A. W. Shucks Seafood Restaurant

08/17/11

Great Seafood

by CLT Explorer

Went here on a Sunday early evening with my family. I think we got lucky because the restaurant was really slow when we went and from my experience, this place is always bumpin!

I had the "Market Street Platter" and it was delicious. Fresh seafood all cooked to my liking. My wife had the AW Shucks casserole which was so good it was hard to stop eating it (big portions). I played "clean-up" crew to her meal which left me stuffed....

Interior almost had a chain feel, not much unique atmosphere except for the raw bar in the back. I would recommend AW especially if you can get here on a slower time/day so you get the great service and food i received.

10/21/09

Good Food, Decent prices

by chasboy77

This is a casual seafood place downtown with good seafood.

The food is fresh and hot!

• Pros: good downtown seafood

02/29/08

Awesome experience

by Charfoodie

This place is awesome. Our service was great and the food was delicious. It makes sense that they have omly had 6 bad reviews in the past 4 years. The food seemed fresh, the srervice friendly, and the decor was comfoprtable. I would recommend to anyone visiting our wonderful city. One of my favorites downtown. Try the oysters from the raw bar and ask for Ivan. This guy is incredible at shucking oysters( something like 55 in three minutes) Hvae fun.

• Pros: Food, service, decor
• Cons: parking

02/10/08

Worst dinning experiance of our lives!!

by famof6sanders

My husband our 3 children visted A.W. Shucks or whatever its called last week on a short visit to the beach. My family has and has had for years, a home in Wild Dunes so we know the area pretty good. We went to this place with husbands family years ago, it wasn't very good but we figured we would give it another a chance. With out doubt I can say: this was the worst dinning experiance of our lives. My husband took one bit of his yucky food and then inspected the childrens only to find it to be nearly uncooked and foul smelling chicken strips with moldy ranch. It turns out the chicken was still party frozen and the ranch dressing was funky needless to say we immediently took the food away from the children. I talked to a lady to said she was the manager but it was clear the she could care less about the situation. I cannot believe that the city would let a place like this stay in operation, I don't know who ownes this place anymore but its a A.W ful!!! Horriable service, prices, and tourist trap decore, unsafe food, the list goes on and on. We went to wendys later and had a much better meal.

• Pros: ummmm......wendy's is only a short drive?
• Cons: food, prices, decore

02/04/08

Avoid this place at all cost!

by sarahmoore72

This is probably the worst restaurant in Charleston SC. I grew up in this city and this place is a black mark on Charleston?s fine image. Food is totally over hyped, and this place has been going down hill for years. I urge anyone to try one of the other fine restaurants in the area!

• Pros: central location
• Cons: food, management, service and prices...this place is a black mark on our beautiful city