Low Tide Bar and Grill

First of all, The place has a nice ambiance, but it does not go hand and hand with how good the food or service is. Secondly, we were the second table in this establishment with a table of 4, the other was a table of 2. We started off with hushpuppies with crawfish. Half were burnt and I made a comment to the waitress about it, and her response was "they have tested out the fryer and changed the oil and it comes out that way-- it isn't burnt" well I beg to differ. Half were black and definitely tasted burnt. My friend bit the bullet and ate the burnt ones because this restaurant didn't have the gall to do the right thing and just replace the burnt ones. My friend and I ordered whole fish: yellowtail and was told it came with both heirloom tomato salad and potatoes, waitress was wrong again. While it's a bit of a misadvertisement and inadequate knowledge of what's *actually on the menu*, she made up for it but getting us a side of potatoes. Now, the yellowtail looked good, but it wasn't fully cooked through to the bone. Now, if you'd want to justify that it's fine, then that's just an opinion I don't agree with. The flesh of the fish that we both ate were cooked and good, but once you start getting towards the bone, it became soft to raw. Overall it wasn't that great but at least the good bits (about 70% of the fish) were edible. Also, my wife got the shrimp and grits. The collard greens seeped into the sauce of the shrimp and grits and the bitterness was overwhelming and the entire entree was underwhelming. Shrimp tacos were good, but pieces were big. Bottom line: I would not dine at this establishment in the future. Reviews from previous foodies felt misleading and so do pictures. As someone who has been a waiter for 6 years, helping family friends open up their restaurants, and a son of a fish purveyor, the waitress and the food was must left to be desired.

Low Tide is conveniently located right next to Northern Outer Banks Brewing Company. If you need something to pair well with local brews, the pretzels with queso at this place are stand outs, as are the wings. Service is pretty swift. The interior of this place is nicely decorated, but it's still a pretty casual vibe overall. Cocktails here also hit the spot but the bar does get busy especially on weekends, so you might be looking at a bit of a wait. Solid kids menu here too if you're coming with the family -- plus the kids can run around outside if you decide to eat outdoors.

We got the tide burger and fries and the mahi mahi tacos and fries. All of it was really good. The fries were average and slightly cold. However, they were busy when we arrived with large parties and it took a little while to get our food. We chose to sit outside. We were alone outside and the table next to us didn't get cleaned for 30 minutes. The servers came to clean it, and it appeared they were arguing. Again, they were busy when we got here so I don't know if that has anything to do with it. Over all my belly got full so I'm happy. Total was $54 before tip.

Food was very mediocre- at best. For what you pay it would be considered awful. Service was terrible. We were a large group -10 and the gratuity was automatically added on and it was very clear they knew that and didn't care. Food came out ten minutes apart in various groups. Some of it was as cold. Tables that came in after us but with seven were served sooner. Drinks were forgotten. Water wasn't brought for everyone. Multiple request for water or condiments. Waitresses were rude. No one was friendly. Terrible last night in the area experience and would never return when back in the area. Drive the distance to another place - this is not it.

My wife and I ate here on a Friday night, the first Friday after Labor Day. Business was slow but the service was not. The menu is a bit limited but that made it easier and quick to order. I had the Southern BLT which came with an overly generous serving of French fries. The hearty sandwich was delicious especially with the chipotle mayo sauce that covered the potato bread. Wife ordered the Fish Tacos and could only eat two of the three, again because of the overly generous serving. One will be fine for tomorrow's lunch. She enjoyed the tacos but wanted to save room for the Double Chocolate Expresso Martini which she claims "was to die for." The cocktail put her in a good mood so I rate the drink highly as well. Dinner for two, plus lunch for one came to $63.72 plus tip. One of our cheaper dinners in this beach community. We are staying in Corolla and deliberately picked a restaurant far from the chaos we often see at Tim Buck Two.

My party of 7 thought the food tasted fine, maybe a bit spicy but 6 of us got sick afterwards. Hard to tell what it was since we were sharing food to try everything. We called the next day to just inform the restaurant. The girl who answered couldn't have been nicer but the owner seemed put off that we had the nerve to call at all. At no point did we ask for any compensation just wanted to let them know to investigate what might have happened.

Wait time was horrendous. Not sure if it was staffing issue a at or they just got clobbered with a lunch rush. We showed up after 1p with 2 adults and 3 kids. The hostess warned us it would "take a while" to get to us but even then, after meeting our server, our drinks came AFTER our food. Server was nice but had zero sense of urgency. Food was mediocre. Price tag on the high side especially considering all the other negatives to this establishment.

The warning sign should have been the printer on the table with boxes of office supplies on the only table in the bar.Poor service and even worse food. Half of our table couldn't even eat their meals because of how bad the fish was. I'm not going to waste my time writing everything out but I'll at least describe the fish tacos. Corn tortillas that weren't even warmed upmuch less grilled. Just bland soggy tortillas with really sad fish that I think may have been just sitting in a steam pan in the kitchen. No flavor other than the taste of bad fish with cumin cover up. I was hoping I could at least eat the fries to not leave hungry but they were stale.The service was bad as well. It's obvious there is no front of the house management as the service staff wasn't trained in even the basics.$112 for this experience for a few beers, fish tacos, and hush puppies.. Currently headed to another restaurant to try again

Another fabulous meal at Low Tide. Hats off to chef Bear! Coconut shrimp were absolutely delicious along with the fish tacos, scallops and low tide burger. Great place to eat behind the Welcome Center in Corolla.

first off I was a little concerned because the restaurant looked like it was very busy and we were worried it would be a long wait, but when we went in just the first thing that hit me was the aroma of wonderful smelling foods. at that point I would have not minded a long wait. We were seated within a short amount of time and had drinks brought to us within just a few minutes my wife ordered the grouper which was amazing. I'm not real big on fish, so I went with a burger that had the most amazing tasting smoked bacon on it. I'm not sure what the rest of the people in the restaurant were eating, but every time a server passed our table with a food order it smelled wonderful. I will definitely be going back to try different things. I know now why the restaurant was busy. I even bought a jar of their house made spice blend and have all ready used 3/4 of the bottle. I can't wait to go back and try something different.