The food is excellent but the service is extremely slow. Drinks took 20 minutes, and our water was often empty. This was our second time trying and will probably be the last.
Christina
It's clear they are cutting costs where they can. Food was just okay and service was slow.
Antonia Bianchi
The only black manager on the property at the new Theodosia restaurant was fired by the new Events Manager because he didn’t like the way the gentleman smelled. After perusing the gallery hall on the way to the toilets and not seeing a single face of color among the photographs I can see how these people think what they did was okay. Never eating here or staying at this resort again.
Brooke
We've gone here probably 8 times. We've always enjoyed it. This time was not good. Found a black hair in the soup. Soup was also lukewarm (prior to finding the hair). My kid's grilled cheese was made with seeded rye bread (I don't think there is a kid out there that likes seeded rye...). So he didn't eat any of it. Dinner took forever to arrive. My veggie burger turned out to be sold out so I got a basic Beyond Burger. Disappointing. It was served nearly dry - just a beyond burger on a bun with a tiny portion of some type of Mayo, a tomato slice, and a tiny piece of lettuce. Very disappointing and not very good. We planned to order dessert but we spent two hours just waiting for this part of the meal so we skipped it. Appetizers were great but took ages to arrive - everything downhill from there. We have always been seated downstairs. This time we were upstairs and seemed forgotten. My in-laws live in Corolla so we are there often and this is their favorite restaurant. This visit was all around disappointing and we all wished we hadn't wasted our time going.
Carolyn
The friendly service team made this a very pleasant evening. Food is good - she-crab soup a particular hit and sea bass, while pricey, was well cooked with a delicious sauce. Nice choices of wines by the glass. Charming restored coastguard station.
Sue
We are real fans of Vivian Howard and drove twice from Richmond VA to the Chef and the Farmer! So we were excited to see she had open Theodosia in Duck NC. The restaurant has a beautiful interior with windows to the sound. We were greeted warmly by hostess and most of our service was fine but not perfect. Our water glasses were not refilled during the meal. One can tell that the restaurant is newly opened. My husband rated his meal perfect. We both raved over the tomato pie. He enjoyed the black drum and felt if was prepared just right. I had the sea bass toast. At first I wasn't sure I was eating the fish or the toast, the fish sat in a broth that was cool. The fish was well cooked but bland. However we will return again. Ms Howard stopped by our table and we had a lovely chat. She is charming.
Cindy
They tried to sit us at a table near a large party when many of the tables were empty. They acknowledged our anniversary on check in and then no mention again. My husband's fried chicken was good. My salmon a bit overcooked. All in all not the best meal we've had in the OBX.
Patrick
Our dinner at The Lifesaving Station was wonderful. It was very easy to make reservations and our table was ready when we arrived. The waiter was polite and attentive, explained the specials, and made a good wine recommendation to accompany our entrees. The meals were all well prepared and we particularly enjoyed the crab cakes and seared tuna. We have eaten here several times over the years and this was one of the best experiences to date.
Uwe
We were seated in the upstairs dining room. There were 2 large groups sitting there, the acoustic was not favorably. It was very loud. Furthermore the kitchen was running out of crab cakes. The server was very nice and the food was good, but overall it was only a mediocre experience.
Deb
Terrible experience. Poor waiter had to be the bartender and it took 45 minutes for him to make our cocktails and spilled one as he arrived at our table. We drank the drinks, paid and left without eating.
Great breakfast spot. They have a kids menu. French toast and OBX breakfast good! Just overpriced.
Mike
Cool building. Hemingway Cocktail was not good. All grapefruit juice. Salmon was overcooked. Caprese salad was delicious but tiny. Tuna entree was very good. Server forgot about us.
Lalena
We had a breakfast and a dinner here and both were great. The wait staff was friendly and efficient. The manager checked in with us. The food was well made and delicious and came out quickly. Casual dress and setting. I would definitely recommend!
Monica
The food was good but the service not so great. I don't think it was the wait staff's entire fault. I think the kitchen was behind too even though there were only 2 tables with customers in the entire restaurant with one of the tables being mine.
Beth
Food was excellent but the service was so slow. Not sure if it was a kitchen issue or server issue or both, but we waited 10 minutes for water and drink order and then it was nearly 50 minutes from food order to delivery. There seemed adequate front house staff, so maybe training/management could help fix. For instance, if the hostess sees a table's server is tied up with a large group step in and fill water glasses and let guests know their server will be over soon. The table next to us had to get food to go after waiting nearly 45 minutes for their order as their baby needed to be fed. There was also no communication during the wait. Again, all things that a manager could help smooth over.
The food is excellent but the service is extremely slow. Drinks took 20 minutes, and our water was often empty. This was our second time trying and will probably be the last.
It's clear they are cutting costs where they can. Food was just okay and service was slow.
The only black manager on the property at the new Theodosia restaurant was fired by the new Events Manager because he didn’t like the way the gentleman smelled. After perusing the gallery hall on the way to the toilets and not seeing a single face of color among the photographs I can see how these people think what they did was okay. Never eating here or staying at this resort again.
We've gone here probably 8 times. We've always enjoyed it. This time was not good. Found a black hair in the soup. Soup was also lukewarm (prior to finding the hair). My kid's grilled cheese was made with seeded rye bread (I don't think there is a kid out there that likes seeded rye...). So he didn't eat any of it. Dinner took forever to arrive. My veggie burger turned out to be sold out so I got a basic Beyond Burger. Disappointing. It was served nearly dry - just a beyond burger on a bun with a tiny portion of some type of Mayo, a tomato slice, and a tiny piece of lettuce. Very disappointing and not very good. We planned to order dessert but we spent two hours just waiting for this part of the meal so we skipped it. Appetizers were great but took ages to arrive - everything downhill from there. We have always been seated downstairs. This time we were upstairs and seemed forgotten. My in-laws live in Corolla so we are there often and this is their favorite restaurant. This visit was all around disappointing and we all wished we hadn't wasted our time going.
The friendly service team made this a very pleasant evening. Food is good - she-crab soup a particular hit and sea bass, while pricey, was well cooked with a delicious sauce. Nice choices of wines by the glass. Charming restored coastguard station.
We are real fans of Vivian Howard and drove twice from Richmond VA to the Chef and the Farmer! So we were excited to see she had open Theodosia in Duck NC. The restaurant has a beautiful interior with windows to the sound. We were greeted warmly by hostess and most of our service was fine but not perfect. Our water glasses were not refilled during the meal. One can tell that the restaurant is newly opened. My husband rated his meal perfect. We both raved over the tomato pie. He enjoyed the black drum and felt if was prepared just right. I had the sea bass toast. At first I wasn't sure I was eating the fish or the toast, the fish sat in a broth that was cool. The fish was well cooked but bland. However we will return again. Ms Howard stopped by our table and we had a lovely chat. She is charming.
They tried to sit us at a table near a large party when many of the tables were empty. They acknowledged our anniversary on check in and then no mention again. My husband's fried chicken was good. My salmon a bit overcooked. All in all not the best meal we've had in the OBX.
Our dinner at The Lifesaving Station was wonderful. It was very easy to make reservations and our table was ready when we arrived. The waiter was polite and attentive, explained the specials, and made a good wine recommendation to accompany our entrees. The meals were all well prepared and we particularly enjoyed the crab cakes and seared tuna. We have eaten here several times over the years and this was one of the best experiences to date.
We were seated in the upstairs dining room. There were 2 large groups sitting there, the acoustic was not favorably. It was very loud. Furthermore the kitchen was running out of crab cakes. The server was very nice and the food was good, but overall it was only a mediocre experience.
Terrible experience. Poor waiter had to be the bartender and it took 45 minutes for him to make our cocktails and spilled one as he arrived at our table. We drank the drinks, paid and left without eating.
Restaurantji Recommends
Great breakfast spot. They have a kids menu. French toast and OBX breakfast good! Just overpriced.
Cool building. Hemingway Cocktail was not good. All grapefruit juice. Salmon was overcooked. Caprese salad was delicious but tiny. Tuna entree was very good. Server forgot about us.
We had a breakfast and a dinner here and both were great. The wait staff was friendly and efficient. The manager checked in with us. The food was well made and delicious and came out quickly. Casual dress and setting. I would definitely recommend!
The food was good but the service not so great. I don't think it was the wait staff's entire fault. I think the kitchen was behind too even though there were only 2 tables with customers in the entire restaurant with one of the tables being mine.
Food was excellent but the service was so slow. Not sure if it was a kitchen issue or server issue or both, but we waited 10 minutes for water and drink order and then it was nearly 50 minutes from food order to delivery. There seemed adequate front house staff, so maybe training/management could help fix. For instance, if the hostess sees a table's server is tied up with a large group step in and fill water glasses and let guests know their server will be over soon. The table next to us had to get food to go after waiting nearly 45 minutes for their order as their baby needed to be fed. There was also no communication during the wait. Again, all things that a manager could help smooth over.
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