Southern Salt Seafood Company and Waterfront Restaurant

Waitress was amazing, very polite, attentive, and respectful. Food on the other hand was not. I ordered a Grilled Mahi platter ($34) with the expectation of fair seasoning and strong flavor, this was the opposite. The fish was underseasoned and nearly flavorless, it didnt even taste like they used real butter. The fries were decent, but the tasted like they had been made at the start of the day and served at 5pm several hours later. My mother who was with me ordered the Seafood Extravaganza ($36) and the spaghetti arrived overcooked, the white wine sauce tasted watered down, the tomatoes were thrown in seemingly uncooked, as well as the spinich. I cannot recommend coming here for the food, however the serving staff are nice and they offer a bar, so in my opinion if you come here going for

We visited Southern Salt restaurant for the first time since we got recommended for pet friendly place by the rest area visitor center. And we were not disappointed. Plenty parking outside and we got outside seating right away, our waiter Cutter was amazing, professional and friendly. The foods were fast and delicious. From hush puppies to Captain’s platter. We sure will return again. Thank you for great service and high standard and made our trip to Morehead City even better!!

Wonderful views of the water and boats, and egrets! The seafood chowder was excellent. The scallops were good although a little overseasoned. Great place to sit and visit with family.

My parents drove from the county over to spend the day with my daughter & I. We called the restaurant first & the owner let us know his son caught Wahoo just the day before. Crabcakes here had meat in them (unlike many other restaurants that put a bunch of other filling in them). Portions were a good size & our waitress met all of our needs. We had the option of sitting inside or outside where there was a musician. We were able to watch all the boats go by, check out the minnows & enjoy the smell of salt water.

I live part time in the area and have frequented this place often. The owner used to own Sammy's a few blocks away and was the best place to eat in Morehead. This past winter I got some of the best oysters and shrimp I have ever had from here. However, On this visit we ordered a half pound of steamed shrimp that was awesome as an appetizer. For our main entree's I ordered the flounder and my wife the mahi. Both of our fish were horrible The flounder was dry, over cooked, very old and rubbery. My wife's was the same. It was completely inedible. We were offered "fresh" fish for a replacement. I should have gotten the "Fresh" fish to begin with. We both declined as I felt it would be the same and felt like it would not have been much of an improvement. The manager took $7.49 off of $63 in en