Masonboro - Porters Neck

This is a regular's dream, Jackie is the best! Tuesday is definitely taco night, and trivia on Thursday. More please!

Party of 4 tonight. We all shared an appetizer. Each ordered something different but tried each other's food. Every single thing was excellent.Server was knowledgeable and personable.

Standard bar faire. Nothing super memorable about this experience. It's definitely a neighborhood bar, and I felt like an outsider.

Second time we 've been here. First time was poor service but food was fine. The second time we decided to stop in and catch a football game, as it is very close to our home and thought we would try something different for football season. Asked the young host if we could watch a game we wanted to see, as there was only 1 table of two young ladies not watching either of the two tvs in that entire portion of the restaurant. Not even one other table sitting anywhere in that area. He stated he would see if they could change it. He must have gotten busy, as not only did he forget to ask, but he forgot to come back with a drink menu, and forgot to tell our waitress we were even there and never returned. We asked the waitress when she came by and she went back to check with her management. She came back and told us that the tv 's were all spoken for and could not be changed. We figured since there wasn 't even 1 other table watching anything that perhaps they could accommodate but was not the case. We were fine with that, as rules are rules. We figured we would eat our lunch and go elsewhere to catch second half of game. However, while we finished our lunch, a family of four came in and asked which game we were watching. They wanted to change the channel to watch a different game. I told them what we were told by management and they apparently complained to the right person. 5-10 minutes later someone changes the sh*t game I 'm in the middle of watching to another one at the family 's request. At that point, we were already planning on leaving so no point in complaining to whoever it is back there that sends their wait staff out to tell customers one thing, and then undermines their staff by folding like a cheap lawn chair when they have to talk to the people directly (not a good look management). The wait staff was very apologetic and we had no issue with her or her service. All we really expected is some consistency in policy. When you 're told something can 't be done, it 's not a good look when someone sits next to you and they make the same request and you take care of them...Also, as others have stated, not a fan of the convenience fee that they add on to the bill for the pleasure of you stopping into their establishment. If I 'm going to spend $70 on couple of sandwiches and couple of beers, it would be nice if I could watch one of the 50 tvs inside the place...No plans on ever returning and will not recommend them to anyone.

Great neighborhood establishment. I came here from out of town on a beach vacation. The location gives me a neighborhood clubhouse type of feeling. Lots of locals friendly locals here, and the service at the bar was great. Food is far better than I was expecting, and it came out quickly. You wish most places would be like this and this was the standard statewide. I’d say this particular restaurant is a hidden gem. Thank you for a great evening and dinner.