Restaurants

Beaufort seafood, sushi, Southern cooking, and brunch

Saltus and Dockside serve seafood in two different waterfront settings. Old Bull and Breakwater offer contrasting downtown dinners, while Blackstone’s and Beedos cover breakfast in town and on St. Helena Island.

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Two waterfront restaurants and two contrasting downtown dining rooms

Bay Street waterfront

Saltus brings sushi and Lowcountry seafood to the river

Saltus River Grill sits beside Waterfront Park with sushi, seafood, and steaks in an upscale dining room. It is the downtown choice when both a river view and a polished dinner matter.

Downtown dining rooms

Old Bull is lively and casual; Breakwater is more formal

Old Bull Tavern serves European and American comfort food with cocktails and craft beer. Breakwater has Southern cooking, global influences, seafood, and steaks in a more formal room.

Breakfast and the Sea Islands

Blackstone’s starts early; Beedos fits the road east

Blackstone’s Café covers downtown breakfast, coffee, sandwiches, and desserts. Beedos serves scratch-made burgers and breakfast on St. Helena Island with ingredients from local farms.

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Breakfast / coffee

Blackstone's Café

A downtown Beaufort breakfast-and-lunch café serving morning plates, sandwiches, coffee, and desserts; its hours make it a practical breakfast stop before Hunting Island.

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Casual meal

Beedos Burgers

A casual St. Helena Island stop for scratch-made burgers, breakfast, and other plates using ingredients from local farms; useful during a Sea Islands or Hunting Island drive.

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Old Bull Tavern

A downtown gastropub serving European and American comfort food, cocktails, and craft beer in a lively dining room away from the riverfront restaurants.

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Special dinner

Breakwater Restaurant & Bar

A downtown dining room serving Southern cooking with global influences, seafood, and steaks in a polished setting.

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Lady's Island Dockside Waterfront Restaurant

A Lady’s Island waterfront restaurant serving seafood, steaks, and seasonal specials; it trades Bay Street walkability for water views and a short drive from downtown.

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First-night pick

Saltus River Grill

A Bay Street restaurant beside Waterfront Park, serving Lowcountry seafood, sushi, and steaks in an upscale riverfront dining room.

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After the outing

Lost Local

A downtown Beaufort lunch-or-dinner option with globally influenced dishes, local ingredients, cocktails, beer, and wine.

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Two waterfronts

Saltus and Dockside face the water from different parts of Beaufort.

Saltus sits on Bay Street beside Waterfront Park, so dinner remains part of a downtown walk. Lady’s Island Dockside requires a short drive and trades historic-district convenience for its own waterfront setting, seafood, steaks, and seasonal specials.