Things to Do, See and where to Eat while on vacation on Edisto Beach
Where to Eat, tours, photographer, bike rentals and more!
Your guide when you need to go to the grocery store, find a 24-hour pharmacy, photographer or want to know or find other information about Edisto Beach!
Only one grocery store here on the Beach, Food Lion on the right just past the Sea Spirits Liquor Store as soon as you cross the causeway onto the Beach.
Restaurants on Edisto Beach and Island:
McConkeys' Jungle Shack on Jungle Rd. which is the first road on the right after crossing the causeway onto the Beach, eat outside or screen porch.
As you continue down Jungle Road........
There is a strip center on the left which has some wonderful shops, an ice cream parlor, a great coffee shop and new pizza place.
One for Coffee great coffee and pastries!
Just past the strip center you will come upon......
The Waterfront Restaurant on the left....very tasty
The Seacow Eatery on the right....good anytime but great Breakfast, eat outside!
If you go straight when you come upon the beach right in front of you before taking the curve to the right you will see
Coots Bar and Grill and a great gift shop. Eat inside or out on the remains of the Edisto Fishing Pier, Edisto's only ocean front dining
Pelican's Pizza and Ice Cream Shop is in the same building as Coots!
There is also a gas station just past the Food Lion and across from Coots, which has a Subway Sandwich Shop inside
As you travel down further on Palmetto Blvd., you will see a directional sign on the right at the intersection of Palmetto Blvd. and Lybrand St., that points to another area where you can find Restaurants, Town Park, Marina, Wyndham Resort, Golf Course, Fishing Tackle shop and refreshments, fishing charters, tours and more!
On the right you will come to:
Edisto Seafood Shop owner by our friends Ashley and Mary Evelyn Fontaine, great fresh seafood!
Fontaine Charters is inside the Edisto Seafood Shop where you can book a fishing charter with our friend Capt. Jimmy Skinner...he is the best!
High Tides is a new restaurant next to Edisto Seafood Shop over Dockside Bar.
Next to High Tides is
Edisto Watersports and Tackle rent paddle boards, get fishing tackle, tours and more!
The Briny Swine is above Edisto Water Sports, smokehouse and raw bar
Across the street from Edisto Seafood shop is the main entrance to the Wyndham Resort
Inside is Edisto's only golf course and a restaurant....to gain access to either just go to the guard shack and tell them where you want to go!
The Plantation Course on Edisto public welcome!
Ella and Ollie's Restaurant and Taco Shop
Keep going down past Edisto Seafood and around the sharp turn to the right you will see.....
Bay Creek Park there is a wharf dock there on Big Bay Creek, events are held here all year round from Movies in the Park to the Annual Shag Festival! See
our Events Page for upcoming events! next you will see.....
The Marina at Edisto gas up your boat, get provisions and annual events like the Governor's Cup Fishing Tournament are hosted here each year!
over the top of the Marina Office you will find another restaurant....
with views of Big Bay Creek and overlooks the boats at the marina!
Now if you continue past the marina you will find yourself back on Palmetto Blvd. the 2 lane section, that's right it forms a big loop!
Keep going and right as the Blvd. turns into the 4 lane you will see on your left another directional sign that points to Whaley's Bar and Grill.....
Also of course if you were to continue down Palmetto Blvd. past Lybrand St. you will see a sign to Town Hall, the fire department and police department are all there together and ....
If you keep going past that you will see another directional sign on the right that points to...
Whaley's Bar and Grill A great seafood dive that is in the old Whaley's Gas Station.
Beside Whaley's is another pizza place
Looking for a candy shop???
Sugar Time is the very first building on the right after you cross the causeway onto The Town of Edisto Beach. You can also get ice cream there too!
ON THE ISLAND BEFORE YOU GET TO THE TOWN OF EDISTO BEACH:
Roxbury Mercantile Restaurant While it's not really on the island it's on Hwy. 174 and you can't miss it really, if you are not sure there is the hull of a
shrimp boat upside down directly across Hwy. 174.......worth the drive from the beach!
The Old Post Office Restaurant Located on the island on the left side, actually used to be the post office where they used a pole barge to get the mail up to the post office. Be sure to call for reservations! Very good
Edingsville Restaurant and Bar On the island on the left after The Old Post Office and before The Edistonian Gas Station which is on the left as you continue down towards the beach.
Need a photographer for those family portraits look no further!
Tours and Bike Rentals, Etc.
Bike, kayak, golf car rentals:
Edisto Bike & Golf Cart Rentals located next to Edisto Watersports on Docksite Road, across from Wyndham Resort (Lybrand turns into Docksite Rd. which turns back into Palmetto Blvd. on the lower end of the beach.
Edisto Essentials you can rent a host of items here including Bikes, golf carts, beach chairs, umbrellas and even kayaks! Located on the island but they deliver!
Island Outfitters you can get bikes, kayaks, golf carts, paddle boards and more, located next to the Waterfront Restaurant on Jungle Road.
Tours and such:
Plot Twister Tours scenic tours, eco tours, eco history tours, sunset cruises, personalized cruises, shuttle service
Botany Bay Ecotours dolphin eco tours, Ace basin ecotours and more
Edisto Salt Water Tours
The Marina at Edisto Beach Tours
Tours of Edisto Travel the island and see plantation homes, churches and graveyards with history!
Other activities:
Serpentarium yes you guessed right, alligators, snakes oh my.....in a controlled environment of course!!
Botany Bay Plantation Wildlife Park walk out to the beach where you can see oak trees in the surf! 3300 acres of a wildlife managed state park. Interesting history.
Medical Emergency: Dial 911.
Non-medical Emergency: We personally use Holy City Medicine,which is located at 2039 Savannah Hwy, Charleston. It is on the right just before you get onto Interstate 526. Great doctors and staff and they are usually quick! 843-465-9248
24 hour pharmacy: The only one we know of that is somewhat close to the beach is Walgreens on James Island.
The pharmacy that is the closest - but not open 24 hours - is the CVS on in Ravenel. 6323 Savannah Hwy, Ravenel, SC 843-889-3113.