BEAUFORT'S BEST: Net House Restaurant & Oyster Bar

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Net House Restaurant & Oyster Bar

Thursday nights' 30-cent steamed-oysters "special" (on the sign) expired in March but the Net House oysters are still the best and most reasonably priced in town!

If you're looking for the best classic-Carolina fried or broiled fresh

seafood in a typical coastal fish-house atmosphere - the family-owned Net House Restaurant and Oyster Bar is the place to go. Their lightly-battered fish, as David Sobotta writes, "is better than almost any other fish house I've visited." Starting with light delicious hush puppies and either Down East clam chowder, she-crab soup or creamy seafood bisque,

David, like many visitors and locals, has a hard time choosing between the broiled grouper Dijon, fried over-stuffed soft-shell crabs, flounder, oysters or the fantastic steamers.

A Yahoo food review raves, "The food and service was outstanding...each dish was prepared perfectly...we had broiled grouper, shrimp stuffed with crabmeat

and Trigger Fish...Dessert choices were slim but the Key Lime Pie and layer cake with cheesecake and chocolate were to die for! "

This highly-recommended and favored restaurant, across from the Beaufort Historic Site on Turner Street, doesn't take reservations, but folks start lining

up early - knowing what to expect, crowds don't seem to mind the wait in the old seaport town.

A tip from Beaufort's Best: Call in your order, especially if you've just gotten here - tired and hungry but don't feel like going out. You can walk over, pick