Under the Oak Restaurant and Grocery

The most amazing staff and owner you will ever meet! Under the oak constantly goes above and beyond for their customers. The owner has poured his heart and soul into this and his love for it shines through. It is the best food you will ever have! I could not recommend them enough !

Very enthusiastic and helpful with an array of products and for me, the how to best grill my meats.nA clean and happy place!

If I could give more stars, I would! This place is an absolute must! It is, without a doubt, worth the drive from wherever you are!nThe food is fresh, local-sourced, sustainable and delicious and the desserts are hand-crafted and spectacular!nThe owners (Blake and Megan) are involved in every aspect of the restaurant. Under The Oak Cafe is their life's work and passion, and it shows.nI highly recommend!!

Under the Oaks catered our wedding.nnOne of the biggest priorities for our wedding was to have amazing and memorable food. Blake and his team exceeded expectations and had a huge variety of what we could choose from for our menu. We were very impressed with Blake's strong and unrelenting passion to keep his food restaurant quality to avoid the normal bland wedding food vibe and intense attention to detail. He did not disappoint.nnHe was very honest to tell us if certain food options were not ideal for our venue to ensure the quality of what he was delivering. He has a strong pride in what he does and it shows in the results.nnGuests came up to us during the wedding to rave about how spectacular the food was.nnHe was extremely responsive and also happy to work through several versions of the menu so that he could take into consideration our budget.nnHe was extremely flexible and accommodating even during a last minute venue change. He always found a way to make what we wanted out of our wedding day work whether that be not having enough space as he would like or having to prepare our food in a venue that did not normally allow outside vendors. He never complained or made us feel less than extremely taken care of. He took all the worry away.nnHis staff even prepared us some of the cocktail hour apps to take after the event to ensure we could taste everything.nnComing out of the reception, we had several friends interested in hiring him for their wedding and other events coming up soon. We would highly recommend him to anyone looking to break out of the boring wedding food box and really enjoy a high quality meal that everyone will remember.

I recently purchased the 4th of July Grill Box. I was grateful to support the work of a local, family run enterprise and completely blown away by the kit and the flexibility it offered. The chicken was incredible. Even after overcooking one of them, it still retained the seasoning and was delicious. The sausages went so fast I didn’t even get one :’(nnThe pickles are still the best kept secret in North Carolina. I know it would be better if they weren’t a secret so I’ll spread the secret if you’re ok with it.nnThe Kimchi Chow Chow was, to be very clear, one of the most complex and delicious things I’ve had in years. I would consider myself an above average consumer of Kimchi having grown up in South Korea and eating everything from commercial kimchi to restaurant kimchi and (my favorite) family kimchi that had been fermented in the ground. It has been well over a decade since I have had anything similar to that experience.nnTo top all of that off with locally sourced beef was just, an incredible experience. Now I just have to find a shorter route to Smithfield!nnKeep it up, friends. You’ve got a great thing going.