Dinky's Waterfront Restaurant

A wonderful upscale dining experience. A huge variety of gluten free options including gluten free pasta to sub in on any of the pasta dishes. The seared tuna with chipotle lime is a must get if it is on the specials.

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Somewhat

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Gluten-free items are marked on the main menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Most/All

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent

Amazingly delicious food with MANY GF options! I had the Thai shrimp and scallops and it was so good! Server wasn’t real knowledgeable but it didn’t matter because GF items are clearly marked on the menu. Great waterfront setting at a marina on Hatteras Island. If you love seafood, try it!

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Somewhat

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Gluten-free items are marked on the main menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Most/All

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent

Great experience, menu is clearly marked with * indicating gluten free and ** (can be gluten made gluten free upon request). I ordered the seafood trio pasta and the pasta was good quality and held up nice. The dish was delish and my whole family enjoyed their meals as well. Would return!

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Somewhat

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Gluten-free items are marked on the main menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Most/All

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Somewhat

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Gluten-free items are marked on the main menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Most/All

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent

Second visit to the OuterBanks and Dinka’s was very disappointing, starting with the hostess who was very rude. Food was ok but it took over one hour for our meals to be served. Probably will not return.

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Somewhat

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Gluten-free items are marked on the main menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Some

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Average

Clearly marked gluten free items on menu with plenty to choose from - I had an absolutely delicious Filet Oscar.

Celiac friendly?

Yes

Labeled menu!! Gotta have the clam casing and love the Thai chili with shrimp and Scollops. They also have a gf flourless cake! Many choices.

We had snow crab legs-very good! They also have a pear cider.

I cannot rave enough. All GF items on the menu were labeled and easy to navigate. GF pasta! I had crab and brie bisque, a pasta dinner and dessert. It was like the good old days, minus the puking after dinner!! What an amazing experience!

Celiac friendly?

Yes

The apple pecan pork was soooo good, and no reaction. Menu is labeled, and our waiter told me he would make sure to talk to the back about cross contamination. A little pricey, but the safest place I found in the area. All the non-gluten free people really in my party liked their meals too. It does have a long wait though, and they don't take reservations, so take that into consideration. Worth it for the safety, in my opinion.

Celiac friendly?

Yes

Amazing meal. A lot of gf options noted on the menu with several entrees also available upon request (modifications needed). Wonderful service. Definitely going back!

Celiac friendly?

Yes

Gluten free selections and substitutes on the regular menu. Food was good

Celiac friendly?

Yes

Gluten Free menu. Delicious food. Our waiter did not seem to really understand my concerns about cross contamination at first but he was very eager to help get my questions answered by the cooking staff. And my meal was terrific.

Amazing! They had multiple gf choices all marked on the menu and even had entrees marked that can be made gf upon request. Food was excellent!

Celiac friendly?

Yes

Long wait. Too busy to be super accommodating (on a Thursday). A lot of gf options, but butter & cheese on just about everything, even stuff that doesn't usually have it. There were a lot of yummy sounding things on the menu, but after getting shut down on several items due to butter, I just ordered a safe filet mignon from the stressed waiter. Ultimately, my food was good, as was my family's. I didn't get sick. The bacon wrapped scallops were cooked perfectly as was my steak. If you are just gf I would definitely recommend. If you're df as well, you won't have many options.

I had the Gluten Free Chicken Parm, which was good, but the pasta wasn't cooked well and looked like the penne was put through a shredder and was very firm also. There's only one kind of pasta; which I had anticipated is Penne. They only have one Gluten Free dessert, and it was good but not something to write home about. I wasn't terribly impressed with their selection, there wasn't a crazy impressive amount of options yet it wasn't too limiting. For other Celiac's like me, I'd recommend to not eat anything fried because there is no dedicated fryer. My non gluten free family members thought the other desserts were delightful. There's a bit of a risk for contamination here as there usually will be, and I didn't have any issues (I'm a very sensitive Celiac).

Had a lot of Gluten free options and had really good food! It's pricey but totally worth it. They only have one gluten free dessert. My celiac sister had absolutely no issues.

Wish this restaurant was on your site -we ate somewhere else and then came here for dessert. Menu had lots of GF options.