Beach Shop & Grill
701 S Anderson Blvd, Topsail Beach
(910) 328-6501
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Absolutely our favorite date night restaurant. The food is always superb, creative and presented beautifully. The drinks are on point and desserts are out of this world.
Can’t recommend Beach Shop enough!! Amazing meal with local fresh ingredients and the chef was extremely accommodating to our party!! The perfect place to go and celebrate any occasion!! 10 out of 10
My husband and I have been to the Beach Shop and Grill several times for breakfast and brunch and enjoyed the meal and the atmosphere. Decided to go for dinner and were very much looking forward to it. Menu is extremely limited. That's okay, if they serve what you are expecting when you arrive. Portions are small, and no sides are available. The menu also specifically requests no substitutions. If you are ordering a nice, pricey meal, you should be able to order as you wish. They are pricey (as we expected) but are a bit too proud of their offerings. Menu lists no prices, so you'll just see when you get there. Their ribeye is $70, decent cut of meat, but served with absolutely no seasoning at all. Very bland. I am not a seafood lover, so offerings are even more limited. I had 2 choices. I was prepared for this in advance, as I have reviewed the menu online. But, once we arrived, the menu given does not match what they advertise online. I ordered a pork tenderloin that was extremely undercooked, and flavorless, served with a handful of flavorless string beans. The appetizer was the best part of our meal (other than the small portion size). I don't mind paying well for an exceptional meal. No way I can call anything about our meal exceptional... just exceptionally overpriced for small portions and tasteless food. Save your $$ and go elsewhere.
We had high hopes for Beach Shop and Grill, but unfortunately, our experience fell short — with the exception of the cocktails, which were excellent. While quite pricey, the drinks were crafted beautifully and were easily the highlight of our visit.
We started with the shrimp salad and the crudo. The shrimp salad was supposed to include artichoke and goat cheese, but neither ingredient was present, and it was poorly dressed. The crudo was an extremely small portion, and the accompanying straw-like crisps were completely stale.
We mentioned these issues to our server, who was gracious and apologetic. She told us a manager would be by shortly and that we’d be receiving a full refund. However, the manager never came to speak with us, and we were only refunded for the crudo.
We had initially planned to stay for entrees, but given the food quality and steep pricing, we decided to leave and eat elsewhere. It’s disappointing because we weren’t looking for a refund or to make a scene — we simply wanted to give the restaurant a chance to make things right, but that opportunity wasn’t given.
Sadly, I won’t be returning — though I will say, if you’re just stopping in for a cocktail, they’re worth trying.
We had a reservation for 10. The young blond lady attending to our table was amazing . Top notched service . The food was GREAT for this beach resort town. The atmosphere was upscale but not stuffy and still has a beachy vibe. Hats off to the kitchen for delivering very detailed food plating for a table of 10. The steak was grilled perfectly and was probably the best dish on the menu but so was the crab cakes. Ammmmmazing . The cocktails were special. The only complaint I have is the noise level. It was hard to hear conversations unless you lean in close but the food, drinks and amazing service made up for it
Brought 4 adults and 3 kids. Food was very, very good. To be fair, it’s overpriced but you’re at the beach in a small town so just swipe the card and enjoy it.
I’d go back in a heartbeat.
Delightful dinner experience provided by Sean and the best ribeye ever cooked by Jim.
We’ll be back!
Delicious and the service is great.
Update: I appreciate your reply, but you must have spoken to someone who wasn't our server. Our server did check on us while we ate our appetizer and we addressed our concern, which she agreed and also stated that she has spoken to management about this before with no luck or revisions. The issue with the app wasn't that big of a deal really, but her response gave me a clear representation of how issues or recommendations are handled by management. That is why we chose to finish our meal (we were very hungry), leave, and not come back. At this point, I do wish I had said something in the moment and just sent the food back. When our server asked how our main course was, our response was 'it was okay'. I will admit, I wrote the original review out of frustration, and it was more harsh that it should have been. I will rewrite the review, and I do think you deserve more than one star.
After many months of anticipation of going to this restaurant, only to be held back by our own busy schedules and full itineraries, we finally got the opportunity to visit Beach Shop & Grill. After enjoying a cocktail at our local distillery, we came over to grab another drink and catch the bluegrass band playing.
The good: the server was friendly and attentive. The music was great. The pimento cheese was tasty. The ingredients were clearly very fresh, and locally sourced when possible. The food was beautiful plated.
The meh: the snack plate was lacking. The hoe cakes were room temperature and mushy and the country ham was full of tendons that made it stringy and difficult to chew. The pimento cheese was nice, but we had nothing to dip in it or spread it on, so some toasted baguette or sourdough would have solved the issue.
The bad: while the triple tale was cooked to perfection and was very fresh, it was completely bland with little to no seasoning. It's accompaniments on the plate offered little to no resolve, not good at all. The boar chop was seasoned well and flavorful, but very dry and chewy. The accompaniment was severely overcooked and bitter to a point it was inedible.
While I don't mind paying steep prices for great food, and I do quite often, it's important that the food is more closely quality controlled.
This used to be my favorite spot on the island, but something has seriously changed. The food was bland, the service was careless, and the prices are now absurd for what you get. It’s heartbreaking to see such a beautiful place with a once-great menu go so downhill. You had it all—how did you lose it?
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