Sea Captain's House Myrtle Beach

Sea Captain's House began as a beach house and opened as a restaurant in 1962. Six decades later it sits at 3002 North Ocean Boulevard between 30th and 31st Avenue North, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner directly on the Atlantic — and it is the closest thing Myrtle Beach has to a dining institution.

Myrtle Beach Oceanfront Dining at Sea Captain's House! Is it the BEST oceanfront restaurant?

Carmen and Brian

Carmen and Brian lunch at Sea Captain's House, the oceanfront restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner on North Ocean Boulevard. The 2024 review tours the dining rooms and both bars — inside and out — works through the seafood menu, and lands on the verdict its regulars already know: they recommend it, and the view cannot be beaten.

Key takeaways

Sea Captain's House serves breakfast, lunch and dinner oceanfront
Indoor and outdoor bars plus oceanfront dining rooms
Reviewers' verdict: recommended, with the view as the clincher

Sea Captain's House - Oceanfront Dining In Myrtle Beach, SC

NCMemoryMakers

NCMemoryMakers profiles Sea Captain's House, the historic oceanfront landmark at 3002 North Ocean Boulevard. The film recounts its start as a beach house that became a restaurant in 1962, covers the breakfast buffet and full menu served daily, and tours the manicured grounds above the Atlantic.

Key takeaways

The restaurant began as a beach house and opened as a restaurant in 1962
Address: 3002 North Ocean Boulevard, Myrtle Beach
Breakfast buffet plus a full menu, served every day

Myrtle Beach Oceanfront Dining at Sea Captain’s House with Retro Myrtle Beach Guy

Retro Myrtle Beach Guy

The Retro Myrtle Beach Guy visits Sea Captain's House, up by the Golden Mile next to the mid-century Jamaican motel. He frames it as one of Myrtle Beach's oldest and best-known restaurants — an institution since the 1960s where families order the same meal every visit — and recommends it for a classy lunch or a celebration.

Key takeaways

An institution since the 1960s near the Golden Mile
Regulars famously order the same meal every visit
Recommended for celebrations and a classier lunch

The room and the view

Three full reviews converge on the same verdict. Carmen and Brian (twice, in 2023 and 2024) tour the dining rooms and both bars, inside and out, work the seafood menu, and land where its regulars land: recommended — and the view cannot be beaten. NCMemoryMakers recount the 1962 story and the breakfast buffet served daily. The Retro Myrtle Beach Guy frames it as the place families return to and order the same meal every visit, up by the Golden Mile.

The plates

The Boones eat outside: blue crab dip, a seared tuna tower, seafood sandwiches, and the signature she-crab soup, with the wine list and cocktails covered. A 2019 film from the restaurant's own team closes the set — staff describing a polished-casual, family-oriented house that had then been part of the community for 57 years, everything made fresh.

Sources: the 6 videos on this page, filmed 2019–2024.

Watch: Sea Captain's House, guided

3 videos · summaries from the actual guides

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

Best Oceanfront Restaurant in Myrtle Beach? Sea Captain's House!

Carmen and Brian

Carmen and Brian's 2023 lunch at Sea Captain's House, which they introduce as an iconic oceanfront restaurant open for 60 years. The review covers indoor and outdoor seating, the lunch menu and the plates they ordered, all against the beach view.

Key takeaways

Introduced as an oceanfront icon open for 60 years
Indoor and outdoor seating both face the beach
A lunch visit with the full menu covered