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Vegetarian Friendly, Vegan Options, Gluten Free Options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner
CUISINES
American, Seafood
FEATURES
Takeout, Seating, Parking Available, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Television, Live Music, Waterfront
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i'm not one who complains often....

I'm not one who complains often BUT, we had a party of 8. 3 ordered scallops. The scallops smelled of heavy ammonia. They were not edible. They gave me 25% off my bill. $6 and some change. The waitress did not seem to care that...More

Date of visit: August 2020
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Reviewed 1 week ago via mobile
Average at best

Our food was good but we never got our salads. The waitress was running frantically trying to get to other tables. Food came out fast and was hot. Just not overly special. I will say the shrimp creole was good and did not have sausage...More

Date of visit: July 2020
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Reviewed 1 week ago
Yummy Fresh Fried Shrimp!

We ordered the family baskets of fried shrimp and chicken fingers; yum, yum, yum! The green beans were also delicious! We are planning to order take out again for sure while we are here.

Date of visit: July 2020
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Reviewed 2 weeks ago
Delicious!

We did a take out order for lunch. It was delicious - not one complaint from the group. All lunches were hot at pickup, and portions were large. As we were leaving a server noticed a lunch left behind and called before we got home...More

Date of visit: July 2020
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Reviewed 3 weeks ago via mobile
Not really waterfront

If your looking for a view, not really one. Food was ok, server was absent minded, and constantly bugging you. This is one of those automatic tipping places, if the server was actually good, he would have missed out on making more.

Date of visit: July 2020
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Reviewed 4 weeks ago via mobile
I wasn’t impressed. It took

I wasn’t impressed. It took 40 minutes to get our food. I couldn’t eat my dinner because it was so full of butter and the scallops (not real scallops) were overcooked. The bahama mama was actually plain liquor. And it was terribly over priced. They...More

Date of visit: July 2020
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SusanF612, Owner at The Waterfront Restaurant, responded to this reviewResponded 2 weeks ago

Hello, I am sorry to hear about your latest dining experience with us. Please contact us at info@waterfrontrestaurantedisto.com so we can further look into and discuss the situation. Thank you.

Reviewed July 7, 2020 via mobile
Great food and great people.

Great food and great people. Our server Wren was amazing. Shrimp, oysters, and scallops were great. We eat there every-time that we are in town.

Date of visit: July 2020
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Reviewed July 1, 2020 via mobile
We love Edisto & The Waterfront

We love Edisto & The Waterfront is a restaurant that we always try to make it too... sometimes the wait is too long for the kiddos in our group so we don’t make it in (it’s THAT good that people line up before opening.) We...More

Date of visit: July 2020
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Reviewed June 28, 2020
Long wait for food

Went during covid19 will not be back. Sat down right away, placed order, got shecrab soup within a few minutes....it was great had a few shells I had to spit out. Then waited another 45mins for our food. Was told they had alot of Togo...More

Date of visit: June 2020
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Reviewed June 26, 2020
Covid Trauma

On our long awaited and much needed family vacation to Edisto Beach in June, 2020, my family was excited to eat at The Waterfront restaurant. Our problem was not with the food or the service. The food was delicious as always and service was great....More

Date of visit: June 2020
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Response from jwilliamp2015 | Reviewed this property |
As of last night they have not.
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Response from JoPark | Reviewed this property |
We had a late lunch here, so I can’t answer. However, the portions are large.
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