Manteo, NC, Restaurants: Breakfast

From big platters with bacon, eggs and biscuits ranging to coffee shop treats and even European-inspired breakfasts, early mornings start off right at Manteo, NC, restaurants. There are a couple of familiar chains with drive-thru windows if you’re in a hurry, but the Manteo, NC, restaurants with the breakfast of choice involve sitting down to a hearty meal at diner-style restaurants or heading into the waterfront downtown to have a coffee and pastry.

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

Darrell’s Restaurant

Manteo, NC, Breakfast Spots
521 S. U.S. Highway 64, Manteo
(252) 473-5366

Darrell’s is a family-style seafood restaurant that’s a locals' favorite and has been operated by the Daniels family for more than five decades. It dates back to 1960 when Darrell Daniels started the Polar Bear Drive-In. When the second generation came on board in 1972, the family changed the focus to a seafood restaurant and renamed it Darrell's Seafood Restaurant. Now the third generation is...read more

Darrell’s is a family-style seafood restaurant that’s a locals' favorite and has been operated by...read more

Firetender Stone-Oven Cooking & Bar

Manteo, NC, Breakfast Spots
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