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Looking for best wings? Here’s the top 5 chicken wing restaurants in Myrtle Beach area

Dirty Myrtle Wing Company’s Sweet Chili Wings. The restaurant serves several different homemade sauces.
Dirty Myrtle Wing Company’s Sweet Chili Wings. The restaurant serves several different homemade sauces. Dirty Myrtle Wing Company

Whether it’s game day or a regular Thursday, chicken wing cravings can hit at any moment.

Myrtle Beach has its fair share of wing joints, with each place boasting unique wing sauces and flavors.

Here are the best places to get chicken wings in the Myrtle Beach area according to Yelp.

Dirty Myrtle Wing Company

Despite being a relative newcomer, as the restaurant first opened in 2023, its wings and unique sauces have made it the top wing spot in the Myrtle Beach area.

Dirty Myrtle Wing Company, 2297 S. Kings Highway, has four stars from 84 reviews.

There are nearly 30 sauces and six dry rubs for customers to choose from for boneless or bone-in wings. The wing joint also serves smash burgers, flat breads and various appetizers.

Kluck It

Kluck It, which has two locations in Myrtle Beach and Conway, has 4.6 stars from 11 reviews.

The restaurant has 20 different sauces and dry rubs for customers to choose from, including mango habanero sauce, Old Bay and lemon pepper. Kluck It also has burgers, Philly subs and salads.

Lemon pepper chicken wings from Kluck It. The Myrtle Beach restaurant will open a second location in Conway.
Lemon pepper chicken wings from Kluck It. The Myrtle Beach restaurant will open a second location in Conway. Courtesy of Kluck It

Why Not Wings?

This wing spot has been successful enough to branch out to four South Carolina locations: Myrtle Beach, Conway, Florence and Aynor. Why Not Wings has 4.2 stars from 24 reviews on Yelp.

Why Not Wings? has over 20 sauces and dry rubs to choose, with distinctive ones like strawberry hot honey, Mexican street corn and its signature Why Not? sauce. The menu focuses on chicken, serving items such as chicken and waffles and the Why Not?, which is chicken wings, fried rice and an egg roll.

Why Not Wings? will open a second location in Conway on Friday, June 7, 2024. The restaurant also opened a Myrtle Beach location in August 2023.
Why Not Wings? will open a second location in Conway on Friday, June 7, 2024. The restaurant also opened a Myrtle Beach location in August 2023. Why Not Wings? Facebook

Wing Kings

Wing Kings has 3.6 stars from 70 reviews

Wing Kings, 4480 Socastee Blvd., has 25 flavors to choose from for its wings. Unique choices include Thai, buffalo garlic parm and mustard barbecue. There are also burgers, subs and salads to choose from.

Fat Jack’s Wings & Things

The classic wing spot has been open on and off in various locations across the Grand Strand since the 1970s. It moved to Surfside Beach, 353 Highway 17 Business, in the 1990s where it has stayed since.

It has garnered 3.7 stars from 140 reviews on Yelp.

Of its 20-something sauces, there are various kinds of hot sauces, including classic buffalo, Asian-inspired flavors and a Cajun wing. Fat Jack’s also serves burgers, subs and various appetizers.

Emalyn Muzzy
The Sun News
Emalyn Muzzy is the retail and leisure reporter for The Sun News. She started as a breaking news reporter in Myrtle Beach before switching to the business beat. She graduated from the University of Minnesota is 2022 with a degree in journalism and Spanish.
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