Stay up north and you’re close to the North Strand courses like Barefoot, Tidewater, and our own Azalea Sands and Eagle Nest. You’re also close to a handful of restaurants that know how to feed a golf group without a long wait or a drive down to Murrells Inlet. Here are five that work, whether you want to watch the game over wings or sit down to a real steak dinner.
Hickory Tavern
This is your sports bar. It’s on Highway 17 with more TVs than you can count, and the food is a step above the usual bar stuff. Order the wings tossed in one of their sauces, the BBQ chicken nachos, or the Bucket of Boat Trash if the group is hungry after a round. It comes loaded with crab legs, steamed shrimp, and oysters. Big tables are no problem, the beer list is long, and happy hour runs weekday afternoons. Good for an arrival night or an easy dinner when nobody feels like planning.
Boardwalk Billy’s
Billy’s sits right on Doc Holiday’s Marina, and it’s the fun, casual one. Burgers, ribs, a raw bar, sushi, and a big deck under the oaks with marina views and live music most nights. If you skipped lunch, get the BFW: a half pound cheeseburger with wings and fries. It’s loud, it’s a good time, and there’s no reservation to mess with. Just know it fills up in season, so get there by 5 if you don’t want to wait.
Joe’s Bar & Grill
Joe’s is the local favorite, and it’s earned it over more than 30 years. It sits off the highway in Windy Hill with a view of the salt marsh, done up like a big rustic hunting lodge. The steaks are the reason to go, especially the Steak au Poivre, but the fresh catch, crab cakes, and lobster hold their own. There are fireplaces at the bar, which makes it a nice place to land after golf. It opens at 4:30 with an early bird menu and happy hour up front. Book a table if you can, and don’t count on easy parking, because people keep coming back.
Thoroughbreds Chophouse
Every trip has one nice dinner in it. Thoroughbreds is where you have it. It’s been the steakhouse of record around here since 1988: prime and Wagyu steaks, a wine list that runs past 300 bottles, and six separate dining rooms, so your group can get its own space. It’s up near Restaurant Row, a quick drive from North Myrtle. Make a reservation, wear a collar, and know it’s dinner only and closed Sunday and Monday.
Flying Fish Public Market & Grill
Flying Fish is at Barefoot Landing, right on the water next to the Alabama Theatre. It’s half restaurant and half seafood market, and the motto sums it up: if it swims, we’ll catch it. Local grouper and mahi, a raw bar, sushi, and Lowcountry plates, all in a room they just renovated overlooking the Intracoastal. It’s easy for a group, there’s a gluten free menu if anybody needs one, and the daily happy hour on drinks and appetizers is worth timing. You can also walk it off around Barefoot Landing after dinner.
Staying up north keeps you close to the courses and to all five of these. When we put your package together, we’ll steer your group toward the spots that fit where you’re playing and where you’re sleeping. And if you’ve got a house through Elliott Beach Rentals, we can have groceries in the fridge or a caterer lined up before you land.
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