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Lucky 12 Tavern — Restaurant in Nags Head

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Lucky 12 Tavern
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Destination for seafood, burgers, wings & pizza, plus pinball, cocktails, bourbon & 20 beers on tap.
Nearby attractions
Dowdy Park
3005 S Croatan Hwy, Nags Head, NC 27959
Dowdy Park Playground
Nags Head, NC 27959
Melvin's Studio
124 W Woodhill Dr, Nags Head, NC 27959
Swell Ceramics
2910 S Croatan Hwy, Nags Head, NC 27959
Seaside Art Gallery
2716 S Virginia Dare Trail, Nags Head, NC 27959
Nearby restaurants
Captain Andy's
3335 S Virginia Dare Trail, Nags Head, NC 27959
Tortugas Lie
3016 S Virginia Dare Trail, Nags Head, NC 27959
Waveriders Coffee, Deli & Market
3022 S Croatan Hwy, Nags Head, NC 27959
Snow Bird Burgers, Cones & 'Cues
3532 S Virginia Dare Trail, Nags Head, NC 27959
Greentail’s Seafood Market and Kitchen
3022 S Croatan Hwy Unit 34, Nags Head, NC 27959
Los Antojitos OBX Nags Head
3022 S Croatan Hwy unit 8, Nags Head, NC 27959
OBX Wake & Take
2910 S Croatan Hwy #15, Nags Head, NC 27959
Nearby hotels
Colonial Inn
3329 S Virginia Dare Trail, Nags Head, NC 27959
Pelican Cottages
3513 S Virginia Dare Trail, Nags Head, NC 27959
Sea Spray Cottages
3518 S Virginia Dare Trail, Nags Head, NC 27959
Outer Banks Family YMCA
3000 S Croatan Hwy, Nags Head, NC 27959
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Lucky 12 Tavern
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Lucky 12 Tavern

3308 S Virginia Dare Trail, Nags Head, NC 27959
4.5(1.0K)
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Destination for seafood, burgers, wings & pizza, plus pinball, cocktails, bourbon & 20 beers on tap.

attractions: Dowdy Park, Dowdy Park Playground, Melvin's Studio, Swell Ceramics, Seaside Art Gallery, restaurants: Captain Andy's, Tortugas Lie, Waveriders Coffee, Deli & Market, Snow Bird Burgers, Cones & 'Cues, Greentail’s Seafood Market and Kitchen, Los Antojitos OBX Nags Head, OBX Wake & Take
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(252) 255-5825
Website
lucky12tavern.com

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Red Ryder Negroni
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Fried Local Wild Caught Catfish Bites

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Nearby attractions of Lucky 12 Tavern

Dowdy Park

Dowdy Park Playground

Melvin's Studio

Swell Ceramics

Seaside Art Gallery

Dowdy Park

Dowdy Park

4.8

(610)

Closed
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Dowdy Park Playground

Dowdy Park Playground

4.8

(36)

Open until 12:00 AM
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Melvin's Studio

Melvin's Studio

4.8

(9)

Open 24 hours
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Swell Ceramics

Swell Ceramics

4.9

(14)

Closed
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12 Bars of Christmas VIP crawl on the OBX Party Sleigh (RED ROUTE)
12 Bars of Christmas VIP crawl on the OBX Party Sleigh (RED ROUTE)
Thu, Dec 11 • 7:00 PM
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Nearby restaurants of Lucky 12 Tavern

Captain Andy's

Tortugas Lie

Waveriders Coffee, Deli & Market

Snow Bird Burgers, Cones & 'Cues

Greentail’s Seafood Market and Kitchen

Los Antojitos OBX Nags Head

OBX Wake & Take

Captain Andy's

Captain Andy's

4.0

(168)

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Tortugas Lie

Tortugas Lie

4.6

(1.8K)

$

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Waveriders Coffee, Deli & Market

Waveriders Coffee, Deli & Market

4.8

(563)

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Snow Bird Burgers, Cones & 'Cues

Snow Bird Burgers, Cones & 'Cues

4.4

(470)

$$

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ASHLEY MURPHYASHLEY MURPHY
The best part of this restaurant is it was walking distance from our hotel. My daughter and I got pizza and it was the worst pizza I've ever had! Flavorless made from cheap tomato paste, what looked like tiny Hormel grocery store pepperonis, and the grease was just way too much...looked like it was feozen pizza dipped in an oil trap! I didnt all of my meal nor did my daughter. The only reason I give this place 2 stars is because my friend said his crab cake sandwich was good. The servers were all female and they all seemed to have an attitude from the moment you walk in. They barely acknowledge you until it was time to leave. I definitely do not recommend this place! I also over heard that you can not split a ticket more than 2 ways. There was a large group or maybe 8 people, they helped them pull tables together and once they were ordering the waitress decided to tell them that they could only have 2 tickets per table. So, since they pulled the tables together they were considered one table. I was beside myself. Anyways, don't recommend.
Bruce LowtherBruce Lowther
This place was fantastic! A group of five descended on this establishment on a weeknight. We were seated immediately. The server was prompt and efficient. They provided us with well thought out recommendations. The Seafood Chowder was outstanding. They also had a very good selection of Bourbon Whisky and several well selected beers on tap. After a pleasant night of eating and drinking, we decided to order take out pizza from a second night. Again everything was well done. NY style pizza with a crispy crust and excellent distribution of toppings. The 'El Supremo' and Four Cheese with added pepperoni and black olives was very good. Finally, the have three very nice pinball machines tucked in a back room. It has been quite a while since I have seen pinball machines in this fine a shape and only charging $0.75 per play.
JenJen
When we walked in, we were seated shortly after. On my seat, I saw a liquid substance. I pointed it out to the hostess, and she made a "smart" comment about me documenting her cleaning the experience. Um ok, it was in a dark corner, and I wanted to ensure it was all the way cleaned before I sat down. The food was just "ok". The fries were undercooked. And I had a few pieces of oysters for the po boy. The oyster breading wasn't very flavorful, it neeed the additional sauce.The pizza looked like it was made by a kindergarter. I wouldn't return. The waitress was kind, no issues with her and tipped accordingly. But based on the food and the first few minutes of our experience, we would not return. I did not feel welcomed as a person of color. It wasn't what was said but the body language of the folks in the restaurant.
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The best part of this restaurant is it was walking distance from our hotel. My daughter and I got pizza and it was the worst pizza I've ever had! Flavorless made from cheap tomato paste, what looked like tiny Hormel grocery store pepperonis, and the grease was just way too much...looked like it was feozen pizza dipped in an oil trap! I didnt all of my meal nor did my daughter. The only reason I give this place 2 stars is because my friend said his crab cake sandwich was good. The servers were all female and they all seemed to have an attitude from the moment you walk in. They barely acknowledge you until it was time to leave. I definitely do not recommend this place! I also over heard that you can not split a ticket more than 2 ways. There was a large group or maybe 8 people, they helped them pull tables together and once they were ordering the waitress decided to tell them that they could only have 2 tickets per table. So, since they pulled the tables together they were considered one table. I was beside myself. Anyways, don't recommend.
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This place was fantastic! A group of five descended on this establishment on a weeknight. We were seated immediately. The server was prompt and efficient. They provided us with well thought out recommendations. The Seafood Chowder was outstanding. They also had a very good selection of Bourbon Whisky and several well selected beers on tap. After a pleasant night of eating and drinking, we decided to order take out pizza from a second night. Again everything was well done. NY style pizza with a crispy crust and excellent distribution of toppings. The 'El Supremo' and Four Cheese with added pepperoni and black olives was very good. Finally, the have three very nice pinball machines tucked in a back room. It has been quite a while since I have seen pinball machines in this fine a shape and only charging $0.75 per play.
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Bruce Lowther

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When we walked in, we were seated shortly after. On my seat, I saw a liquid substance. I pointed it out to the hostess, and she made a "smart" comment about me documenting her cleaning the experience. Um ok, it was in a dark corner, and I wanted to ensure it was all the way cleaned before I sat down. The food was just "ok". The fries were undercooked. And I had a few pieces of oysters for the po boy. The oyster breading wasn't very flavorful, it neeed the additional sauce.The pizza looked like it was made by a kindergarter. I wouldn't return. The waitress was kind, no issues with her and tipped accordingly. But based on the food and the first few minutes of our experience, we would not return. I did not feel welcomed as a person of color. It wasn't what was said but the body language of the folks in the restaurant.
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4.5
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1.0
2y

I give this place a big ( -10 ) before I even tried the food my experience in customer service was Horrendous We Are a couple that lives in Virginia and every year we love to come to OBX we love to try different restaurants and places based on what we would like to eat on this day today around 7 PM I made a call to this Lucky 12 tavern place And let me tell you I called and I asked if they were taking orders to go and the person that answered the phone was a male and he said well it depends and I said well it depends on what and I said we're just trying to place an order to go and he said well it's just gonna have to be pizza only to go and I asked him why was that his response to me was because HE SAID SO !!! Who are you to decide what I'm eating for the night when I'm paying for it but at least I tried but you didn't give me the opportunity to do so , I asked him what kind of answer is that and he says because that's what I decided to do so the customer service was horrific businesses like this forget that customers are the ones that are keeping the business going but if it was up to me they will be shutting down today they should be happy that people like us that don't live here want to try to eat their food and give them a little bit of business businesses like this keep forgetting that we had a pandemic and they lost a lot of business they should be thankful that people want to come to their place to eat or at least try because I didn't give the opportunity to do so based on my customer service over the phone however that's their loss I'm OK with not eating there and I'm also OK I will never go there even though I never got a chance to but I'm glad I didn'tworst customer service ever I don't recommend this place to anyone locals or visitors they are the worst specially this male person that answer the phone however all I have to say is that this place is called Lucky 12 Tavern they're gonna need the luck because they're not gonna make it if they keep up with this nasty customer service I will put this place on my not to go list ever and anyone that comes to visit I will tell them not to go there horrific WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER!!!!! My review is - 10 hands Down!!! I really did not want to give any stars however I was forced to in order to place my review but it's really a minus star they don't deserve to even have one star but I couldn't do a - star whoever is visiting or locals go to places that will give you great customer service and give you great food this place is not it I'm ok with spending my money elsewhere where I get treated a whole lot better whoever this male right employee was at answer the phone around that time on this day Saturday, September 30 at 7 PM I thank you for showing us your true colors and you lost a customer and many more to come for life because of your nasty attitude and lack of skills of...

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1.0
4y

Me and my husband decided to catch a late bite around 9:00pm on July 6th 2021. The hostess Grace greeting us with a smile and sat us immediately. We sat and waited for our server which turned into 15 minutes. So my husband decided to get up and ask Grace if she knew when we was going to be greeted. She explained that the server was busy and forgot about us. But the restaurant was not busy & there was 2 tables who sat down after us who got waiting on less than 1 minute of seating. (I purposefully watched and timed the new tables to see if they was going to wait as long as we did) Grace the hostess took our drink order which was 2 water & 2 whiskey sours ( which were delicious) and also waited on us the entire night. At this point we still didn’t know who our server was but Grace did a phenomenal job at giving us a great experience. I will NEVER EVER step foot into this establishment again! Being that the food was Subpar . My husband had the fish & chips which was undercooked! The only thing good on the plate was the hand cut fries. I had the crab cake sandwich which was okay nothing to brag about. Also being the only black patrons in the restaurant I do feel as if we were treated differently. But at the end of the service my husband asked an male employee for Grace so we can give her her tip and the male employee responded with “why do you need her?” Which came of really disrespectful. All in all I would not recommend this place to anyone in Nags head! Go to Mahi Mahi’s Island Grill if you want to have a great experience & the most...

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6y

No hour of the day at Lucky 12 Tavern is HAPPY hour! After my experience at the Tortugas’ Lie Bar & Grill (nightmare), my very short time here managed to top off my miserable night to even greater heights of extremely mean, rude and judgmental staff at an Outer Banks establishment! My friend had gone in before me, while I parked and chatted with a patron who had also just parked! I joined her & asked for a double daiquiri which upon taking one sip, immediately knew it was not. Made with house liquor, yet cost $16 - I didn’t say a word! I may not have had a drink in years, however my memory is still excellent! I noticed very few people were there, it looked rundown & felt very unwelcome! I went outside & mingled! I have always enjoyed meeting & talking with people & that’s what I did. The next thing I know my friend comes out & tells me that we have a problem! The bartender asked her if I was always like this: talking & being to strangers, that if we tried to leave he was going to call the police. I was in shock & immediately went in & handed him my unfinished drink (1/3 full - 40 minutes after I received it) & left. In the parking lot were at 7-8 young men acting in a very threatening manner, which frightened us! I absolutely cannot believe the actions of anyone, especially the bartender. This is not the North Carolina where 15 generations (all but me) were from, relatives from Hendersonville to the southern tip of the Outer Banks & where I had spent every summer! I do not recommend this...

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