Purple Onion Cafe

Shallotte, NC · American restaurant

Rating
4.6/5
★★★★★ 4.6
Reviews
20
Rank in Shallotte
#11
of 53 restaurants
City Percentile
75%
rating percentile
Address
Purple Onion Cafe, 4647 Main St STE 1, Shallotte, NC 28470
Phone
(910) 755-6071
Website
www.purpleonioncafe.com/index
Status
Closed · Opens 6:30 AM

Purple Onion Cafe is a restaurant located in Shallotte, NC. It is one of 53 restaurants listed in Shallotte. Its 4.6-star rating is above the Shallotte city average of 4.2 stars. It ranks #11 of 53 restaurants in Shallotte. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

About Purple Onion Cafe

Discover the heart of Southern-style food at Purple Onion Cafe, your go-to destination for breakfast and lunch at 4647 Main St #1 in downtown Shallotte. Renowned for its extensive menu of freshly baked goods, crisp salads, and American classics, our... More

Hours

Saturday6 AM–3 PM

Customer Reviews

★★★★★ 5.0 Pam Hondros · Jun 2025

A friend recommended breakfast. Only complaint was the acoustics. No sound buffer, and you could hear every conversation all at once. Excellent eggs benny, fresh and large cuts of home fries. Pancake bigger than my head! Nice texture and delicious. I'm a pancake snob! Had the fried green tomato blt with pimento cheese. Apparently, it had been made before my hibs breakfast was ready. The tomato was over breaded. Otherwise, I'd give it another chance, for sure!

★★★☆☆ 3.0 Charli Virginia · Jul 2025

Based on breakfast recommendations, we visited. The Crab Cake sandwich was phenomenal as well as the sweet potato fries! The Mediterranean chicken wrap with homemade potato chips were wonderful too. I would definitely come back for these meals and to try some more fan-favorites. However, we ordered a croissant lightly toasted for my three year old and it came out drenched in butter with clumps of butter throughout. Upon ordering a new one after having to find our server for help, I asked that it be done without butter. It came out microwaved. It was completely wasted. Our experience could have been better. However, this place has much to offer and you should definitely consider trying them out.

★★★★★ 5.0 nicholas jones · Nov 2025

Saw this place doing catering at a wedding and told my wife "it must be good"! I wasn't wrong. They take everything up a notch and make everything in house. So delicious with great portions.

★★★★★ 5.0 Jayna Kitner · Jul 2025

Five of us dined in for brunch a little after 11 a.m. We were seated right away and warmly greeted by a kind and helpful waitress. Our drinks arrived promptly, and the food was absolutely delicious! The pasta salad stood out as a unique and tasty blend, like a cross between the creaminess of a classic broccoli salad and the satisfying addition of noodles. There are plenty of sandwiches, wraps, and more to choose from. I built my own wrap, and it turned out even better than I imagined. Of course, you have to try the signature Purple Onion, so good! And don’t forget to grab something sweet on your way out. There’s a wide variety of pastries, cookies, bars, cakes, and more. We were pleasantly surprised by both the prices and the quality of everything we tried! Kodos to the kitchen staff, as

★★★☆☆ 3.0 R B · Mar 2026

It's your generic breakfast-lunch diner that serves mediocre meals that are uninspired. I feel that its a little overpriced for what they serve. The menu hasn't changed much in the 20 something years that they've been open. The service is usually terrific, and in my opinion the bakery selections are better than their breakfast menu. I don't believe that anything here is terrible, but nothing on the menu stands out or is a must have.

Accessibility & Amenities

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

Services

American restaurantBreakfast restaurantRestaurant

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