Visitors will be close to a world of restaurants, shops, and attractions – not to mention the blue Atlantic Ocean - with a stay at the quaint yet welcoming Outer Banks Motor Lodge. Located just steps away from the sand, guests of this classic Outer Banks motel will enjoy front row beach access, as well as close proximity to some of the area’s favorite family, fast, and late-night restaurants.

The motel is refreshingly small, with just 36 rooms in the one-story complex that are all close to the adjacent beach, as well as the motel’s sparkling pool. Each individual room boasts cable TV, a refrigerator, microwave and coffee maker, phones for local calls, and daily maid service. In addition, guests can enjoy a host of on-site extras, including a guest laundry, ice machine and vending machines, and a picnic area with grills and a playground for the kids. Of course, when it comes to fun off the premises, visitors will find plenty to do without traveling too far, thanks to a dead-center OBX locale that is surrounded by ice cream stands, eateries, and attractions like the Wright Brothers Memorial. With lots of fun in every direction, everyday life is truly a beach at the Outer Banks Motor Lodge.


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Awful Arthur's Oyster Bar

Awful Arthur's Oyster Bar

Welcome to the home of the happy oyster where for over 40 years the oyster has been our world. The Outer Banks only authentic oyster bar is the place to enjoy sensational fare from the sea washed down with your favorite brew or cocktail. We serve by the peck, pound, and dozen, raw or steamed to perfection. Kicked back casual, down to earth friendly staff, and reasonable prices make Awful Arthur’s Oyster Bar the all-time favorite of locals and travelers alike.

The idea wasn’t to set out and establish a new concept restaurant on the Outer Banks, but that’s exactly what Awful Arthur’s owner Jo Whitehead and her late husband, Jay, accomplished more than 35 years ago when they opened the area’s first authentic oyster bar.

 

Awful Arthur’s opened in May 1984 on the Outer Banks. “We embraced the concept of an authentic copper top bar with the idea of it being a major drawing card and it still is,” explains Whitehead. “I get oysters wherever they are local. We follow the warm waters.” 

 

Just across from the ocean, in Kill Devil Hills, oyster season is year-round at Awful Arthur’s. Diners can take a seat at the copper-topped bar to observe the staff shucking oysters, served raw or steamed, along with shrimp, crab legs and clams all steamed to perfection. 

 

It’s not just the raw bar that’s earned Awful Arthur’s both local and national recognition, including being named one of America’s greatest oyster bars by Coastal Living magazine. The restaurant is a seafood-lover’s paradise, offering the freshest catches available.