Sonny's Restaurant
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Ratings and reviews
4.0
RATINGS
Food
Service
Value
Atmosphere
Food and ambience
Local cuisine, American, Seafood, Vegetarian friendly
Does this restaurant offer highchairs for toddlers?
Details
PRICE RANGE
$1.00 – $1.00
CUISINES
American, Seafood
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
FEATURES
Takeout, Seating, Parking Available, Television, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service
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4.0
399 reviews
Excellent
211
Very good
113
Average
50
Poor
12
Terrible
13
neonp
Annapolis198 contributions
May 2024 • family
Had both dinner and breakfast here during our road trip down OBX. I had the clam strip platter. Big portion, too much to eat, but also seemed to be somewhat too greasy. Breakfast was really good.
Service was excellent. The morning we went for breakfast, we had to wait for a bit as the graduating senior class was there for their "senior skip day"
Written June 6, 2024
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mjshss2
Seaford195 contributions
Sep 2021 • none
This is a plain, little local restaurant where mostly locals eat, along with those waiting for the ferry to Ocracoke. The prices were moderate and they had a few soups, salads, sandwiches and platters on the menu. Nothing unusual or different on the menu.
I ordered a salad with grilled chicken. It consisted of iceberg and Romaine lettuce, 1 slice of tomato, 2 slices of cucumber, grated carrots and cheese, with a small grilled chicken breast on top. All ingredients were fresh. Tasted good- nothing fancy.
My husband ordered the Pulled Pork Platter with applesauce. It came with a large pile of pulled pork, and bar b cue sauce on the side. He thought he was getting a sandwich, but no bread was included. He enjoyed it though.
We were hungry, couldn't get on the ferry to Ocracoke (3 hour wait) and had to drive back to Nags Head, so it filled the bill for a place to eat and be served fairly quickly.
Written October 4, 2021
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Kurt C
Clearfield107 contributions
Aug 2023 • couples
Pretty casual place. The food was good. My wife had the Captain platter and she was very please with it. I had the fish of the day which was the Mahi Mahi blacked. It came with rice, black beans and a few tortilla chips and salsa. It wasn’t over done and was good. They had a small selection of drinks available.
Written August 11, 2023
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499theresas
Canton117 contributions
Jul 2023 • family
Amazing, filling breakfast! The food was home cooked, the pancakes ginormous and the breakfast potatoes were served hot! Everything was yummy. It was the perfect breakfast to fill up on before we took the passenger ferry over to Ocracoke Island. The servers were very nice, very attentive to refills and quick to serve the food. We will definitely return!! The kids thoroughly enjoyed the pancakes and sausage!
Written August 14, 2023
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Joe R
1 contribution
Jul 2023 • family
Starting with the excellent service from Kaleigh the evening just kept getting better! The crab legs were steamed to perfection! This is one of my favorite entries and I get it quite frequently. What was so impressive they were prepared like they should be not soggy or over steamed. The meat will always come out and the legs will always crack in half if done properly. The extra side of fried oysters was phenomenal as well! My wife’s Mahi mahi fish was superb! The dessert of coffee butter bunt cake with ice cream was fantastic! What an incredible dinner our first night in Hatteras!
Written July 8, 2023
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ybqueen
Centreville190 contributions
Aug 2024 • couples
First of all, I’d like to say that the breakfast at Sonny’s is excellent. We had it four times while we were here. Wonderful sausage gravy excellent biscuits.
Since we have come to this restaurant many times over the past 30 years, I will say that the portions have definitely shrunk. Perhaps due to inflation? In the past the stuffed flounder was a large piece of flounder that actually was stuffed with the crab meat filling. Tonight was just one slender piece of flounder with a crab meat topping rather than stuffing. On the other hand, the special tonight was prime rib and it was a large piece, succulent, extremely good. We have learned from experience to get there early to get a table. We did feel we were being rushed today, but that was fine. It was our last meal of our stay. Sonny’sis not fancy but it’s very efficient. Once again, do not miss breakfast but be sure to get there before 11 o’clock otherwise you miss out. Sonny’s is close on Sundays by the way.
Written August 16, 2024
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ybqueen
Centreville190 contributions
Aug 2021 • family
Mixed experience this year. Breakfast once which was great. Both food and service. Carry out twice - not so good. Ordered 7 dinners and portions were markedly small. Large tip was added, but was not clear on receipt so added even more. Again ordered lunch - soup was lukewarm - paid for bowls but just one bare cup. Onion rings warm as was fish so the barely warm soup was a real turn off. Was one of our favorite places for years and think they should do what they can to be great once again
Written August 3, 2021
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Chris H
Belmont1 contribution
Sep 2022 • family
We stopped in here for some lunch one day last week with a very upset baby. My son would not let me sit down and wanted to be held, one of the staff came over and scooped him up and walked him all around the restaurant for 20 solid minutes. I could eat, have a sip of my beer and speak with my family. The kindness we were shown will ensure that when we’re back in the area we will be back to eat. THANK YOU!!!
Written September 24, 2022
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Owings M
22 contributions
Jun 2022 • couples
We always have breakfast at Sonny’s when we’re in Hatteras. The food is excellent, however, one of the servers is incredibly rude and will ruin your meal. She knows who she is. When you hate your job, you should work somewhere else and keep your attitude to yourself. The other servers have been courteous.
Written June 1, 2022
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IslandGirl874
104 contributions
Jul 2022 • family
Three of us had breakfast here on Saturday morning. We beat the crowd by a bit so our wait for a table wasn’t very long. We had pancakes, an omelette and corned beef hash. Hash was ordered crispy and it was cooked perfectly!
Our waitress, Jasmine was super friendly and kept our drinks topped off!
Can’t wait yo go back!
Written July 17, 2022
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Barbara G
1 contribution
Sep 2023 • couples
I had scallops and baked potato and it was delicious. My Husband had the crab cake and pasta, very good. For dessert I had the small bundle cake with toffee and ice cream and Hubby had the donut cheesecake both were delicious. Christina was our server and she was on top of everything. Great experience
Written September 14, 2023
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MEtoFL
Agawam378 contributions
Apr 2023 • couples
It was just OK, clean and friendly, but food was less than memorable. Very disappointed that they do not mention the clam "Chowder" is not, it is a clam water based soup at other locations called "hatteras" chowder, this was very poor tasting, wish we were warned. Our party had ordered 2 bowls, did not eat either one, they did take one off the check.
Written April 23, 2023
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AuntTra
Westerville592 contributions
Jun 2021 • none
We ate here in June with a party of 9 for a weeknight dinner. We arrived just as they were opening for dinner and were seated fairly quickly (with a wheelchair). The food was average for seafood fare. The crab cake was tasty. Our service was good. The restaurant itself is rather small so I imagine the wait could get pretty long during high season.
Written June 24, 2021
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Tania
5 contributions
Jun 2020 • family
We vacation in the Outer Banks every year and this was our first time staying in Hatteras. We weren’t far from Sonny’s and saw it was always packed. We decided to give it a try and were very pleased. The menu isn’t huge, but they have a nice selection. We went for lunch. My husband had the fish sandwich, my daughter the shrimp, and my son had a turkey bacon sandwich and I had the pulled pork. All of it was really good! We had a small wait, and they were very apologetic, but this was to be expected as they had every other table closed, so they could safely distant guests from each other during the pandemic. There was no need for apologies!! The waitress was very nice and did a good job. Next year we plan to go back for breakfast.
Written June 22, 2020
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courtneynum5
Uniontown4 contributions
Oct 2020 • family
We have always visited Sonny’s while on vacation for the last few years. This year with the pandemic I called the day before to make sure they could accommodate our large family party (25). I was assured they would be able to accommodate but to come early as they don’t take reservations. Upon getting sat at our tables (separated of course) we were rudely told that we can only do 3 checks For our large party as they “don’t have a sale point system”. As we sat there trying to figure out how we would do checks we were rudely asked if we were ready, and again told that this lis listed on their menu” and there are no exceptions. We most definitely would of sorted it out amongst us but it was this waitress/self proclaimed manager’a attitude that left us not even wanting to order or in that case return. We got up and went across the street to Breakwater restaurant (which I highly would recommend) there service was wonderful they were happy to have our business and were very warm and friendly to us. I think I should also note that Sonny’s includes gratuity for parties which may be why they feel they can get away with being rude. It was disheartening to say the least that one of our traditional stops had turned callous and rude.
Written October 29, 2020
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