Nags Head, NC, Restaurants: Outdoor Dining

With moderate weather for at least nine months of the year, outdoor dining is an almost year-round treat on the Outer Banks. Whether you’re grabbing something quick in your bathing suit and flip flops or you’re enjoying a more leisurely meal in the open air, you’ll find a variety of options for outdoor dining in Nags Head.

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Sugar Creek Soundfront Seafood Restaurant

Nags Head, NC, Outdoor Dining

7340 S. Virginia Dare Trail, Nags Head/Manteo Causeway, Nags Head

(252) 441-4963

Today: Happy Hour

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Offering a primo location right on the water, Sugar Creek has been serving the freshest seafood available to locals and visitors for years. The views of Sugar Creek and the Roanoke Sound are incredible. The outdoor walkways and decks on the property are great for strolling along and viewing the resident wildlife. Before dinner, enjoy a drink from their outdoor gazebo bar. Folks can also...read more

Offering a primo location right on the water, Sugar Creek has been serving the freshest...read more

Snow Bird Burgers & Cones

Nags Head, NC, Outdoor Dining

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Snow Bird has been serving burgers and ice cream on the Beach Road in Nags Head since 1958. Burgers, hot dogs, sandwiches, fish tacos, a Greek gyro, boats and baskets are available for take-out or to eat at their outdoor picnic tables. Soft-serve ice cream, hand-scooped ice cream, sundaes, milkshakes, snow cones and slushees are popular on hot summer days. Bring your pooch and ask...read more

Sonic Drive-in

Nags Head, NC, Outdoor Dining

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You are probably already familiar with this chain drive-in restaurant. They have fast-food standards like burgers and hot dogs, but they also have good milk shakes and sundaes, fruit slushes, breakfast sandwiches, traditional tater tots and sweet potato tots, spicy jumbo popcorn chicken bites and more. Sonic does not have an entrance directly off the Bypass; turn east onto Epstein Street to access the restaurant....read more

Sooey's BBQ & Rib Shack

Nags Head, NC, Outdoor Dining

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If you’re looking for delicious and traditional Southern fare on the Outer Banks, stop by Sooey’s BBQ & Rib Shack. With locations in Corolla and Nags Head, they're proud to offer their famous Carolina barbecue. They specialize in authentic Eastern North Carolina-style pulled pork barbecue, slow-smoked ribs, beef brisket and Southern fried chicken. You’ll find all your favorite homemade sides here too, including potato salad,...read more

South Beach Takeout, Catering & Delivery

Nags Head, NC, Outdoor Dining

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The South Beach brand has been a family-owned and -operated restaurant on the Outer Banks for more than 30 years. After they closed their full-service restaurant in Nags Head they opened South Beach Takeout, Catering & Delivery in Surfside Plaza. They prepare creative appetizers, sandwiches, salads, soups, wraps, tacos, salads, bowls and sides, focusing on fresh, local ingredients, including seafood. Outer Banks diners have come...read more

Sugar Shack

Nags Head, NC, Outdoor Dining

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Sugar Shack is located right next to Sugar Creek Soundfront Seafood Restaurant. You can eat here or you can pick up seafood to take home. Choose from raw seafood to cook yourself, steamed seafood like shrimp, lobster and king crab legs, or pick up a steamer bucket with a variety of steamed seafood. They even serve fried seafood. In fact, the fresh fish sandwiches and...read more

Waveriders Coffee, Deli & Market

Nags Head, NC, Outdoor Dining

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Waveriders is a hugely popular coffee shop, bar, eatery, beer and wine shop, and community gathering spot in Nags Head. It's a great stop for breakfast or lunch, offering panini-pressed breakfast and deli sandwiches any time of day, along with muffins and pastries, wraps and salads. Vegetarian and gluten-free food options are available. In addition to food, they serve expertly made coffee and espresso drinks,...read more