Coastal Kitchen & Bar

What Coastal Kitchen & Bar does

Coastal Kitchen & Bar is an on-site, full-service restaurant operated within Hilton Charlotte Uptown at 222 East Third Street in Charlotte, North Carolina. The venue serves hotel guests, business and convention travelers, local patrons, and private event groups, with operating hours spanning early-morning breakfast through late-night dining. The menu is positioned as Carolina-inspired cuisine with Mediterranean influences, complemented by craft cocktails and local beers. The restaurant functions as the hotel's primary food and beverage outlet, with no standalone brand or geographic footprint outside the single Hilton property.

The offering is structured as a single brand with multiple service modules: the main Coastal Kitchen dining room, Coastal Bar (a plaza-level beverage-led sub-brand with shareable small plates), Salon Coastal (a semi-private dining area), a private dining capability accommodating up to 50 seated or 70 standing guests, and in-room dining for hotel guests. Distribution is exclusively on-site and through Hilton's marketing channels, including the hotel website and in-hotel signage, with no third-party delivery, catering, or off-premise channels documented. There is no disclosed proprietary technology, app, or digital platform; the in-room dining link references a standard hotel F&B ordering site.

Revenue is generated through food and beverage transactions across the modules described above. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. The business is wholly embedded within Hilton Charlotte Uptown and has no independent incorporation, funding history, or standalone financial reporting; it operates as a captive amenity of the parent hotel rather than as an independent restaurant group. No partnerships, awards, certifications, M&A activity, leadership changes, or product launches outside the in-hotel venue are recorded in the source data.

Name

Coastal Kitchen & Bar

Legal name

Coastal Kitchen & Bar

Website

https://coastalkitchenandbar.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Coastal Kitchen & Bar is an on-site full-service restaurant and bar inside Hilton Charlotte Uptown in Charlotte, North Carolina, serving hotel guests, convention visitors, and local patrons with Carolina-inspired cuisine, craft cocktails, and private event dining.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hotel Restaurant Dining

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Hotel & Resort Restaurants (THAFACAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hotel Bars & Rooftop Bars (CRANACAL), Lounge Bars & Hotel Bars (THAFAEAI)

Keywords

• Hotel restaurant dining
• Carolina-inspired cuisine
• Cocktail bar service
• Private event dining
• In-room dining

Headquarters

HQ city

Charlotte

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. On-site Restaurant Dining: The restaurant generates revenue through food and beverage sales from breakfast, lunch, and dinner service, including à la carte dining, craft cocktails, and local beers. Revenue is driven by hotel guests, local patrons, and visitors to nearby convention and entertainment venues.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Coastal Kitchen & Bar is the on-site restaurant and bar at Hilton Charlotte Uptown in Charlotte, NC, serving Carolina-inspired cuisine with Mediterranean touches for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It operates the main dining room, Coastal Bar for cocktails and small plates, Salon Coastal for semi-private dining, private event dining for up to 70 guests, and in-room dining for hotel guests.

Product overview

Coastal Kitchen & Bar is a single, unified dining establishment at Hilton Charlotte Uptown offering multiple dining experiences: the main Coastal Kitchen restaurant serving Carolina-inspired cuisine with Mediterranean influences for breakfast, lunch, and dinner; Coastal Bar for cocktails and small plates; Salon Coastal for semi-private intimate dining; Private Dining for events up to 70 guests; and In-Room Dining for hotel guests. The offering is a single restaurant brand with multiple service modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Coastal Bar: Vibrant Uptown Charlotte destination for cocktails, local craft beers, and shareable small plates located on the plaza level. Offers communal tables and intimate seating for groups and casual gatherings.
• Salon Coastal

Products and services

• Coastal Kitchen & Bar Restaurant Dining
• Coastal Bar
• Private Dining (Salon Coastal)
• In-Room Dining

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Regional players

• 5Church Charlotte: 5Church is an upscale Uptown Charlotte restaurant competing for the same local patron and business-traveler dining occasions. It is comparable to Coastal Kitchen as a high-end Uptown dining destination vying for non-hotel-guest local traffic.
• Fahrenheit Charlotte: Fahrenheit is a rooftop restaurant/bar in Uptown Charlotte. It is comparable to Coastal Bar as a cocktail-and-small-plates destination targeting the same Uptown social and after-work crowd, including visitors to nearby Bank of America Stadium and convention events.

Broad incumbents

• Hilton Hotels & Resorts (F&B Operations): Hilton's broader F&B program across its full-service properties is the broad incumbent context for Coastal Kitchen & Bar. The restaurant operates within Hilton's brand standards, distribution, and loyalty ecosystem, making parent-level F&B strategy a relevant comparable for positioning and resource access.
• Hyatt Hotels Corporation (F&B Operations): Hyatt's hotel F&B operations — particularly through Hyatt Regency, Andaz, and Thompson brands — compete for the same convention-driven, business-traveler dining occasions in similar urban-uptown markets. It is a broad incumbent comparable for hotel restaurant concept positioning.
• Marriott International (F&B Operations): Marriott operates comparable hotel restaurants and bars across its full-service and lifestyle flags (Westin, Renaissance, W). It is a broad incumbent peer for benchmarking hotel F&B concept strategy, brand standards, and group/event programming.

Direct peers

• Gallery Restaurant (at The Ballantyne Hotel): Gallery Restaurant is the signature full-service restaurant at The Ballantyne Hotel in Charlotte. It is a direct peer as another upscale hotel restaurant in the Charlotte market offering breakfast, lunch, dinner, and private dining for hotel guests and events.
• The Punch Room (at The Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte): The Punch Room is a craft cocktail bar within The Ritz-Carlton Charlotte, directly comparable to Coastal Bar as a hotel-branded cocktail destination serving Uptown's luxury hospitality clientele with signature drinks and intimate seating.
• Luce (at The Westin Charlotte): Luce is the signature restaurant at The Westin Charlotte, located in the same Uptown market. It is directly comparable to Coastal Kitchen as another full-service hotel restaurant serving hotel guests, business travelers, and convention attendees with a similar full-daypart operating model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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