10 restaurants to find a seafood boil in the Myrtle Beach area
The seafood boil is a classic Southern tradition, with groups gathering to eat boiled seasoned shrimp and potatoes with their hands around a table.
A seafood boil, also called a Lowcountry boil or a steam pot, involves seafood like clams, crab, shrimp or mussels steamed or boiled with potatoes, sausage, corn and cajun or Old Bay seasoning.
Here are 10 places to find a seafood boil in the Myrtle Beach area, perfect for takeout or dine-in eating.
Mr. Fish
4368 Highway 17 Business, Murrells Inlet
Mr. Fish serves a steam pot built with snow crab, shrimp, clams, potato, sausage and corn at market price or customers can build their own seafood boil, with food being priced by the weight.
Harrelson’s Seafood Market
740 Oak Forest Lane, Myrtle Beach
The Murrells Inlet fish market serves two kinds of Lowcountry boils: one that is hot and ready to be eaten and one that comes frozen. According to owner Sean English, Harrelson’s Seafood Market’s hot and ready boil serves up to four people and includes corn, potatoes, onion, shrimp, and smoked sausage.
The frozen kind includes the same as the hot one but also has clams. The frozen boil is intended as an easy meal, English said.
Tasty Crab House
740 Oak Forest Lane, Myrtle Beach
At the Tasty Crab House, customers can create their own seafood boil. The food is charged by the pound, with seafood starting at $12 a pound for baby clams and rising to $72 a pound for king crab legs. Customers then choose if they want potatoes, corn, boiled eggs or sausage and what kind of seasoning they want.
Big Mike’s Soul Food
504 16th Ave. N., Myrtle Beach
The well-loved soul food joint offers a shrimp boil for $23.99 or a seafood boil for market price. The shrimp boil comes with shrimp, potatoes, corn and sausage and the seafood boil also includes crab legs. Big Mike’s Soul Food does not offer a refund for either meal.
Mr. Crab
506 Highway 17 N., North Myrtle Beach
Mr. Crab allows patrons to build their own seafood boil, with ingredient choices such as crab legs, lobster and mussels. The boils also come with the classic potatoes, corn and sausage.
Mr. Joe’s Crab Shack
1219 Celebrity Circle, Myrtle Beach
The Broadway at the Beach staple serves up “Joe’s Famous Boils” ranging in price from $35.99 for shrimp, clams, mussels and sausage up to $53.99 for queen crab, shrimp, mussel and sausage. Customers at Mr. Joe’s Crab Shack can choose from seven different seasonings and five spice levels for their boils.
Dirty Don’s Oyster Bar and Grill
408 21st Ave. N., Myrtle Beach
910 North Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach
3090 Deville St., Myrtle Beach
Dirty Don’s Dunkin’ Pot comes with clams, mussels, crawfish, crab legs, shrimp, oysters, potatoes, sausage and corn for $69.99. Dirty Don’s Oyster Bar and Grill’s website states the meal serves two. Customers can also customize a seafood boil, paying by the half pound for seafood.
The Claw House
4097 U.S. Highway 17 Business, Murrells Inlet
Found at the MarshWalk, the Claw House has several choices for steam pots, ranging in price from $14 for half a pound of shrimp, potatoes, sausage and corn and going up to market price for snow crab clusters.
Bimini’s Oyster Bar
930 Lake Arrowhead Road, Myrtle Beach
Bimini’s Oyster Bar’s steam pots differ from the rest, as they come with cole slaw and hushpuppies. Patrons can choose from the classic steam pot, the oyster roast or the crab leg feast.
Lobster House Seafood Restaurant
5301 S. Kings Highway, Myrtle Beach
At Lobster House Seafood Restaurant, patrons can order seafood boils and steam pots with lobster, jumbo sea scallops or crab legs. The steam pots all come with clams, mussels, crawfish, sausage, corn and potatoes. Prices range from $44.99 to $109.99.
