Our new favorite restaurant in Oak Island. My shrimp was delicious! Enjoyed the waitress and the great service. They take reservations which was great. But the fresh baked pies were over the top good.

Delicious meal for all 4 of us! Lobster ravioli, blackened shrimp, grilled shrimp, swains salad, crab dip, wow! Every part of the meal was perfect. Not to mention the homemade desserts... the coconut key lime pie/cake was one of the best desserts we've ever had...in the area. Our server Christina was super helpful and pleasant. Definitely will be back!More

Good service, nice menu options, fairly good food and reasonable. My friends and I enjoyed out dinner there. Would recommend if in the area. One of the few places that takes reservations.

Had the “Out of this world” crab dip which could be a meal in and of itself. Grilled perfectly cooked grouper, steaming baked potato and delicious veggies! Perfect hotawesome meal!

My husband and I ate recently at Swain Seafood and it was wonderful. We both got a meal and the portions were so large we could have shared one meal. The waitress was very attentive and met our every need. Food was delicious.

If you only eat at one place on Oak Island be sure it is Swain’s. With no reservation I was happy to have a set at the bar. Bartender was friendly and attentive. I had the fresh grouper and shrimp. Plentiful portion. I had left...overs for lunch the next day because you must save room for the homemade desserts. I took home coconut cake and key lime pie. The best key lime pie outside of Key West, FL Coconut cake was three layers of delicious cake and icing!! Make a reservation or call in and pick up! Top choice on the islandMore

I could not wait to go to Swains after reading all of the reviews. All I can say is..lies, they must be lies. I ordered a plate of fried shrimp that were way over cooked and battered in a thick batter that was very garlicky...and doughy. The service was not very good as we had to ask for refills several times and we were only a party of 3. My husband and child also disliked their meals and none of us are picky, at all.More

Beach ambassador “Steve” recommended this place for fresh, local seafood and Swain’s lived up to the hype! Family 4 arrived at 5pm midweek and we were sat right away w/o a reservation. The house crab dip was delicious! I ordered the Swain salad w house...dressing, catch of the day ( grilled grouper) w garlic mashed potatoes and hush puppies. It was a lot of food, so we had leftovers. Delicious! Grouper was awesome. Staff was pleasant. Comfortable seating inside. Great overall experience! Highly recommend.More

Most all had grilled or blackened catch of the day with scallops or shrimp. Excellent! One had Bolognese and another Seafood Italiano. Large portions. Recommend sharing those. Serve homemade chips as soon as you sit down. Delicious. Crispy like I like them. Not greasy at...all. Desserts were delicious too! Highly recommend! All our meals and drinks were delicious. The Key Lime Martini was the best! We will be returning! They take reservations!More

The food was good-and shareable as well. My husband and I shared the catch of the day with shrimp so we’d have room for dessert! All was good. My son had the shrimp appetizer as a meal and he said it was spicy but good....Everyone else in our party had shrimp and scallops-it was all good. We also had dessert! Make sure you save room for that! If you are a big party I’d recommend reservations—we made a reservation and was able to go straight to our table. Marissa was awesome as well!More

First let me say, make a reservation. We didn't think we would need one since it is off season and we arrived at 5:20. However, we were told no seats available except at the bar. So that is what we did. We both ordered the...Fresh catch +1 seafood item combo. The fresh catch was a choice of grouper, flounder or trigger fish. Trigger is one of my favs so that is what we had, plus scallops. We chose fried and the coating was panko, the portion was generous, the fish fresh and well cooked. The bartender was attentive and service was good.More

Great fresh seafood and wonderful service! Free homemade chips were yummy. All seafood is fresh and never frozen!