Garden City Beach sits just south of Myrtle Beach and runs at a different speed — a town of beach houses, a creek side and a pier, pitched by everyone who films it as the quiet alternative minutes from the crowds.
The case for Garden City
Carmen and Brian's orientation film makes the argument in full: the wide beach, the pier, the creek side, and the practical amenities visitors actually use, down to the beach-access showers and foot-wash stations. Their November beach walk then shows the town's second season — high tide, nights in the 60s, pools closed, the sand returned to walkers.
From the saddle
A June 2025 bike tour rides Ocean Boulevard through Surfside Beach and Garden City end to end, comparing the two towns as it passes and talking honestly about year-round weather here — winters are mild, not warm. The film also anchors the Surfside page's story; here it belongs to Garden City's creek-to-pier geography.
Where Garden City eats
Two locals' institutions close the set: breakfast at the oceanfront Conch Café (Eggs Benedict and good coffee, the ocean in front of you), and Greg's Cabana Bar & Grill, filmed by subscriber request to test its voted-best-burgers billing — the Monterey chicken gets as much praise as the burgers.
Sources: the 5 videos on this page, filmed 2025–2026.