Reviews for Black Pelican Oceanfront Restaurant in Kitty Hawk, NC

Our waitress Barbara was very welcoming and delivered our food and drinks quickly. I had the Portabello Mushrooms (vegetarian),... which was absolutely delicious. My friend had the cheese pizza and expressed, ?it was flavourful but not overly acidic.? Tofinish, we had scrumptious creme brulee! We both left feeling overly full but thoroughly happy. (If I lived closer, I would beback regularly, and keen to try the other desserts!) Read more

This should have been a five star review. We were a party of 18 and only had a single waitress, but she was the BEST waitress... ever. No complaints, only good stuff to day about her. The food was very good, but not the best I ever had. Still worth the tripand the long wait time. The problem with our experience as you can see from my picture, is the grease dripping from the exhaustfans in the parking lot below. Not only is this a hazard in the parking lot, but I have to assume this would be a fire hazard inthe kitchen as well as the rest of the restaurant. Back to the parking lot, my little nephew walked through the grease notknowing what it was, fell down, and ruin the outfit he was wearing. I tried to bring it to the attention of the manager and theynever came out to speak to me. For that reason alone I cannot return to this restaurant. Read more

Great food, great service, great view of the ocean from the upstairs dining area. I got the spicy shrimp and grits and it was... fantastic! It had a great level of heat (might be too hot for some), flavors went well together. The shrimp was slightlyovercooked but the rest of the dusk was so good I could overlook that. My wife got snow crab legs and they were very good. Theywere cooked perfectly. We always enjoy going to Black Pelican! Read more

The Black Pelican is a restaurant with awesome food! I would recommend trying the pizza here, all of the pies tasted phenomenal.... I was told to try the pizzas here by a local and it did not disappoint. I ordered the white seafood pizza (shown below) whichwas bursting with flavor. They also have a good selection of drinks here. The service was good as well. Read more

Doggy friendly upstairs on the Ocean View Deck. This place is very popular, the deck opens at 4pm promptly and it's first come... first served and you can't reserve a table. We had a great meal here, Kitty Hawk Quencher cocktails were nice, then we sharedStuffed Jalapeño peppers - these were okay, although a bit too spicy for some. Entrees were Swordfish Steak and Shrimp on theBarbie - both were mighty fine! The service was excellent, a hard working, smiling team! ???????? Read more

We've eaten here several times and the food is always good. I would have given five stars but the survivals were not available... yet even though we called to ask when dinner is served. I include specials with dinner. The other thing that was a downer wasskin under the breading in my fried flounder. Never had that before. Trout, yes. Salmon even occasionally. The crab dip withtortillas is awesome. Could use more chips but that's ok. Prices are inline with everything else today. We will eat here again. Read more

Wow! What an fabulous find in Kitty Hawk! This historical lifesaving station is full of photos and OBX history. I love that they... have preserved the history all while offering an awesome selection of delicious local fare! We had the crab and artichoke dipappetizer and clam bake for two. The dip was fabulous and the clam bake was the best I've ever had! Not just corn and potatoes,but super fresh broccoli, carrots and squash too! The bucket was chock full and we couldn't even finish it all. The best part ofthis place was the people. Our server Stefan was awesome! He was fast and friendly and offered good recommendations! The lady atthe gift shop was also very friendly and helpful. It's so nice to see people still enjoying their job! No disappointments here.We'll visit again when we come back to the OBX! Read more

Tried this place while we were out of town and I was not disappointed! My husband was... but I learned a long time ago to never... order crab dip (it was basically a cheese spread) or any meal that has the crab meat "already in it". It's crab leg or no crabfor me! Those two dishes aside, the ambiance of the restaurant was great, the server was sweet and attentive, and I loved mymeal. If we travel that way again I'll be back! Read more