Surf City's beloved burger & ice cream stop · 1,100+ Google reviews

Burgers, Dogs, and 22 Flavors of Hand-Dipped Ice Cream — Right on Topsail.

Island Delights is a Surf City staple on N. New River Drive, serving up messy burgers, Carolina-style hot dogs, and ice cream to beachgoers and locals alike. With a 4.6-star rating across 1,100+ reviews, it's the kind of place families come back to every single summer.

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4.6★1134+ Google Reviews

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LocalFavorite for Years

Dine In& Takeout

On the menu

Why locals keep coming back.

Made fresh, every order

No shortcuts. Every dish is cooked to order from quality ingredients. You can taste the difference.

Recipes worth coming back for

The kind of comfort food that brings regulars back week after week. Try one dish and you'll see why.

Friendly service, every visit

Whether it's your first time or your hundredth, you'll be greeted like a regular and looked after the whole meal.

Loved by the locals

4.6 stars across 1134+ Google reviews. Eastern NC has spoken — and they keep coming back.

From real customers

Real Google reviews

4.6 stars · 1134+ reviews

Delicious burgers! Eaten here before and it doesn’t disappoint! I love the fries with gravy to dip them in! Good messy burger !!!

This is "must visit" spot for our annual trips to Topsail. Service is always great and prices are very reasonable. My personal favorite is the cheeseburger, delight style. Perfect place to grab lunch or ice cream. It gets busy!

Island Delights is a staple stop for ice cream & burgers during our visits to N Topsail Beach. It is decorated as a vintage soda shop/diner style spot. The food here is consistent in quality, has a working jukebox, and filled with families on vacation. The dine in seating is limited to around 6-8 families and seating is tight during mealtime rush h…

My friend comes Surf City, Topsail Island North Carolina yearly with his family. He shared this spot as a great place to stop and eat. There were 7 adults in our group. The service was super friendly, Wonderful experience and atmosphere. I'm sure this place gets packed during the summer, we visited here the 1st week of May so we had a more laid bac…

Great no frills food spot for burgers, dogs, sandwiches, and ice cream. We'll save the sweets for our next visit, but the burger and sandwich were perfectly acceptable. Nothing fancy and the prices were great to match. Fries and onion rings were fresh and very tasty as well.

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About Island Delights

Island Delights is a true Topsail Island tradition — a vintage soda shop-style stop where the burgers are messy, the prices are reasonable, and the ice cream comes in 22 hand-dipped flavors. Regulars rave about the Delight-style cheeseburger, the fries with gravy, and the Carolina-style hot dogs. The retro diner vibe — complete with a working jukebox — makes it easy to stay a while, even when the tables fill up fast. Whether you're renting a beach house up the road or just passing through Surf City, Island Delights is worth pulling over for.\n\nStop in for lunch, grab a cone on the way back from the beach, or do both — no one's judging.