Myrtle Beach, SC · Horry County
Grand Strandbeach house dinners
The Grand Strand runs about sixty miles of shoreline, and a summer evening on Kings Highway can mean an hour in traffic for a restaurant wait. The giant beach houses here sleep twenty or more, and for a crowd that size, cooking at home is simply easier.
What a hibachi night looks like in Myrtle Beach
Myrtle Beach itself is the busy middle, with the Boardwalk, Broadway at the Beach and a long wall of oceanfront condo towers. North of it, North Myrtle Beach covers Cherry Grove, Crescent Beach and Ocean Drive, known as the home of the shag, where enormous rental homes host church groups, reunions and college friends who now bring their own kids. South you have Surfside Beach, Garden City and the restaurants along the Murrells Inlet MarshWalk, plus Pawleys Island just past the county line.
Golf is the other draw. The Strand is packed with public courses from Little River to Pawleys, and spring and fall bring groups of buddies renting a big house near the courses for long weekends. Summer is the family season, and the shoulder months of spring and fall are cheaper and calmer for groups who can travel then. Thanksgiving week has quietly become a reunion favorite too, when the big oceanfront homes rent for far less than in July. Whatever the reason for the trip, our lake and beach house page explains how a rental dinner works.
From the grill
Setting up in Myrtle Beach
Condo towers almost never allow open-flame grills on balconies, and many limit grilling to a ground-level area, so check with the HOA before you book a condo dinner. Raised beach houses are easier: the chef sets up on the parking pad under the house, near the open side rather than under low joists, with the stairs kept clear. On weekly rentals, read the house rules for propane. Ocean wind can be strong, and afternoon storms in July and August are common, so schedule dinner a bit later.
Myrtle Beach questions
We're staying in an oceanfront condo. Can we still do this?
Sometimes. If the building has a ground-level grilling area that allows a portable propane grill, yes; balconies are a no. Ask the front desk or HOA, then tell us what they said.
Our golf group wants dinner after the round. How late can you start?
Evening starts are routine. Pick a time that gives everyone a shower after the last putt, and we'll arrive early enough to set up.