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    Sam & Omie's Restaurant

    3.7 (605 reviews)
    Closed 7:00 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated 2 months ago

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Dogs allowed
    Good for kids

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    Nice fluffy pancakes sausage patties one egg with cheddar cheese and wheat toast they made me the perfect breakfast  The service was great
    Tony H.

    Again like dinner the breakfast was great. Service just as good Looking like a go to spot when we come back

    Peter Z.

    Always like to ask the locals werever we travel what there favorite restaurants are, that's what brought us here our first night which also brought us back for breakfast! Good basic food in a rustic setting from the freshest fish(think flounder and shrimp)to southern staples like cornbread and collards for dinner. Breakfast has all the standards plus a few specials on the blackboard. If you see Fish cakes and eggs don't sleep on that one! Prepare for a wait but it moves pretty quickly and is well worth it.

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    Quinn M.

    If you're looking for upscale, fine dining, this may not be your place. However if you're looking for good, down-home seafood dinner, Sam & Omie's is a must visit. The interior and tables give the place a rustic feel, matching its storied history on Nags Head. We stopped in for dinner around 7pm on a Saturday. No wait and we were seated straight away. It was our server's second day, a fact we never would have known had she not dropped it on casual conversation. Service was great! I had the crab dip for an appetizer and broiled crab cakes with collard greens and black beans and rice for my entree. Both were excellent, though the crab cakes felt a bit on the small side with heavily shredded crab meat whereas I often prefer slightly larger chunks or crab meat in a crab cake. Collards were great, well cooked but not obscenely mushy. This is always our first stop when we arrive in Nags Head, and probably won't be our last stop this trip!

    Burger
    Joe L.

    Definitely a mom and pop place... plus very busy! The service is pretty good and friendly. They have a bar area too. This place has been around for 87+ years so the place is dated, which also makes it special. Went for lunch and highly recommended the shrimp sandwich. The shrimp was perfectly battered and fried. They didn't skimp on the shrimp too... they were a very good size. If you have to do non-seafood, the burger was good. After you eat go across the street to the pier or beach. You can also park there if the restaurant parking lot is full.

    Flounder, clam strips, collards, coleslaw and cornbread
    Kelsey R.

    This place is worth the wait!!! Talk about some fresh, homestyle, beach eating! My family and I throughly enjoyed this place again this year. Our service was excellent, our drinks were strong and delicious and the food was amazing! I got the shrimp sandwich and it was the best meal of the Nags Head trip. My drink, the painkiller, was also the best drink of the beach week! My husband loved the fried sampler with flounder and clam strips. My daughters also loved the clam strips too! The staff were so friendly, supplying my kiddos with crayons and coloring papers and getting my overly beach tired toddler crackers to enjoy before the meal arrived. The ambiance is small, homey beach vibes. Exactly what you would want from a staple restaurant in this area. We arrived around 4:15 for supper and still had a wait, but I promise, the wait is worth it!

    Bob V.

    I got a cheddar, mushroom and pepper omelette with hash browns and was most pleased; it all tasted like something mom would make. Ambience is hard-core local in a wonderful way; Sam & Omie's has been here forever and when you're a community fixture, you gather things. Memories. Poems written by locals, lovingly, about the staff. Pictures of seafaring conquests and lifelong friends. Those sorts of things. I've read reviews claiming the service was bad here. I don't believe them. Sure, even the very best of staff can have the very worst of days. That's just how life goes. But I think a more likely explanation can be found in the adage, "The vibes you put off are the vibes you get back." I saw an old white-bearded gentleman come in and take a seat at the bar. The barkeep called him by name, saying he was a little late today. I don't know what he'd been through, I suppose it could be most anything, but I watched every single member of the staff speak to him and love on him in various ways. It was obvious he wasn't just a customer, he was family. We have lost our way as a country; so much anger, so much hate, so much name-calling and demonizing and violence. How much better would America be if we all had our own Sam & Omie's, where faults were forgotten, differences overlooked, and we were loved through the rough spots?

    Broiled scallops and shrimp

    Since we were staying right down the street from this restaurant, we decided to walk there for dinner. We were glad we decided to walk since the parking lot was full. There is a bar and also numerous tables. The majority of our party got seafood entrees, which everyone enjoyed. We also tried the chicken and burger both were good. We did not care for the seasoning on the green beans but everything else was good. Connie was our server and she was extremely friendly. We had a great time talking to her. We also tried the restaurant for breakfast. The food was tasty but not piping hot. The biscuits were delicious. We went early and it did get extremely crowded while we were there.

    Crab Benedict
    Chelsey H.

    I've been coming here since I was a little girl. It's been consistently fresh and delicious. Today we were told it would be a 40 minute wait but only waited for about 20 minutes. We had the omelette, crab Benedict, and pancakes. Everything absolutely fantastic. It was the best Benedict I've ever had. I wore my 30 some year old Sam and Omie's shirt in and got lots of compliments. The staff couldn't have been friendlier. We left with a couple new shirts and great memories!

    Wes A.

    Local ver priced favorite! The sausage was excellent! Most of the food was cold though! I still enjoyed it! Service was excellent! They are very supportive of veterans ! Local flavor!

    The drum  salad sandwich was really good!
    Denise C.

    We really enjoyed this place! The drum salad sandwich and drum cake sandwich recommended by our great server were delicious! She took all the time we needed explaining fish options to my friend from Kansas. Nice beer selection and homemade deserts. Definitely save room for key lime pie!

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    My club sandwich was really good and the waitress was very friendly. Our food came out quickly. The restaurant has a nice feel and decor.

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    Love this place! Such nice people and delicious food! I look forward to coming back soon.

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    This is a 54 year family tradition for us. And just like the first visit this time was delicious as always.

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    Awesome place, but if you're gonna order eggs benedict, the eggs are not poached without poached Eggs it is not eggs benedict

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