My friends from Atlanta have been visiting with me for a long weekend. We have eaten like tourists. I will try to find places for their next visit that are good even for cheapos like me.
First we went to Angelo’s Restaurant in Myrtle Beach, which was my suggestion. I thought it would be good from what I have read about it. We got there early enough for the early bird buffet, which was $10.95. It was an all pasta buffet and it was fairly good. One of my friends had one of the steaks from the menu and it was good. I think a thicker cut may have been better. Overall, the food was good and the price was fair.
The next place we ate was Original Benjamin’s in North Myrtle Beach. It is a 170 item seafood buffet. The price was between $26 and $27 and drinks are extra. One of my friends had eaten there before and thought it was great. It’s the kind of place I would eat at only once because of the price. The food was excellent, but I couldn't eat enough to justify that price.
The next place we ate at was Shucker’s at Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach. The price was a little high for the food they served and the food was only fair. Broadway at the Beach is what would be called a tourist trap anywhere else. The most interesting thing I saw there was the fish in the lake. The complex has a lake in the middle of it and it is filled with fish. At frequent intervals on the bridges that cross the lake, there are fish food machines. The machines look like bubble gum machines and you can put a quarter in them and get a small handful of fish food. The fish have been conditioned to gather in groups in the water under the locations of each of these machines. When you throw the fish food in the water, there is a frenzy of fish trying to get the food. The fish stick their heads out of the water and open their mouths as the food is being thrown down to them. It’s mildly entertaining.
I have to add that these opinions are from the view of a senior citizen. I’m sure much of this stuff is more of a value and entertaining from younger points of view.