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Myrtle Beach: Restaurants

When it comes to food on Myrtle Beach, expect every chain restaurant in the known universe, fried fish buffets as long as a bowling alley, and dozens of 24-hour donut shops. The best seafood restaurants are in Murrell's Inlet, where fishermen have plied their trade for hundreds of years.

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Bummz Beach Cafe
Wash down some Buffalo shrimp with a Bud or grab a lunchtime cheeseburger at this fun-loving cafe and bar with a lovely...
trendy | american

Sugar Shack
This groovy little ice cream and pastry stand serves hungry North Myrtle Beach crowds late into the night. It’s ideal...
family | dessert

Lee's Inlet Kitchen
The Lee family has been serving clam chowder and crab-stuffed flounder at this homey restaurant since the 1940s and still...
family | seafood

The Library
Theatrically swanky, this French restaurant does the classics--steak à la Parisienne and escargot--in a dark wood...
french

Russell's Seafood Grill
Locals sip beer and slurp oysters on the half shell at this combo restaurant and raw bar. Simple dishes like fried flounder...
seafood

Sea Captain's House
A Murrell's Inlet mainstay, this old blue house overlooking the bay does superb Low Country dishes like crab casserole and...
seafood