Such a cute little shop! Friendly service, tons of goodies, and most importantly... coffee. The coffee was mediocre. I do prefer my coffee a bit dark, but it wasn't terrible. I had tried another highly rated coffee shop in Oak Island the day before and was honestly confused by the reviews. The coffee tasted watered down and the matcha was a hard no for me. Seaside Mermaid completely redeemed the Oak Island coffee situation. They also have a great selection of sugar-free syrups, which I really appreciated, and the donuts were delicious! (Mermaid donuts! How fun) Plus, there's taffy, fudge, ice cream, desserts, and an adorable boutique attached. Basically, you go in for coffee and suddenly you're browsing gifts with a donut in your hand. Highly recommend stopping here if you're in Oak Island! I gave a 5 for friendly service, cleanliness, and good selection. Ciao for now read more

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I stopped in looking for a doughnut and got a traditional glaze. It was freshly made and the icing was still oozing over as it was a recent batch. Delightful. I also ordered a coffee, preferring the dark roast and found it light and very average and opted not to finish it. Parking is available on site and I got a spot easily. They have a lot of other sweets, such as fudge, ice cream, cookies, etc. read more

Seaside Mermaid - Original glaze and coffee - Coffee & Tea Near Me - Oak Island, North Carolina

Went here on a Sunday they were out of donuts, but came back Monday and they had them, coffee is excellent, I got the walk the plank hot adding caramel sauce so good, and my husband had and americano one time and a brewed coffee the next he said those were good too. Donuts are ok not the best, my kids like them. read more

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Yummy donuts! Our friend picked these up for our group while we were in Oak Island for the weekend. They were a big hit with everyone! I really liked the blue and purple sprinkle one that looked like a mermaid! read more

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The service is terrible. I went there on a busy morning and one of the baristas continued to take orders incorrectly but the patrons were blamed. Before I ordered a couple ordered two drinks and one of them hot but they made the other drink hot. First they argued with the customers then they slammed the wrong drink into the trashcan. Then I ordered my drink with two flavors and cold foam. When they gave me my drink it didn't have cold foam and I said "I'm so sorry I requested cold foam" and the baristas snapped at me "no you didn't" then I looked confused and they said "well you didn't pay for it." The cold foam is a 75 cent up charge which I would have happily paid but they rang me up wrong then embarrassed me in front of the rest of the customers. I will NOT be back. read more

The service was terrible, we came right when it opened and she wasn't even happy. The prices were outrageous, we got 4 donuts for 10 bucks at Dunkin it would be half the price. The place look good the only plus. read more

The male working was very friendly, however the woman was rude and made no effort to assist with allergies. When asked for allergen information, she rudely responded saying the information was unavailable. It seems unacceptable and unsafe that zero allergen information would be available for their products. With that being said, I would have been a lot more accepting of that if the employee had been friendly and had at least made an attempt to help. No greeting, no goodbye, just very unpleasant. A positive- my son did enjoy his truffle. read more

Wonderful experience!!! The restaurant is so cute! Very spacious, clean, fun decorations and playing country music. The ladies who work there are so nice and personable!!! They have lots of sweets available: soooo many flavors of truffles, cheese cake, a whole display of taffy (you can fill up a bag of any flavors for $10). They also have a case of ice cream. We went for breakfast. They had soooo many coffee options and so many flavors to add. They also have a case of donuts and muffins. Lots of flavors. The glaze donut was soooo good. Not cakey at all and not too sweet. Very light and flakey! We also got a muffin that was delicious- very moist! Would go back! read more

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Great little spot in oak island. Delicious! Amazing chocolates, donuts. Employees were very nice and they even had some salt water taffy!

Lovely lil treats and fresh sweets. Was a great place to pop in after watching the sunrise especially since they opened so early. Fun coffee selection and tons of taffy! read more

The lava cake sundae is so very good! Every truffle I tried was delicious (I tried quite a few). The milkshakes are works of art. We loved finding this spot for a sweet treat that was close by and delicious with excellent folks working. read more

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A true hidden gem. A good business but often not crowded. Nice people, great service, cute coffee shop with more than great ice cream keeps us coming back. read more

Special local place for all kinds of sweet treats and coffees. Donuts are fresh everyday and the smells are very pleasing. Service was quick prompt and efficient. read more

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The sweets are amazing and filling. The decor is very cute, charming, and mermaid themed. For the amount of people who order, the service is fast. When we sat outside an adolescent cat sat around us. Seems like a cat family lives nearby as we saw a similar one when leaving. Not overly friendly and kept to themselves but never hissed or hurt us. Definitely recommend for all ages and as a breakfast treat read more

Great beach vibe with homemade ice cream, homemade donuts and small cakes and pastries. We also enjoyed their special coffees and expresso drinks that were available both as hot drinks and blended cold drinks The staff was extremely friendly and focused on delivering great service read more

The chocolates are sooooo good. Good doughnuts, coffee and protein smoothies. Nice staff.

I ordered a chai latte - which was on the menu board. The woman making drinks looked at me like I had four eyes. I ended up telling her how to make it. The final product was ultra sweet but tasted nothing like chai. We actually went for the donut. Most were Bavarian creme. I don't really like that. She said, oh I have a few with regular creme filling. So I got a chocolate iced one. It was a long doughnut. 3/4 of it was empty. No filling. the 1/4 with filling was Bavarian Creme. oh well. The lady was really struggling ringing up orders. They were extremely friendly. I'll give them time and try again. read more

These donuts are really cool and creative. They tasted delicious and very cakey. I will be sure to come back!

The mermaid donuts were delicious. I wish I hadn't left before they opened my last day in town. I would have liked to bring some home with me. The staff was very helpful with questions about the area. It is a very cute shop. I ordered the Ariel's Grotto latte and it was very sweet which is just fine by me! They have a little seating area both inside and out and are connected to a small boutique with lots of cute things. I would definitely go back again next time we are in town and will be recommending it to family in the area read more

I've been here several times with my family (wife and daughter), live in Wilmington and have a rental on Oak Island. When we went today my daughter who is 5 expressed interest in saltwater taffy instead of ice cream. Me and my wife were pretty sure she would not like it but we were unable to convince her of this so I made the executive decision to say try 1 and if you like it we will get you some instead of ice cream.....simple enough(1piece) only to be interrupted by the lady behind the counter (who mind you had not said hello or anything yet to us yet, and we had been there 5 or so minutes looking around) who loudly explained her trying a single piece to see if she liked it was not possible. Needless to say it was stunning, embarrassing and unexpected.​ read more

Tried this place because it was the first coffee shop open on the island which was much appreciated (not sure why the others don't open until 8 or 9 am) and ended up going here every morning. I got the coconut caramel macchiato and it was so good. My husband got the Ariel's grotto and while it was too sweet for me, he loved it. There were so many pastry options all homemade as well as desserts. If you're in town this is a must try read more

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The place itself is really cute. We went in for coffee and all four of us agreed the coffee was terrible! Watered down and did not taste anything like we ordered. My daughter got pumpkin latte and you couldn't even taste the pumpkin over the extreme amount of caramel. We all literally poured our $6 coffees out because they were so bad. Will be skipping this coffee shop the rest of our vacation! read more

We've been here everyday on vacation and had didn't cold brews everyday. This place did not disappointed. I would definitely get the peppermint cold brew again. read more

Friendly service and absolutely great milkshakes. You'll love them! There's even tables out front where you can enjoy your purchase.

Asked about a particular type of donut, which was not uncommon. Got a very bougie answer from an employee and the older lady looked at me like I was stupid. Yeah, won't be revisiting this establishment. read more

Coffee was not very good kind of watery the truffles were very good. Get a donut or fudge probably

Very nice ... we loved the snowball mermaid espresso and the Italian Ice Coffee drinks with a Strawberry truffle and Cotton candy ice cream highly recommended by Georgia my granddaughter! We will be back often!!! read more

Absolutely love this spot! The staff is so nice and bubbly! Delicious donuts/pastries. Coffee is amazing! Plus, they have show girl truffles just like the ones from back home. read more