrance of Barrier Island we decided to try breakfast. Well, now 4 years later when we return for the week, it is part of our routine to grab breakfast or a smoothie before we start the day. The employees are so kind and service is great always. And, what I really love about Outer Bean is the food. They give options for food that is healthy. But, when on vacation always nice to treat yourself too. The avocado toast, bacon egg and cheese and smoothies are delicious. The avocado toast with basil pesto, tomato and avocado so fresh...my favorite. But, the baked goods and cookies and muffins a hit too. 5 stars!!! read more

Açaí Bowl was great! Now the pesto....was not the besto. Vibes were pretty low from the staff.

Extremely short staffed. I ordered one sandwich and it took 45 minutes to come out. Do not recommend. Sandwich was not good and staff was unfriendly. read more

This is the slowest place I have ever been. If you have someplace to be, consider going elsewhere or just eating afterwards.

Really wish I could give this place an honest rate, we walked up to the window at 4:52, the cashier opened the window and said "we are closed- well we close at 5 so i'm closing up" I didn't argue or yell I just said okay and walked away. Wish I could have just gotten my coffee WHILE the restaurant was open to give them an honest rating‍‍ read more

Outer Bean Cafe Duck - L - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Duck, North Carolina

Service is fine, iced coffee tastes burnt. Can't speak about the food, smoothies. Nits - no pastries - no coffee stoppers - no simple syrup read more

Great drinks! It can get pretty packed mid-morning and take a bit (happened when I was a part of a group of 9 so fair) but it's the closet coffee shop to the beach area so makes sense. They have a few picnic tables outside and it's a nice view of the sound side. Went another time and ordered only 2 drinks and it came out within 2 minutes. Definitely worth trying if you're in Duck! read more

Outer Bean Cafe Duck - Cold brew with almond milk and coconut latte with almond milk - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Duck, North Carolina

Simple fair done well with healthy choices. The roll for my breakfast sandwich was so soft and delicious! Coffee and smoothies were excellent, not watered down. Service was friendly and fast. Thank you! read more

Both Yelp and Google said they were open until 5pm. Pulled in their parking lot at 1:22 and went to open the door, locked. Employee, through the glass door, signals they're closed. Hours on the door say that they close at 1:30pm. Now, normally I wouldn't be overly upset, but being a new parent of a 6-week-old, all I wanted was an iced coffee, very disappointing. read more

Outer Bean Cafe Duck - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Duck, North Carolina

Other than the cool name "Outer Bean" this place is not welcoming. Talking to the girl in the order window was like talking to a wall. Then waited 25 minutes for avocado toast and a bagel with butter. Had no idea when our order was ready because there's no loudspeaker for names to be called out so listen closely and don't go far. Being a window only restaurant with a bad cashier (at least today 7/29 8:40am) completely turned me off . I won't be back. There's plenty of places with coffee just drive another .02 miles and you'll have a better time . Coffee was good. read more

Outer Bean Cafe Duck - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Duck, North Carolina

walk up window, good variety of drinks, avocado toast took a while and the avocado wasn't even on the toast that was burnt. smoothie was good. read more

Outer Bean Cafe Duck - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Duck, North Carolina

First, This is not the correct location, it's closer to duck road. Second the owner is a real jerk and kinda Wacko. I've seen her yell at her employees and make them pay for a mistaken order. I ordered a smoothie from her and told her I couldn't have any apple in it and a sandwich that couldnt have Pune nuts, because I'm allergic. She told me it was fake and that I have a weak pancreas. I took the order and grew it out, I didn't trust her to make it to fit my dietary needs. I would not recommend this place read more

This is a brand new location for Outer Bean Coffee. I have not been to the one in Kitty Hawk but we were happy with the coffee here and the juice here is great as well. It's nice to get fresh juices and smoothies without having to drive too far! They accept credit cards and along with the plastic straws they also offer paper straws for properly earth conscious people! Great little stop in for carry out drinks and coffee! read more

Outer Bean Cafe Duck - Outer Bean Cafe - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Duck, North Carolina

Ordered two coffees and two of the vegan sandwiches for our trip back home. Service was quick, coffee was hot, and the sandwiches were awesome. Love the homemade food and love supporting local business versus a chain restaurant. Will be back on our next trip to OBX! read more

You have to slow down from 35 to 25 anyway. Might as well stop at The Outer Bean and grab a coffee ( or a smoothie or a slushee or a smooschie, whatever the kids are drinking these days!) I've only had their coffee. Freshly brewed and tasty, it is! But since I ride my bike up here, and it's tough to drink and ride - I sit outside and watch the Osprey across the street while I caffeinate Kidding. I sit outside and berate people for driving around in a dirty car, or having a bad hair day. Anyway, everyone else gets power smoothies and chais and mocha choka latte javas. They all look pretty good. Nice little coffee joint. read more

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As a local I hate to ever have to write a review like this especially for a small business, but the experience I had yesterday must be addressed in the hopes that that the owner may see it and try to do better because if more customers have an experience even a fraction as bad as ours then it may only be a matter of time before they go out of business. First off we were one of the first customers and we found out that half their menu were not available. Which was the same when I stopped in 3 weeks prior..might be time for an update if you've cut out half your options. So we placed our order and sat for 30 mins as customer's ordered received their orders and left after us. Maybe our orders were more complicated? Couldn't be .. they were getting the same items we ordered...*face in Palm* After our 30 min wait we received our smoothies only to find out that they were warm..the ice cream one was the only smoothie not warm..the others were literally room temperature and basically just "goop" that was pureed. My bill was $53 for 5 smoothies and two bagels, I even left a 20% tip. Everything except the bagels and ice cream smoothly got tossed in the garbage. I'll try this place twice more in a few weeks (albeit just for me) and update this post as necessary. As for now we are extremely disappointed. read more

After a long bike ride great place to stop to get some refreshments had a berry smoothie and it was made with fresh ingredients

Terrible service, marginal food. Great place to go if you're looking to stand around for 10 minutes waiting for a hard boiled egg on a bagel. read more

Cute new place. Friendly staff and great drinks. They had food but we got a green smoothie which was really good.

Quick, friendly service, and delicious lattes! Had to stop myself from finishing the snickers one immediately. We also got the Nana Loves sandwich which was delicious too. read more

Outer Bean Cafe Duck - Sugar free vanilla latte and snickers latte - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Duck, North Carolina

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This place only has hard boiled eggs for a sandwich and no gluten free bagels even though they advertise it. I got the avocado toast with no tomato, and it was not good and looked horrible. The cashier was not nice and gave me attitude and their food is way overpriced. Was expecting a nice and cute bagel shop/cafe but I was very disappointed. Do not recommend read more

Outer Bean Cafe Duck - Avocado toast - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Duck, North Carolina

This place was awful. Burnt coffee that leaves a concerning sour-milk taste in the mouth and moldy bagels. They microwave literally everything. Very disappointing. Wish I could personally condemn this place. read more

Just grabbed some coffee there with my son. Service was fast and efficient. They were on point with all the safety measures. Nishla helped us and could not have been nicer! read more

An awesome addition to the selection of great restaurants here in Duck! The juices and smoothies are so delicious, fresh, natural and most importantly healthy!!! The service is awesome and the owner is hands on and super friendly! This truly is my new favorite place in Duck!! Berry Heaven is my littlest one's favorite and all of the beet and green juices are awesome!! Healthy eating at the beach:) read more

Over priced for mediocre coffee. We paid extra for a frappuccino. When our drinks were ready, I was handed what looked like a regular iced coffee that had been sitting for 30 minutes (melted ice). I questioned the employee and she said they were out of whipped cream and unable to make frappuccinos. She did not apologize or offer to adjust the price of our drinks. Disappointed and will not be back! read more

Been here for 30 minutes waiting for Coffee. 10 minutes ago they finally came out to tell us they didn't have espresso. We waited another 10 and ended up with a smoothie that tasted only only of ice. The coffee tastes just genetically burnt and bad. The young woman explained multiple times she had no idea what was going on because she just started. So surely behind her somewhere is the owner allowing their business to fail in front of our very eyes. If you are trying to waste a lot of time for bad coffee while enjoying your vacation. Go here. read more

Very convenient location, great service and a great iced mocha! They have a huge selection of drinks and a variety of lattes to choose from. I'll be back! They have a 100 rating from the health department which is very cool to see especially during the COVID pandemic. read more

I'd eat here!! ! If I was in the mood for a 15 minute wait and pantry food . Some advice I have for this buisness, just be more outgoing and neighborhood friendly read more

Love this place! Wonderful customer service and great coffee! Variety of options. Would like to try the smoothies.

Coffee was ok. My husband and I ordered a Snickers coffee. Didn't resemble a Snickers and cups were only filled 3/4 of the way. IMO the coffee needs to be really tasty to command that price. Maybe there are other things on the menu that are better. read more

We discovered this fresh juice bar on our daily walks through Duck. Freshly made juices, great customer service. Not sure if organic, but fresh and delicious! Highly recommend. read more

We had a great breakfast here- ordered coffees and bagel sandwiches online and waited outside when we got there due to covid. The staff were friendly and the food was good! They have a promo right now that if you spend $10 you get a free coffee but it isn't really clear. Overall it was a good first trip here! read more

We stopped here for vegan salads and smoothies. They have an amazing organic espresso drink menu! A must visit for carnivore and vegans when in OBX!! read more

Way too much effort to get a cup of coffee. Good luck once the season is over. Coffee is good but online ordering is really poor since that is the only way to order. read more

This is a perfect place to stop in for handmade coffee drinks, though they have a good selection of other snacks and bakery items too. Easy access and very friendly service. The Irish cream latte was excellent. Highly recommended. read more

The açaí smoothie bowl I ordered was just not good. The smoothie itself was more of a juice consistency instead of the thick, almost ice cream-like consistency i'm used to smoothie bowls being, and the "juice" to topping ratio was off, there being too much topping and not enough smoothie. The toppings were also put together in an odd fashion, the peanut butter, apple slices, and grapes are not a combination of fruits that i believe work well together, especially on an açaí bowl. Although if you're into that, then go for it. My boyfriend on the other hand ordered a bagel salmon which he thought was really great. read more

Worst customer service, laddie was rude and acted as if I invaded her break time...will never recommend this over priced hut

Smoothies are bomb and super delicious, but the bagels are the same that you get from the grocery (I saw them pull it out of the bag) but your still gonna pay $3.50 for a tiny bagel. Customer service is HORRIBLE. The first day the lady at the window said we had to order online because people didn't show for work and today apparently it was only her and another person at prime breakfast time (8-10)... a sign of poor management and planning as I've worked in multiple bakeries and know what such behavior and work is a sign of. Also today the lady at the window was very rude. I asked what she said and she had an attitude for having to repeat herself.... And was rude to not only me but multiple customers while I waited. She called my name for the order, I immediately walked up, she ignored me, took multiple people's order, and then when she asked what we were waiting for I told her my name and she said she never said my name even though the other 5 customers around me heard her say my name. read more