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A photo of ELA'S On the Water restaurant
1. ELA'S On the Water
4.7
Exceptional(6815)
Price: Moderate
• Seafood • Hilton Head
Booked 19 times today
Featured in Bon Appetit and the winner of numerous Open Table awards, ELA'S On the Water is a shining star on the Hilton Head scene. Fresh catch seafood and prime cut steaks of the highest quality, artfully prepared by our culinary team of experts, compliment the extensive boutique wine selection. Located at Shelter Cove Harbour overlooking the marina and Broad Creek, ELA'S is known for the best water views on the island. A casual intimate interior, wrap around dining patio exterior, and nightly entertainment provided by local recording artists sets the perfect dining experience or location to host special events, private parties, or rehearsal dinners.
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2. Skull Creek Dockside Restaurant
4.6
Exceptional(5034)
Price: Moderate
• Seafood • Hilton Head
Booked 32 times today
Skull Creek Dockside Restaurant, dropped its anchor in the Fall of 2017 and forever changed the culinary landscape of the Lowcountry. In early 2017 the partners of the restaurant began to transform it into their vision for Hilton Head's newest waterfront dining destination. This restaurant, which resembles an old-style river house, is full of authentic architecture, reclaimed wood, and nautical accents that leave you feeling like you've stepped into a Melville novel. The sweeping waterfront view is showcased by full pane glass windows throughout the restaurant which you can enjoy no matter where you dine. The covered patio dining area, and massive outdoor bar, the shark bar, allows patrons to enjoy the Lowcountry climate and serve to further highlight the amazing sunset views over skull creek. If you are concerned about long wait times, the good news is the restaurant accepts reservations and provides a family recreation area between dockside and boathouse. Kids and adults can enjoy a variety of games, the very popular shark bar and 'shrimp boat' playground. Kids can play while families are waiting for a table, or simply enjoying the amazing waterfront views.
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3. Poseidon-Hilton Head Island
4.6
Exceptional(4194)
Price: Moderate
• Seafood • Hilton Head
Booked 36 times today
From our fresh catch items to our "Coast-to-Coast" entrees, we have the best selection of seafood, steaks and much more! Coastal cuisine highlighting wonderfully realized use of local and seasonal ingredients; with skillful service by an informative staff. Poseidon continues to impress with its phenomenal high-caliber dishes especially the melt-in-your-mouth Grilled Gulf Grouper. Check out our "The World Is Your Oyster" Raw bar, whether you are an oyster aficionado, or not, it is worth it to visit. Pair with a cold glass of white wine and you're in raw bar heaven. Poseidon's unique waterfront site at Shelter Cove Towne Centre overlooks broad creek, allowing for some of the best water and sunset views on Hilton Head. from our outside nautibar to the inside "the world is your oyster" raw bar, and upstairs rooftop bar, Poseidon offers something special for everyone!
A photo of Quarterdeck Waterfront Dining restaurant
4. Quarterdeck Waterfront Dining
4.1
Excellent(887)
Price: Moderate
• Seafood • Hilton Head
In compliance with Governor Henry McMaster’s executive order requiring restaurants across the state discontinue on-site dining to slow the spread of the coronavirus, The Sea Pines Resort has temporarily closed the dining rooms at all of our restaurants and made several changes to our food and beverage service. Starting at 11am Friday, March 20, we will offer a special to-go “Best of Sea Pines” menu, featuring favorite dishes from all of our restaurants, with FREE delivery within Sea Pines or curbside pickup at the Harbour Town Clubhouse. Gratuity is not included but greatly appreciated. No discounts apply. The Sea Pines Resort remains open and is committed to doing all it can to provide exemplary food service without compromising the health and safety of our guests. As soon as the temporary ban is lifted, we will resume our regular restaurant operations.

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  • Andrea MVIP
    Coastal Georgia •97 reviews
    5.0
    Dined 2 days ago
    Enjoyed a lovely pre-Christmas brunch with family. We are locals and SCD is one of our favorites!
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    Skull Creek Dockside RestaurantPrice: Moderate• Seafood• Hilton Head
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    4.6
  • DavidVIP
    Coastal Georgia •255 reviews
    5.0
    Dined 2 days ago
    We had family visiting from out of town and wanted to bring them to this iconic seafood restaurant. First--- our server Abby was amazing. Probably the best server I've had in quite some time if ever. We shared a dozen oysters to start. I had the Grilled Seafood Collection which was a perfect combination. The ambience was very nice. The food was great.
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    Poseidon-Hilton Head IslandPrice: Moderate• Seafood• Hilton Head
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    4.6
  • mica
    New York City •8 reviews
    5.0
    Dined 3 days ago
    We sat outside and there was nobody else outside. Great food, service was top notch, amazing view and a fantastic dirty martini. A new favorite for us. A nice quiet, romantic dinner before the fun craziness of Christmas. A must do.
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    ELA'S On the WaterPrice: Moderate• Seafood• Hilton Head
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    4.7
  • JulieT
    Raleigh / Durham / Chapel Hill •19 reviews
    5.0
    Dined on 2 Oct 2020
    We both had the catch of the day which was a sea bass which we had blackened. It was cooked to perfection and was amazing! It was a little pricy though in my opinion. I had it the way it comes with 2 sides and my friend had it on a Kale salad, so they were pretty flexible in prep options. We got there a little early and they gave us a choice to wait a few more minutes for outdoor dining which we said we were happy to do. It is always nice to eat outdoors and it was a lovely evening, but there was live entertainment and it was pretty loud but still nice music -- just hard to have a conversation. Overall it was a great experience and I would go again for sure.
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    Quarterdeck Waterfront DiningPrice: Moderate• Seafood• Hilton Head
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    4.1
  • Kristy1584
    South Carolina •2 reviews
    5.0
    Dined on 25 May 2019
    The food was delicious. You get a lot for the money. It was quick and the staff was friendly. Local ingredients make it even better.
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    The Waterfront RestaurantPrice: Expensive• European• Edisto
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    5

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