Manteo, NC, Restaurants: Bars

Including Entertainment in Manteo Restaurants

Among the Manteo, NC, restaurant scene, it’s hard not to be impressed by the variation within the bars here. From pubs to sports bars, breweries to wine bars, open-air tiki huts to copper-topped cocktail bars, whatever sort of bar vibe you seek on Roanoke Island can be found within a 10-minute walk or drive. Catch a game or catch up with friends at the end of the evening at no-frill dives. Pay a visit to a tiny brewery – right in downtown Manteo – and squeeze into the pub for a sampling session. You can enjoy your beverage al fresco at Shallowbag Bay’s harbor, or sail into the marina, tie up your boat and sit down with a refreshing cold one. Several of bars at the Manteo restaurants have full liquor licenses, so it’s not hard to get your beverage of choice or try a new, creative craft cocktail.

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

Firetender Stone-Oven Cooking & Bar

Bars & Entertainment in Manteo, NC
814 N. U.S. Highway 64/264, Hotel Manteo, Manteo
(252) 262-6112

Based at Hotel Manteo, Firetender Stone-Oven Cooking & Bar is one of Manteo's most popular restaurants and gathering spots. The setting is moody and cosmopolitan, with dark walls and sophisticated details, yet it's entirely comfortable and cozy, the perfect place for lingering at the bar, intimate dining and gathering with friends. The restaurant is centered around its custom-built stone oven, the source of its incredible stone-oven...read more

Based at Hotel Manteo, Firetender Stone-Oven Cooking & Bar is one of Manteo's most popular...read more

Lost Colony Tavern

Bars & Entertainment in Manteo, NC
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

Bars & Entertainment in Manteo, NC
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

Stripers Bar and Grille

Bars & Entertainment in Manteo, NC
1100-A S. Bay Club Drive, Manteo
(252) 475-1021

Stripers has a great waterfront location at Shallowbag Bay Marina, and they offer plenty of opportunities to enjoy the water views. You can eat on the screened-in deck, on the outdoor patio, in the first-floor bar or in the second-floor restaurant. The views get better the higher you go. Stripers menu includes fresh local seafood, steaks, sandwiches, burgers, salads, pastas and appetizers. The seafood is...read more

Stripers has a great waterfront location at Shallowbag Bay Marina, and they offer plenty of...read more