JM’s On The Water

Surf City, NC · Restaurant

Rating
4.1/5
★★★★☆ 4.1
Reviews
20
Rank in Surf City
#44
of 59 restaurants
City Percentile
16%
rating percentile
Address
JM’s On The Water, 602 Roland Ave, Surf City, NC 28445
Phone
(910) 928-8028
Website
www.jmsonthewater.com
Status
Closed · Opens 11 AM

JM’s On The Water is a restaurant located in Surf City, NC. It is one of 59 restaurants listed in Surf City. Its 4.1-star rating is slightly below the Surf City city average of 4.5 stars. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

About JM’s On The Water

JM's On The Water, is a family owned & operated restaurant that specializes in cooking fresh locally caught seafood, steaks, burgers, and much more!

Hours

Saturday11 AM–9 PM

Customer Reviews

★★★☆☆ 3.0 Scott Murri · Aug 2025

Mid at best. Service was SLOWWWW. Understaffed but server was friendly just not attentive at all. No refills or anything. Food was okay. Got founder platter which was eh. My girlfriend got the chicken platter which was 100x better. Sides were good too. Fried green beans were a hit as well as the baked potato. Overall service killed the experience. Nice view of the Marsh too

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Bryan Dillahunt · Jul 2025

When we first go there we went straight to the bar, I assume someone had recently gotten up and left a mess. Instead of the young lady with an attitude and a lack of personality telling us that she would clean things up or get things cleaned she just continued to take orders from others as if we were invisible. Once we got acknowledged we were asked if we wanted someone to buss/clean the area as if we were just suppose to drink in filth. The cleaning was not a priority as She moved on to the next paying customer, that customer had to remind her that we were there first. Finally the bus boy comes and cleans some of it and disappeared and left us to clean ranch lids and empty wine glasses and dirty napkins from the previous person. Let’s just say sanitation is not there top priority.

★★★★☆ 4.0 Jayme L. · Aug 2024

Nice, relaxing view of the inter-coastal waterway while dining on the back porch. Our waitress was friendly and attentive, however, she did struggle with the beverages available. Even if you do not drink them, it is good to familiarize yourself on what your establishment has available. Our crab dip was good, pita bread could have been more toasted for my liking~ to be able to dip them and scoop up the dip. My meal was good, the blackened scallops were plentiful and tender and rice pilaf was good.

★★★★★ 5.0 Melissa DePugh · Jun 2025

We came in during the dinner rush and were seated right away. The staff was friendly and the food was amazing and the portions were large. We sat outside by the canal and the weather was perfect. We will definitely return when we come back to Topsail again!

★★★★★ 5.0 Rachel Cogan · Aug 2021

We were told of this place from a local and we are so glad that we went. The food was absolutely amazing. We did a early lunch- which I recommend- and everything was so good. For appetizers we got bang bang shrimp and the crab dip. The bang bang shrimp let alone could be a meal- they were out of this world. The crab dip was very good and the pita bread was so soft. Our group got shrimp, grouper, fried green beans, fried zucchini, crab cakes, fried shrimp sand-which, burger and a kids grilled cheese. While all of the food was amazing, we really spoke high of the grouper, crab cakes and fried zucchini. The service was absolutely incredible as well. Our waitress(who I totally forgot her name, but had dinosaur tattoos) was one of the best, if not the best we have ever had. There was a mix up

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Restroom ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Seating

Services

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