Sea Level NC

Sea Level NC is the Uptown seafood restaurant on East 5th Street, built by the team behind the Sea Level fisheries. The focus is North Carolina seafood, and the room is warm, low lit and quiet by Uptown standards. A small patio sits outside. A warm Connecticut style lobster roll arrives with hand cut fries, and the chargrilled oysters are worth ordering alongside the raw ones. The room stays quiet enough for a conversation, which is rare in Uptown at dinner. Staff are patient with a toddler at the table and knowledgeable about where the fish came from.

What to know

• Oyster happy hour runs weekday afternoons at $1.50 each.
• Lunch service runs into the afternoon.
• Seafood paella and Bloody Mary oyster shooters round out the menu.
• Park in the 5th Street deck, which is a short walk away.
• The restaurant is closed on Sunday.