If you’re searching for the freshest seafood and oysters in Charlotte, you’re getting pretty hot. From our farm-to-fork oysters to daily seafood catches to craft cocktails and craft beer, we’ll be the place you can start thinking of as your own dining room. Sea Level NC is located in the base of the Hearst Tower on Fifth Street between Tryon and College. Join us at the bar, oyster bar, or on the patio for lunch, dinner, or drinks. Validated parking in the Hearst Tower; call-ahead seating; reservations. $1 Sea Level Salts Oysters, Monday-Saturday, 2-6 pm.
Named one of the 2019 "50 Best Restaurants" and a BOB Awards winner: Voters' Choice 2018 "Best Oysters" and 2019 "Best Seafood" by
Look for the Queen’s Feast Specialty Cocktail at this restaurant. Select locations are offering a unique signature cocktail during Charlotte Restaurant Week.
Tito’s Handmade Vodka will donate $1 for each Queen’s Feast cocktail sold during Charlotte Restaurant Week to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina.
$35 per person (does not include tax or gratuity)
First course (choice of one)
Sea Level Oysters - (half dozen) – house-made cocktail sauce, fennel mignonette
Lobster Bisque - crème fraiche, lobster, scallions
Warm Brussels - kale, cranberries, goat cheese
Sea Level Salad - fried oysters, Romaine, cabbage, pickled shallots, roasted corn, radish, white balsamic vinaigrette, horseradish aioli
Salmon Tartare ($2 supplement) - sesame oil, jalapeno, onion, pineapple, wonton chips
Second course (choice of one)
Grilled Local Swordfish - local sweet potato hash, onion, smoked white fish, herbed crème friache
Grilled Salmon - Carolina gold & wild rice risotto, confit sweet potato, Ashe County Romano, crispy Brussels, brown butter
NC Shrimp and Grits – Adluh Mills stone-ground grits, Comeux's andouille, fire-roasted salsa
Brasstown Beef Short Rib - Pomme puree, roasted carrots, “Duck Rabbit Stout” demi-glace
Today’s Carolina Fresh Catch ($5 supplement) - cauliflower puree, braised artichoke hearts, crispy carrot strips, charred onion agrodolce
Dessert (choice of one)
Cranberry Bread Pudding - buttered rum Anglaise
Mint Chocolate Mousse - Andes mints, walnuts, vanilla whip