16. Flamingo Seafood Grill
City: Myrtle Beach, SC
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (843) 449-5388
Address: 7100 North Kings Hwy.
Description: Flamingo Grill’s art deco decor—black lacquer accented with pink and blue neon—sets the pace for a trendy evening of dining. Owned by the same folks of Cagney’s fame (see this chapter’s previous entry), this restaurant has become quite popular. The menu includes lots of fresh seafood prepared in a variety of ways. The grilled fish with Cajun spices is especially tasty. Other entrees include pasta (the Pasta Flamingo is delish), chicken, prime rib, and steak. As an appetizer, the filet mignon chunks are outstanding. Save room for dessert; the Outrageous Derby Pie is, well, outrageous. A children’s menu is also available. Flamingo Grill serves dinner only. Closed Sundays.
17. Liberty Steakhouse And Brewery
City: Myrtle Beach, SC
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (843) 626-4677
Address: 1321 Celebrity Circle
Description: The idea of combining a restaurant and microbrewery is hot these days, and Liberty Steakhouse is doing well sustaining the craze. Here guests enjoy beer that’s made fresh every single day. On special holidays, such as Oktoberfest and St. Patrick’s Day, seasonal brews are all the rage. Everyone who comes gets the opportunity to observe the working brewery staffed by expert brewmeisters. In itself, the beer-making lesson is worth the stop. The pleasant surprise is that the food is wonderful, too. The menu includes hearty and delicious standard fare in whopping portions: specialty cuts of beef, original-recipe burgers, and unique appetizers and entrees such as buffalo shrimp.Liberty is open for lunch and dinner.
18. The Library
City: Myrtle Beach, SC
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (843) 448-4527
Address: 1212 North Kings Hwy.
Description: The Library is one of the most elegant restaurants in the entire South and is the only restaurant on the Grand Strand to receive both the Mobil Three Star Award as well as the AAA Three Diamond rating. Offering consummate European cuisine and superior service, this restaurant has been quietly collecting fans since 1974. In a Sun News survey, locals voted the Library the “most romantic” dining spot on the Strand—with so many restaurants, that’s a real coup! The menu includes veal, seafood, duck, beef, and chicken—first class all the way. The name comes from the literary decor, of course; the walls are lined with cases of literature that accentuate the leisurely and almost genteel atmosphere. The tuxedoed staff and table-side service set this place apart. Open for dinner only.
City: Myrtle Beach, SC
Category: Restaurants
Address: 2605 North Ocean Blvd.
City: Myrtle Beach, SC
Category: Restaurants
Address: 405 28th Ave. N., Myrtle Beach
21. Noizy Oyster
City: Myrtle Beach, SC
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: 101 South Kings Hwy., Myrtle B
Description: Casual, fun, and consistent, the Noizy Oyster has a broad menu that ranges from alligator bites as appetizers to a broad range of steamed and raw bar offerings. Crabs? Oysters? All fresh and there for the shucking and peeling. And even though seafood is the mainstay, the non-seafood lover in your group may want to try the rotisserie chicken or the ribs; both are worth coming back for.
City: Myrtle Beach, SC
Category: Restaurants
City: Myrtle Beach, SC
Category: Restaurants
Address: 208 73rd Ave. N., Myrtle Beach
24. Rossi’S Italian Restaurant
City: Myrtle Beach, SC
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (843) 449-0481
Address: 9636 North Kings Hwy.
Description: Rossi’s bills itself as “everything a restaurant ought to be,” and we have to agree. A bevy of delights awaits your arrival: overly generous servings of veal, homemade pasta, fresh seafood, and Black Angus beef; fine wines; a cozy dining room featuring weathered brick, stained glass, and chandeliers; a piano bar; live entertainment; and desserts that’ll make you do the two-step. Rossi’s is open daily for dinner only.
25. Sea Captain’S House
City: Myrtle Beach, SC
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (843) 448-8082
Address: 3002 North Ocean Blvd.
Description: Back around 1930, the Sea Captain’s House was a traditional family beach cottage. Converted to an oceanfront restaurant in 1962, it has remained a family-owned and family-operated business to this day. If you enjoy understated elegance, delicious food, and a panoramic view of the ocean, Sea Captain’s House is sure to please. Specials range from grilled salmon fillets with roasted garlic sauce to baked breast of chicken topped with Cajun-spiced shrimp. The kitchen staff is known for its culinary talents, particularly with seafood and Southern recipes.Visit this lovely Myrtle Beach landmark—another personal favorite—for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
City: Myrtle Beach, SC
Category: Restaurants
Address: 9706 North Kings Hwy.
City: Myrtle Beach, SC
Category: Restaurants
Address: 1317 Celebrity Circle
City: Myrtle Beach, SC
Category: Restaurants
City: Myrtle Beach, SC
Category: Restaurants
Address: 3979 US 17 Business (on the waterfront)
30. Conch Cafe
City: Myrtle Beach, SC
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (843) 651-6556
Address: 1482 North Waccamaw Dr.
Description: Dining at the Conch Cafe is like inviting 100 or so good friends to your beach house for grilled tuna, baked scallops, conch fritters, tenderloin, teriyaki chicken and shrimp, mussels in garlic butter, and a mess of backfin crab cakes. Throw in a happy hour, and it’s not a shabby way to host a party, right? Did we mention the covered outdoor deck overlooking the ocean? It’s great for stargazing and drinking concoctions with tropical-sounding names. Lunch and dinner are served daily. Come early and stay late.