Food never disappoints here!! We come every year!!…read more Dessert is great as well/ we often take it home for later!! Great servers as well!

This is a great locals restaurant. Great service and excellent food. Beautiful water view…read more Everything I have eaten was delicious and fresh. Highly recommend.

Had an INCREDIBLE experience here. The shrimp tacos were delicious, the cookie skillet was to die…read morefor, the atmosphere was GORGEOUS, and our server was so so sweet. We have babies, and I wasn't sure how that would fit the vibe, but it went very smoothly and everyone was very gracious to us!!! I highly recommend if you're in the area- we will definitely be coming back!!

We all really enjoyed our meals! We waited a while for a table as it was a busy Thursday night but…read morewe got a drink from the bar and sat outside to kill the time. They have tables inside and outside. Our waitress, Sara, was amazing! Several people in our group had the tuna steak with wasabi potatoes and really enjoyed that meal but honestly everything we had was good. (I'd pass on the shrimp cocktail next time as the tarter sauce was kinda sweet and they didn't have horseradish)

Rick's is Rick's. Always busy, sometimes have a wait, sometimes don't. But it's a solid choice…read moreevery time we come to the beach. Service is always good, some meals better than others but we never leave hungry or disappointed! They have an extensive menu and we started with the boneless chicken bites and Jalapeño cheese skewers, both of which are amazing every time we visit. For dinner we branched out this time and got snow crab legs, salads, a chicken sandwich, and a lobster pasta which came with an entire lobster! Keeping in mind it IS bar food, but everything was good and no one walked away hungry. Cocktails were also fantastic. There is a reason we always stop in and it's because they are consistent with great service! Kudos

Okay this is an easy one! Our 1st night in Jacksonville, NC…read morecouldn't have started any better. This is the areas Pittsburg Steeler watering hole, we each ordered something different and everything was tasty, hot, and perfectly prepared. On the menu are Carolina crab cakes, real Carolina crab cakes. Not those store bought machine produced cardboard type hockey pucks you find in the frozen food isle in Hyvee. My cakes were perfect, fresh and the ramalade sauce to die for. Sweet spicy with a little heat. We will return

We've lived in the area for about 6 years. Eat out fairly often. This restaurant by far has been…read morethe most consistent in the quality of the food, which is the best of all the restaurants in the topsail area. It is not fine dining and has the sports bar vibe. It is a relatively small place and I recommend going on non peak hours in season. If you are into oysters, they have a great selection of both local and regional on the half shell. If you prefer cooked, chargrilled or steamed is a good choice. While the menu has a great selection of seafood, the chalkboard specials features extremely fresh local catches which change daily. While there are several restaurants in and around the topsail area this is the only one where I have never been disappointed. If you go at peak hours during the vacation season expect to wait but it is worth it. You can't miss with any of the steamed shellfish offerings and if you prefer fried there batter is light and not overpowering. As a sports bar, they have a large selection of tap and bottled beers and a good mixology of liquor options which is only outdone in my opinion by Rick's in Sneads Ferry

Whenever a restaurant puts "market price" next to an item, I'm worried. But Dear Wife and I were in…read morethe low country and we wanted a low country boil. So that's what we got. I could've asked the price upfront (and usually do) but what the heck... we're on vacation. The server suggested we get a "double" and share it. OK. Sounds good. It came out quick. There was a TON of food for two of us. Shrimp, sausage, potatoes, corn. It didn't have a lot of seasoning also on it, but - no problem - there was a rack with every hot sauce you'd ever need, plus salt, pepper and old bay. We both ate our fill and even left a few potatoes. The bill comes and it's less than $40. It might be the cheapest great meal I've had in a long time. Or maybe it's the "greatest cheap meal" I've had in a long time... I don't know. Bar ambiance, but pleasant enough for families. Mostly high tables. It all seemed very nice.

Food is great. Prepackaged seafood in ready to cook aluminum steam bucket. Seasoning "Jimmys" is…read morebest ever tasted. Recipe provided seems to have been tested. Comes out great.

We really enjoyed our experience with Topsail Steamer. Everything is prepared and provided (pots to…read moresteam, butter, cooking instructions, seasoning, cocktail sauce, and paper for the table) which makes cooking and cleanup super easy. The inside was very clean and the workers nice. We will be back again!

This restaurant in Snead Ferry has a delicious buffet. Their prices are great . The waitresses are…read moresuper friendly and helpful. The food was hot and fresh. We went after 2pm and they kept bringing out hot food. Would highly recommend!!!!

Food was ok... and staff seemed very friendly. What…read moreirritated me was the price went up 30$ when we had to use our card instead of what she told us it would have been for cash. If you go, bring cash.

First time here and we were really impressed. Lovely, clean place. Very friendly staff and the food…read morewas delicious! We will definitely visit again.

The place was empty at 8:15 on a Tuesday night. The environment is very nice & clean inside. This…read moreplace has lots of potential. The server knowledge is lacking if you care about details...& the menu is gutted and has leftovers from last year (there are several blank pages of things they don't offer anymore, everything offered still is in the pics)...& prices are quite a bit more than the menus posted here. For example, oysters are only one type and are $3 per oyster instead of $26 per dozen as the Yelp pics show. They know where they bought oysters, but not where they came from. The crab dip was good, but seemed to have a tuna hint to it. The server was hovering the whole time, but that may have been because we were the only people in the place and they were ready to shut the kitchen down.

We have been coming here a while now, and I will say this visit was the best one we had. Service…read morewas great, food was amazing, we had a reservation so we were seated right away, and we like the vibe here. Even though you are in a strip mall, this is a comfortable location. We started with an appetizer we have not had before and we really enjoyed it. Get the Crab dip. You get a hot, bubbly dish of the dip with some fried pita chips. Get some bread at the table too, so you can enjoy the dip if you run out of chips. My husband loved it so much he ate it plain. We got some excellent entrees this time. We had the Figure 8 stuffed flounder. Instead of the green beans and risotto, he got risotto cakes and sautéed spinach. Risotto cakes are really good. Nice and crispy and so tasty. We also had the lemon pepper scallops with risotto cakes and asparagus. We really enjoyed everything and our server was so nice. I didn't take a pic but I also had the handcrafted lemonade which is delicious. Unfortunately no room for dessert, but they have some yummy selections to try. We have enjoyed coming here repeatedly and do enjoy this place. We have had very few minor issues that were not deal breakers for coming in. As with any restaurant, they will have some minor flaws. Overall it is consistently good.

We used to love this place and to some degree I do because I order sandwiches with fries , and they…read morenever screw if up, but my wife orders the seafood dinners and the last 3 times we had to to return over done, underdone, or cold food and tonight was #4 and I know what happened they plated the soupy risotto, and the broccoli while the fish cooked so the sides got cold. They just have a miserable kitchen staff or lack of leadership at management level. It will be a very long time before we return, but Dan and Jason at the bar were amazing! It is a sad situation that the "seafood" meals are hosed up! 2 stars as my chicken sandwich was decent. So disappointing! Such a cute place

It was our last night on the Island and this restaurant ended up being our favorite in the area…read more From the beautiful seating to the incredible service, we really enjoyed ourselves and the wait wasn't too long. We called to see about a reservation and they didn't take them but we arrived between 4-5 and did not have too much of a wait. Just enough time to rock on the porch and take photos. The food was primarily fried so it was fast service and the drinks were great! We'd recommend bopping over the bridge if you are visiting Topsail.

Incredibly slow to seat, be greated, have our waitress hit our table…read more... I'm all for a leisurely Sunday, but when hangry mode kicks in; you're locked in. NOW ON TO THE GOOD When drinks need to be refilled, they were rapidly delivered. The fritters alongside the four sauce pairing *chefs kiss.* Scallops could have been slightly more seared but the fried green tomatoes made up for it!