Rusty's Surf Turf - Buxton

Not the place to go if you’re looking for a lot of food options or good service. 4 of us went, we had an incredibly rude waitress, we ordered hushpuppies as an... read more Not the place to go if you’re looking for a lot of food options or good service. 4 of us went, we had an incredibly rude waitress, we ordered hushpuppies as an appetizer, cold and gross. They were out of most of the seafood options. They were out of most of the beer we wanted, the food was overpriced and very small portions. It’s a run down unkept atmosphere but you had to have a reservation to eat there. The shrimp linguine was $30 and you could’ve made it for $10 and fed 6 people at home. And it included imitation crab. Yuck. We weren’t very pleased with anything we ordered, especially for the prices. Nothing special about this place at all. Save your money and go to diamond schoals or cockeyed clam.

Greeted at the door and shown to the bar area where we delicious appetizers and cocktails. Everything on the menu looked so good, its hard to choose. Everyone w... read more Greeted at the door and shown to the bar area where we delicious appetizers and cocktails. Everything on the menu looked so good, its hard to choose. Everyone was friendly and welcoming from the owner to the servers. A must visit! Service: Dine in Meal type: Other

Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $20–30 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Key Lime Pie, Shrimp Fettuchini, Wings Parking... read more Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $20–30 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Key Lime Pie, Shrimp Fettuchini, Wings Parking space Plenty of parking

We 've been coming to Rusty 's for a few years and always enjoy the food here. The kitchen staff is talented and you can tell they really enjoy what they do. We... read more We 've been coming to Rusty 's for a few years and always enjoy the food here. The kitchen staff is talented and you can tell they really enjoy what they do. We started with the fried calamari which was perfect seasoned. Not too spicy and not bland atall. I had the Kahuku shrimp while my wife had the crab cakes. I 'm not usually a fan of green beans but the garlic green beanswere seriously delicious. And I know rice is generally not considered a prize-winning dish but this was hands-down the bestrice I have ever had. I want to know what sauce they put on the rice because it made an otherwise boring side into somethingextraordinary. I was stuffed by the time I finished my dish and should have stopped, but I had to find out about the HatterasSunshine Cake. Orange cake with pineapple fluff filling and toasted coconut on top? I couldn 't resist and was glad I have noself control as I 'm not even going to try to describe how delicious it was. My wife had the chocolate covered strawberry cakeand she described it as decadent . I 'll be back for my next trip to try the shrimp and grits. They sound amazing.

Food was definitely 5 stars, very well cooked and presented perfectly. Only two real issues with the place 1st if you use the online reservation system(which yo... read more Food was definitely 5 stars, very well cooked and presented perfectly. Only two real issues with the place 1st if you use the online reservation system(which you need to since they are booked almost as soon as they open) there is no option to pick insideor outside seating. Thus when we got there they said it pre-booked us for outside sitting. (It's hot as heck, the beach and weride motorcycles we prefer to eat inside for the little bit of AC we can get). So we decide to wait till the inside seating isavaliable. Took less than 10 mins, that's fine. What gets me is the receptionist kept saying you could chose inside or outside,we told her there was no option to pick and she said you can make a note in the request for inside seating. That is not anoption, that is you having to put in an additional request. Really think they should know what app they are using and how it isviewed from the customer side. That note area is for allergies, accessibility, etc, true additional notes. 2nd food took foreverand day to be made. Even the couple to our right considered leaving since their food had taken almost an hour to be brought out.Otherwise it was a good restaurant. Interior was clean and neat, could use some consistency with the chairs, was a bit of anhodgepodge from table to table. I added updated menus since the prices have changed a bit from 2yrs ago.