Pawpaw

Southern restaurant (US) · Charleston

Pawpaw

Southern restaurant (US) · Charleston

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209 E Bay St, Charleston, SC 29401

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Handmade pastas, Southern-inflected entrees & local wines in a stately brick & wood decked space.  

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"Hush puppies, biscuits, and frosé? Modern Southern restaurant Pawpaw’s version of the beverage — known as the Call an Uber Frozé — is elevated with the addition of Giffard Pamplemousse, a pink grapefruit liqueur. The spacious bar area is a great place to cool down while watching the East Bay Street tourists stroll by." - Parker Milner

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"This East Bay Street eatery is Southern at its core, but a modern approach enhances familiar dishes. Start with cheddar-bacon hush puppies with wildflower honey or Brussels sprouts tossed in an apricot chili glaze before choosing a main dish like the juicy fried chicken." - Parker Milner

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"Southern eatery Pawpaw will serve a soft shell crab sandwich for lunch and a softie appetizer for dinner." - Erin Perkins

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Stephenie Y

Google
Made a lunchtime reservation, but probably didn’t need it. Food was really good - I ordered chicken tenders, same breading as the fried chicken. Amazing. I also ordered fried pickles, their sauce is slightly sweet, not was I was expecting. Staff was very friendly. Bananas pudding dessert good, but slightly bland - I was expecting more flavor. Overall, would go again.

Klara Raymond

Google
Some street parking and a parking lot not too far away. We got there right when they opened. It took awhile as I was the first one to show up and the server didn't greet me until about 5 or so minutes later. I do recommend the Fried pickles, those were delicious. Friendly server overall but food did take some time. Everyone else's food came but my shrimp and grits didn't come until we mentioned it but I got my food probably 7-10 minutes later than everyone else. Food was good, I had some of my fiances beef Brisket hash and that was delicious as well.

Nathan Morario

Google
Service here was excellent, I personally prefer the service of not too talkative servers and that was exactly what I received. The food is also, of course extremely high quality. The biscuits are heavenly along with the honey butter, jam, and pimento cheese. The burger I order was cooked to medium as requested as was excellent along with the rest of the toppings. The fries however were the only thing I would consider to be satisfactory at best as they seemed to have been battered instead of a more traditional fry. Overall an excellent choice for dinner and it was not too crowded as well.

Sheila Taylor

Google
Excellent service, nice ambience and wonderful flavors. They accommodated our gluten-free requests for celiac diners in our party. Happy to report that 24 hours later we were okay and there was no contamination. The frozé and their signature hard lemonade were delicious. The Mac and cheese and Ahi tuna starters were excellent. The mains were fantastic -- fish plate and shrimp+grits were tasty but rich. Salads had a nice flavor. We will definitely return on our next visit.

Colin

Google
I came hear with my girlfriend for a nice night out on the town. Make sure to get reservations in advanced because seating can be a little difficult. We ended up sitting at the bar which did serve a full menu so that was great. The cocktails are on the small side for how much they cost in my opinion. Great food and great atmosphere makes us for must stop in Charleston

Jawand Singh

Google
The food is extremely good and super satisfying. The fried chicken is crunchy and flavorful, they also bread the fries so they're crunchy. Being fried it's definitely oily, and I felt that somewhat after I ate but I enjoyed the meal.

J

Google
I’ve eaten here numerous times and the food and service was all most amazing. I came back again and this will be my last time unfortunately at this establishment. Ordered food and waited roughly 45 minutes which I have no issue doing so whatsoever. The issue I had with this situation is that not only was my food beyond fried and overcooked on the outside and dry on the inside, the potato salad was burnt as well. As you can see from the pictures…. My dads chicken sandwich which was fried and extremely burnt and dry as well ( no photos as it was taken from the table). We understand business and how they get busy but after waiting nearly an hour, we expected food to be delicious, but it was far from that. The server which I will not name out of respect was super polite and courteous and did offer for a remake of both dishes. The issue I have with the entire situation is that the manager who was also polite questioned if we had tried the “inside” of the food before even bothering to remake the food. Obviously if the entire outside of my rotisserie chicken is burnt the inside is dry…. I tasted the inside prior to making a complaint about the food and it was in fact dry as the Sahara desert, if not worse. I typically never leave bad reviews of restaurants but I did not enjoy my experience at all. Will not be back. Hopefully they will fix the issue and others can enjoy their entire experience!

Debbie Green

Google
We were traveling with our dog and figured if we saw a spot with outdoor eating, we wouldn’t have to return our dog to the car. My husband ordered the steak and fries and I ordered the salmon. Not only were we asked how we wanted our proteins cooked , they were also cooked to those specifications. My salmon was actually the best salmon I’ve ever had at a restaurant!!! Our waiter was prompt, efficient and friendly. Great place! Thanks!