Seafood on the Grand Strand runs on three traditions — the all-you-can-eat buffet, the inlet dockside restaurant, and Calabash-style frying — and this guide's films work all three at full length.

WORLD’S LARGEST All-You-Can-Eat Calabash Seafood Buffet!

Vacation Education

Vacation Education's Buffet Bus rolls into The Original Benjamin's, billed as the world's largest Calabash seafood buffet. The full tour works a buffet of more than 170 items and puts the scale on the table: staff say the restaurant serves about 2,000 pounds of crab legs a day and roughly half a million pounds over a year.

Key takeaways
  • ["Billed as the world's largest Calabash seafood buffet","More than 170 items on the buffet","About 2,000 lbs of crab legs served daily; ~500,000 lbs a year","The full tour covers every buffet room and station"]

Captain George's Seafood Buffet Myrtle Beach | All You Can Eat Crab Legs | Full Menu

Adventure Is Out There

Adventure Is Out There brings the whole family inside Captain George's to answer whether the buffet is worth it — for seafood lovers and skeptics alike. The film inventories the full menu station by station, puts the crab legs to a first-timer's test, and closes with the dessert spread.

Key takeaways
  • ["A station-by-station inventory of the Captain George's buffet","Crab legs are the headline test of value","The film judges the buffet for non-seafood eaters too"]

Murrells Inlet: The Seafood Capitol of S.C.

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Visit Myrtle Beach's postcard for Murrells Inlet, the Seafood Capitol of South Carolina: a once-quiet fishing village whose MarshWalk boardwalk now strings together dockside decks, live music and fresh seafood over the marsh. Come hungry is the film's whole instructions set.

Key takeaways
  • Murrells Inlet bills itself as the Seafood Capitol of S.C.
  • A fishing village turned waterfront dining destination
  • The MarshWalk is the village's main street

The buffets

The Original Benjamin's, billed as the world's largest Calabash buffet, is toured room by room: 170-plus items, about 2,000 pounds of crab legs a day by staff account. Captain George's gets a station-by-station family inventory that puts its crab legs to a first-timer's test and judges the room for non-seafood eaters too.

The Seafood Capitol

The CVB's postcard introduces Murrells Inlet — South Carolina's Seafood Capitol by its own billing — where the MarshWalk strings dockside decks and live music over the marsh. Sea Captain's House covers the white-tablecloth end: blue crab dip, seared tuna tower, and the signature she-crab soup on the oceanfront patio.

Captain Nance's Seafood - Calabash, NC (The Seafood Capital Of The World)

NCMemoryMakers

NCMemoryMakers visits Captain Nance's Seafood on Nance Street in Calabash, reached by turning off Highway 179 onto River Road toward the waterfront. The review explains the town's lightly breaded, deep-fried Calabash style and works through a full seafood dinner on the river, weighing portion sizes against the price.

Key takeaways
  • ["Captain Nance's sits at 9939 Nance Street on the Calabash waterfront","Reached via Highway 179 and River Road","The film defines Calabash style as lightly breaded and deep-fried","Portions are large; the reviewers judge the bigger platters worth the small upcharge"]

Beck's Calabash Seafood Restaurant - Calabash, North Carolina

NCMemoryMakers

NCMemoryMakers returns to Beck's in Calabash — one of the town's original seafood restaurants — for a full dinner review. The film covers the fried Calabash-style platters the house is known for and the old-school dining room, and the couple, who first reviewed Beck's two years earlier, judge it still worth the drive.

Key takeaways
  • ["Beck's is one of Calabash's original seafood restaurants","Known for traditional Calabash-style fried seafood platters","The reviewers returned after two years and rate it a repeat visit"]

Sea Captain's House Restaurant in Myrtle Beach. Oceanfront Dining! 2023

Beachin with the Boones

The Boones eat outside at Sea Captain's House, working through a menu that runs from blue crab dip and seared tuna tower to seafood sandwiches and the signature she-crab soup. The film covers the wine list and signature cocktails and the oceanfront patio seating.

Key takeaways
  • ["She-crab soup is the signature bowl","Starters include blue crab dip and a seared tuna tower","Oceanfront patio dining with a full cocktail list"]

Calabash-style, at the source

Three films eat in Calabash itself, just over the North Carolina line: Captain Nance's on the riverfront, Beck's (one of the town's originals, passing a return visit), and the order-at-the-window Waterfront Seafood Shack. Lightly breaded, deep-fried, generous — the style defined where it was born.

Sources: the 7 videos on this page. Calabash is a day trip from the Strand; its own page tells the town's story.

Watch: Myrtle Beach Seafood Restaurants, guided

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Calabash Waterfront Seafood Shack | Fresh Seafood on the Waterfront | Calabash, NC

vafunseekers

VA Fun Seekers eats lunch at the Waterfront Seafood Shack in Calabash, an order-at-the-window spot behind the waterfront where the kitchen turns out fried Calabash-style seafood. The film walks the ordering setup, the outdoor seating and the souvenir shop, and samples the fresh-off-the-boat plates.

Key takeaways
  • ["Order-at-the-window waterfront shack in Calabash","Fried Calabash-style seafood with outdoor seating","A small gift shop sells shirts and souvenirs on site"]

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