DINING

American

• Old Fort Pub
  65 Skull Creek Drive • Hilton Head Island, SC 29926
  Hilton Head Plantation
  843-681-2386
  One of the Island's most romantic restaurants, this fine dining restaurant is open nightly for dinner and features a classic menu of homecooked country dishes, classic American fare, and an array of creative dishes with world wide influences. Over 250 wine selections are available to complement your meal. They also feature the most elegant Sunday Brunch on the Island.  map

• Stack's Pancakes Restaurant
  2 Regency Parkway • Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
  843-341-3347
  Stack's Pancakes Restaurant offers an incredible selection of home-style foods for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Menu items include salads, pancakes, waffles, steaks, and burgers. more...  map

• Studio, The
  20 Pope Executive Park • Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
  843-785-6000
  An artistic dining experience featuring live music, artists at the easel, chef demos, and wine tastings. more...  map

Bistro

• Starfire Contemporary Bistro
  37 New Orleans Road • Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
  843-785-3434
  A modern American menu with entrees that are excellent in taste and creativity is featured at this warm and inviting bistro that is open daily for lunch and dinner.  map

Brew Pubs

• Hilton Head Brewing Company
  7-C Greenwood Drive • Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
  Off Sea Pines Circle on Greenwood Drive
  843-785-2739
  Hilton Head's only working microbrewery, this brew pub is also the first brewhouse and restaurant in South Carolina. An array of great appetizers, salads, sandwiches, pizzas, pastas, prime rib, steaks, chicken, ribs, and seafood is on the menu, all complemented by handcrafted homebrews. They are open daily for lunch and dinner.  map

Cafes

• Atlanta Bread Company Bakery & Cafe
  45 Pembroke Drive, Suite 120 • Hilton Head Island, SC 29926
  843-342-2253
  Combination bakery and cafe that specializes in European sourdough bread and offers a menu full of hearty specialty sandwiches, panini sandwiches, soups, salads, delicious scones, and drinks such as fruit smoothies and cafechillos, chilled coffee drinks.  more...  map

• Christine's Cafe and Catering
  24 Palmetto Bay Road, Suite F • Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
  Located in the Bridge Shops
  843-683-2002
  Christine's Cafe offers an eclectic lunch menu. Let Christine cater your next special event with professional and satisfying results. more...  map

• Truffles Market & Cafe
  71 Lighthouse Road • Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
  Sea Pines Center
  843-671-6136
  Enjoy fresh local seafood, baby back ribs, Black Angus steaks, homemade soups, and much more at this wonderful cafe that also features an on site market shop that sells a large variety of unique gift items. Over 30 wines by the glass, as well as an array of cocktails and specialty drinks, are available to complement your meal. They are open daily for lunch and dinner. more...  map

• Waterfront Cafe, The
  147 Lighthouse Road • Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
  843-671-3399
  The Waterfront Cafe is located on the edge of the water at the Lighthouse and offers great food and spectacular water views from every table.  more...  map

Caribbean

• Redfish Restaurant
  8 Archer Road • Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
  Corner of Palmetto Bay
  843-686-3388
  Specializing in tantalizing Caribbean seafood and steaks, this unique restaurant also features a wine shop that contains over 1,000 high quality bottles of wine to enjoy while you are dining or for purchase. They are open Monday through Saturday for lunch and dinner, and open on Sunday for dinner only. more...  map

Contemporary

• Wine Times 4
  1000 William Hilton Parkway, Suite J7C • Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
  843-341-9463
  Wine is available at Wine Times 4 by the "taste," the half glass, full glass or buy the bottle. You can sample a wine before purchasing the perfect bottle for that special occasion. Open from 8:30 a.m. until late night. They offer a daily menu of salads, quiche, cold sandwiches, luncheon wraps, cheese plates, pastries, and desserts. more...

Delis & Sandwich Shops

• Dunston's Gourmet and Deli
  71 Lighthouse Road, Suite 510 • Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
  Located at the Sea Pines Center
  843-363-9700
  Dunston's selections include Holy Cow ice cream, seafood dishes, custom sandwiches, fresh produce, more than 60 cheeses, and fine wines. Catering services are available.   map

Eclectic

• Sea Grass Grille
  807 William Hilton Parkway, Suite 1000 • Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
  843-785-9990
  Sea Grass Grille serves an eclectic combination of American and continental cuisine. more...  map

Fusion

• Two Eleven Park Wine & Bistro
  211 Park Plaza • Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
  North of Sea Pines Gate
  843-686-5212
  This fine dining restaurant offers an eclectic menu filled with fusion cuisine with dishes available including grilled sea bass, smoked salmon pizza, "Down South" pastas, and crab grit cakes. They are open Monday through Saturday for dinner only; closed on Sundays. more...  map

Irish Pubs

• Reilley's on the South End
  7 D Greenwood Drive • Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
  Located at Sea Pines Circle
  843-842-4414
  An Island favorite since 1982, Reilley¹s offers an extensive menu and fresh daily specials which include pasta, sandwiches, burgers, steaks, and seafood. more...  map

Italian

• Flora's Italian Cafe
  841 William Hilton Parkway • Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
  Located at South Island Square
  843-842-8200
  Serving "classic Italian cuisine with a European flair."  more...  map

• Michael Anthony's Cucina Italiana
  37 New Orleans Road, Suite L • Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
  843-785-6272
  Specializing in upscale, classic Italian cuisine with a contemporary flair, this fine dining restaurant offers specialties such as homemade gnocchi, creative fresh fish dishes, and tantalizing veal dishes on their menu complemented by a versatile wine list. They are open Monday through Saturday for dinner only; closed on Sundays. Reservations are suggested. more...  map

Pizza

• TJ's Take & Bake Pizza
  11 Palmetto Bay Road, Suite 107B • Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
  843-842-TAKE
  Hilton Head Island's only "take and bake" pizza shop, the award winning TJ's Take & Bake Pizza is an Island stable. They use only the freshest ingredients to make your favorite pizza for you to bake at home.  more...  map

Regional Cuisine

• CQ's Restaurant
  140A Lighthouse Road • Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
  843-671-2779
  Open nightly for dinner, this unique restaurant resembles a small farmhouse and has features including stained glass, heart-of-pine floors, and wooden mantle pieces. A wide variety of Lowcountry dishes such as fresh seafood, game, and beef are on the men and over 400 wine selections are available.  map

Seafood

• Alexander's Seafood Restaurant & Wine Bar
  76 Queens Folly Road • Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
  In the Heart of Palmetto Dunes
  843-785-4999
  An eclectic menu full of seafood specialties is featured at this elegant restaurant that overlooks a picturesque lagoon and also serves an array of steak, lamb, and veal specialties. Over 100 hand selected wines are available to complement your meal. They are open nightly for dinner. more...  map

• Fish Tales Bar & Grill
  South Forest Beach Drive • Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
  In Front of Waterfun Park
  843-785-8253
  With specialties such as their The Salt Marsh Skillet for Two, this seafood restaurant serves all of your favorite seafood dishes in a cast iron skillet any way that you want it. They are open daily for lunch and dinner.  map

• Harbourmaster's Ocean Grill
  1 Shelter Cove Lane • Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
  Located at Palmetto Dunes
  843-785-3030
  A "AAA Three-Diamond" award recipient, Harbourmaster's Ocean Grill not only features a succulent entree selection but you can also feast your eyes on the breathtaking views of the waterfront. They are open nightly for dinner and reservations are suggested. more...  map

• Hudson's Seafood
  1 Hudson Road • Hilton Head Island, SC 29926
  843-681-2771
  Located in a former oyster factory, this seafood restaurant is filled with nautical decor and mementos and specializes in delicious fresh seafood. A wide variety of menu choices are available with dishes such as she-crab soup, Oysters Hudson, traditional and unique shrimp dishes, and seafood gumbo are on the menu. They are open daily for lunch and dinner.  map

• JAXX
  105 Festival Center • Hilton Head Island, SC 29926
  843-342-2400
  JAXX's fine dining menu includes a fine selection of seafood and meat entrees, hot and cold appetizers, soups, and salads with American and Continental influences.  map

• Old Oyster Factory Seafood & Steakhouse, The
  101 Marshland Road • Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
  Just off Matthews Drive
  843-681-6040
  Built on the site of an original oyster cannery, this Hilton Head landmark restaurant overlooks Broad Creek and serves the finest in fresh seafood and steaks nightly for dinner. more...  map

Southern

• Boathouse II Restaurant
  397 Squire Pope Road • Hilton Head Island, SC 29926
  843-681-3663
  Open daily for lunch and dinner, this casual dining restaurant features a dining room filled with original hand painted murals depicting marine life, as well as a large waterfront deck, and a spacious tavern room with a huge fireplace. An array of savory Southern favorites and fresh seafood is featured on the menu. They also serve a very popular brunch on Sundays.  map

Steaks & Chops

• Eugene's Waterfront Steakhouse
  107 Helmsman Way • Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
  Located in Palmetto Bay Marina
  843-785-9666
  Tantalizing beef which has been aged for at least 21 days is the specialty at this fine dining restaurant that also serves an outstanding selection of fresh seafood from local markets. An extensive wine list complements your meal. They are open nightly for dinner. more...  map

• Hilton Head Restaurants
  23 Ocean Head • Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
  843-341-8058
  HH Prime serves the finest of USDA Prime aged steaks. Their steaks are hand selected from the top 2% of all US Beef and dry aged 14-21 days. HH Prime was designed to offer the best steaks on Hilton Head Island, rivaling national chains, Ruth’s Chris, Morton’s and other top steakhouses found across the country.  more...  map

• Kingfisher Steakhouse & Seafood
  8 Harborside Lane • Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
  843-785-4442
  Overlooking scenic Broad Creek and the beautiful Shelter Cove Harbour, this fun filled restaurant features three spacious dining rooms and an upstairs piano bar and lounge. An array of outstanding steaks and seafood dishes are on the menu, complemented by a fabulous wine list. Live entertainment is provided each night and the are open nightly for dinner. more...  map

• LongHorn Steakhouse
  841 William Hilton Parkway • Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
  843-686-4056
  Visiting Longhorn is like paying a visit to the authentic West. The steaks are hand-cut, hand-seasoned and carefully prepared. The burgers are thick & juicy and salads are freshly prepared. They offer legendary Western fare to satisfy a range of cravings. more...