Saltwater Cowboys — Restaurant in Mount Pleasant

Hugely popular place in Mount Pleasant on Shem Creek. The best part in my opinion are the views of the waterway, docks, and boats. Very picturesque. Walking in to the place (from the hostess stand through the crowds of people standing and sitting and eating to get to our table) reaked of BO. It was overwhelming. We had a bistro table waterfront and one leg of the table was totally removable. I kicked it out from the table entirely when sitting down. For drinks we got a Strawberry Spritiz and Spicy Strawberry margarita. One came in a nice glass wine glass the other a disposable plastic cup. Odd. The drinks were fine but when we ordered a second round the Strawberry margarita was prepared and served totally different and tasted different as well. Hmmm. Got Fried Green Tomatoes as an appetizer. Described on the end as “bacon pimento cheese topped with smoked bacon drizzle and strawberry bacon jam”. Four uniform fried “cakes” were on top of some pimento cheese with a drizzle on top. They were heavily coated and fried. The tomato was inside but you didnt taste any of the tomato. It was just fried “something” with a drizzle instead of a dipping sauce. Nothing special. Known for their seafood as well as their BBQ we went with a Saltwater combo to get some of both and had fried flounder and pulled pork with Mac n’ cheese and sweet potato fries as sides. Waitress said it would be enough for 2 but it barely was and we aren’t big eaters. The fish was good. The pulled pork was ok….could have gotten at most BBQ places. The Mac n’ cheese was bland and the pasta was overcooked. The sweet potato fries were good. The Texas toast that came with it was soggy. The BBQ sauces were on the table and you had a choice for 4 which were sweet, hot, spicy, and a honey mustard like one. Liked having the various sauces to sample and try. Overall a lot of hype for avaerge food with good...

Second negative review on a Charleston restaurant just because I felt they went out of their way to ruin traditionally simple and delicious American favorites.

The burger meat actually wasn’t terrible but they assembled it haphazardly and it had NO sauce (dry bun) which is one of the seven deadly sins of sandwich production I’m currently encouraging my wife to write. Here’s the kicker on the burger - they put one solitary butter pickle on it - in the middle - hiding out like a commando in the jungle all alone. That sweet and jarring flavor taking me away from the simple enjoyment of a cheeseburger was traumatic.

I could write a paragraph about this Mac n cheese bring probably the worst I’ve ever eaten. Kraft or velveeta is wildly more enjoyable. This Mac was cold. It was old. And it was dry. There was no salt. There was no flavor. It’s like someone wanted to give a presentation of what Mac n cheese would taste like if all the joy had been removed. Ebeneezer Scrooge wrote the recipe for this dish.

The onion rings also - one of the worst appetizers I’ve ordered in Charleston. They are breaded so heavily every bite feels like a meal. They have onion powder and thick flour on them and it just doesn’t make sense from an appetizer perspective. Ours also came out cold which was sad.

Overall I’d say this place lacks character. They purport to be a barbecue restaurant but in this town and this proud state that means something. You are up against Lewis’ brisket and Rodney Scott’s pulled pork. You’re battling Poogans smokehouse and Swig and Swine and even Melvin’s for turf. You don’t deserve to be on a list with these guys yet. There’s no comparison. Maybe you’re surviving because of the view but it’s certainly...

Excellent wait service, mediocre (at best) food, and terrible hostesses!!!

We dined here on March 3rd in the afternoon. We got here and put in our name with the hostess, she said it was going to be 30 minutes. At this point, the hostess was kind of snotty but having worked in F&B for years, including as a restaurant manager, I'm well aware that the default attitude of restaurant hostesses everywhere is snotty. Boy did these hostesses take that and run with it!!

They texted us and we went to the hostess stand where the "main" hostess, a brunette, made sure she ignored us while we were standing right in front of her, in lieu of helping 2 other sets of customers (both who came up after us) and giving instructions to other hostesses.

When she finally deigned to give us her all mighty, precious attention she made it quite clear with barely concealed snobbery that she didn't want us there, and sealed it by giving us a terrible table in the bar.

Now I understand they were busy and may not have had a better table, or did and gave it to one of the groups that she ignored us to seat before us. Unfortunately the table we were at had the hostesses constantly passing us, giving us snotty looks and barely concealed snobbery.

I recall at one point wishing we had went to the restaurant across the creek instead of here.

As a manager myself, I would hire our server as she did a phenomenal job. I would NEVER hire a single one of the hostesses we encountered. They should be working at McDonald's where that level of customer service is expected.

Tbh the server the only thing that saved this establishment from a half a star at most. Also, the brisket was SO dry! Nowhere near worth what they...