Tortugas Lie

Tortugas Lie-Nags Head-MP 11-Beach Road

This place is the final part of the Big Three for my family. Tortugas Lie for us is a combination of some of the things we love about Awful Arthurs(great raw bar), and Mama Kwans (healthy food). The atmoshere in here is great.....feels like a local bar with a surfers feel about it. Some of the highlights aside from the atmosphere and great service include:

Great bar with about a dozen draft beer choices that usually include Widmer Brothers Hefeweizen, Fat Tire, Guiness, Bass Ale, and others;

Great raw bar-The raw bar at Tortugas is excellent. The shrimp, clams, and crab legs are fresh, portions generous, and come out quickly;

Great Appetizers-Our favorites include the fresh chips and salsa, as well as the Creole Crawdads, served with toasted baguettes, island fries, and the Hatteras style clam chowder;

Great fresh fish specials-the nightly specials usually combine some sort of local fish with a Caribbean flair......they are unbelievable most nights;

Great Burgers-They have some really great burgers including.........yes, I am going to say their Garden Burger....I thought I would never be a fan of vegetarian burgers, but this thing is different.....served on a thick piece of whole grain toast and coated with their homemade barbeque sauce this burger made a believer out of a lifelong meat lover.

Wednesday Sushi night-fresh locally caught sushi;

My daughter Ali seems to favor their hummus wrap for lunch, and my other daughter loves the Creole Crawdad Fette, with is a spicy fettucine covered in a creole spiced sauce, loaded with sauteed onions, red peppers, tomatos, and crawdad meat. My wife seems to enjoy the raw bar, or the great nightly specials.....recently she was treated to the crab cake sandwich which was a huge patty of crab meat without fillers........This is a five star stop in our books.