Restaurants & Dining
Best Country Cooking Restaurants in Myrtle Beach

Ocean Boulevard is filled with greasy spoons and hot dog stands, but one of the best Southern cooking buffets on the planet happens to be hidden amid the neon. Magnolia’s serves three meals a day on its full buffet that features all the Southern classics, including the best fried chicken on the beach (sorry, Colonel).

The breakfast bar is loaded with sausage, bacon, eggs, grits, fried potatoes, pancakes and big fluffy biscuits so you can sop up the last drop. Lunch and dinner are even bigger and broader, with a regular rotation of main courses so you can plan to visit on your favorite day. There’s also a soup and salad bar for the health-conscience, conveniently located to the expansive dessert bar. At least you can work off some calories on your way back for seconds.

The Shack specializes in South Carolina favorites – chicken bog, fried fish, sweet potatoes, rice and gravy – and all the meats and veggies you usually have to wait until Thanksgiving to get at home.

It’s one of the best places for country cooking on the north strand, and is one of the most popular spots in general among North Myrtle Beach locals. The proof is in the pudding (banana, to be exact), and you can get to that right after you polish off a blue-plate special that will run you about the same price as a fast-food combo.

Not to be confused with the correctly spelled version, this Myrtle Beach diner is also a traditional hot spot for locals who know where to find some to the best home cooking in town.

Don’t be fooled by the motto: Bad food, Great gossip. It’s only half-right. Locals not only belly-up to the lunch counter to get the lowdown on what’s happening around town; it’s also to get a taste of owner Andy Graham’s hot breakfasts and daily lunch specials.

Meat loaf, mashed potatoes with gravy and green beans. Chicken bog with veggies, roll and sweet tea. Those are among the busiest days at the Shak. But you’d better get there early for fried fish and shrimp Friday.

This downtown Myrtle Beach institution has been serving locals and tourists hot, home-style meals for more than a half-century, which is about how long you’ll want to stay and eat off the country buffet.

From freshly prepared pancakes, eggs, fried potatoes, sausage, bacon, French toast and fresh fruit for breakfast to a wide selection of meats and vegetables for lunch and dinner, Mammy’s has it all.

A place that has made a name for itself as one of the best country cooking restaurants in Myrtle Beach over the past decade is undoubtedly Simply Southern Smokehouse. This is a Southern food-lover’s dream with an all-you-can-eat-buffet that has almost everything one could want.

Think: a spread of pulled pork, crispy fried chicken, and all the classic sides you can imagine. And the best part? You can go back for seconds (or fifths). It’s the perfect spot for some comfort food that not even most Southern moms and grandmas can contend with.