Cafe Lachine

Giving two stars because we didn’t have the opportunity to eat here when we wanted to. We arrived on a Friday morning for the first time and noticed there was one waitress frantically covering the entire restaurant. We had to ask someone to be seated after waiting quite a while. Once seated, we waited to get service which never came. We didn’t even have menus to consider our options. The front area is dumpy looking with random flyers and other items that look to belong in a storage area. We ended up leaving since we were ignored. I was looking forward to eating here after reading the reviews but was disappointed.

Pros: wonderful breakfast foods. Both the breakfast potatoes and the creamy grits (add cheese!) are delish. Eggs Benedict has a lemon hollandaise and perfectly poached eggs. Someone at another table ordered the brioche French toast, and it looked incredible!
Cons: we weren’t greeted at all while waiting about 10 – 15 min for a table. The waitress was new and didn’t know the menu. The coffee was not good. Gross, even.
Misc: tap water served in pretty glass bottles.

Excellent food, excellent service. Lovely desserts! Great for dinner. We had the crab cake sandwich with sweet potato fries, brisket, and seafood pasta. All were delicious. The place is very cute and intimate and our server was attentive and friendly. Definitely recommend it and would eat here again!

The zucchini muffin was great. I feel I need to experience the service inside the restaurant to give it an appropriate review.

This was a great find! Very unique for OBX I say. Super fresh, very healthy outstanding quality. Not your greasy spoon kinda place!

Outstanding! Wonderful service and fantastic meal. So happy dinner is being served again.

Great breakfast and lunch! A waiter from another restaurant told us about this hidden gem… So glad! Don’t let the strip mall fool you, this place is wonderful

Great staff, atmosphere and food. The eggs benedics are so delicious. The stuffed french toast is very good as well. The portions are huge and one plate could be enough for two. Not open on Sundays.

Unexpecdily stuck at the OBX as a den mom for 20 – 21 year olds. Great young adults but homeowner got cold feet. So I needed a place to have my daily coffee and lunch. What a delight this hidden gem is! The food is amazing. Their pastries will melt in your mouth!

The biscuits and gravy are awesome! Bacon crispy but not too crispy! Awesome place for breakfast! Waiting quite a while for food but was def worth the wait! Being first in restaurant didn’t expect 40 min wait to eat but not gonna let it effect the quality of the food is amazing

My husband and I came in to café lachine for our first try of their new dinner service and let me just say WOW! We’ve been regulars for breakfast and lunch and couldn’t wait for dinner when we found out they would be opening in May 4^th. Everything from the wine selection to the main course was just wonderfully presented. Café lachine is know for using the freshest and more importantly locally sourced produce and this is no different during dinners. My husband ordered the «spiced NC shrimp» (the pickled ramps were to die for) to start with and I myself ordered the «chilled lobster» which I was more then pleased to find that the lobster was «live Maine» lobster. For our entrees I had the «Coq au Vin» which consisted of tender chicken breast wrapped in Swiss chard and braised in red wine with a side of try-​color fingerling potatoes (also perfectly prepared) and for my husband, he ordered the «Border Springs Lamb» we found out that the farm the lamb comes from is a self sustaining farm (once again very impressed) the shoulder was cooked to the perfect medium rare and fork tender while the tenderloin was just as great. While this cozy little café usually offers an abundance of homemade pastries and desserts they put extra special care into creating fabulous French inspired sweet endings just for dinner. The I Le flottante (velvety chocolate mousse surrounded with baked meringue atop a generous amount of crème Angliese) was the perfect ending to a marvelous meal. Along with all the amazing food the service was impeccable, very knowledgeable and helpful with choosing a wine for our entrees. If we could my husband and I would eat at this hidden gem for three meals a day.

I relied on Unilocal to try this restaurant while at Nags Head for our first time. Excellent choice! We had the breakfast. Husband had the Black Forest ham eggs Benedict and I the crab cakes. He said the ham was the best he’s eaten. The crab cakes were practically pure crab. If there was a binder I didn’t see it or taste it. A definite must try if you like crab. The eggs were poached perfectly and the hollandaise sauce was creamy and perfectly flavored. Oh and the fried potatoes were awesome. They use something like fingerling potatoes, purple included. They were very moist and tender with a slight crunch on the outside.
Now for the service we were greeted with smiles and welcomes. That always means a lot to me. Our waitress Casey was a sweetheart. She made sure all of needs were meet and seemed genuinely happy to be serving us. She kept checking on us too.
We highly recommend giving this quaint little restaurant a try. I promise you will not be disappointed!

Café Lachnie would get extra stars from me if I could assign them, but since I can’t I will instead leave a review to help you decide on your next meal. The location is in a quaint shopping center, parking is limited in front of the establishment, so get there early if you want to get a slot. When you enter into the establishment, you are immediately greeted by the staff with a smile and a hearty «Good Morning» which is a positive. We visited this place twice in one week, which gives me a better sense of what offerings that they have on the menu and also allows me an opportunity to see if the wait staff are consistent.
On my first visit I ordered coffee with cream served on the side. The coffee was excellent and we came to find out that it was locally roasted by a place called Morning View Coffee House & Roaster. It was a nice touch to have the individual pitcher of cream to go along with your cup of not so average Joe. The main consisted of the Eggs Benedict with Crabcake served on Brioche accompanied by the Breakfast Fingerling Potatoes with Sauteed Onions along with a side of Applewood Smoked Bacon.
The crabcake was all crab with little if any sign of filler other than the amount needed to bind it all together. The poached egg was prepared perfectly and came with just the correct amount of hollandaise sauce so as not to be swimming in it. The best surprise was the breakfast fingerling potatoes which beats out the traditional potato hash that would come from every other greasy spoon café out there. The entire dish had the correct amount of seasonings and was very well balanced. I appreciate the fact that the chef paid close attention to the plating of the dish as it is a feast for the eyes and my belly.
The second breakfast visit consisted of the Chive Biscuit and Sausage Gravy with a side of Applewood Smoked Bacon. The bacon on both occasions came out perfectly crisp and not over done. The chive biscuit really sets this biscuit and gravy combination head and shoulders above all others I have tried. The biscuits were light and fluffy, with the chives adding a nice complementary flavor to the sausage gravy. The portion size of this dish is very generous so bring your appetite if you expect to finish it off.
I saved the best for last. The wait staff were very sweet and helpful; we were waited on by Johanna Lachine on our first visit. I am always a fan of businesses where you have visibility to the owner. The others who had helped along the way were also very quick to make sure our coffee or water was topped up and that the food came out as expected. Customer service, especially in the food service industry is a dying art for some places, but definitely not in this place.
Parting thoughts: If you want a change of pace and are looking to get a nice start for you morning before hitting the beaches of the OBX, make your way to Café Lachine, you won’t be disappointed.

So great! We had the Eggs Benedict (w/​Black Forest ham) and the NC Shrimp & Grits! Both were hearty meals (great alternatives to super sweet breakfasts).
The shrimp and grits were out of this world. It’s great to come and get local shrimp in our meal
Coffee hit the spot, too!
The whole experience is highly recommended.

Stopped here with some friends for lunch the other day and was pleasantly surprised. The menu was full of great sounding but simple options (I mean simple in the best way possible!) I got their Southwest Chicken Wrap with an order of fries and an iced tea. I was very happy that they had mint simple syrup for the tea. The food was delicious and I will definitely go back, the only reason I gave it 4 stars is because I got a key lime tart for dessert and it was not as good as the $ 6 price tag suggested, but other than that this is a great place to get lunch!

Two words: chicken biscuit. This is the food that angels eat. That thing was an experience. You MUST try it if you visit this place. The downside is it will ruin all other chicken biscuits for you.
I also had the shrimp and grits, also amazing. The grits were creamy and delicious with chunks of breakfast sausage in them! The shrimp were huge and perfectly seasoned.
My better half had the biscuits and gravy. The portion was huge, two of their amazing chive biscuits sliced in half with tons of delicious sausage gravy on top.
Coffee, service and dining area also excellent. Cannot wait to come back.

Some of the best food in OBX! The best pecan pie money can buy. You gotta try it!
We hired them to cater our daughter’s wedding and they did a fantastic job!

OMG! Eat breakfast here. Decadent french toast with brioche bread. Eggs Benedict was also wonderful. Staff very friendly and fun because they know that once you eat here you will be back.

I came with a party of 8 and we almost left because we were told it may be a 30 – 45 minute wait, but luckily a couple parties got up and we could be seated sooner than that. I am SO GLAD that we stayed! The food was amazing, and presentation was beautiful. I’m not much of a breakfast person, so that’s saying a lot!
What I tasted:
Eggs Benedict with Crabcake ($ 12)
Biscuits & Gravy ($ 9)
Chicken Biscuit with Cheddar & Bacon ($ 7)
Stuffed French Toast ($ 11)
You can get the Eggs Benedict with either black forest ham or crabcake for an additional $ 2, and it comes with a side of roasted potatoes. This was actually my first time to ever have Eggs Benedict; I opted for the crabcake & loved it! The egg was perfectly poached. Hollandaise sauce was creamy, tangy, and savory all at the same time. The crabcake was delicious. The Eggs Benedict is a breakfast special only available until 11:30 am, but they have a crabcake breakfast sandwich that is served all day.
Biscuits & Gravy is a very simple dish, but theirs were really good! I had a bite and really liked it. This comes with a side as well. My brother got sausage with his.
The chicken biscuit was just okay to me. I don’t care much for chicken biscuits in the first place, though. My girlfriend, who is a huge fan of Chik-​fil-​A chicken biscuits, said it was pretty average. She mentioned that it was filling, but would probably order something else next time.
The best thing I tried was the Stuffed French Toast. YUM!!! Get this and you will not be disappointed! It is stuffed with an orange-​mascarpone filling and topped with fresh berries and is just soooo freaking delicious. Everybody at the table tried of bite of it, and we all loved it. I would definitely come back just to order this!

Upon arriving as a solo diner I had to wait for a few minutes without acknowledgment but in time I was greeted and given a table. My waitress was very sweet and friendly though, so I forgive them for my initial experience.
I ordered a latte and biscuits and gravy. The biscuits and gravy consists of four huge biscuits and a choice of side. I chose grits but in retrospect I wouldn’t order this combination again as it was too rich. Fruit would have been a better choice. In any case, both the grits and the biscuits and gravy were delicious but I couldn’t eat much of either until I felt stuffed. I’m looking forward for to the leftovers!
The café’s ambience was perfect for a lazy Sunday morning. I would definitely return.