Night life in OBX

We are looking to rent a house for three couples in sept. Where would be the best location for nice beach, also walking distance to fun bars and restaurants. We will be cooking a few nights at the house, but would also like the option to go to entertaining bars and good breakfast spots???

Night life in OBX

To be near bars and restaurants I would stay down in the Nags Head/Kill Devil Hill area. Unfortunately there are few places where you can stay and walk to the beach, restaurants/bars. Around milepost 7 to7 1/2 is the Jolly Roger, which is a tacky little place that has a decent bar, cheap eats, and a good breakfast. There are a few other bars in that area as well. I%26#39;m thinking Tortuga%26#39;s Lie is in that area.

To get to other spots you are either going to have to drive or take a cab, if you drive have a DD. Do NOT attempt to Drink and Drive in OBX!!!

Not sure what type of bar you are looking for but we like Outer Banks Brewing Station, great place to hang out, have a beer, appetizers, and relax.

Kelly%26#39;s Lounge can be fun, depending on if they have a live band or not. Decent place to eat too.

Port O%26#39; Call is another place that we%26#39;ve had a good time at.

Slamming Sammy%26#39;s has a sports bar type feel, and is a pretty cool place.

All of the above are located off hwy. 12. OBX Brewing Station and Port O Call are somewhere around mp 8 or 9, and Kelly%26#39;s and Slamming Sammys are both around mp 11 or 12.

Night life in OBX

I would agree that the Nags Head/Kill Devil Hills area would be the best place to stay. There are 2 main roads on the OBX, the beach road (Rt 12), and the ByPass (Rt 158). It may be farther than you would think to walk to the bars/restaurants in the area, and depending on where you wanted to go, it may not be easy/safe either if you had to cross 158-which is a major road. Of the restaurants mentioned in the above post, only Tortugas and Jolly Roger are on 12. All the others are on the bypass, and they could be a pretty good walk from most hotels/rentals. Tortugas is a great place, and is located at about milepost 11.5. Other good places to eat are Kill Devil Grill, JK%26#39;s, Penguin Isle, and Red Drum. These are all located in the Nags Head/KDH area. I agree with the do not drink and drive advice-they are very strict down here-especially at that time of year, too.

I think everyone covered the restaurant and bar possibilites pretty well. I just want to reiterate the NO Drinking and Driving. It is wrong in every sense of the word, but they are VERY tough on it down there.

While vacationing, we used many cabs. Well worth the money,plus we now have some interesting stories to tell about the experience of 6 in a cab!