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Accolades in Myrtle Beach
These picks are steakhouses with curated or extensive wine lists, and one exceptional wine program at Thoroughbreds Chophouse.
Thoroughbreds Chophouse is a classic steakhouse and seafood restaurant in North Myrtle Beach, with an exceptional wine program and an extensive wine list. The kitchen uses Prime Certified Angus Beef and Wagyu steaks. Tableside preparations include Caesar salad, Chateaubriand, and Bananas Foster.
Oak Prime is a modern American steakhouse in River Oaks, under Chef Jerrett King, with a curated wine program and a Michelin Plate (2026). The a la carte menu centres on Angus beef with a Pittsburgh-style charred crust and smoked tomato Madeira butter on the ribeye. The room has a full-service bar and a relaxed but polished atmosphere.
Aspen Grille sits on North Kings Highway with a curated wine program and an extensive wine list. The kitchen leans into modern Southern steakhouse cooking, dry-aged USDA Prime steaks, and seasonal local ingredients. It is one of the more ingredient-focused rooms in the city.
Tasting Room on 9th offers a monthly tasting menu with intentional wine pairings. Strong Waters and SOHO 21st serve small plates with curated wine programs and craft cocktails.
Tasting Room on 9th is a modern American wine bar in downtown, with small plates, a tasting-menu format, a curated wine program, and an extensive wine list. The monthly tasting menu series offers intentional wine pairings and curated multi-course dinners. It features Michelin Chef Robert Kaufman and sommelier Lisa Lee.
Strong Waters Craft Cocktails & Kitchen is a modern American gastropub on Ocean Boulevard, with coastal seafood, a curated wine program, and craft cocktails. The menu runs a la carte and as small plates. Cocktails follow a farm-to-shaker approach using local ingredients, in a speakeasy-style atmosphere.
SOHO 21st, on the Oceanfront, offers a curated wine program, craft cocktails, small plates, and an a la carte menu of fusion steak, seafood, and sushi. The Japanese Stone Grill lets diners cook their own tender beef at the table, paired with an award-winning sushi bar.
North Myrtle Beach has seven restaurants in our guide, the highest neighbourhood count. Thoroughbreds Chophouse holds an exceptional wine program and an extensive wine list there. Fire & Smoke has a curated wine program and an extensive wine list, and SOHO North and Uptown Bistro have curated wine programs in the same neighbourhood.
There are no Michelin-starred restaurants in Myrtle Beach in our guide. Oak Prime in River Oaks, a modern American steakhouse with Angus beef under Chef Jerrett King, holds a Michelin Plate for 2026.
Tasting menus in our guide are in downtown, at Tasting Room on 9th, a modern American wine bar. The restaurant runs a monthly tasting menu series with intentional wine pairings and curated multi-course dinners. That series features Michelin Chef Robert Kaufman and sommelier Lisa Lee.
Thoroughbreds Chophouse in North Myrtle Beach holds an exceptional wine program and an extensive wine list. Aspen Grille in North Kings Highway has a curated wine program and an extensive wine list.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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Selected entries from the current guide for Myrtle Beach.
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Oak Prime brings a focused steakhouse sensibility to Myrtle Beach's River Oaks corridor, centering its menu on Angus beef finished with a Pittsburgh-style charred crust. The full-service bar and relaxed but polished atmosphere make it a natural anchor for an evening in the area. Signature details like smoked tomato Madeira butter on the ribeye and baked-to-order blueberry bread pudding signal genuine kitchen attention.
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Aspen Grille at 5101 N Kings Hwy occupies a stretch of Myrtle Beach's main restaurant corridor where the kitchen's relationship with coastal and regional sourcing sets the tone. The cooking here draws on the South Carolina coast's proximity to fresh seafood and farm country, placing it among the more ingredient-focused options in the Myrtle Beach dining scene.
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Atmosphera Restaurant operates at 3620 Walton Dr in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, occupying a quieter commercial corridor that keeps it off the main tourist drag. With a name that signals intention toward environment and mood, it positions itself in the tier of Myrtle Beach dining that aims for something more considered than the beachfront chains. Verify current hours and booking directly with the venue before visiting.
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Bistro B on North Kings Highway occupies a stretch of Myrtle Beach that rewards those who look past the resort corridor. The dining ritual here follows its own measured pace, set apart from the boardwalk bustle. For visitors plotting a considered meal in a beach city better known for volume dining, it merits attention alongside peers like Aspen Grille and Black Drum.
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Black Drum sits along Queensway Boulevard in Myrtle Beach's northern resort corridor, where the dining scene leans toward seafood-forward formats and a relaxed coastal register. The restaurant draws from the broader Grand Strand tradition of accessible, place-rooted cooking. For visitors working through the area's dining options, it warrants a look alongside the corridor's more established addresses.
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Café Amalfi sits on Beach Club Drive in Myrtle Beach's northern resort corridor, occupying a position that reflects the broader Italian-inflected dining trend along the South Carolina coast. The address places it within reach of the Grand Strand's hotel cluster, where beach proximity shapes both the clientele and the expectations diners bring to the table. For visitors weighing the area's Italian options, it belongs in the same conversation as the corridor's other sit-down venues.
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Cafe Old Vienna occupies a familiar address on North Kings Highway in Myrtle Beach, where the Viennese tradition of long, unhurried dining has found an unlikely home on the South Carolina coast. The setting evokes Central European café culture — a counterpoint to the seafood-forward mainstream of the Grand Strand. For visitors looking beyond the beachfront norm, it offers a distinct register of hospitality.
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Roadhouse Dining in a Beach Town Context Myrtle Beach's restaurant scene has long leaned toward the casual end of the spectrum, built around the rhythms of a resort city where crowds arrive hungry and in volume. Along North Kings Highway, a...
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Chestnut Hill sits on North Kings Highway in the northern stretch of Myrtle Beach, placing it within a dining corridor that skews toward relaxed coastal dining rather than resort-strip spectacle. The venue operates in a segment of the local market where collaborative front-of-house execution and a considered approach to the room matter as much as what arrives on the plate. For visitors working through the city's dining options, it represents a point of reference worth understanding before booking.
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The calabash seafood buffet format is one of the defining dining rituals of the South Carolina Grand Strand, and Crabby George's at 7904 N Kings Hwy represents that tradition in its most recognizable form. Regulars return for the volume, variety, and the particular ease of a format built around abundance rather than ceremony. It sits squarely within Myrtle Beach's seafood buffet tier, where the plate and the occasion do the talking.
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Drift occupies a quieter address at 980 Cipriana Drive in Myrtle Beach's northern stretch, positioning itself apart from the main strip's volume-driven dining scene. Against a local market that trends toward casual seafood and chain formats, Drift signals a more deliberate approach to space and experience. For visitors cross-referencing the broader Myrtle Beach dining tier, it belongs in the same conversation as the area's more considered independent options.
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A neighborhood pizzeria and trattoria on Cipriana Drive, Ducatis sits in the mid-market tier of Myrtle Beach's casual Italian dining scene. The format follows the Italian-American trattoria tradition: pizza alongside pasta and shared plates, aimed at a crowd that wants something more personal than a chain and less formal than the Grand Strand's upscale dinner rooms. Direct, family-oriented, and priced for repeat visits.
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Fire & Smoke sits on Myrtle Beach's northern corridor at 411 79th Ave N, where the Grand Strand's barbecue and coastal seafood traditions intersect. The name signals a cooking philosophy rooted in live fire and slow smoke, techniques that align the restaurant with a broader American movement applying serious craft to Southern and coastal ingredients. For visitors mapping the city's dining scene, it occupies a distinct register from the beachfront chains that dominate the strip.
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Gauchos Brazilian Steakhouse on North Kings Highway brings the churrascaria format to Myrtle Beach's restaurant strip, where the rodízio service model and fire-roasted cuts place it in a distinct category from the area's seafood-dominant dining scene. For visitors looking beyond the expected coastal menu, it represents a considered detour into South American grilling tradition.
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Gios Italian Kitchen sits on North Kings Highway in Myrtle Beach, positioning itself within the city's growing tier of occasion-ready Italian dining. The address places it in the northern resort corridor, where restaurants compete on consistency and atmosphere rather than novelty alone. For travellers seeking a reliable Italian table in a beach-town context, it draws repeat local traffic alongside the seasonal visitor crowd.
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Koi sits on North Kings Highway in Myrtle Beach's restaurant corridor, where the city's dining scene has steadily moved beyond its fried-seafood-and-buffet defaults. The menu architecture here positions it within the broader shift toward shareable, cross-cultural formats that have reshaped casual fine dining along the Grand Strand over the past decade. A reference point for visitors tracking that evolution.
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Korean barbecue arrives on the South Carolina coast at Lava Korean Steakhouse, a live-fire dining format that sits apart from Myrtle Beach's seafood-heavy mainstream. The tabletop grill format makes the meal interactive by design, with marinated proteins and banchan anchoring a format more familiar to Korean-American urban corridors than coastal resort strips. Address: 10207 N Kings Hwy, Myrtle Beach, SC 29572.
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Little Italy sits on North Kings Highway in Myrtle Beach, where Italian-American cooking meets a coastal resort corridor that runs on seafood and high turnover. The address places it squarely in the mid-beach stretch favored by families and returning regulars rather than the tourist-dense Boulevard. For Italian in a city built around buffets and chain seafood houses, that positioning counts for something.
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A long-standing Italian restaurant on North Kings Highway, Lombardo's sits within Myrtle Beach's mid-strand dining corridor, where red-sauce tradition and family-format Italian have held consistent appeal across decades of coastal resort dining. The address places it convenient to the hotel strip, making it a practical and familiar option for visitors seeking Italian-American cooking in a beach-market setting.
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Luigi's Trattoria on 61st Avenue North sits within Myrtle Beach's mid-strand dining corridor, representing the Italian-American trattoria tradition that has anchored coastal South Carolina's casual dining scene for decades. The address places it away from the heavily trafficked boardwalk strip, in a neighbourhood where locals and return visitors tend to concentrate. Visitors planning a meal should contact the restaurant directly for current hours and booking availability.
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Where Myrtle Beach Goes When It Wants a Serious Steak On the northern stretch of the Grand Strand, where beach-town casual dominates and the dining room dress code is often no more than a dry T-shirt, New York Prime occupies a different register...
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Pier 14 is the right pick when the Myrtle Beach oceanfront setting matters as much as the meal. Expect casual seafood, American dishes, bar service, and a pier-side experience that works well for families, groups, dates, and low-pressure coastal dining rather than a formal chef-driven night.
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Myrtle Beach's Brazilian churrascaria format puts Rioz in a specific tier of the city's steakhouse scene: an all-you-can-eat rodízio service where gauchos circulate with skewered cuts, and the salad bar runs wide enough to serve as a meal in itself. Located on Hollywood Drive, it draws a loyal crowd of repeat visitors who treat it as a reliable anchor in a dining market otherwise dominated by seafood shacks and chain casual.
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Among Myrtle Beach's coastal dining strip, Santorini Greek Kuzina on North Kings Highway occupies a particular niche: a Greek kitchen operating in a market dominated by steakhouses and seafood chains. The name signals both geography and intention, positioning the restaurant within a Mediterranean culinary tradition that remains underrepresented along the Grand Strand.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Myrtle Beach.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Myrtle Beach.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Myrtle Beach.
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