City Consensus · Charleston, SC
Seafood in Charleston, SC
Community consensus
The consensus is still forming.
Top Tier Editorial has a take on Seafood in Charleston, SC below. The community ranking opens up once a few locals have weighed in.
Top 5 Seafood in Charleston
Charleston seafood — cross-referenced from the Post and Courier's top 15 oyster bars, the MICHELIN Guide American South 2025, and the Charleston City Paper Top 50 fall 2025.
- #1
167 Raw Oyster Bar
Downtown
“Post and Courier's top-15 oyster list and City Paper Top 50. Jesse Sandole's no-reservation, Nantucket-pedigreed King Street oyster bar — lobster rolls, tuna burgers and East Coast half-shells; the line starts before service.”
- #2
The Ordinary
Upper King
“Post and Courier's 'fancy seafood and oyster hall' in a 1920s bank building — Mike Lata and Adam Nemirow's second act after FIG. Crispy oyster sliders and sky-high seafood towers.”
- #3
Chubby Fish
Cannonborough-Elliotborough
“MICHELIN Recommended 2025 and a New York Times 50-best restaurant. Chef James London's 40-seat, walk-in-only daily-changing menu pulls straight from Atlantic and Lowcountry boats; a handwritten chalkboard drives service.”
- #4
Bowens Island Restaurant
James Island
“Post and Courier top-15 oysters — a James Beard America's Classic 75-plus years on Bowens Island. Self-shucked local oyster clusters, plywood tables and marsh sunsets.”
- #5
Leon's
Upper King
“MICHELIN Bib Gourmand 2025. Charbroiled oysters, fried seafood platters and the 'juiciest bird in town' fried chicken — a 2014-opened former fender shop that became King Street's hospitality constant.”