I came in first thing of the morning after working night shift and was greeted by a very friendly…read morewoman who talked to me majority of the time I was there, always checking to see if I needed anything. Got a steak soon as they opened and it was delicious! Loved the fries also. Nice place here in Shallotte. Will visit again!

Food was out quick and I really loved the sugar and cinnamon sprinkled on the sweet potato fries!read more

For me, customer service matters. Lucca's went above and beyond for my family today with their…read moreservice. I was in the area visiting my mom and grandparents. My grandfather is on hospice and is close to the ends while my mom and grandma have been taking care of him. On Mother's Day, we visited to help and had a pretty rough day. Before we left, we wanted to give my mom and grandma a nice meal for Mother's Day. We called in two ribeyes with potatoes, salad and bread. I did ask if they could take extra care of the order and explained our situation so they knew how important this meal was. Not only was the absolute perfection, they made sure we had extra bread and butter, not just a small piece for them to split. The attention to detail to make sure this important meal was able to transport and still be perfect was something that many restaurants don't do without a request, but you can tell that they give this level of detailed attention to every order. Inside the restaurant, we watched as they took the same level of care with every dish. This level of customer service alone is enough to warrant return business. The quality of the food is an added bonus at that point. 10/10 go here if you are in the area!

I thought the odds of having a good Italian dinner (or any good dinner, for that matter) in…read moreShallotte was just about as likely as seeing the Easter Bunny hippity hopping down Main Street. We tried Luca Italian Chophouse for dinner on Good Friday. Our stuffed banana pepper appetizer was excellent, with 3 large and moderately spicy peppers stuffed with sweet Italian sausage, served with a tomato sauce and topped with Ricotta. It was a very tasty appetizer. We split a small pizza for dinner. It was about 10" as specified with a fair amount of crust. The pizza crust was a little yeasty for my taste, but it was very good and I liked the crispy crust bottom. Toppings were generous and were of good quality. It was plenty for two people. Emboldened by the first two courses, we tried the cheesecake with caramel sauce for dessert. It turned out to be a small individual cheesecake about 4" in diameter topped with strawberries and caramel. It was OK but over priced at $14. The crust was too soft and flavorless although the cheesecake itself wasn't bad. The strawberries weren't of the best quality and should have been left off. The restaurant is definitely going for the upscale Italian feel and generally succeeds. Our server was friendly and very helpful, but was exceedingly slow. All in all, I was pleasantly surprised with Luca Italian Chophouse. It's definitely worth a try and we will probably eat there again the next time we're in the area. And by the way, the Easter Bunny was making its way down Main Street as we pulled out of the parking lot

Excellent sandwiches. Get the honey line cilantro house made dressing. Fast pick up option…read more Modifications appreciated!

my steak was so chewy, do NOT get the filet tip steak sandwich. Also the special soft shell crab…read morehas little to NO meat, not even a pinch in the legs. Bad quality meat. my server was rude as well calling out side option after option when i said one second. Just really disappointed in the pricing for quality!

Crowded night, but got sat fairly quickly. Food was so good…read morethe first time, we went back. The singer in the corner could've been a little bit better, but we enjoyed the service and the food. ** I don't give five stars anymore because the prices everywhere have gotten out of control.

Alex was an AMAZING WAITER! So friendly, knowledgeable, helpful, & everything was EXACTLY AS WE…read moreORDERED. He went OVER & ABOVE on everything we asked! This is a little smaller than some restaurants in the area but has a full bar and live entertainment. The food portions are HUGE! Son & his wife had the recommended Philly cheesesteak THAT ARE MASSIVE!! (They did wish there were more peppers & onions) You choose 8" or 11". Both chose the 11" one chose chicken with upgrade of sweet potato waffle fries and the other chose steak with the included steak fries. They also ordered fried mushrooms as an appetizer which were lightly breaded & lightly Italian seasoned AND phenomenal!! Hubby ordered the chicken Parmesan sandwich, it was large and prepared as expected. He chose Cole slaw as his side. and I chose chicken fingers choosing 3 rather than 5 fingers. They were hand breaded, and HUGE with the included steak fries.

If you're in Ocean Isle Beach, FEAST OIB is an absolute must-visit! Everything we ordered was…read moreoutstanding. The crab cakes were packed with flavor, the shrimp burger was truly one of a kind, and the surf & turf with the filet and perfectly pan-seared scallops was exceptional. The mashed potatoes deserve a special mention, they were unbelievably good! The cocktails were just as impressive, especially the Mexican Mule and the Espresso Martinis. From the food to the drinks and the overall experience, FEAST OIB exceeded our expectations. We can't wait to come back!

First experience with this restaurant was enough to make me NEVER go back. Lied to before we ever…read morewalked in the door about wait times over the phone. We left a diff restaurant with an hr+ wait bc this place supposedly only had a 20-30 min wait. We arrived, checked in and were told when one specific table leaves that we could have their table. There were other open tables but told they didn't have the staff to serve them. So we waited 30 min. and that table did leave on time. However, during that time at least 2 or 3 other parties came to the restaurant and were sat in those empty tables. We were told they had prior reservations AND that apparently they had someone already coming to fill the table we were originally promised. We could wait another 30-45 min for someone else to leave OR sit our 6 adults and 1 child separately at two high back booths with no contact. If it had been my decision I would have walked out immediately. No customer service by host or manager who came to hear it out. The rest of my party was too hungry to wait or go somewhere else so they sat separate and ate. I refused to give them my business and never will. VERY POORLY MANAGED and it obviously starts at the front of the house. My wife had the apricot salmon ($28) its was extremely bland. My 5 yr old son had shrimp and fries ($14!!) which were extremely mediocre at best. I've had better at Culver's. Restaurant looks poorly organized. Needs a renovation, and OBVIOUSLY some new staff who know how to provide customer service in a service industry. Ambiance was like a dive bar trying to serve food to survive. They won't be around long.

Cute little place! We all enjoyed our breakfast! The pancakes were really good and definitely try…read moresome of their pastries.

The place is nice and the staff are great! The food however is not. Went here based on reviews…read more It's just not good. We got the southern portobello which the picture in my mind vs what was on the plate could t be farther apart. And the crab cake sandwich. Both of us left feeling not good. I didn't mention any of this to our waitress because pretty sure there would be nothing for her to do. Everybody else's food looked about the same.

Bottom line: I liked my first visit to The Cove Restaurant near Holden Beach. Their Fish & Chips…read morewas satisfying and just what I needed that night. Service was good as well. This farm-to-table restaurant supporting local farmers and fishermen is worth a try if in the area with a little something for everyone on their menu. The Deets: A friend of mine drove down from Wilmington while I was vacationing in Holden Beach recently and we decided to get dinner to catch up. Looking at options on the trusty Yelp app, we decided upon trying The Cove Restaurant for dining. It is located just a bit out from Holden Beach, along Hwy 130 going towards Shallotte. It has pretty good parking that was almost full when we arrived. When we went in to place our name on the waiting list, we were told it would be about 30 minutes wait (we were actually seated around 15-20 minutes) and so we used the table and chairs outside the door to relax and talk. When seated at a booth inside, we perused their menu and they have plenty of different selections (not just limited to seafood). The cover of the menu describes The Cove as a restaurant "...featuring all natural ingredients supporting local farmers and fishermen." This farm-to-table format is good to know going in and I'm glad they share that on the menu. We were given bread service to start with (loved the bread!) and my friend got their Homemade Crab Soup to start with, and he liked it a lot. I went for Fish & Chips for my dinner entree while my friend opted for their Chicken Marsala for his meal. I was satisfied with my meal, the beer battered deep fried cod fish tasted great here. I sampled my friend's Chicken Marsala and it was good but was hoping for more flavor to come through on the Marsala sauce. Service was acceptable from the host desk to our server, all went well. I enjoyed the first visit to The Cove Restaurant and would like to revisit them on future trips to the area.

My husband and I are new homeowners on Holden Beach. One of the first things we wanted to discover…read morewas a local place with great seafood. We were thrilled to find this place! My husband ordered the special Trio: grouper (blackened) with shrimp (fried) and scallops (blackened). It was served with mashed potatoes. The portion was huge! He said it was the best mashed potatoes he's ever had. I ordered the seafood linguini, scampi style - it was delicious with a generous amount of mussels, clams, shrimp, and scallops. There was an option to have the dish "fra diavolo" (spicy red sauce) which I may try next time. My husband shared his giant side-salad with me. It was an extra $2 for the salad that could have been a meal for me. Complimentary bread is served with olive oil and freshly cracked pepper and with single serving pats of butter. For dessert, we shared the housemade brownie with ice cream. It was recommended by our wonderful server, Bailey! It was a great first meal for us in Holden Beach as locals and no longer just visitors!

My friend and I had lunch here last week. I discovered that this place is the same ownership of…read moreOcean Isle Fish Company. While there, I had their ahi tuna appetizer, which was delicious. I decided to try it here. The appetizer had just a little bit of lettuce, so I ordered the small house salad. My friend ordered the 'regular' salad with the tuna. Her salad was huge and she wished she ordered the same small house salad. The tuna was super fresh and seared perfectly. We both ordered it very rare. The menus at both restaurants are different, with a few same items. This place has a long list of wings and a bigger menu. Nice service by our waiter.

Just moved here about 6 months ago and have been wanting to give this restaurant a try had some…read morefamily come and made this our dinner stop lol the restaurant itself has a very good welcome in and stay as long as you want feel to it like come in make friends and forget about home lol the service was great the waitress was making sure we did not go without our drinks 10 out 10 for service Let's start 1 Loaded Chips 3 out 10 To much blue cheese and the chips where overcooked 2 Crab Bites 10 out 10 So delicious and the sauce they came with so good 3 Calamari 8 out 10 fried just right but was on the chewy side 4 Giant Pretzel 8.5 out 10 If it would have came with cheese sauce instead of mustard it would have been a knock out 10 out of 10 5 ten bone in Wingz 8 out 10 Just need to be bigger 6 Lobster Mac & Cheese 7 out 10 Very tasty but had way more shrimp the lobster I found about 4 little pieces of lobster if they called it shrimp Mac and cheese 9 out 10 it was good just not enough lobster to taste it 7 Fish N Chips 9 out 10 Fried just right and the fries was crispy 8 Chicken Avocado wrap 0 out 10 Did not get it they gave me a buffalo chicken wrap instead after I realized they gave me the wrong one I told my server and she said they can give me 50% off of it I told her no need I'll just take the right one instead she said something else I was not paying attention to much but ended up without my wrap and still paying for half of something I did not get lol I'm going to say it's was my fault for not paying attention to what she was saying