Sharkey's Oceanfront Restaurant — Restaurant in Myrtle Beach

I had a girlfriend coming in town for the day so we decided to meet for a late lunch on a Friday afternoon. We sat outside on the porch since it was a pretty day. We both had already looked at the menu online so we knew what we wanted when we got there. There is no dedicated parking for the restaurant for those of you who are visiting from out of town. The lots on either side of the restaurant are paid parking lots, just an FYI.

I ordered the Lobster Salad Roll Sandwich and she ordered the Mahi Mahi sandwich, both with fries and we each had a Bloody Mary.

Both the drinks and the food arrived quickly. I personally didn't care for the Bloody Mary and felt it was small and expensive in comparison to other restaurants in the area. It tasted more like tomato juice than anything else. The fries were perfectly cooked with just the right amount of seasoning. The Lobster Salad Roll Sandwich has great flavor and the bun was buttered and cooked to perfection... however, the amount of Lobster Salad in the roll was disappointing to say the least. It is the smallest, least stuffed Lobster Roll I have ever had in my life, and I honestly felt ripped off. My friend said that her Mahi Mahi sandwich was good.

Here is what made me mad. The bill came and I knew it was more expensive than it should be. I took a second look and they automatically added 18% gratuity to our checks. This is not mentioned ANYWHERE on their online menu. Now, both my friend and I are former service industry employees. Our waitress stood to make much more from us than 18%. There is no reason to charge a party of two, on a slow Friday afternoon 18% gratuity. I can see on a party of 6 or more, but not two people. She would have made about $25 between the two of us, but because of the auto-grat she only made a little over $9.

Overall the place was ok. I probably wouldn't come back just based on the ridiculous auto-gratuity and...

Went there on Sunday night before Labor Day. One of the worst bar/restaurant experiences ever. Will never go again. First, we sat down and they told us they were short-staffed and would be with us shortly. No big deal because we weren't in a huge hurry. The waitress came over with menus quickly enough, and we ordered drinks and an appetizer - two regular margaritas ($9 each!), one Zombie ($7), two diet cokes, and a crab dip ($12). I don't think the drink prices were on the menu. Food price was. It took them at least 15 minutes to bring out the Diet Cokes, which came out first. Then the crab dip came out 10 minutes later. Still no mixed drinks. The crab dip looked good, so we started eating that. We immediately noticed it was WAY too salty. Gee, I wonder why. And then at least 10 minutes later, the drinks came out. Margaritas looked OK, but it was immediately obvious that there was hardly any alcohol in them. Same with the Zombie - which was served in an 8 oz. plastic cup with tons of ice. No room for alcohol anyway. At this point, we knew it would be futile to complain about the drinks or the dip, so it was time to leave. We just asked for the check, which came about 5 minutes later. $44 for this???! At this point, we were happy to get out of there, so we left cash to cover the meal and a tip. We felt bad for the waitress because she had to keep apologizing for slow service, but that's not our issue (or hers for that matter). Place should not have even been open being that short staffed. It's a shame too, because they have a great location that is...

I wish I could leave less than one star. Truly the worst experience in my entire life. I once caught my best friend stealing from the locals bake sale during middle school. When I threatened to report his behavior to Mr. Duet he forced me into a locker and latched it shut behind me. I was trapped in there over the weekend with nothing to eat but half of a smashed chocolate brownie that was smeared all over my shoes during the struggle. Eating at this Sharkeeys makes that memory seem like a dream. If we were lucky this place would have been blown away during the last hurricane and all the other victims to come would be spared the financial pain and distress I am forced to live with for the rest of my days. This sorry excuse of a restaurant is more of an up charging tourist trap than a safe place to eat. I would rather live off of MRE’s for the rest of my life then to be forced to choke down this grease covered trash. The over paid hag of a manager was apparently too busy to answer my question about the bill. No one knew where to seat us so we stood in the middle of the room being passed back and forth between the servers like it was there first time having customers. Over all pretty good view and I enjoyed sitting with good friends and sharing conversation. But I left deeply depressed dissatisfied and disappointed. I have real issues now so thank for forcing me back into therapy Shakeeys….. good job, I just...