I forgot to take pictures before I started eating. Since the food is so good, it was all gone when I realized I didn't take a picture.1. Calling on the phone takes patience and a few trys, but once your call is answered, the gentleman greats you nicely and takes your oder with efficiency and zeal.2. When you get to restaurant be prepared for a short and entertaining wait. Mr Dave, is cooking, talking to customers, taking orders and making you feel like you are the most important person. He recites the orders back with ease and little effort. He was so kind.3. The food. OMG. I ordered whiting, shrimp and red rice. It was outstanding and fresh. My mom ordered the seafood platter without deviled crab. Her food was amazing. The price, quality and quantity were excellent4. Have you ever reheated takeout, and it not be as good the next day? Well, that is not the case at Dave's. I reheated my food in the toaster oven, and was so good5. The tarter sauce ... it has to be homemade. It has a lot of flavor and a great accompaniment to my seafood meal.So thank you so much for a good Friday night takeout in Charleston Next time I'm home, I surely stop in again.
Best fish sandwich in Charleston. A lot of food for under $10.00. I'd love to try the other items, everything looked so good.
Family run place for decades. Super nice people. Awesome seafood platter and lunch specials. You can't go wrong if you like seafood and lots of it for a great price.
Last night in town & had to try take-out from just around the block. So glad we did! We shared the Seafood Combo platter & were fortunate to get red rice as our side. Amazing! Great way to end our stay in this fun city!
Best seafood in town! You can't beat Dave's!
Wanted to hit this place up before leaving Charleston and so glad I did. It's truly nothing fancy about this place, but what matters most is that the food is fire. And fire it was! I ordered the Seafood Platter ($19.50), which came with fried shrimp & fish, scallops, and devil crab). It was all served up with fries and it was such a satisfying meal. The fish was perfectly fried and the shrimp was big! Never had devil crab before, but I liked it. It was crab cake-ish in terms of texture and taste, but wholly unique as well. This was a black-owned restaurant that I was excited to support and I can see why it's remained a popular spot in the city for good seafood.
Fresh, hot, and delicious seafood cooked up and served by friendly people. I got the seafood platter with collards and my boyfriend got the scallop platter with rice and limas. The sides were full of flavor. The scallops, shrimp and fish were lightly battered and fried - you could tell they were fresh. The deviled crab was so flavorful. Out of the many restaurants we went to during our week in Charleston, Dave’s takes the cake.It is carry out only, so we ate it on the church steps down the block.
i bought this shrimps and scallops platter, surprisingly great! delicious! ?
I visited Charleston for a short time, and discovered that most of the nice restaurants all require reservations months in advance. So me and my friend changed our food strategy and decided to look for takeout only type places. We wanted some seafood, so this place popped up on google. I walked there from the hotel, walked in at around 5:30 or so, they took my order, just a couple of other patrons in there. I watched him fry up the food, package it up, I paid and walked back to the hotel. Absolutely delicious food. Just exactly what you'd expect. Like a really good food truck or carnival food. Fantastic experience with no pretension. Old school feel.
Awesome neighborhood seafood place. Great value for quality as well.