Poe's Tavern

We enjoyed a quick, small lunch at Poe's recently while exploring Sullivan's Island. It was packed, as usual, but we got a table on the front porch relatively quickly.

I ordered the chips, salsa & guacamole, while my friend selected the shrimp salad. Everything was very good. I know from prior visits that their burgers are amazing, so keep that in mind. We were just looking for a lighter meal at this particular visit.

Cute casual bar/ restaurant on Sullivan's Island. Dimly lit making it a nice atmosphere for a casual date or lunch with friends. Dim lights always make for the best selfies too. Pictures of Poe everywhere and book pages along the bathroom wall. A Poe fan, teacher or librarian would probably love it. I had the veggie burger which was good. Classic veggie burger where you can see the beans and veggies as opposed to faux meat like beyond or impossible. The fries were amazing. Thin cut, greasy and salty. The best. My son had the grilled cheese and French fries which he loved.
Kid friendly. When the hostess saw me walk in with a toddler she asked if I wanted a booth which was perfect for him. They do also have highchairs.
Outside seating available
The bar has outside bar seats and inside bar seats, can't wait to go back when it's not raining
And... drum roll... a PARKING LOT

I loved the ambience of this Tavern, partially because of the theme being Edgar Allen Poe and mostly because of the tavern charm it has.

Service was great, super friendly server who answered questions about the menu and offered recommendations. The food itself was killer, especially the burgers. If you want a burger you have to come to Poe's Tavern. A beer and a burger is really all you need to fall in love with this spot.

The only downside is the price on liquor, specifically shots. I got shots for my friends and the shots weren't filled and cost $9 a pop.

Treat yourself and head over to Poe's Tavern on Sullivans island, nothing beats a Saturday spent on Sullivans followed by a burger or chicken sandwich. The whole dynamic of Poe's is so fun, nothing gets old there.

I took my family there back in august and they loved it, my little brothers were fully intrigued by the decor and the full menu of burgers to choose from. My dad got a the beef gold bug plus, which he absolute loved. Big pimento cheese family so the add on of that was the topping on the cake for him. I got the chicken gold bug plus, and was a winner in my heart. Im not big of a burger person so the options they had were perfect for me.

Now the french fries, were just devine. talk about the handcut small crunchy fries, everyone will be stealing each others off everyone plates. You could get full just off of those alone.

Highly recommend going earlier or making sure you are able to wait for a delicious meal. very much worth it but defiantly a busy place so just keep in mind.

We have been here a few times and it is always crazy busy (good for them!). Husband and I had a chance to go out without teens and dog so we went there. Finally saw the inside which was fun, active love the bar seating area. The bartender was great. The big ossue- our food took an hour and it was not crazy tourist busy. At one point, we asked to just take the check and we figured we'd take our chances at sesame burger. Gave 1 star for setup, 1 for bartender who comped us the meals, 1 for I liked the vibe and for that bid go back. I think since we almost cashed out our burger came kinda sloppy since I remember previous times it being good. This was ok - we asked for medium and it wasn't but we were not going to risk another hour.

Haven't been in years but was craving a burger. Service was lacking to say the least. No turkey burger option and figured being a burger place there might be a burger salad option but only a burger without a bun. Burger itself was ok. Ordered the same as my hubby with different sides and mine was over cooked. Onion straws and fries were too notch. Only saw our server 2xs and thought he forgot about us. Bathrooms are fancy portable bathrooms in the parking lot so keep that in mind.

I'll start off with saying that the fries and the ranch were awesome! They had a great beer selection from nationwide to local brews which I appreciated because I love trying local beers wherever I visit.

The burger was just okay. It didn't seem to be seasoned well and the bun was stale. It's crazy how much the bun can sway your opinion on a burger. If the bun was better I probably would have thought it was a decent burger.

Service was great and timely couldn't have asked for better service!

The ambiance defintely gave off a dive bar type of feel.

I wasn't very impressed with the food here. My friend got the salad and I had a bite and it was very underwhelming (dressing was ok a little too citrusy). I had the veggie burger and it was good, but not the best. My other friend had the tell-a-tale and he really enjoyed it, but also wasn't super impressed. The fries were very good though, the best thing out of our lunch.
I honestly wouldn't go back, the food was just ok.

The wait was about 20 minutes at about 2 pm on Dec 26. Kelly G is a great server. Started w chips and queso with chili. The chips are made in-house and are super fresh, thin, crisp with just the right amount of salt! Yum! Had the basic cheeseburger (forgot the name) w Munster cheese. The burger was good, great pickles and the fries which are also fresh cut and fried were great.

We went to Poe's on a recommendation.
Parking is tight so plan to carpool if you have a group.
We liked the dive bar feel to Poe's and all the art and old timey photos where cool for this themed restaurant and gave us good talking points.
The place was pretty busy but we were seated right away. The bathrooms are plastered with all Poe's literature and that was cool.
We noticed they had a great craft beer selection and the bar drinks sounded great too. The waitress was attentive to our drinks and happy to help with any menu questions. We shared a shrimp quesadilla with guac, sour cream and salsa while we shared a beer and looked over the menu. I opted for the Buffalo shrimp blue cheese chicken sandwich and my sweet lady decided on the grilled Mahi tacos.
Both entrees were excellent!
It was a great start to our weekend and the place really has a cool vibe to it.