Mama Kwan's Tiki Bar & Grill

Order the Fish tacos you will not be disappointed! A little hack too is to go during the winter if they are still open because it's really easy to get a table.

It's the off season and I could finally get in here without a forever wait! Mama Kwans was great. The service was super friendly and fast. The restaurant is a kitschy little place with a tiki hut ceiling and tiki decor. The food was good and filling. Fried green beans: thick batter and yummy dipping sauceHawaiian Pork plate: this had goo flavor and was a good portion size. I really enjoyed the cucumber salad with the pork. One of my friends got the garbage plate with chicken and it looked and smelled great! She said it was very good and the portion size was huge! Another friend had the fish tacos and someone else had a burger. All were solid portion sizes and everyone enjoyed their meal. I will definitely go back!

You would expect the Outer Banks to be a lot quieter during the winter time, but Mama Kwan's is constantly busy and is brimming with holiday spirit during the Christmas time! With that in mind, we did have a large party (of 8 people), so we did have to wait around 30-45 minutes for a table, but they'll text you when your table is ready so you can walk around the area and kill some time till then.I got the Coconut Fried Shrimp and the shrimp was fried beautifully in a light coconut batter. My only complaint is that I wish there were more pieces of shrimp because it was so delicious! I also highly recommend the B.O.F.F. (basket of fries) as an appetizer. Honestly, anything that is fried on the menu is guaranteed to be good. I don't know who or what they have in the kitchen, but they are killing it with the fried elements!

It's Christmas time at Mama Kwan's! The whole restaurant is decorated in holiday cheer. I thoroughly enjoyed the warmth and festivity that was woven into every aspect of the restaurant on the Saturday after Thanksgiving when I visited.Service was great. The restaurant was packed, but the staff didn't miss a beat even with us being a large group of 7 and simultaneously having buses of merry ugly Christmas sweater wearing folks arriving in droves to descend upon the bar. The food was yummy and fresh. The chicken garbage plate was far from trash and it was enough for two meals. The pork was also very good. I would love to return to Mama Kwan's tiki bar when it's not Christmas time and see if the magic remains.

The atmosphere is great the staff is awesome and quick. The food and drinks are top notch. A must eat.

An ok restaurant for the tourist location. Go for the experience and not necessarily for a tasty meal. The motif and service are awesome. The decorations are cool and has an island vibe. The service is super awesome, friendly and responsive. The wait can be long though especially at standard meal times.The food is nothing special and just ok. We had the jerk chicken soft tacos and the chicken was dry. We also had the pork plate which had average quality meat and a bit sweet. A plus is that the serving size is quite large. The bar drink we ordered was ok.

This extremely popular seafood restaurant is so busy that they won't answer their phones much of the time, and there is a line to get in, unless you go off hours (when it will still be busy).It's clearly popular for a reason, and the tiki-bar theme is no doubt part of it.We ordered two salads to-go (as we didn't want to wait to sit down). The fish taco salad was reasonably good with plentiful chunks of fish and a smattering of corn chips. The oriental chicken salad was quite good - very tasty, with a fresh grilled chicken breast. We liked them both.But I have to say, that when salads are $17 and $15 respectively, I expect each salad to be a meal - and while the taste was great, the portion size was too small, and I was left wanting more to eat. In the oriental chicken salad, there was plenty of chicken, but just not much salad material (and let's face it, salad is pretty inexpensive, so a larger portion would have been trivially provided). Similarly, the fish taco salad came up short on the amount of salad. Who wants to be hungry after you've finished your meal?So what could have been a 5-star review, ends up a 4-star review because of inadequate portion size. Mama's could easily remedy this by including more salad in these salads.

Heard a lot of good things about this place from various Facebook Groups, decided to try it out. The wait was long but we ended up just sitting at the bar immediately. I got a cocktail in an adorable souvenir cup. We ordered the Honey Jerk Chicken Fingers for our appetizer. I got the Coconut Shrimp Platter, and my boyfriend got the Fish Tacos. Best Fish Tacos we've ever had!! Everything was absolutely delicious and the service was amazing. It was actually so good that we went back for dinner a second time on the last night of our vacation.

First time trying Mama Kwan's. It was delicious! It was a tad busy for 2pm so it was hard getting our servers attention, but she had other employees nearby ready to help with refills and such. I got the Fish Tacos. The waitress highly recommended the Mahi Mahi blackened, and it was worth the up charge. I had never had fish tacos that were not already constructed, but I wasn't hating. I could put more or less on my taco as I wanted. My husband got the honey jerk flavored wings and he said they were really good and filling!We also got a basket of onion rings for the table, and I wish I had ordered 2! They were flavored so well and not to much bread. They were really really good!Highly recommend this place. We will be back for sure to try other things on the menu.

Visited this place twice in our yearly one week trip since I couldn't believe we haven't tried it until this year! Mama Kwans has great service, a warm atmosphere, and amazing food & drinks!I loved both the tacos and nachos, and we tried a few of their drinks - which if you didn't know, you can collect glasses by ordering one of their special souvenir glass drinks! A great bar for late night drinks and food, or a sweet spot for lunch and dinner. Definitely will be back!