Nestled just steps from the beach, The Obstinate Daughter offers a charming, coastal-influenced dining experience, serving everything from fresh seafood to wood-fired pizzas in a stylish setting.
"This Sullivan’s Island stunner offers a menu full of seafood, handmade pastas, and wood-fired pizzas. Melt-in-your-mouth short rib gnocchi and strozzapreti with sausage ragu are among the diverse pasta options. Pizzas are topped with any and everything — the Five Fathom Hole 3.0 features Clammer Dave’s clams and rapini. Note: Following a fire, the Obstinate Daughter closed temporarily in January, so check to see if it has reopened." - Erin Perkins
"Italian-influenced chef Jacques Larson cooks up some of the best brunch at the beach. Customers come for the mafaldine carbonara or the Old Danger pizza with pancetta and a runny farm egg." - Erin Perkins, Eater Staff
"The sea breeze takes you up to the second floor, where it feels beachy inside, but without any hint of maritime kitsch. Bleached wood and pale blue seating are a calm backdrop for a bustling operation: the kitchen keeps the servers pivoting, bringing out trays from the raw bar, pizza from the wood-fired oven, and pasta and seafood dishes, too. This is the sister restaurant to Wild Olive on Johns Island, so it makes sense that it has an Italian inflection too, though interpreted through a coastal lens. The menu has a ton worth trying, so consider sharing plates instead of hogging your own, and convince the group to go for any housemade pasta (especially the seasonal pappardelle), plus a pizza, and anything green. The restaurant is a big supporter of local farms, so the vegetables and salads are always on point." - Stephanie Burt
"Charleston is a very relaxed city, but even so, it’s nice to get out of town and see some of the surrounding wildlife. When that’s the case, make the 20-minute trip to Sullivan’s Island, which is home to a lot of pretty nature and The Obstinate Daughter. This restaurant is only five minutes from the beach and serves everything from pizza and pasta to Lowcountry classics, along with a huge variety of wine and cocktails. If you head here for brunch, order the shrimp roll and Lowcountry frites and take a walk down to the water afterward. If you make a day out of the trip and come back for dinner, the griddled octopus and campanelle with local fish and green olives are two of our favorites." - jai jones, emily yates
"This lively beach-side getaway is a place for oysters, handmade pastas, and most importantly, pizzas. Most consider the Old Danger a must-get when dining at The Obstinate Daughter — it comes with dots of pancetta and a runny farm egg in the middle that melts throughout the white sauce pizza." - Erin Perkins
