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| - Let me start by saying I review restaurants with a friend of mine for a few well-known publications, and it is rare that dining experience actually leaves me really excited. I love this place, along with the more upscale restaurant across the hall by the same owner. I was born and raised in Charleston and it is so nice to finally be able to get authentic, well-prepared Lowcountry food here in Las Vegas. In fact, I've been there the last three days in a row with a friend of mine who is also from the Carolinas!!! So far I've tried the fried oysters, the chilled oysters, the she-crab soup (my favorite, makes you wanna slap your momma!), the crab and lobster cakes with southern cole slaw, the classic Charleston shrimp and grits (perfect amount of smokiness, superb!), the arugula salad, and the shrimp burger. If anything, the only complaint that I had was that I wished the crab cakes were bigger because I loved them so much! The servers were excellent and friendly as well as the bartenders, one of which is from the same island I grew up on in the Lowcountry and was happy to "chew the fat" with me when he had few minutes. Louis, the owner, even took a few minutes out of his busy schedule when he heard I was from Charleston and chatted with me. I can't wait to take my family there when they come to visit!
P.S. To the reviewer before me: The "benches" in the front of the restaurant are called joggling boards and are one of Charleston's many trademarks - they were used as kind of a sitting trampoline for kids or as a bench for lovers to court on.
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