Myrtle Beach Food

For Kristy and I, one of our favorite things to do on Vacation is eat. We try to find restaurants and food we can't get at home. When we travel to a coastal town a lot of our time is spent looking for seafood.  On this trip we ate lunch at the condo a lot but went out looking for places that had Happy Hour food specials for dinner. My Goal in this post is to remember and tell you about some of the places we visited in Myrtle Beach.

First a quick look at the places we visited within the areas we found them followed by a quick review of each in order from least Favorite to Favorite.

Barefoot Boardwalk in North Myrtle Beach

• Flying Fish
• Lulu's 

Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach

• Paula Deen's Family Kitchen
• Key West Grill
• Margaritaville

Other

• Captain Jacks - North Myrtle Beach
• Filets - North Myrtle Beach. 

I've included a link to each of the restaurants web pages if you want to find out any more about them. 

7) Captain Jacks: In trips to Virginia the family has visited Captain Georges Seafood Buffet several times. On this trip we wanted to try someplace local. It was an OK meal but I would've been much happier at Captain Georges. I will give Jack's credit, we were there in the off season and it was very slow. The Buffet was still completely full and kept up. I've been places where slow times mean some stuff is missing on the buffet. The problem was that the Crab, the Shrimp even the Prime Rib just wasn't that good. both the crab and the shrimp were soggy and old. The CrabCakes tasted fishy Maybe it would have been better if busier and fresher but we weren't impressed. 

6) Paula Deen's Family Kitchen: located in the, Broadway At The Beach, Shopping and entertainment area in Myrtle Beach. We decided to go here for lunch one afternoon just so we could say we had eaten at Paula Deen's. Honestly I really liked the food and it was an OK place but it wasn't among my favorites. The restaurant is upstairs above the Paula Deen Store. Floor to Ceiling Windows give you great views of, Broadway At The Beach. The Food is served Family Style. Our server was wonderful.  At lunch we choose the two entrée meal. $17.99 per person and you choose, two entree's and four sides. They will bring you all you want and each person gets to choose a dessert. Our Choices: Chicken and Dumplings, Meat Loaf, Mashed Potatoes, Mac and Cheese, Green Beans and Black Eyed Peas. I loved the Meat Loaf and the Black Eyed Peas. The Chicken and Dumplings were OK, I honestly like Kristy's better. Green Beans were good with lots of Bacon in them and I didn't taste the Mac&Cheese. For Dessert we had Ooey Gooey Butter Cake and Peach Cobbler. Both very good.

5) Key West Grill: Another location at Broadway At The Beach. We stopped by here for some food after doing the tour at Myrtle Beach's local brewery, New South Brewing, which I'll do another post about. The idea was to sit at the bar and get some Happy Hour Food. The restaurant looked like it would be great and a lot of fun, themed well and a nice menu during the season for us at around 6pm we were about the only ones in there. We ordered, Beef Tacos, Fried Pickles and Jalapenos, and a plate of Nachos from the Happy Hour Menu. I have to admit that I was surprised a place called Key West Grill had so little seafood and so much Mexican style food on the HH menu. It was all really good and I was surprised by home much I liked the Fried Jalapenos.

4) Margaritaville: Again we stopped by here to see if there were any Happy Hour Specials. It is located in the Broadway at the Beach area. We were told they had tried Happy Hour for a while but it didn't seem to work so they stopped it. It was Margaritaville though so we sat at the bar for a bit talked with the bartender, who was a really great guy, and shared a Cuban Sandwich. What can you say about this, It's Margaritaville. The Theming was fantastic, the atmosphere was fun, The drinks were good and the sandwich was nice. 

3) LuLu's:  We ended up at LuLu's on our last Night in North Myrtle. I didn't realize that it was owned by Jimmy Buffets Sister. This place would be great during the summer. Located in North Myrtle Beach's, Barefoot Landing, shopping area. Wide Open with doors that open to the outside and a patio with plenty of tables. Kristy had, She Crab Soup and a Crab Melt. I had a cup of Gumbo and a LuLu's Burger. All was really good. We liked LuLu's and I'd love to see it during he season when it's all open and completely hopping. 

2) Filet's on the water: Gotta admit we almost missed this one and I'm so glad we didn't. It was a bit out of the way and difficult to find but worth it. We got there between 5 and 6 and it was already packed. The restaurant had a wait but there were a few tables open on the patio/deck bar area and that's where the Happy Hour specials were anyway. Nothing about the food here disappointed us. The list we tried included: Caribbean Tuna, Fish Bites, Crab Cakes and Clams Casino. The tuna was seared perfectly with a rare center and a nice blackened spice rub.  The Fish bites were our favorite and the spicy sauce they came with was great. I enjoyed the Crab Cakes and Kristy liked the Clams but was hoping for a bit more. Just a really nice place on the inland waterway with great outdoor seating. 

1) Flying Fish Public Market and Grill:  This was the first restaurant we visited in North Myrtle Beach it is in the Barefoot Landing shopping area and was GREAT! Again we stopped in for Happy Hour. We always figure this is a way to try great local food at a little lower price. We tried, Buffalo shrimp, Oysters on the half shell and all three of their HH sushi offerings: California Roll, Spicy Tuna Roll and Spicy Crab Roll. Happy Hour is only offered at the bar, and as we sat down the Bartender also offered us a plate of crackers with a sample of their Fish dip. We ate all of that too. We loved this place and would highly recommend checking it out. 

We also went to the oldest locally owned brewery in SC while we were in Myrtle Beach for a tour and to learn a little about brewing beer. I'll tell you all about New South Brewing in my Next Myrtle Beach post.