RuckerJohns

RuckerJohns is a american restaurant Emerald Isle located in United States.

8 / 10
115
ratings
  • Phone

    (252) 354-2413

  • Website

    ruckerjohns.com

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  • Type

    American Restaurant

Address

8700 Emerald Dr (Emerald Plantation) Emerald Isle , NC 28594 United States

Reservations Yes
Outdoor Seating Yes
Music Live Music
Drinks Full Bar, Cocktails

Comments / 43


Keywords:

hot bacon good service chicken fingers nachos good for dates chili baked potatoes great value salads restaurants ribs spicy food casual honey mustard dressing good for special occasions dinner parking beach bean cheese honey
'Liam Oldham

Great food, great service, worth any wait! Management is amazing. Chicken tenders are the best as well as the ribs .

Katy Benningfield

You never have to wait, even in high season, if you know the right times to come and the times to avoid. During the busiest times of day in high season, locals will eat on the mainland.

A.D. Revels

We waited two hours on a Thursday. There's only salads for vegetarians , and my $6 entree salad was the same size as my sister-in-law's side salad . The croissants were fantastic.

Frank Swiatek

Chili is awesome, it's all meat, with some beans cheese and sauce. Not watery or soupy. Get a salad Bc the croissants amazing with their crispy flakey goodness and sweet honey type glaze

Erica Cosentino

Busy even in the off season but so worth it! Order croissants . Cajun Shrimp Wrap is yummy! Chicken tenders are awesome! Never eaten anything bad here! LOVE This Place :)

Lilly Marie

Cajun shrimp wrap is amazing!! Really spicy but so delicious. Be sure to have a pitcher of water at your table when eating this dish.

Brigitte Callaghan

The Texas burger and fried shrimp were great, but everything begins and ends with those awesome croissants !

Will Sigmon

Hidden gem at the beach . Great food at decent prices. Some of the most reasonable seafood on the island .

Christy Curley

Cajun shrimp wrap is great! You have to get the creamy chicken and mushroom soup . Delicious!!!

Matt Lenderman

awesome Chili ! And if you've ever had Chili 's chicken crispers , they have chicken tenders that taste very similar but better

Susan Mangubat

Tomato basil pasta with shrimp , my daughter and I tell them to mix it with Alfredo sauce , sound weird but taste great!

Mike Christopher

Nachos grande to die for and thanks to jeffery the manager feel recommending the marinade chicken ;-) 5 stars

Megan Ensinger

The blackjack special was very good and the croissants were delicious.

Bethany Olczak

It's all about the croissants (one free with a salad ) and the calamari . YUM!

Ashley Larson

Highly recommend! The chicken tenders are amazing; they use a tempura-ish batter. Mmm!

Jenna

Best salads and crossaints! Don't forget the hot bacon and honey mustard dressing on top!

Ann Zajac

Hot bacon honey mustard dressing is awesome with the fresh croissants .

Mike Brown

The Hot Bacon salad dressing and the croissants are UNBELIEVABLE!

@Dayngr

Feed the turtles before or after dinner & be on the look out for the great big gator !

@Dayngr

Strike one for RuckerJohns. Our 1st visit & we're told we can't order a basket of croissants because they're "running out." But if we order a salad we can get them. What?!

Malcolm Boartfield

Very good meal, service was great!!!

Gina Dean

The kicked up nachos is out of this world!

Wayne Collier

Food was really good for lunch ... Was not thrilled or wowed by the service.. Everything was moderate but food was the savior of our experience..

Eric

Try the crab fingers !

Steve Smith

Great baked potato and ribeye steak !

Katy Benningfield

Not exactly local fare but its good. Try the island chicken .

Jenny Johns

Excellent service and food!

Susan Mangubat

Try the Chicken Florentine Flatbread -

Trey Barnes

Everything

Katie Barber

just wasted $70 on an extremely subpar dinner . fish was overcooked and chewy. crab fingers barely had any meat on them. macaroni and cheese was cold. gonna try to avoid this spot on future trips.

David Whitney

An hour wait at 5:30 on a Tuesday. Call ahead or make a reservation .

Bethany Lynn

Watermelon martini .. Nachos

Melissa Mills

Best Croissants ...to die for!

Carlin Andrew

The croissants are really good, but that's about it! The food is extremely overpriced for what it is. Will not be going back.

Warren Stancil

Best crab cakes I've ever had

Crystal

French frys are actually like sliced potatos.. Somewhat of a potato wedge .. Not frys.. :( wifi password is rjspublic for the public wifi

Katy Benningfield

They don't take reservations in high season.

Sunny Thayer

Spinach salad to die for!

Rob Mitchell

The calamari is the worst I've had. Stick to the nachos or croissants .

Bluewater Real Estate

BBQ Beach Burger with fries

Trish Speake

Way over priced for what you get. The food was terrible! Very long wait , which wouldn't be bad if the food made up for if. It didn't!

Greg C.

Basket of Croissants .....yum!!

Ryan Harris

Kind of slow service and just okay food.

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