bagel, herb cream cheese, egg, tomato, cucumber, capers, dill
Specialties
Old-Fashioned Pancakes**
$19.00
traditional, blueberry, chocolate chip, or banana, maple syrup
Two Farm Eggs* ** ^
$26.00
roasted kennebec potatoes, choice of breakfast meat
Crab Cake Benedict
$34.00
blue crab, porchetta, english muffin, champagne hollandaise
Egg White Omelet** ^
$20.00
white cheddar, spinach, cremini, shiitake, portabella
Herons Featured Omelet** ^
$25.00
chef selected seasonal ingredients, local cheese, roasted potatoes
Breakfast Meats
Turkey Bacon
$8.00
Pork Sausage
$8.00
Smoked Bacon
$8.00
Chicken-Apple Sausage
$8.00
NC Country Ham
$8.00
Sides
Fresh Fruit
$12.00
Roasted Potatoes
$8.00
Buttermilk Biscuits
$8.00
Buttered White Grits
$8.00
*May be cooked to order. May be served raw or undercooked or contain raw or undercooked ingredients. Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness. **May be prepared Vegetarian. ^May be prepared Gluten Free
vanilla gelato, key lime curd, blackberry compote, graham cracker
*May be cooked to order. May be served raw or undercooked or contain raw or undercooked ingredients. Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness. **May be prepared Vegetarian. ^May be prepared Gluten Free
vanilla gelato, key lime curd, blackberry compote, graham cracker
*May be cooked to order. May be served raw or undercooked or contain raw or undercooked ingredients. Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness. **May be prepared Vegetarian. ^May be prepared Gluten Free
First
Tomato Salad
$19.00
compressed watermelon, yuzu, cloud, sweet herbs
Harkers Island Oysters*
$27.00
charleston gold rice, genmai, champagne sabayon; optional krug pairing $60
Hirame Crudo*
$24.00
one oak melon, shiso, finger lime, dashi vinaigrette
Chilled Squash Soup
$22.00
dungeness crab, basil, vadouvan curry, pistachio
Hamachi*
$24.00
nori dust, green tomatillo, salanova, white currant tomato
Nigiri Omakase*
$40.00
japanese wasabi, nishiki rice, aged tamari, tamago
Second
Octopus
$25.00
asian pear, katsuobushi aioli, radish, kimchi cabbage
*May be cooked to order. May be served raw or undercooked or contain raw or undercooked ingredients. Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness
Herons is the signature restaurant of The Umstead Hotel and Spa, open for breakfast, lunch, dinner and weekend brunch. The intimate 98-seat dining room features a full-view kitchen, curved ceilings, original artwork and floor-to-ceiling windows with views of the terrace, lawn and lake. Outdoor dining is delightful in the spring, summer, and fall.