Pawleys Island: Bite into Bliss with these Top Biscuit Spots

Biscuits are incredibly versatile in Southern cuisine. They can be served simply with butter and jam for breakfast, used as the base for biscuits and gravy—a hearty dish made with sausage gravy—or served alongside fried chicken, collard greens, or barbecue for lunch or dinner.

There is something about Southern biscuits, served hot from the oven, which evoke feelings of comfort, home, and tradition. More than just food, they are a symbol of Southern hospitality. So if you’re looking for the best place to eat in Pawleys Island, narrow that focus to those serving up the best biscuits.

As you might expect, several restaurants near Pawleys Island have embraced this Southern tradition, offering tasty, hot-from-the-oven biscuits in a variety of sandwiches and specialty plates. Here are some of the best options for biscuits in the Pawleys Island area.

bisQuit – Hammock Shops Village

10880 Ocean Highway, Unit 22, Pawleys Island

Of course, a restaurant called bisQit must live up to its name, and it does. Located in the Hammock Shops Village in Pawleys Island, this unique restaurant specializes in handcrafted burgers (which you can get on either a bun or a biscuit), creative cocktails, and creamy milkshakes, but it also offers four tasty bisQit signature sandwiches named for local communities, among others.

• Hagley
  
  Fried chicken, bacon, iceberg lettuce, tomato, ranch dressing.
  
• Waverly
  
  Fried chicken, pickle chips, honey mustard.
  
• Waccamaw
  
  Fried chicken, bacon, cheddar, bisQit gravy.
  
• Litchfield
  
  Fried chicken, bacon, cheddar, apple butter.

Local Eat Drink Celebrate – Hammock Shops Village

10880 Ocean Highway, Unit 21, Pawleys Island

House-made brown butter shortbread biscuits are a featured item on the menu at Local Eat Drink Celebrate, located next door to bisQit in the Hammock Shops Village.

• Bisquits and Gravy
  
  House-made brown butter shortbread biscuits with country sausage gravy, served with two eggs and grits or sweet potato hash.
  
• Biscuit Benny
  
  House-made brown butter shortbread biscuit with two poached eggs, hollandaise sauce, choice of grits or sweet potato hash, and choice of country sausage links, bacon, smoked pork, roasted vegetables, or red chili chicken. A crab cake can be added.

Rustic Table – Downtown Pawleys

10683 Ocean Highway, Pawleys Island

Located in the Downtown Pawleys Shops, just across the street from the Hammock Shops Village, Rustic Table is known for its comfort food and home-style dining.

• Big Bad Breakfast Biscuit
  
  Halved sausage links, bacon, pimento cheese, over easy egg on a biscuit with breakfast potatoes.
  
• The “Comfy”
  
  Fried chicken breast served open face on house biscuit with sawmill gravy & fries.
  
• Hot Honey Chicken Biscuit
  
  Fried chicken breast tossed in hot honey on a biscuit with house made pickles served with sweet potato fries.

Frank’s and Frank’s Outback

10434 Ocean Hwy, Pawleys Island, SC 29585

Featured in Gourmet, Bon Appetite, Southern Living and National Restaurant magazines, Frank’s has set the standard to which other restaurants aspire. Frank’s Homemade Cheese Biscuits are the stuff dreams are made of, so on your next visit to Pawleys Island, be swing by Frank’s.

• Homemade Cheese Biscuits
  
  Served with pickled brined fried chicken and rosemary infused hot honey.

Compiled by Clayton Stairs / tourism manager for the Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce