Higher Grounds - Coffee & Ice Cream

Love being able to go right down the road for fresh ice cream or coffee - maybe both:)
They have dairy free options!😊

Awesome coffee, ice cream, and service. Highly recommend!

Delicious coffee with wide selection & my kids loved the ice cream. There is indoor & outdoor seating, & under the porch are swings, hammocks, & swinging chairs. It is an awesome place.

Cool little coffee and ice cream shop with AWESOME lounging options - sit inside a well-decorated cafe with AC or hang out in the hammocks below. Great view of the sound.

Ice cream for mommy and the girls, strong coffee for daddy, great view and hammocks in the shade underneath the porch. They even have an elevator for wheelchairs. The family that owns this place are doing it right, highly recommend a visit! 🍻🍻

I don't typically write reviews, but this place deserves the highest review you can get. My significant other and I pulled up to higher grounds early this morning and they had some damage to their grounds due to the storm last night they had flooding as high as 5 ft. Tracy and her husband were there surveying the damage when we pulled up and not only offered us coffee and pastries but also allowed us (with our dog) into the coffee house. They didn't get much sleep because of the storm and they were not actually open but they still gave us the best service. That aside the coffee and pastries were dynamite! We will be coming back when we come to the outer banks next trip! Thank you Tracy!

"Affection- starved dog" friendly
Reasonable Prices
HiQuality delicious food.
$5 Seattle-like coffee without he price.
Nice folks to deal with.
Try 'em yourself... then decide

15 min. Later...
Sorry for the duplicity COASTobx.
Hadn't read your review yet.

Very nice, new, clean coffee, ice cream theyve thought of everything if you dont want to leave Colington island you dont have to! Get your java fix and great conversation from locals. Owner is cute as a button too!

Just enjoyed a regular sized Soy milk latte. Milk was frothed perfectly. No Latte art, but taste was excellent and well rounded. Counter Culture coffee is delicious.

We've passes by this little spot a 100 times in the last two vacations we spent in Colington Harbor and we finally stopped in. We were not disappointed! One cool thing they have is under the actual building try have hammocks to swing in!