We are in town for a wedding and trying the local fare. This place is much better than the current rating on Yelp. Food was excellent, service was attentive but not overbearing. We had gumbo, clam chowder and alligator tails and all we outstanding. Definitely worth giving them a try! read more

This place is basically all about the advertisement of their glasses, and merchandise, nothing special and for the price I would rather go somewhere else. I do feel awful though, My husband and I went here thinking it was this restaurant called "dicks", where the theme is the waiters are complete dicks to their customers, I mean like crude, might make some cry rude... sounds weird but its all about entertainment. well we mistaken this place for that one so when we immediately walked in my husband and Brother in law started being rude towards the waitress... she looked at us like we were crazy.. it was really embarrassing when we realized it wasnt the same place...... Ooops! but to be honest, there are some great places out there, take a look around, its a little pricey for the quality... and yes being by the beach a lot of places are expensive but I would have rather gone somewhere else. read more

great food & really fast service. they brought out the wrong burger but were very quick with bringing me a new one. our waitress was really sweet & came by a bunch to check up on us. the bathrooms were gross & the gift shop sold inappropriate, derogatory t shirts, but besides that it was a good place to eat! read more

This restaurant was amazing. Loved the food and the staff was amazing. Had a great time here when on vacation.

Well, used to really like this place...now not so much. Went specifically for gator tail appetizer....nope, out of that. Ordered a cheese steak panini with extra cheese and mushrooms, it came with no mushrooms and little to no cheese and when I said something the waiter said "well, I told them" and walked away. Our drinks were never refilled and we were never checked on. When he brought the check I said something again about the panini and I was told they could give me mushrooms to take home with my leftovers if I wanted....wth? Pass on this place for me in the future, not what it used to be at all. read more

I hot dick with intestinal distress after eating a huge crab cake. Have not felt comfortable trying it again.

This place was the shiz! Yeah of course it's hokey and touristy, that's the point. The food was pretty darn good and so were the drinks. Everyone at my table seemed to enjoy themselves, and though the check came out kinda high, no one complained. You're kinda paying for the atmosphere and silliness of it all. Heck, I even came home with 2 souvenir glasses, a pair of hot pants that said "crab cakes" on my cheeks, and a Dirty Dicks t-shirt. I think the highlight of my night was when I asked the waitress what the Dick's Addiction (cocktail) was and her reply was, "That's like our specialty drink." "Yeah, but what is it?" "Oh what it's made of?" And then she had to ask the bartender. The whole thing was reminiscent of Dumb and Dumber... "Whats the soup du jour?" read more

For appetizers got the crab fingers and a bowl of gumbo. The actual crab fingers were nothing special but they are served over a very, very good bowl of jumbalaya. The gumbo was okay, but they didn't cook the rice it came with in the bowl, dissapointing. For main course got the combo basket of cod and popcorn shrimp. Eh, edible but nothing I'd go back for... The waiter was SUPER nice guy (Trey), fantastic attitude and was great about all the simple waiter things that most waiters just suck at these days (how is everything? can i get you more water? where ya'll from?). read more

Being from Philly, I bought into this tourist trap. All in all, average average average. Not real kid friendly but acceptable. Very expensive. Don't be stupid...just get the crabs. They were damn good. Hushpuppies ruled as well. Everything else...simply just ehhhhhh. Drinks were good. Atmosphere is well, lacking. And it is a small place. I would go back if I was with 3 other people who drank Sangria and lived crabs. Otherwise steer clear. read more

Loved loved LOVED! Four stars cuz it was so damn expensive lol. Awesome waiter. Awesome service. Awesome food. Nuf said! read more

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Really good food. Went with a group of friends and everyone thought their food was good. When we first sit down they give you free hushpuppies which were amazing. The only negative is the long wait for your food. That's also why I'm only giving it four stars. read more

Good service and food. I would suggest getting one of the streamers or the shared options. Also the hush puppies were amazing!!!!

Prices a tad high for great quality that is typical of all obx seafood places. Amazing staff very generous and outgoing.

Rachel was our server and she was great! the food was great they brought me well done for my new york strip like I asked. rachel was very nice and fast. she brought us everything we wanted and was very friendly. I recommend dirty dicks too anyone that likes seafood. They didn't have cherry pepsi but they brought the cherry mix and it was great. read more

The wait was no more than 10 minutes which allowed us to linger in the gift shop to laugh at all of the funny t-shirts. Our server Jasmine was super friendly and extremely helpful. Our specialty drink was amazing, and we got a souvenir cup to boot! The gluten free options were plenty! I had their seasoned shrimp yum! He had a soft shelled crab sandwich, very yummy! Thanks guys! read more

Dirty Dick's Crab House - Nags Head - Seafood Near Me - Nags Head, North Carolina

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I cannot day enough great things about this experience! We all ordered combo platters with shrimp and crab (snow legs, king legs, dungeness) and were stuffed when we were done. It was so good! read more

Went on a Sunday night. The place was packed, but we were seated immediately. Our server took our drink order and was back with the drinks in just a few minutes. Our server was quick to tell us about the specials of the day. We then ordered and waited on our food. Our food took about 20 minutes and came to the table hot. Everyone in our party was happy with what they ordered. Our server made sure that our drinks stayed full (a challenge for our group). Overall, we were very pleased! read more

The service here is great. The people who work here really want to work here and they all carry a smile. But the food is just okay. The New England Crab Soup in a bread bowl was okay, but my brothers both got the crab melt. And it was no good. It is probably one of the worst sandwiches i've ever had. read more

If I could have given ZERO stars, I would have happily given so. Not only this restaurant is costly, but also this is the restaurant where you would get a very bad quality of food. For such high prices, the quantity of food that these guys serve is really less. Okay now. Screw the quantity, the quality of food is worse. (Even WATER tasted weird, fortunately one of my friends had the sipper) We ordered some chicken tenders (had to share them, because of huge price). There were only three small pieces of tasteless chicken for the whooping price of $16 (Totally unreasonable!!!) In short, this is a touristy place where you should never EVER go if you are hungry. Go to nearby McDonalds or Burger King for Gods' sake. This place really really sucks! read more

So the novelty of the name is fun and all but the food is way too over priced for the quality. I wouldn't come again. The place is pretty plain inside and there never a wait, but there's good reason for that. We ordered crab fries as an appeztizer, and I had a crab melt as my meal. I can honestly say the cheap coors light I had was the best part of my meal. There was tin foil in my jambalaya, and the service was slow. Not worth the price... Updates: I may or may not have vomited after my meal :( read more

Dirty Dick's Crab House - Nags Head - Crab Melt with jambalaya and fries. It was cold. - Seafood Near Me - Nags Head, North Carolina

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Not sure why this place got such low ratings. We had a party of 13 people. 4 adults and 9 kids. These guys were amazing. The food was great. HUGE portions. The adults each ordered an appetizer and then shared the Trinity Platter (for 2) but was enough for 4 people. The clamstrips were crunchy yet meaty. The crab fries were delicious. We were very happy with not only the food that we ordered but the huge selection. More importantly, our waitstaff, Amy, was THE BEST. She filled our drinks before we asked for it, she brought over extra paper towels, she was very helpful in guiding us with what to order for such a big group. The food came out quickly and the drinks were refilled at a rapid rate. For a huge group the food came only to $400. We're from NYC so our jaws dropped at how cheap the seafood was. WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS PLACE AND ASK FOR AMY'S SECTION. read more

The food is average to good. I would not go back just cause the price is high and the food is average. Service was good and manager very welcoming. read more

It was ok. Service was nice and friendly. The hush puppies were delicious and I would have loved my shrimp and grits more if it would have been a little warmer. Overall it was a little pricey for the food and I probably won't be coming back. This place was par the course for a majority of places in OBX. Tourist prices for mediocre fare. read more

Saw the signs for this restaurant and decided to try it. The food was ok but other places in the area are better. Go in and get a t-shirt or other memorabilia at is more memorable than the food. read more

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Shout out to the great food and great service! Beth went above and beyond to take great care of us! I was there a month ago and the manager (then acting waiter for the winter season) was great too!! read more

First of all it's June and they were already out of large and extra large Tshirts. Really!!! Second of all, the waiter never checked our food before bringing it out. My friend ordered crab legs and they came out cold. My boyfriend ordered shrimp pasta and got some sort of shrimp pizza. It took so long to get the correct two meals and we had to be somewhere, that we told them we didn't want them and to please take them off the bill, they offered to take 15% off. After arguing with the manager, who was very rude, and was going to call the police, they ended up taking 50% off the crab legs. Nothing off my boyfriends meal. My friend and my boyfriend couldn't eat there meals, but since we paid for them we ended up taking them with us. In conclusion don't go there. Very bad service. read more

Food was honestly disgusting. 88$ for a seafood platter for two, but everything except the clams was disgusting. And the clams were just bearable. I cant believe how expensive it is yet their quality is that of a mcdonalds dollar menu, actually you might get better tasting food there lol. Our server seemed annoyed whenever we asked for refills or for anything extra. Just seemed like we were a burden to her. Also, the hostess was seen at the host stand kissing and hugging all over a cook (or server, not sure but he would constantly go up to talk to her and kiss her). They then proceeded to give each other full back massages behind the host stand. I just dont think PDA belongs in the workplace and is extremely unappetizing and unprofessional. We couldn't believe how long it went on. And even more insane that they were doing this AT THE HOST stand? the first place customers see when they walk in? If i had seen them all over eachother when i walked in, i wouldnt have even bothered eating there. We noticed this after we sat down. As they were clearly doing FULL PDA in front of the entire restaurant. It made my whole party and I uncomfortable. Weird place, gross food, overpriced, service seems to be bothered by simple requests. All in all 0/10 stars if i could. Do not go here. Anywhere else in OBX would be a better decision, even a dive bar occupied with chain smokers would be better. read more

I understand it is the Friday before the 4th of July in a pandemic. Kim (the manager) clearly needs a different job because customers service is not her forte. I called at 6pm to place a to go order and was told I needed to call back in 30 minutes. When I called at 630 I was told no to go orders would be taken until 730. I asked if I could leave my order and have it placed at 730 and was told no. I called at 730 and was placed on hold for 6 minutes and hung up on. By this point it's almost comical, so I called back again and spoke to the manager Kim. She was rude, unapologetic, and chose to hide behind the pandemic and holiday for her lack of customer service and general manners. There was no chance I was leaving an order at this point even if I could, but I asked when to go orders would be taken. Kim replied that she had to ensure orders placed earlier were done. When I asked why I wasn't allowed to place an order when I called at 6 to be filled later it was more rudeness and excuses. Yes, the pandemic has restaurants at 50%. What goes a long way is customer service and politeness. It is not like the Friday before the 4th of July during the pandemic was a surprise. We all saw it coming. Well, except for Kim who clearly was not prepared to handle it. Prior planning prevents piss poor performance, Kim. Your inability to plan for the day resulted in extremely poor customer service and the first Yelp review I can remember writing. The company name is catchy. The last time I had it the food was good. Not great. But good. But Kim is clearly overwhelmed and incapable of dealing with customers. Until Kim gets more training (was this really your A-team for the Friday before a holiday, pandemic or no, dirty dick's?) take your business elsewhere. All the restaurants are overwhelmed. But only dirty dick's is managed by someone as rude and incompetent as Kim. read more

Ew, NO. I'm all for tacky restaurant themes, but ultimately it's about the dining, and this chain is SO overpriced for such sub-par menu offerings that it's really not worth it. You know, when you walk into a place and the first thing you see is a rack of T-shirts and logo-adorned merchandise, it's a sign, but not necessarily a "run away now" sign, especially at tourist-heavy locales. BUT, it does suggest where the restaurant's business plan places focus. Sometimes, though, it really does tell you exactly what the place is about, and sadly, yes, this chain is pure tourist-trap. The servers are great, and clearly well trained... and I felt really sorry for them. WOW are they trained to upsell, but also to give great service, and they do. But the menu is a really odd confusing mess, the prices are high, and the presentation goes for what I can only call "stuck in the '80s corporate chic". I mean, c'mon, WHY is anyone still serving appetizers in a martini glass... it's difficult to eat out of, it's not particularly attractive (well, except maybe... maybe... for ceviche... eh, no, not even) and especially if you're aiming for the tourist trade with grannies and kiddies, it's a potential, no, a very probable table mess waiting to happen. Anyway... service was great, T-shirts and logo items tacky but fun, food was not very good, and prices WAY high. There are too many other places to eat at on the Outer Banks that offer better food at better prices to ever bother eating here. read more

This is my second time there (was there a couple years back). The new location is more open but the food was not great. Our appetizer was the fried pickles which was suprisingly good. I ordered blue crabs and they were not fresh at all. The meat tasted old. It also looked like they threw in extra claws which they could've kept to themselves. Wife ordered fried chicken and got chicken fried steak. It was really over priced for sub-par food (which is all too common for the outer banks). I got my crabs from dirty dicks and all I got was a lousy t-shirt. read more

We were looking for king crab while on vacation in nags head. I had been here once before and remembered that I enjoyed the fun atmosphere. We tried it out and ended up being pleasantly surprised. Being tourists, it did seem a little cliche, but it ended up being pretty good. I'm not going to say it was the best crab ever or that it wasn't a little overpriced. What I will say though is the king crab was meaty and the service was excellent. We had Jaime as our server, and she said she had just started. She was super friendly and went out of her way to get the toddlers you sharks to keep them occupied. We would definitely go back if/when we return to nags head. read more

I assumed this place would only serve seafood, that was where I was wrong. I stopped to take a picture of the hilarious sign, and went inside to grab a menu. There was a great variety of seafood (not just the offering itself but how it is prepared) AND non-seafood. My husband opted for the turkey club panini with grits (instead of fries). He really liked the food. I chose the AYCE fried seafood which isn't my preferred way of cooking seafood but hey..it was done well. The fish was light and airy and the chicken was cooked perfectly. Juicy tender meat which was also seasoned well. The virgin pina colada was exceptionally tasty and I don't usually like drinks like that. All in all I came for a pic and left with my entire family and our bellies full. Also, our server was very knowledgeable. I wanted to order crab cakes for later and she told me i could also order it in since reheated crab cake isnt the best. I liked that she gave me the option but also gave her opinion based on experience in her industry. read more

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We got shrimp that tasted like ammonia and they wouldn't even comp the plate. They only gave a 25% discount on that plate. They did offer dessert for free and drinks to go, but we didn't want anything else from them. Everything else we ordered tasted great. It was only the shrimp on that one plate. read more

low quality food, ugly environment, smells like poop in the bathrooms, DO NOT bring you're family here.

Really nice buffet. Different breakfast options including fresh beniets(sp?), breakfast lasagna, pizza tomatoes, enchiladas, plus made-to- order omelette/waffles/pancakes! Food was tasty and the staff were super friendly and accommodating to our group of 17. Definitely recommend it! read more

I love dirty dicks. They have a great establishment. I love the crab and it is amazing. Love dirty dicks! 5 stars. Jumbo crab legs is very good and I enjoyed the Old Bay and butter on the side it made a great meal and I left a happy customer. Love dirty dicks!!!!! read more

-7 out of 10 DO NOT RECOMMEND! It sucks that in order to even write a review you have to give them even one star. A well needed weekend getaway ended terrible once we stepped foot in this restaurant. After being sat we order two appetizers.. crab dip as well as she crab soup. The soup tasted literally just like cream cheese no exaggeration you could not even taste any crab. The crab dip was served with pita bread, those of us that eat pita bread knows that it's supposed to be soft. Heck bread alone is supposed to be soft! But no this pita bread might as well have been a tortilla chip. They would have done better just serving the dip with crackers on the side. I complained to another waiter because it had been about 20 minutes and we hadn't seen our waitress, she didn't even bring our food out to us then we didn't see her until it was time to order our entrees. And I know what y'all are thinking why order an entree when the appetizers couldn't even be right!? But I'm a firm believer in second chances so I of course I still wanted to their actual food. I of course go very basic and order the crab cake sandwich with nothing on it, I order my daughter Alfredo no chicken and my friend orders the combo with steamed shrimp and snow crabs. My daughter who is one absolutely loved the Alfredo so no complaints there. My friend enjoyed her meal as well. But of course yet again something was wrong with mine. My sandwich came out literally cold. Not even luke warm. Again another waiter passing by I had to flag down to get our waitress who still took 15 minutes to even come over. Once she approached us I reassured her it's not her fault but I would like to speak with the manager. You probably guessed already but he doesn't come, she comes back and asks if I would like anything else and I of course go ahead and bite the bullet and order a burger because honestly can you really mess up a burger?? Well once she walked away to ring it in the table next to us called the manager over because of a discrepancy with their check. A $200 bill somehow or another got DOUBLE CHARGED. Like what!?! And guess what!? The manager did nothing to compensate them LOL. Instead when he's leaving the table to walk back in the kitchen he slams the door open and closed to the point we literally were like oh no this is not even worth the headache. I call our waitress Tiana back over I inform her you know at this point I would just like the check so we can go. After THREE discrepancies with our meal you would think they would compensate us in some sort of way right? After literally sending back BOTH appetizers and my entree you would think they would at least compensate the food from the bill that was not consumed right? NOPE. Instead after asking for the manager for the second time he comes over with an attitude. I informed him I didn't feel it was fair to charge for food I did not eat and he knew I didn't eat it. I even still wanted to pay for my daughter and friends meal and our drinks. But instead he says either pay the whole meal or I call the police. ROB THE GENERAL MANAGER then grabs his phone and speed dials Christine at the station to send officers down because he said we were trying to leave without paying which was not true. I offered to pay for the food that was consumed. It is not right to pay for food you didn't not eat and you're leaving there still on an empty stomach. Y'all no exaggeration the table before us as well as us were the ONLY brown people in that entire restaurant. And he treated us like complete trash. Once the officers arrived Rob still did not compensate us in any way shape or form. He even pulled the intention to deceive card out of his pocket when talking to the police. You can tell he is 100% a racist bigot and that's his leverage whenever he is confronted with these issues. To avoid a ticket & going to jail in North Carolina I had to pay $95 for only $35 worth of consumed food. All bad customer service starts at the head and that head is Ron the General Manager. He is single handed the worst GM I've ever come across. SOLUTION should be the focus of any dispute instead he took his small town power trip. The money isn't the issue, it's the principle. Coming from Virginia Beach, VA where we have great food, great service, & great beaches we decided to take a trip to experience some different scenery and now we regret ever even coming. I really hope you all read this review and a change happens within this establishment. ROB NEEDS TO GO!!!! & I will be disputing this charge with my bank as well! read more

15.99 all you can eat fried fish,shrimp, chicken, and clam strips is a must do for lunch while passing through the OBX.

My pal dick, always been quite the guy but once some dirt got some down under if you know what I mean he made his world famous dirty dicks cuisine. Dick has always been on my side in bed or doing head. read more

Greeted nicely and seated promptly. Service is kind of slow. Appetizers: ~Fried King Crab Legs, ony 1 person ate, he enjoyed. ~Fried Pickles (chips), the kids loved them, me not so much. Pickle itself not tasty, and I am a pickle fiend. Dipping sauce too chunky and not all that tasty. Waitress said she would bring us hush puppies. Never got them. Didn't see her again until the check was delivered. Very poor. Dinner: ~Shrimp Poboy for DH, he liked it. ~Fish n'Chips for DD and myself. Ordered tartar and cocktail on the side. Sauces weren't delivered, had to flag down another waitress, since ours had disappeared. Rather tastless, a few a litte mushy. But they were not undercooked. Breading was nice, not "break a tooth" hard like some places. Fries were cold. Sauces were not to my liking, used ketchup instead. ~For the hard to find a place for the vegetarian, she ordered a few sides. Mac and cheese, was okay. Seasonal Vegetables, were green beans, were ondercooked and bland. Blech! Red Beans and Rice. We were only told when they were brought to the table that they contained meat. Our waitress didn't tell us when the order was placed. She obviously didn't put 2 and 2 together, which wasn't her fault, BUT, we were happy that the waitress that delivered it that she figured out that my dd was vegetarian. She said that we could either share it at the table, or she would take it back and remove it from the bill, which we decided to do. It was removed. Dessert: ~Key Lime Pie, recommended by the waitress. Meh, nothing special, too much like cheesecake. Maybe thats what it was. Brought half of it home. Just took a spoonful, tasted like Pinesol. Blech! Overall, I would not recommend, was expecting better food and service. read more