We were visiting the OuterBanks for the Thanksgiving holidays from San Antonio, TX. We dined there on Friday evening. Our server Elena was very helpful explaining the menu items. . Our choice for the evening was the Wild Catch of the day Pampano. The service, ambience and meal were excellent. We will visit again on our next visit. Thanks J & P

I love this place. Really small and quaint. Definitely make reservations and I'd suggest around sunset in the bar area. Food was fantastic! Don't fill up on the bread and just be patient because the food is worth the wait. We started with duck egg rolls. They were so good that we barely used the dipping sauce. My girlfriend had the crab ravioli and I had the scallops with couscous. Took it home and it was just as good the next day as leftovers

Not sure where to start. The service was great and the waitress always had a smile on her face. The food was well made, served quickly and hot. The desert was the right portion and absolutely wonderful.

The view and ambiance of this restaurant is amazing and truly made our dining experience. Try to go before/during sunset. Highly recommend making a reservation. Food was delicious. I don't like how their menu isn't available on their website, but thankfully they have a good variety of items. Don't recommend if you have children. No kids menu and kind of limited options for picky eaters.

Our first time in OBX so we wanted to go eat seafood and after looking at the reviews wife and I decided to give it a shot. The restaurant looks like a quaint house from the outside. Since we didn't have reservations we were seated at the bar (glad we did, the bartender Tony was great). The wife ordered a glass of Pinot Noir and I had the "Duck, Duck, Goose" cocktail since we were in Duck, NC; it was so good I had a second one! For appetizers we had the Duck Confit Egg rolls (fantastic!). For entrees the wife had the spicy Shrimp and Grits with Cajun andouille sausage that was perfectly seasoned and i had the Crab Stuffed Shrimp which was amazing (a gentleman at a nearby table came over to ask what I was having because it looked so good). For dessert we had the Flourless Chocolate Tort that was decadently rich and a perfect ending to our meal. The restaurant is a little on the small size but you do get a nice view of the water and the music in the background is jazzy, relaxing and just perfect. If you're into landscaping they have a nice layout of fig trees, flowers and plants outside on the perimeter of the restaurant and in the front porch. Please be careful when driving up or when leaving as there are wild rabbits in the nearby grass; we counted 10! Loved the place we will return during this stay.

OK - here is a very very thorough review of the paper canoe including what our family considered "the rankings". There were so many of us and we all tried each other's dish. I have to rely on a few other people too because I am celiac and could only eat the gluten-free items. Ok let's get started Appetizers: Here were the rankings in our opinion. 1 duck egg roll - everyone raved about this and then raved and raved some more - wow 2 wedge salad was super fantastic and included bacon and was gluten-free - pretty awesome!! 3 burrato salad - this was a thumbs up, but it was not as good as the wedge salad. However, it comes with an absolutely ridiculous!!!!!!!!!!!!! amount of lettuce was good for a laugh. 4 French onion soup - OK, now we get into some things we wouldn't order again - I was told the French onion soup was OK but too creamy. Some of what was ordered was not finished. 5 the oyster dish we got had pimento cheese which is normally good but it had a kick that kind of overwhelmed the whole dish (by the way - I usually love that, but in this case it was- a little too spicy for the dish and kind of overwhelmed every other taste / flavor. I never thought I would say this, but kick it down a notch. Entree rankings 1 wild catch - the wild catch of the day was Pompano and everyone went berserk over this one. Berserk! 2 - Beef Wellington - personally I thought it was a bit odd to order this dish when you come to the ocean and not just get seafood, however, everyone agreed it was simply amazing 3. Chicken - yes, I do wish I remember what it was called, but it was the only chicken entrée and I was told it was fantastic. 4. Seafood puff pastry - apologies on the name of this one, I think it was a French word I couldn't pronounce, but I was told it was really good 5. Ravioli in cream sauce - the lump crab, ravioli, and cream sauce was very good and we talked about. Also, they don't skimp on the crab. 6. Steak - I appreciated the steak being gluten-free, but I thought the steak itself could have been seasoned more. It did come with a good sauce, but you definitely had to dunk the meat for it to have a strong flavor. Also, oddly, the steak came pre-cut, which I didn't think of much at the time but it takes you a while to eat a 16 ounce steak and by the end what you were eating is cold so I wish it had not been pre-cut so perhaps it would've retained his heat a bit better. The odd thing about this dish is that it is labeled as gluten-free, but it comes with french fries that the waiter told us were fried in the same fryer as things are breaded. I appreciate him coaching me but found it odd that something not gluten-free was labeled gluten-free. ?!?! 7. Ravioli in tomato sauce - pulling up the rear here is the ravioli in tomato sauce. As the menu continues to change, I would consider retiring this one. Our group pushed it around the table, so everybody could have a bite, but everyone ranked it last. Best drink: 1. Blood orange vodka and pomegranate juice blew everyone away - no, I don't know what it was called and the thing looked a bit like a red lava lamp when it was delivered, but everybody was blown away by this drink 2. Aww yeah was good too. Yes that is the name - "ahh yeah". I was told it was not quite as good as the other one however, people really, really liked it. We didn't get that many drinks and everything was really good Desserts 1. Crème brute - this dessert was so good. It would be hard to come here again and not get it. This is how crème brûlée is supposed to taste. OK, full disclosure, it is quite difficult to rank the desserts because everybody thought theirs was the best Others in our group got the Chocolate pyramid (mouse), Cream cheese fruit tart (which was basically a cheesecake as far as I could tell) and the Key lime tart (which was basically Keylime pie) I personally only tried the crème brûlée and am a crème brûlée snob so forget those other desserts and get the crème brûlée. Ha Lastly, I do want to mention that one person group who is finicky about coffee, got the coffee and liked it. He also got a glass of cab and said that was good too Overall, this place gets a big thumbs up from me. They handled our big group with ease and our waiter who had a butterfly tattoo on his arm was one of the cooler people I have met in my life. I don't know if you need reservations, but I'm guessing you do because it's not one of these ginormous restaurants, it was smaller and quaint, and I liked it that way. I almost forgot, some in our group got a drink just because it came with an edible straw, which apparently tastes like sweet tarts. I was told it was the bomb. Warning - there was some fighting at the table for scraps of the straw when it was broken into pieces. Be prepared for some table turmoil if you get that edible straw

This is the best restaurant on the OBX. It is not a place to bring your children who are tired from the beach and just want to eat - get them a pizza and leave them at the house. Get cleaned up, dress a little nicer, ask your partner out for a date night and get ready for amazing food, delicious top shelf drinks and a sunset view that will set the mood for the evening. Reservations are required, so plan ahead. They do have a bar where you can enjoy a drink while you wait, as well as a small back deck if it isn't oppressively hot.

Delicious delicious delicious! Bartender, hilarious, and food really good ask for Brad

We on vacation in duck - and I always look for the best of the area. This came up so I made reservations for that Friday and it was one of my favorite meals I've ever had, anywhere! Great service, right on the water, cozy with a relaxed vibe. Loved it ALL! Will be back anytime I'm close!

First time here at TPC. Friendly service from the moment we entered. The atmosphere is unmatched. Rustic wooden paneling and a waterfront view of the sound proves to make a great venue for an scenic and delicious dinner. Appetizers: Fried Oysters - lightly fried to perfection with a savory aioli for your dipping pleasure Crab Dip - blue crab hits the spot with toasted bread pieces to accompany Dinner: Pompano - the wild catch of the day was pan-seared pompano with cous cous and chopped asparagus. The fish melted in my mouth with the tender cous cous to provide that extra kick to take the dish to the next level Ribeye - medium rare 16 oz ribeye was tender and charred to perfection. The marbling provided the perfect ratio of meat to fat for a delectable satisfying steak. Will definitely be making a reservation at this place the next visit to OBX!