BLUF: The best seafood in the Outer Banks…read more I love O'Neal's Sea Harvest. Year round I crave O'Neal's and proudly sport my O'Neal's gear. When I am vacationing in the Outer Banks, I eat at O'Neal's several days a week. My favorite is the tilefish basket, when they have it, with fried okra. A second favorite is the fried shrimp basket. On my recent vacation I was glad to try a mix of tilefish, shrimp, sheepshead and soft shell crabs. All of it was so incredibly delicious! I go to O'Neals for a prepared lunch but they also have a great looking seafood counter for those who plan to cook it themselves at home.

We visited O'Neal about six year ago and liked it. Then we started going to Wanchese Marina and…read moretook guests there because we liked the food and the atmosphere. On this occasion, we walked around the Christmas Market at the Wanchese Community Center and had our lunch at O'Neal to end a six-year hiatus. We again had good seafood. Ms T had good, fresh and flavorful fried shrimp I had the catch of the day; Red Drum. We accepted the included coleslaw, and we both added fries. This was a good lunch. The seafood remained as good as before and the slaw is some of the better such around. They know how to give it a good sweet-sour balance. It was also fresh, not old and soggy as happens too many times. We also shared a cup of their crab soup that was not something we would ever order again. It is pasty, over-thickened with flour and almost totally unseasoned. We would prefer a creamy soup, that is thickened with cream. We added some salt, and it helped, but it was still wallpaper paste. There is really no saving this, they need to start over and lose the flour. We also felt the food was a little over-priced for what we got. I realize the days of getting a fresh seafood basket for $6 are far behind us, but over $50 for two baskets and one cup of soup is a little steep, especially when we both drank water. Ms T said she would prefer to return to Wanchese. The food is good here, but you have been warned about the crab soup and the prices.

My new go-to spot for seafood on Hatteras! I came across a…read moreFacebook post about Jeffrey's and knew I had to check it out--and I'm so glad I did. From the moment I walked in, I was warmly greeted by two friendly smiles behind the counter. For a fish market, the place was impressively clean--absolutely spotless. Their selection didn't disappoint: beautifully cut filets, whole fish, and everything in between. I picked up some shrimp, a generous cut of tuna, and a container of shrimp salad. Everything was incredibly fresh. The tuna was so good, I seared it as soon as I got back to the house. My son and I devoured a pound and a half like it was nothing. The shrimp were just as delicious, and the shrimp salad was the perfect beachside snack. Can't wait to go back--I may have just found a gem.

This is a hidden gem. They have a outdoor eating area that you can byob. The steamed shrimp and…read moreshrimp salad were great. The customer service was top notch. It was super clean inside with many options. You will be thankful you stopped here

If you go out on an offshore charter from th Oregon Inlet Fishing Center like we did on the High…read moreReturn, you're going to find yourself with a bunch of fish that need cleaning, packaging, and freezing. We took our fish to the Oregon Inlet fish cleaning station, where they did their usual excellent job of filleting and steaking out 2 wahoo that we caught. From there, please go to "Fresh Catch Seafood" in Wanchese, which is maybe a 10 minute drive from the OIFC. Customer service was second to none, and perhaps the friedliest people you're going to meet in the OBX. They took personal pride in trimming, packing, and freezing our catch, to even packing our cooler and bringing it to our car. Very fair prices and the filliet/wahoo steaks were individually vacuumed packed. Trust me, this is the seco d tine Ive used Fresh Catch and they do a great job with your catch.

Amazing fresh off the boat seafood at reasonable prices. You can purchase the same fresh catch…read morelocal restaurants serve. The owners and staff are amazing! We will definitely visit again next time we're in the Outer Banks.

BLUF: Seafood market with fresh seafood and friendly service. They'll steam your own catch too…read more After a successful outing on a shrimping and crabbing charter we were lookin for somewhere to steam our catch. Our plentiful catch would have had to be cooked in several batches with the limited pots in our rental so we headed over to Outland Seafood. Both gentlemen were friendly and happy to steam our catch. They gave us the choice of getting our crabs and shrimp steamed with either Old Bay or JO. JO of course! In addition to properly steaming our catch they also very kindly cleaned out our cooler. After picking up their recommended cocktail sauce, we were out of there in about 30 minutes. Overall, it was a great experience.

Great variety and very reasonably priced. Stopped in a few times and they had exactly what we…read moreneeded. This is our go to place for seafood that we cannot harvest ourselves and the service is always outstanding. Not directly on the beach but worth the short drive for sure.

Phenomenal customer service we have to evacuate due hurricane Erin but we went there staff was nice…read moreand knowledgeable about everything form the sea fresh seafood and great prices

If you would like to enjoy the best quality and freshness seafood by far in this area you would be…read morevery pleased buying it from the Jeffrey's team. Very kind and personable. Highly recommend

Capt. Malc's sells fresh North Carolina caught crab, shrimp, scallops, flounder, tuna, etc. for…read moremuch, much less than any other seafood retailer in the Outer Banks (except for maybe nearby O'Neal's --- it's worth visiting both). This year we got our crabs from Capt. Malc's (put your Dirty Dick's jokes away, thank you very much). Our order of a half bushel (about four dozen --- enough to feed 4-6 people) of number one Jimmy blue crabs were steamed fresh and perfect, timed to the very minute of our scheduled pick up --- a luxury indeed! Due to an unusually small gathering of relatives and friends, this was the first year we did not procure a bushel live blue crab and steam them ourselves in our rented beach cottage, a dinner-act that has become something of a tradition for my family. Putting the task into the hands of another had us both thrilled with the possibility of convenience as well as wary of the probability of disappointment. To put it in the plainest terms possible, Capt. Malc's donf*ckaround when it comes to doing blue crab so right that qualifies as magic to believe in. Eating on them steamin' hot 'n' seasoned crabs in the comfort of our beach house for a grand total of $50 while knowing that patrons of Captain George's restaurant across the street were likely paying as much PER PERSON for far inferior seafood almost gave the four of us something to talk about at the dinner table. Of course, we never said a word lest someone get more crab to eat than anyone else.

O'Neals prices were consistently cheaper, but Malc's had some items available that O'Neals did not,…read moreso I did some shopping here as well.

This place is out of the way. Way out of the way. How out of the way? You have to make the…read morefollowing unpopular turns: 1) Get off main OBX strip and go to Roanoke Island. 2) Instead of turning right to go to Manteo, the more touristy side of Roanoke Island, you turn left to go to Wanchese, the industrial/fishing side of Roanoke Island. 3) Instead of going into the Seafood Industrial Park or Fisherman's Wharf, you turn onto a dirt road, past piles of garbage and scrap metal, and to a shack (I uploaded picture of "store front" onto Yelp). Yeah, it's that hard to find. Why? Because they are mostly a wholesale operation so retail customers are not big business for them. But if you find them, you will find an absolutely huge selection of local seafood - the largest we found anywhere in OBX area and we have been to almost ten seafood retail outlets. There are about 15 different kids of local fish (not stuff like salmon that are as local to OBX as they are to, say, Oklahoma) and tons of crabs. The prices per pound for the fish start at as low as $1 and change per pound. We bought #1 live blue crabs for $2 per pound - it's much less if you buy half a bushel or more. While we were there there was a 18-wheeler loading up to deliver a pallet of seafood somewhere. For a huge selection of very inexpensive, fresh, local seafood, Gray Beard's is it.

I would keep on driving by this place. Made the mistake of stopping here first and later realized…read morethey charge almost double others in the area. What did amaze me was the fileting(sp) skills of the young lady working the booth.

Our dinner was delicious!! The service was friendly and prompt... Rusty came out to see if we were…read morepleased with our dinners. ... We had a pleasant evening with Belinda, our waitress and the ambience was lovely. Definitely will recommend family and friends to visit Rusty's while on vacation!! thank you!!! Christina and Paul

* The atmosphere was great, we double dated and really enjoyed ourselves. We made a reservation and…read morethey were ready when we got there. * The appetizers were very good, but came before we received our drinks. * Our drinks were also very good but by the time our main meal was over we finally received our second drinks.. needless to say it would have been better if the waitress had come back so we could have told her not to worry about them. Getting them and have to then sit and drink them at the end when we wanted to leave was awkward. * Over all the timing of everything was really off. * The main food was very good! The tuna meal and shrimp and grits were fantastic! My brother-in-law and I both had the Mahi (Cobia Korean style?) and his was definitely tastier! If you look at the pictures, mine was the long skinny piece and it was just not a good cut. Kind of tougher and the sauce was very over powering. But his was very good! (We compared bites) * The service started strong but our waitress became hard to come by towards the end. (And they weren't crazy busy, just a normal night) We waited a little too long for her to come back so we could get the check. Would I recommend Rusty's? Yes! I think overall between the atmosphere, the tasty drinks and the main courses were very good! Would I return? Maybe. It didn't blow me away for the overall price but I'm not opposed to it either!