K.D.’s Sea Shack

Visiting the area for the weekend and since we love all types of seafood we thought we would check this place out. Really cute inside. Casual and comfortable. It was a Friday night and they had live music. A young lady playing guitar and singing. Added to the comfortable atmosphere as it was not too loud so we could still hear each other. Started with the green lip mussels appetizer. The sauce was rich and creamy. I thought it might overpower the delicate mussels but it actually worked really well. Then we had the swordfish fish special. Really impressed. The swordfish was perfectly cooked and very flavorful. Really impressed with the veggie sides. I love my veggies and at most places it seems they don't really care about the veggies. Here the broccoli and asparagus were perfectly done with a lovely roasted flavor. Also 5 stars for our server Kim who was sweet and friendly and took good care of us. We will definitely return when in the area again!

Second visit better than the first food was tasty and the bartender Nate really made the experience great:-)

I'm not really sure why I am even giving two stars, I guess I'm trying to be nice. We waited over 10 minutes for someone to come to the table to take a drink order which took another 20 minutes to get. We ordered appetizers, clams casino and crab cakes. The crab cakes were cold and the clams were over cooked and dry. The waitress brought someone else's food to our table and sat it down. We said it wasn't ours so she left it there while she went to find out who's food it was then brought it to them. There were three of us and one person ordered a drink from the bar. We had to ask the waitress three times about the drink before it finally came 15 minutes after being ordered. We had a 6:30 reservation and got there a few minutes early. We finally got our food at 7:20. One order was missing fries, and the roll for the lobster roll was hard. The fries never came and she brought the bill and cleared away all our drinks even though we were not finished. Just an observation but not one person in there looked like they actually knew what they were doing.

***3.5 stars, but rounding up to 4I really want this restaurant to succeed and am really excited about the prospect of having access to fresh seafood. Don't fault me for this, but I lived in Maryland nearly 30 years (it was my dad's last duty station, and I remained there for college and work)... So, needless to say, I am well versed in what a crab cake should taste like. I've been to some of the best haunts - mostly hole in the wall places - to get them, or to pick crabs. So, when we went to KD's Sea Shack, I ordered them as a test. The flavor was good, but I really couldn't find any crab in them. It was all filler, and very much like a very nice Thanksgiving stuffing with a hint of crab flavor. The potato salad and slaw on the other hand was outstanding. My husband's meal - holy moly. He ordered the lobster roll (or lobstah in Maine), and it was full of claw meat and huge chunks of lobster. It was worth the $21.The atmosphere is nice, and the behind the bar staff was incredibly friendly and attentive. I think the prices are a bit high on some items. For example - in Maryland, a full pound lump crab cake at Stoney Creek Inn (featured on Diners, Drive Ins, & Dives) with very little (like--just enough to bind the huge pieces of crab together) was about $30 (and enough for two people). It's $27 here and about 1/3 of the size.All of that said, I am rooting for this place. We will revisit down the road to see how they're doing.

Absolutely delicious. Had the sea bass AA++Drinks are great. Good pours. Great oysters The cocktail sauce is great and spicy. My wife had crab legs. Good and fresh My father raves about the salad - nice and fresh. We give a strong strong recommendation to come and try. Great fresh seafood. Definitely come and eat here

A nice little gem in Tryon! We were greeted by a friendly staff, who was also appropriately attentive during dinner. The food did not disappoint! We started with mini crab cakes as an appetizer; nicely prepared and very tasty. My wife had the halibut blackened which was cooked just right. I had the corvina which was pan seared and also perfectly prepared. Both fish were moist and flakey.Sides were also good portions and very tasty. We were both pleasantly surprised and will be back!

fish taco served coldsurf n turf burned meat baked potato burnt returned steak now it was raw ans unedible.great service

This was our 4th or 5th trip here as one of our go to places even though it's a 45 min drive. We took our friends again as a table of 4. Across the board all of our dishes were a fail. Specifically the Lobster Mac & Cheese ($28), always a favorite, was horrible-dry, little cheese, only maybe a teaspoon of sauce, and small lobster pieces. The fish & chips ($16) my wife ordered, had only 3 pieces of fish each smaller than a steakhouse fry. Very under sized this trip and both dishes little flavor. No customary decent size piece of battered fish as received in restaurants. Our friend's choices were flavorless as well, small portions not normal for this place. We arrived at 5:45, so this wasn't late on Saturday night. Sadly this will come off our go to list.

Decided to give this place a try. Have to say was pleasantly surprised. The interior decor is something you'd find on the coast, so you definitely don't feel like your in Tryon. I had the Low Country Boil and it was loaded with seafood and was super tasty. Wife had the Spicy Shrimp skewers and a salad which she said was awesome and the dressing for the salad seemed homemade.The waitress was super friendly and knew the menu. She also was attentive and kept our drinks topped off. The host was also great and made us feel very welcome. We went on a Sunday, so it was slow but there were a handful of tables going. Also the bar was lively and it seemed like there were some known locals having a good time. Definitely nice to have something different and good. Will be coming back again.

We had eaten lunch here in the past and it was OK. We brought some friends from out of town for a nice dinner on 7/5/24, but the entire experience was absolutely horrible! One of our friends ordered a simple hamburger, medium. It was not edible - totally raw. The waiter took it, then brought it back in the same raw state. Our friend said to just take it away so she didn't even get to eat anything. The lobster role others had had very little lobster, didn't taste good, and was overpriced. My salad looked like they ran to the grocery store and threw together some carrots and lettuce that weren't even fresh. Then, the waitress was all bubbly saying she didn't even charge for the hamburger! Like, what??? They should have not charged for the whole dinner for the 4 of us. And the manager, whom we had had a good conversation with during our previous lunch, seemed to cower away and offered a weak apology. What a terrible experience.