bagel, herb cream cheese, egg, tomato, cucumber, capers, onion, dill
Specialties
Old-Fashioned Pancakes**
$20.00
traditional, blueberry, chocolate chip, or banana, maple syrup
John Haulk Waffle**
$17.00
vanilla mascarpone, roasted pears, apple butter, powdered sugar, maple syrup
Two Farm Eggs* ** ^
$26.00
roasted kennebec potatoes, choice of breakfast meat
Crab Cake Benedict*
$35.00
blue crab, porchetta, english muffin, champagne hollandaise
Egg White Omelet** ^
$21.00
white cheddar, spinach, cremini, shiitake, portobello, tomatoes
Herons Featured Omelet** ^
$26.00
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
*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
*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
White Beet
$26.00
green apple, walnut, koji milk, white seaweed
Harkers Island Oysters*
$27.00
charleston gold rice, genmai, champagne sabayon; optional krug pairing $60
Hamachi*
$35.00
satsuma, baby carrot, pickled mustard seed, dashi
Foie Terrine
$40.00
pecan, muscadine, koji-glazed parker house rolls
Nigiri Omakase*
$70.00
japanese wasabi, nishiki rice, aged tamari, tamago
Second
Sea Scallop*
$29.00
truffle, potatoes, compressed celery, smoked nage
Squab
$27.00
hibiscus, chicory, honey crisp, hickory nut miso
Crab
$32.00
charleston gold rice, sunchoke, asian pear, yuzu
Lobster
$46.00
red kuri squash, aji dulce, sake kasu, pickled ginger
Egg*
$28.00
john haulk grits, mushrooms, benton's ham, shrimp
Entrée
Autumn Claypot
$38.00
charleston gold rice, chestnut, brassica, mushroom xo
Sea Bass
$47.00
red carrot, kohlrabi, matsutake, sudachi, consommé
*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
Cocktails
Seasonal Cocktails
Asti
$19.00
grey goose la poire, moscato d'asti, pear, vanilla, sudachi
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.