18 Seaboard
Raleigh, NC 27604
Phone: (919) 861-4318
- Best of Citysearch:
- Special Occasion Dining 2007
- Hours:
- Lunch: Mon-Fri 11:30-2pm, Dinner: Sun-Thur 5pm-10pm, Dinner: Fri-Sat 5pm-11pm
Message from 18 Seaboard
One of Raleigh's Best Contemporary American Grill
- Private Dining Room
- Lunch and Dinner Menu
- 2nd Floor Mezzanine
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Editorial Review for 18 Seaboard – by Neha Shah
In Short
The inviting environment complements the sensible American cuisine, which focuses on local ingredients to create a truly distinctive dining experience. Popular dishes include the wood-roasted chicken salad and the cornmeal crusted catfish with grilled grit cake. The restaurant also has a variety of unique homemade sauces including champagne tarragon butter, saffron orange vinaigrette and 18 Seaboard Worcestershire.
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User Reviews for 18 Seaboard
06/24/2007 Posted by karenstar
Delicious: I was at 18 Seaboard not long ago with a large group of women. We all found the resturant to be delightful, loved the open look, and the food was delicious. The wait staff was very helpful with our selection of dinner wines and took very good care of us. We all tried something different, with no complaints. The owner/chef visited our table to make sure our selections were to our liking. I do not live in Raleigh, but eat at 18 Seaboard whenever I am in town and will continue to do so. The food is always good, especially the shrimp appetizer and the fried green tomatoes. I have tried several different entrees and found them all to be delicious. This resturant is a great place for a group or a romantic dinner. KarenStar
06/20/2007 Posted by darlla
After seeing great reviews on this restaurant both in the paper and here on Citysearch I just had to try it last night. I just don't see what all the fuss is about. The owner obviously spent a lot of money on this restaurant, it looks like it is in a building that was once a warehouse on a side street. It looks great on the inside, really tall ceiling with interesting lights hanging, exposed brick, nice bar area and nice table settings. They even have a pretty hostess to seat you. But then we opened our menus, and not only are the choices pretty limited, but the menus themselves looked sloppy with wrinkled paper as if water had been spilled on them. Ok not a big deal but kind of a stark contrast to how carefully everything else seemed planned out. Our server was just average, he took a long time to finally appear at our table to take our drink orders, and then kept saying he'd return to get our food orders so we finally just had to stop him and let him know we were ready now! He asked if we wanted pepper, but he didn't have it with him so while he took more time getting it our entrees were getting cold. Ok I can look past all that if the food is outstanding, but it wasn't. The wood smoked mahi definately had the smoky flavor, but not much else. It was a little tough and not that warm when they brought it to me. One interesting thing this restaurant offers you a choice of "sauces" for your meat or fish but I was surprised to find the sauces were extremely runny and not that flavorful. I tried my husband's supposedly 24-hr marninated flank steak and it was just blah. The prices seemed reasonable at $19 for my fish, but then you notice the portions are very small. They literally put a small ice cream scoop of potatoes on the plate and serve some of the side dishes in tiny bowls. We left still feeling hungry and very much led astray.
Pros: ambience is nice, might be a good place to get a drink
Cons: food is bland, portions are very small making it a bad value
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