Summer is Here-Time for Awful Arthurs!

Awful Arthurs-Beach Road MP 6-Kill Devil Hills-open year round for lunch and dinner:

We were introduced to Awful Arthurs the day after Thanksgiving in 2001 by my niece and nephew Shane and Angie Belcher. It was definitely LOVE at first bite! There is NOTHING fancy about the food at Awful Arthurs, nothing at all. But, I can tell you that as a person who entertains clients in many cities, and has done so now for 20 plus years, I am no stranger to quality restaurants, nor is my family. We can all tell you that you will never eat a better piece of fish than the very plain grilled fish sandwich served at AA! The family is torn on which is better the Mahi Mahi, or the Tuna, but we have never eaten fish that is better than their simply prepared grilled fish sandwiches. When they have access to fresh Wahoo, it is even better. I can honestly tell you that we have taken more than a dozen people to this place, and EVERYONE agrees that they have never had a better piece of grilled fish than the fish they have eaten here at Awful Arthurs. It is so fresh and simply prepared, that you can taste the fish as it is supposed to be. It does not need anything in the way of condiments. In addition to the fresh fish, they have for my money one of the best raw bars I have ever seen, with everything from oysters, clams, mussels, shrimp and crab legs. Their steamed shrimp may be the best we have ever eaten! Add great hush puppies, french fries she crab soup, fried oyster sandwiches, clam strips,and it is heaven for a beach bum with a serious taste for fish! My youngest daughter who is not the fan of fish that the rest of us are, always finds a sandwich she likes to go with the great hush puppies. In addition, they have GREAT service, a very LOCAL feel, despite it being a big tourist destination, and a nice selection of cold beer on tap. I prefer the Widmer Brothers Hefeweizen or Fat Tire to finish a feast of raw bar every time we go. If you want to mellow out quickly, try the Awesome Arthur, a quicker way to get happy! Try to get there during the offseason, or off hours, as AA is always packed, but make sure you get there! This place is one of the places we dream about during the long winter in PA, and my whole outlook truly changes when I walk into this place. In our opinion, stick to the fresh fish sandwiches/platters, or raw bar as that is what this place does so well.......but they do serve burgers, chicken, pastas and steak......for us, summer vacation is not summer vacation until we have had our kickoff feast at Awful Arthurs, followed by several more visits during our time there. (We eat out a late lunch and late dinner, every day, so we get our shots at this place!) Finally, we rent a home across the street from AA for one of the weeks partially due to the proximity. This is a five star stop in our books.