• North Carolina
  • Rutherfordton
  • The Water Oak Restaurant

The Water Oak Restaurant

(828) 287-2932
  • 205 Fashion Circle, Rutherfordton, NC 28139
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  • American
  • $$$$$
(828) 287-2932
  • Main
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Catering
  • Light Hors'd Oeuvres Menu
    Per person
    • Grilled Vegetable Display $12

      Zucchini, yellow squash, carrots, bell peppers, red onions, celery, & asparagus

    • Fresh Fruit Display $12

      Pineapple, oranges, grapes, strawberries, cantaloupe, & honeydew

    • Spanikopita $12

      Baked spinach & cheese filled phyllo pastry

    • Mushroom Puffs $12

      Sauteed mushrooms with mozzarella baked inside buttery puff pastry

    • Spinach & Artichoke Dip $12

      With assorted crackers

    • Assorted Cookies $12

      Two different cookies

  • Medium Hors D' Oeuvres Menu
    • Grilled Vegetable & Antipasto Platter $15

      Zucchini, yellow squash, carrots, asparagus, tri-colored bell peppers, marinated tomatoes, marinated mushrooms, hummus with pita chips, marinated artichokes, and pickled cucumbers

    • Fresh Fruit Display $15

      Pineapple, oranges, grapes, strawberries, cantaloupe, & honeydew

    • Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail $15

      With lemons & cocktail sauce

    • Spanikopita $15

      Baked spinach & cheese filled phyllo pastry

    • Mushroom Puffs $15

      Sauteed mushrooms with mozzarella baked inside buttery puff pastry

    • Crab & Corn Dip $15

      With assorted crackers

    • Assorted Sweets $15

      Chocolate chunk cookies, peanut butter cookies, mocha espresso brownies, lemon bars, key lime tartlets, strawberry cream tartlets, & cheesecake bites

  • Heavy Hors D' Oeuvres Menu
    • Sliced Meat with Rolls $22

      Choice of pork loin, pork tenderloin, or beef tenderloin with rolls and condiments

    • Grilled Vegetable & Antipasto Platter $22

      Zucchini, yellow squash, carrots, asparagus, tri colored bell peppers. Marinated tomatoes, marinated mushrooms, hummus with pita chips, marinated artichokes, and pickled cucumbers

    • Fresh Fruit Display $22

      Pineapple, oranges, grapes, stawberries, cantaloupe & honeydew

    • Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail $22

      With lemons and cocktail sauce, add $4.00 per person charge

    • Spanikopita $22

      Baked spinach & cheese filled phyllo pastry

    • Mushroom Puffs $22

      Sauteed mushrooms with mozzarella baked inside buttery puff pastry

    • Spinach & Artichoke Dip $22

      With assorted crackers

    • Assorted Sweets $22

      Chocolate chunk cookies, peanut butter cookies, mocha espresso brownies, lemon bars, key lime tartlets, strawberry cream tartlets, & cheesecake bites

  • Shara's Desserts
    • Carrot Cake $6

      4 Moist layers, cream cheese icing

    • Coconut Rum Pound Cake $6

      Raspberry coulis vanilla bean anglaise

    • Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake $6

      Whipped cream cinnamon anglaise

    • Hot Chocolate Cake $6

      Homemade vanilla bean ice cream raspberry coulis

    • Cinnamon Apple Bread Pudding $6

      Homemade vanilla bean ice cream

  • Water Oka Organic Coffee
    • Water Oka Organic Coffee $2.25

      Our exclusive blend of camaroon, new guinea, and panama beans

    • Whole Bean by the Pound $10

    • Regular or Decaf Espresso $2.5

    • Cappuccino $4

    • Flavored Latte $4

  • Soup & Salads
    • She Crab Soup with Crackers $5

    • Soup Du Jour with Crackers $4

    • Soup & Salad $7

      House or caesar salad, she crab or soup du jour

    • Chicken Greek Salad $7.95

      Mesclun greens, olives, pine nuts, tomato, pepperoncini, feta, homemade greek vinaigrette

    • Seared Salmon Salad $7.95

      Mesclun greens, red onion, dried cherries, tomatoes, toasted almonds, homemade french dressing

    • Blackened Shrimp Caesar $7.95

      Blackened shrimp, romaine, smoked bacon, garlic croutons, parmesan, homemade caesar dressing

    • Quiche of the Day $7

      Shara's quiche, flakey homemade crust, side house salad

    • Chicken Salad Plate $6.95

      Fresh fruit, leaf lettuce, sliced tomato, crackers

  • Signature Sandwiches
    All sandwiches served with fresh fruit and your choice of pasta salad, sweet potato chips, or french fries.
    • Grilled Chicken Salad $7.5

      Homemade chicken salad, toasted sourdough, lettuce, tomato

    • Cuban Pork Panini $7.95

      Sliced pit ham, slow roasted pork, dill pickles, swiss, mustard, on a pressed hoagie

    • Cheese Steak Sandwich $9

      Sauteed beef tenderloin, peppers, onions, provolone cheese, mayonnaise, hoagie

    • Grilled Vegetable Panini $7.5

      Grilled zucchini, onions & peppers, basil pesto, dijon mustard, provolone, sourdough

    • The Best Sandwich Ever $7.5

      Benton's bacon, lettuce, tomato, sharp cheddar, fried egg, mayonnaise, sourdough

    • Crab Cake Sandwich $9

      Low country crab cake, remoulade, lettuce, tomato, red onion, sweet knot roll

    • Warm Ham & Brie Panini $7.5

      Sliced ham, brie cheese, cranberry orange relish, sweet knot roll

    • The Rachael $7.5

      Sliced roasted turkey breast, kraut, russian dressing, swiss, marble rye

    • Grilled 8oz. Wagyu Burger $9

      Sweet knot roll, add benton's bacon $1.00

    • Beef Tenderloin Fettuccini $9

      Sauteed, beef tnederloin, vegetables, fresh fettuccini pasta, alfredo sauce

    • Vegetable Lasagna $7.95

      Zucchini, onions, mushrooms, greens, fresh pasta, ricotta, parmesan, homemade marinara side house salad

    • She Crab To Go $10

    • Sparkling or Distilled Bottled Water $2

  • Appetizers
    • Crab Cake $7

      Smoked corn chowchow, remoulade

    • Fried Calamari $7

      Remoulade, house made marinara

    • Mushroom Duck Bruschetta $8

      Locak shitake, duck confit, grilled bread

  • Soup & Salad
    • She Crab Soup $5

      With lavash

    • Water Oak House Salad $4

      Organic greens, cucumbers, tomatoes, pickled onions toasted almonds, poppy seed vinaigrette

    • Grilled Heart of Romaine $5

      Benton's bacon, parmesan, grilled toast, caesar

    • Root Vegetable Salad $8

      Baby spinach, roasted root vegetables, local goat's cheese, warm bacon vinaigrette

  • Fish
    • Pan Roasted Diver Scallops $23

      Sweet corn risotto, sauteed local greens, grain mustard butter

    • Water Oak Shrimp N' Grits $18

      White shrimp, benton's bacon, tomato, scallion, mushroom, lakeside mills grits

    • Grilled All Natural Salmon Filet $19

      Baby green beans, lakeside mills grits, tomato jam

    • Low Country crab Cakes $18

      Lakeside mills grits, smoked corn chowchow, remoulade

  • Vegetarian
    • Grilled Vegetable Lasagna $14

      zucchini, squash, mushrooms, greens, artichokes, roasted peppers, house made marinara, fresh pasta and ricotta

    • Local Shiitake Mushroom Risotto $12

      Sweet corn risotto, local shiitake onion ragu on top

  • Fowl
    • Roasted Citrus Thyme Chicken Breast $18

      Potatoes, baby green beans, chicken gravy

    • Roasted Ashley farms Duck Breast $19

      Sweet corn risotto, local collards, cinnamon orange gastrique

  • Meat
    Rare, cold center & red throughout, medium rare, cool red center, medium, war, red center, medium well hot pink center, well, hot grey center
    • Painted Hills Ranch Meatloaf $20

      Sweet corn risotto, grilled asparagus, homemade brown sugar ketchup

    • 8oz. Aged Filet Mignon $25

      Potatoes, grilled asparagus, grilled onions, red wine demi-glace

    • Salmon Creek Pork Shank $20

      Lakeside mills grits, local collards

    • Braised Veal Osso Bucco $22

      Potatoes, sauteed local greens

    • All Natural Lamb Chop $26

      Potatoes, sauteed local greens, pecan mint pesto, lusty monk mustard

  • Appetizers and Soup
    • Low Country Crab Cake

      Seared crab cake served with spicy remoulade

    • Argentinean Short Rib Risotto

    • She Crab Soup

      Our famous she crab soup with crackers

    • Argentinean Chicken Soup

  • Salads
    • Baby Field Green Salad

      Field greens with grape tomatoes, red onions, and toasted almonds, tossed in a poppy seed dressing.

    • Classic Caesar Salad

      With crispy bacon, parmesan, and croutons

  • Entrees
    • Bourbon Salmon Filet

      8oz. Salmon filet brushed with bourbon and brown sugar and grilled.

    • Bacon Wrapped Filet Mignon

      8oz. Filet of beef wrapped with smoked bacon and grilled

    • Lamb Loin Chops

      Two lamb loin chops lightly marinated and oven roasted.

    • Mediterranean Pork Tenderloin

      Slices of pork tenderloin that have been rubbed in bryan's mediterranean pork rub and grilled or roasted.

    • Seared Grouper

      7oz. Grouper filet marinated in fresh herbs and pan seared.

    • Mustard Thyme Chicken

      Juicy free range chicken breast marinated in mustard and fresh thyme then grilled

  • Starches
    • Garlic Mashed New Potatoes

    • Parmesan Cheese Grits

    • Mushroom Risotto

    • Tomato and Basil Orzo Pasta

  • Vegetables
    • Sauteed Vegetable Melange

    • Buttered Asparagus and Carrots

    • Sauteed Swiss Chard and Golden Raisins

    • Steamed Broccolini

  • Desserts
    • Shara's Coconut Rum Pound Cake

      Served with vanilla anglaise

    • Seasonal Cheesecake

      Fall and winter selections include pumpkin, and eggnog flavors

    • Chocolate Heart of Darkness

      Chocolate cake with warm chocolate ganache center and espresso ice cream

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