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Best Restaurants in Charleston
163 restaurants analyzed out of 1091 identified · United States
Charleston is one of the American South's strongest dining cities, led by American and Southern cooking with genuine depth in European, seafood, and Mediterranean cuisines. The city has an above-average share of top-rated restaurants, and prices are mostly moderate, making it strong value for the quality on offer. King Street and the peninsula hold the core of the action, with the range running from casual Lowcountry seafood to some of the most accomplished fine dining in the Southeast.
Charleston has 163 analyzed restaurants. Some of the strongest areas for dining are Mt Pleasant. Top cuisines include American, Southern, Italian.
Top Restaurants in Charleston
- Undiscovered Charleston A+ · Lowcountry, Southern · Charleston Historic District
- The Establishment A · Contemporary seafood, American · Charleston Historic District
- Doar Bros. A · Cocktails, Bar food · Charleston Historic District
- Indaco A · Modern Italian, Italian · Westside
- Burwell's Stone Fire Grill - Prime Steak & Fresh Seafood A · Steakhouse, American · Charleston Historic District
- Anson Restaurant A · Lowcountry seafood, Southern · Charleston Historic District
- Husk A · Modern Southern, American · Charleston Historic District
- SHIKI A · Sushi, Japanese · Charleston Historic District
- The Ordinary A · Seafood, American · Charleston Historic District
- Delaney Oyster House A · Seafood, American · Charleston Historic District
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Shem Creek puts waterside seafood within reach, with Mediterranean and Southern tables worthy of a special occasion
Tried and True
Grade Distribution
A+1 restaurants
A14 restaurants
A-27 restaurants
B+58 restaurants
B45 restaurants
B-10 restaurants
C+2 restaurants
C4 restaurants
C-1 restaurants
D1 restaurants
Price Distribution
budget8 restaurants
expensive65 restaurants
extremely_expensive20 restaurants
moderate39 restaurants
very_expensive31 restaurants
Cuisine Strengths
- American — 73 restaurants, 18 rated A- or higher
- Southern — 17 restaurants, 7 rated A- or higher
- Italian — 5 restaurants, 4 rated A- or higher
- French — 7 restaurants, 3 rated A- or higher
- Japanese — 8 restaurants, 2 rated A- or higher
- Seafood — 6 restaurants, 2 rated A- or higher
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