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Best Restaurants in Catawba, NC

A tiny lakeside community with marina dining and a focus on the boating lifestyle. The waterfront restaurants here are about the experience as much as the food.

1 restaurants in Catawba

Catawba · American / Bar

Waterside Bar and Grill

Waterside Bar and Grill is the lake experience distilled to its purest form: casual food, cold drinks, and a waterfront setting at the marina. The food is standard bar fare, but the marina atmosphere and the water views make it worth visiting. This is where boaters refuel, literally and figuratively.

Patio Boat Access Kid Friendly Waterfront

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