First off, google said the pier house restaurant was open and good for kids, but as it turns out, it's only open for breakfast. We were very confused. We weren't sure if kids were allowed at captain andys but the host said it was fine. The male host was the nicest person there and he should've been the one running the place because our waitress wasn't good at her job at all. The calamari was just ok but not very tender. It was very windy in the restaurant so stuff was blowing everywhere. We had two grilled cheeses, fries, a bbq sandwich and a shrimp po boy and it took over an hour to get our food. Service was very slow, it was not a warm or friendly environment. They're more dedicated to getting people drunk. A guy near our table was loudly talking on the phone and using profanity. The restaurants here can be hit or miss. read more

A visit to Captain Andy's on the Nags Head Pier is a pleasure. The location provides great ocean views while dining. The service is excellent, and the food is fresh and hot, making for an enjoyable experience. Captain Andy's is highly recommended for fresh seafood and an amazing view. A visit to Captain Andy's on the Nags Head Pier is a pleasure. The location provides great ocean views while dining. The service is excellent, and the food is fresh and hot, making for an enjoyable experience. Captain Andy's is highly recommended for fresh seafood and an amazing view. read more

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I'm a local who has never been to the nags head pier. My friends and I recently decided to try it and we have not been disappointed. We have been here several times in the last couple weeks. Raquel has been out bartender each time. She is friendly, engaging, very responsive when we set our cans at the end of the bar. We took a couple beverages to the beach and she even wrapped the cans in bags with ice. Totally unexpected. She is amazing. We found a new spot. Beef my review? You will too. read more

I have never been treated so poorly by a waiter. He was rude and completely unprofessional. Chris needs to find another way to make a living. I suggest anyone who wants a drink to go across the street to lucky 13. Such a disappointing experience Make sure you stay away from this guy. The owner needs to fire this asshole. read more

The service is downright nasty. They clearly don't like tourists, but rely on them to exist. We ordered oysters. They brought clams. We corrected them. They literally argued with us. "The waitress keyed in clams!" Well, not our fault whatsoever. This is after being mistreated by the nasty lady at the Pier Diner who has resting bitch face full time. AVOID! read more

After a 30 minute wait, we were seated for our breakfast at 10:37 am. A server took our drink order and we tried to place our order at that time but were told she was just taking our drink order. We received our drinks and server came over to take our order. We watched as other guests were seated, they ate and left and a new guest would order, eat and leave. Our server several times told us that our food was on way. Finally at 12:10, after waiting an hour and a half for our food to arrive and after the baby fell asleep, I went to the front and was told that the kitchen was backed up. Huh? Everybody else was eating and leaving. Needless to say, we went to Sam & Omies and were in & out in an hour. So disappointed we wasted over 2 hours at the pier plus it was granddaughter's 1st birthday. read more

Capt Andy's was recommended by a new friend we made down there. We are very glad we went to check it out. Awesome view down the pier. Very limited food service hours, but our bartender Mike was super nice. We were 2 of maybe 10 people at most that were in there, but that is a good size place. While you are visiting, you can pay $3 to sightsee down the pier and watch all the fishing happening. That's pretty cool. read more

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Very good and tasty, very guod view. Our waitress Barrett did great with handling everything we needed. Cheers to a great 2023 summer read more

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Great happy hour deals with steamed shrimp and wings. This isn't a fancy place, but the food was good and cheap and the beer was cold.

Today was our first time stopping in. We rode in on the motorcycle, and they have parking up front blocked off from cars, which is always a plus when you ride. It's attached to the pier, and you go in through the pier shop. We were seated super quick. No wait, but I'm sure there are times they have one. The waitress was really friendly and got our drinks quickly. There wasn't much of a wait on the food either. We ordered wedge salad each, and mini crab balls, shrimp cocktail, and the fried clam basket to share. Every was SO good!! The salads were huge. Way bigger than a normal "wedge". The lettuce was fresh and crisp. The crab balls were perfect, and came with a dipping sauce that we loved. The shrimp were larger and good. The clams were fried perfectly, and even better dipped in the crab ball sauce. (Seriously, ask for it!) Definitely 5 star material! We can't wait to go back! read more

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Not what it use to be! Looked on the website and they had a full menu. Sandwiches and meals. Got there and they had only a few choices for food. We ordered the fish basket and the shrimp basket. They were both terrible! The fish basket was frozen fish sticks and the shrimp basket was frozen grocery store shrimp! Awful, don't advertise what you don'T have. To add insult to injury they added another 4% on to the tab because I used a credit card. Prices on menu were CASH! read more

The view is just a perfect spot for on the beach eating. It's so pretty! And if you score a seat outside you're a VIP. The atmosphere is fun, totally low key, and chill. A great spot to grab some beach grub & a few drinks. read more

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Stopped in for a cocktail and they happened to have live music. Our waitress was super friendly and attentive during the duration of our stay. My mai tai was delicious! read more

The servers were nice but slow and the food was so bad. We had frozen drinks that were not well blended, mozzarella cheese sticks that were over cooked and all the cheese melted out, steamed shrimp that were tiny and over cooked, and a wedge salad that was mostly the core of the lettuce that was left in it. read more

Cool spot to grab a drink at the end of a beach day. My rating of a 3 is because everything was just "okay." There are great views and lots of drink options. Our food highlights were the crab dip & Cesar Salad. Service was incredibly slow with it even being not a busy time of day and the side of coleslaw wasn't large enough to be worth getting. I would go back again to try some other items and hope for faster service. read more

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We stopped here to check out the pier and get a few drinks. We only got 1 drink each because they were not good at all. My sangria tasted terrible, it tasted like they mixed cheap with with seltzer then tossed some fruit in a plastic cup. I forgot what my boyfriend got, but I took a sip and it was very strong and tasted strange. I noticed every cup was single use plastic and that seemed to be a little strange since we're so close to the ocean. Typically restaurants close to the ocean are trying to reduce their waste and not use plastic. The upside is we got a free walk on the pier its connected to. I gave this place 3 stars because the service was good and everyone was very friendly. I hope this place improves their drinks and makes an effort to reduce their waste. read more

We were the second party there, took an hour to get our food. Food came out wrong. Tuna smelled weird and got my wife and daughter sick. My pulled pork sandwich was horrible. Waitress was nice. read more

Hours online don't line up with restaurants actually hours. They're closed at 2pm on a Saturday and made fun of us as we were leaving about how we just wanted "beer and cookies" then laughed as we left read more

Went there to eat nice meal by the sea. Instead, had over salted, horrible shrimp and grits. Waitress was not rude nor kind. To make matters worse, I swatted a cockroach, what I thought to be a bug, off my neck. I just stopped eating and left. This could be a good restaurant if someone took the time to clean it up and take care of it. read more

Love this place for happy hour. 15 cent shrimp & .25 wings Monday thru Friday starting from 3-5. Also have a daily drink specials. There is inside & outside dining & an incredible view of the beach & ocean & of Nags Head Pier. You can walk on the peer for a small fee $3. There are tons of benches to sit on & people are always there fishing. If you are looking for something I expensive to do on a cloudy day this is your best choice, provided you like shrimp & wings :) read more

Capt. Andy's Oceanfront Tiki bar.. The wait staff this evening was horrible. 8-27-2018 at 6pm my wife and I came in for dinner. We were seated quickly and had menus when we sat down. We were greeted by the waitress and all was good so far. Took our drink order and promptly returned to get our food order. My wife and I were craving a burger. We essentially ordered the same thing. So our food came out in about 15 minutes. Still ok except NO CONDIMENTS. No mustard or ketchup, no salt/pepper. We caught her on her way to another table to ask for these things. 10 MINUTES to get us a bottle of rancid ketchup and some mustard. We didn't see her until we had finished our meal. No "do you need anything" not even "are yall ok over there". We tipped her %15 out of respect for servers but she didn't earn that much.. read more

The view is amazing and the only thing that truly attracted us to the restaurant. We started off with mozzarella sticks and hush puppies. The mozzarella sticks were so good and the hush puppies were average. This gave us a good impression on what the food would come out as but man were we wrong. One person ordered the wedge salad with sesame tuna on top. It came out with no tuna on it but when we were given the tuna, it was fishy. The manager was less then accommodating because she did not compensate at all for this monstrosity. We also ordered the pulled pork bbq sandwich and it was gross. There was no sauce or anything on it. It was served on a hamburger bun which was not great. We also ordered the popcorn shrimp basket and the chicken tender basket. Both were fine but nothing special. We believe the only thing keeping this less than mediocre restaurant in business is it's location because it sits right on the ocean. This makes it beautiful and peaceful but hardly makes up for the poor food and hospitality service. read more

Late August in Nags Head means service suffers. Kids have headed back to school. Is it too much to ask for June service in August?!? Hostess in rude mood and should consider retirement. Waitress took forever. We ordered beers from the bar. It was that bad. Nachos served with so many broken chips we were forced to eat with folks...and no plates. My Buffalo Chicken Bites were so processed they were gross. Sure, the ocean is blue and the service is, too. read more

Explanation of 1 star review: It took FOREVER to get our food. We waited about and hour and a half after we ordered for it to come out and asked 3 times if it was on the way. Then it was cold and gross. Some of my party's food was tasty they said, but about half of us refused to eat our meals. The waitress was completely incompetent and rude. We had to order drinks multiple times to get some of them and she was giving us attitude the entire time. We could see them at the bar, getting cold, waiting to be served. After we ordered one round of drinks and two appetizers she told us we couldn't split the check because it would be too confusing for her. It did not appear that they were under staffed either. When we told the manager of our troubles and how the service was really poor, our waitress overheard us, and gave us more attitude in front of the manager. She apparently thought she was doing a great job, and gave us a lot of back talk in front of the manager... He didn't seem to notice the attitude she was giving us. The bathrooms were gross and totally weird. If you are a guy you will have to pee with some other guy rubbing up against your shoulder at the urinal next to you. In the end, after a good amount of complaining the GM did comp our food, which was the only form of professionalism we were showed. After the whole experience it was the least he could have done, but at least someone there has their head on straight. I will never go back unfortunately. The scenery is amazing. The only good remark I can make. read more

One of my favorite places to go at the OBX has sold out to become a jimmy buffet want to be restaurant. Food was sad, loud bad live music. Great view but skip dinner and just do walking tour of pier... $2. read more

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Unbelievable! We've been coming in for the past several years to eat and watch football on one of 8 HD TV's. Beautiful venue with decent food and good draft beer. Today, we checked to be sure they'd be open for the VT game. The cashier says they're open but didn't think the TV's were working?? I then asked the female manager and she confirms by curtly stating "the TVs cost money, sir,". as if I might not know that. Bottom line, they dumped the cable service, didn't bother letting the customers know, and then have a tude about it when asked. They're probably short term anyway but rest assured we won't darken their doorstep again unless and until the games are back on. read more

Overpriced drinks, bartenders said I was "dishonest" after taking my of age friend a beverage that they gave me when I asked for two, without carding her (her ID was at home due to spur of the moment stop from the beach). Not my job as a customer to do one of the top priorities of their job for them, sad that they handled it completely wrong later when they decided to pick up the prior slack. read more

Fun new addition to the Nags Head Pier. 30 beers on tap and live music almost every night during the season. Food choices are a little limited, but tasty. The view of the Atlantic Ocean is awesome with a true open air experience. At night it is really cool as the neon lights are arranged to provide a cool, almost dive bar feel. But this is definitely not a dive bar. Good mix of locals and tourists too. Bored sitting down? Walk out on the beach and you can still hear the band, however the Town won't allow mixed drinks off of the Pier property. Full ABC however I didn't stray from the beer. read more

Went on a Thursday night to watch Redskins preseason football. I had low expectations because of the reviews. Unfortunately they met expectations. I really wanted to like this place and I Come down here 2x a year And I won't be going back to andys. If not for the view/location I can't imagine anyone going. Service - not too bad. For a beach bar it was ok Food - not great. Compared to other similar places, like fish heads this was below average Vibe - crowded with huge awkward furniture. You couldn't walk anywhere. The painted bar height anarondack chairs look cool but are huge and uncomfortable. read more

I had to kill a cockroach on our table heading for my plate. Then, as I reached for my drink, another cockroach was crawling on my hand. Sorry Capt. Andy we will not be back. read more

Added plus to OBX in Nags Head. Beer Music Beach and location is what they serve here with friendly smiles read more

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So when we walked in we were told to seat ourselves. No big deal, well 15 mins go by and no one comes to table, another couple comes and sits at the table next to us and within a min a waitress comes over brings them menus and takes their drink order, and then take off on in the opposite direction before I could get her attention, so I went back inside(since we were sitting on the deck) and told one of the waiters we have been there for 20 mins and no service, about a min later he came out and took care of us for the rest of the night. Kayd(sp?) I believe was his name. After I that the service and food was great, they had a band playing as well, it was not pack either. You also can go on the pier for free there if save your receipt read more

Horrible service! We gave them a chance and tried to eat here 3 times during our stay because the view is amazing. The first time, we were seated and waited more than 10 minutes without even being acknowledged before we left. The second and third time, we were not even seated although we saw plenty of tables. We were really disappointed. read more

This Labor Day weekend was my first time at OBX. Andy's was my most disappointing meal of the entire trip. I had popcorn shrimp basket with fries and hush puppies. This popcorn shrimp was the nastiest I have ever had. Too much breading and it was still doughy. Fries were whatever and the pups were fine. We were having a great time before the food and the way too loud horrible live music. The staff was nice but disorganized. We had a bus boy clear our table before we even got our food so we didn't have silverware until after we got our food and had to tell the waitress. SAVE your valuable vacation money and just pay the $2 day pass for the pier. read more

We were skeptical after reading the other reviews, but decided to give it a chance. So glad we did. Beautiful views, great drink selection, friendly service, and good food. read more

This is a great place for drinks outside! Located directly on the pier. You can sit inside, outside, sun, shade, or half and half. They had great apps and drinks! read more

Food was okay. Nearly everything on the menu is fried seafood. Service was prompt and friendly. View from the deck is gorgeous.

Great view and that's about the only positive thing I can say. Simple chicken sandwich took over hour and was raw. Hope they can get their act together. Service nice but very slow. read more

By far, the worst restaurant experience of my life .....I would go as far as saying that the servers blatantly lie and could be viewed as fraudulent...... First of all, the wait staff is rude, and seemed bothered by our presence....they are totally disorganized and clueless as to what the term "customer service" means, the same two incompetent servers repeatedly came up and asked us if anyone had waited on us yet. Finally we got our drinks, and afterwards received our pathetic excuse of food. My fiancée and I both ordered salads topped with crabcake ( should be called the 'non crab crabcake), at time of order the server proceed to tell us they were out of "mixed greens" for regular salads, the only salad available was ceasar, as the only lettuce they had was "romaine", we asked if we could get regular salads, substituting the mixed greens with romaine, the server agreed. It took over an hour to get our food, the salads were not palatable, and both our salads were missing red onion, olives and tomato wedges as advertised, and to add insult to injury the salads arrived with MIXED GREENS, not the romaine, I assume that the server was very aware of the fact they were out of the items necessary for the advertised items and simply lied to us in order to make a sale, as it was the salad was pathetic and the so called crabcake was nothing more than flavored wet crackers, all pathetic, my fiancée and I took a few bites and did not eat the food, she called the manager over who started arguing with me and discounted the bill a whopping $3, I ended up paying $42 for food we did not eat nor did we drink the second round of drinks, if the food had arrived on time, we would not have ordered a second round of drinks. Trust me if you go there, it will ruin your day, you are better off getting a prepared salad from the supermarket than this garbage. I feel totally ripped off and defrauded. read more

It was awful!! Took our drinks away and said it was our fault for buying two drinks at the same time. Well maybe don't sell two drinks at the same time. read more