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    Sharky's Restaurant

    3.5 (428 reviews)
    ModerateSeafood, Sandwiches
    Open • 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

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    SHARKY'S RESTAURANT ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Touristy
    Casual
    Dogs allowed

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    Tuna bowl
    Sarah E.

    Service and the food were great. We came Saturday prior to checking in I think everybody and their moms thought the same thing.. extremely busy but we were able to find a sit at the bar.

    Kelly T.

    We were staying nearby for the week and decided to try this place for dinner tonight. The ambiance is great with a very beachy vibe. We were quickly seated inside and our waiter, Chris, quickly came over to take our drink orders. The menu has about ten appetizers, ten handhelds, four salads and ten entrees. It is a heavy seafood menu but there are some other items as well. I had the shrimp and grits and it was a delicious dish. My dining partners had the grouper tacos, captain's platter, and piggymac. All of the dishes were good sized portions and tasted great. We also split two pieces of key lime pie which were great. Service from Chris was quick, polite and helpful.

    1/2 order of blackened grouper tacos (my husband & I shared it. It comes with chips & homemade salsa.
    Belva L.

    Sharkeys is a small restaurant alongside the bottom of the bridge coming onto Ocean Isle Beach. We went for lunch around 1 o'clock and Sheridan order of the blackened grouper tacos, which comes with homemade salsa and chips. The group of tacos were overwhelmed with rough, chopped purple cabbage that they had described as a Baja slaw, a big helping of avocado sauce, and then the grouper is drizzled with a remoulade sauce, which is very spicy. overall, it was hard to find the grouper taste in the taco. The homemade salsa again is also spicy, which was OK with me but a little overpowering for my husband.

    Not so Cajun Cajun pasta

    The pasta was VERY VERY saucy. It could have been classified as a soup. They could have halved the sauce and it would be great.

    Soggy nachos
    Gina D.

    We ordered takeout to include piggy mac, chicken tenders and nachos. The piggy mac and chicken tenders were both winners but the nachos were a fail. If you want nachos do not get them to go. Chips should be packaged separately so they don't get soggy but Sharky's missed it on this one. I couldn't even eat it. They also left out a side of fruit that was ordered. We will continue to eat at Sharky's but not likely takeout.

    Salmon roll, California roll
    Michaela H.

    I'm vacationing at Ocean Isle for the week and we drove past Sharky's Restaurant and decided to stop in for dinner and it did not disappoint!! The food was delicious and they have a very wide variety of things to choose from on the menu. The service was also good. They offer parking in front of the building which is very convenient.

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    Evan F.

    Fantastic spot right on the canal w great vibes, decor and a loaded menu catered to all. The selection is nothing short of exactly what you'd expect from a Beach Vibe restaurant.

    The Firecracker shrimp tacos

    The food here is just amazing and the firecracker shrimp tacos were delicious and the service was great the waitress checked up on me and my family every 5 ish minutes and the view in the water is Beautiful

    Fake Hockey-Puck Scallops
    Fred A.

    Okay just to say - they were not bad and I did eat them - but they served me very expensive fake scallops. I told the waitress no offense and that I was eating them anyways so it wasn't a big deal. But I did ask the waitress to ask the kitchen what they were made out of. She returned to tell me that they were actually scallops. Oh well, my review: whether ground shark, fish paste, or punched skate, the fried round fish sticks were not inedible... But they were the most expensive reconstituted fried fish I've ever had. https://doctordavidfriedman.com/blog/scallops-the-most-counterfeit-food

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    2 months ago

    The shrimp tacos were excellent! Great oceans views with a very relaxed atmospher. The service is good. I will go back!

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    7 months ago

    Great service, very personable and knowledgeable staff, and a good time all around! Definitely will be back!

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    5 months ago

    Service was great but the food was lackluster. Flounder lacked flavor, the Cajun pasta was decent, and the tuna was okay. Nothing crazy.

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    6 months ago

    The Fried Flounder Basket was amazing, the service was really good, and the atmosphere was also great.

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    7 months ago

    The people were friendly the service was timely and the food was fantastic. Will definitely visit again.

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    1 year ago

    The food is mid nothing exceptional but nothing bad.The service can be very slow from time to time.The ambience is like a marina restaurant.

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    9 months ago

    Made the reopening and it was great. Blackened grouper was fantastic. Service was good and very friendly crew.

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    Always great selection of food for me and my picky eater. Love this place... service, atmosphere and food ... all great!

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    This popular little coffee joint was indeed bustling the June morning that my wife and I dropped by…read morefor coffee and breakfast. The food menu is somewhat limited, however, we enjoyed our house made delicious Chia Cup ($9) and ham and egg sandwich ($8). Our lattes were tasty and served up pretty quickly despite the endless line of caffeine crazed patrons. Service was friendly and attentive. This place is obviously well-managed. We will return.

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    This review is for the off season menu: I appreciate places…read moreoffering cheaper options during off season, to make it more affordable for the locals and giving the restaurant continued business. However, it would be best to just discount your regular menu slightly, but keep the quality of food the same. We can go anywhere during the tourist on-season and get a truly delicious $15 burger + fries around Ocean Isle (& even cheaper at Beaches). So when we saw the $10 off-season menu burger for Pelicans Perch we assumed the quality would still be good but that it was discounted as a way to keep busy during the off season. But it was reminiscent of a school lunch burger or a fast food burger (but even worse). The chili was ok, and that was why I did give it 2 stars. After that experience, I could not bother to go back to try the regular menu or recommend this place. So their regular menu may be wonderful. But serving an extremely low quality burger for $10 as a type of special for locals was disappointing.

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    Have been here a couple times. For the club, nachos and today the lamb gyro. The gyro was…read morefantastic, tzatziki sauce was perfect in flavor and consistency. Served w chips or slaw I opted for slaw which was more vinegar based; it was pretty good ! Added a side of fries bc I can't have a gyro without fries and they were good; thicker fries. Service was good, I did takeout but the guy was friendly and fast. Ambiance was typical darker bar inside but the outside area is very pretty !

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