Manteo Bars

Including Roanoke Island Bars

No one would have said this three years ago, but Roanoke Island is becoming one of the Outer Banks epicenters for drinking. Downtown Manteo now offers several drinking establishments, including a brewery outpost, a distillery, two wine bars and much-loved local pub. Combine those Manteo bars with the downtown area’s superb walkability, and you have the perfect opportunity for bar-hopping. Keep in mind that Manteo bars close fairly early. The last one closes down by midnight, and if you need a ride home to the beach communities, make arrangements ahead of time.

Roanoke Island Bars/Manteo Bars and Tiki Huts

If you love a good tiki bar on a summer afternoon, you can’t beat the two you’ll find among the Roanoke Island/Manteo bars. One is down in the fishing village of Wanchese and the other is on the Nags Head-Manteo Causeway. Both are perfectly situated at a marina, making it easy to step off the boat from a day of fishing or dolphin-watching and be sipping a drink within minutes. These Roanoke Island/Manteo bars are open seasonally.

 

Basnight’s Lone Cedar

7623 S. Virginia Dare Trail, Nags Head/Manteo Causeway, Nags Head
(252) 441-5405

This Outer Banks landmark restaurant at the top of many locals’ lists of favorite places. The service is genuinely friendly, and the portions are more than generous. You’ll enjoy views of Roanoke Sound on both sides of the restaurant, including nightly sunsets. They feature only local, fresh North Carolina seafood that comes in whole and is cleaned in their state-certified fish-cleaning house, located onsite. They...read more

This Outer Banks landmark restaurant at the top of many locals’ lists of favorite places....read more

Lost Colony Tavern

Manteo Bars
208 Queen Elizabeth Avenue, Manteo
(252) 423-3033

For locally brewed beers and perfectly accompanying British pub-style cuisine, head to Lost Colony Tavern in downtown Manteo. The tavern offers a wide range of dishes for all tastes, ranging from British favorites like Welsh Rarebit, Fish & Chips, Scotch Eggs, Bangers & Mash and Cottage Pie to burgers, salads crab cakes and shrimp and grits. The Full Moon Crab Dip from this restaurant's predecessor is,...read more

For locally brewed beers and perfectly accompanying British pub-style cuisine, head to Lost Colony Tavern...read more

NouVines

Manteo Bars
105 Budleigh Street, Manteo
(252) 339-1634

Downtown Manteo finally has a wine bar! It's a cozy, comfortable place with the slightly urban feel of a remodeled historic downtown building, in this case the restored Fearing building on Budleigh Street, just across from the old courthouse. It's a nice place for a date, pre-event drinks and bites, a lingering lunch with a friend or even late-night fun (yes, in Manteo being open...read more

Downtown Manteo finally has a wine bar! It's a cozy, comfortable place with the slightly...read more