Refined Southern cooking in a warm downtown dining room
A refined Southern restaurant on East Bay Street serving lunch and dinner daily with seafood, fried chicken and Low Country dishes.
Guests single out servers who know the menu and make suggestions.
One lunch guest was seated right away even though the restaurant was busy.
Fried green tomatoes, low country bouillabaisse and fried chicken come up in reviews.
Open daily, with lunch service and dinner service.
Magnolias is at 185 East Bay Street in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. The restaurant takes a refined approach to traditional Southern cooking, with seafood, fried chicken, halibut, flounder and low country bouillabaisse on the menu, served in a warm and sophisticated room.
Lunch runs from late morning to mid-afternoon, and dinner service starts again in the late afternoon. Guests say they were seated quickly even when the room was busy, and they praise servers who know the menu. One regular calls it a favorite restaurant in downtown Charleston.
Lunch service from late morning into the afternoon.
Dinner service in the late afternoon and evening.
Seafood entrees such as flounder, halibut and salmon.
Fried chicken, fried green tomatoes and collard green egg rolls.
A seafood bouillabaisse in the low country style.
“Thank you for a great experience during our recent lunch reservation. Despite the restaurant buzzing with people, we were seated immediately, our waitress, Erin, was exceptionally pleasant and attentive. The food was excellent overall.”
“Absolutely a wonderful experience. The food, the service, our waiter. I can’t imagine better. My wife had the flounder and I had the low country bouillabaisse. Both were absolutely spectacular.”
“I had dinner at Magnolias yesterday, and once again, it did not disappoint. Magnolias is one of my favorite restaurants in downtown Charleston. I arrived around 4:00 when they opened, which was perfect for a relaxing early dinner.”
Magnolias is at 185 E Bay St #200, Charleston, SC 29401, United States. Use the map on this page for directions.
Opening hours: Monday 11:30 am–3:30 pm, 4–9 pm; Tuesday 11:30 am–3:30 pm, 4–9 pm; Wednesday 11:30 am–3:30 pm, 4–9 pm; Thursday 11:30 am–3:30 pm, 4–9 pm; Friday 11:30 am–3:30 pm, 4–10 pm; Saturday 11:30 am–3:30 pm, 4–10 pm; Sunday 11 am–3 pm, 4–9 pm.
Yes, Magnolias is open on Saturday, 11:30 am–3:30 pm, 4–10 pm.
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Magnolias has a 4.7 out of 5 rating from 5369 Google reviews.
Magnolias lists: Lunch, Dinner, Seafood, Southern classics, Low country bouillabaisse. See the full list above.
Yes. Magnolias is a southern restaurant (us) in Charleston SC.
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