Let’s hope finding the perfect meal is the most challenging task of the day on vacation. Whether you’re torn between multiple cravings or your appetite feels insatiable after a day at the beach, a regular seafood restaurant might not suffice.
In moments like these, you truly need options—a variety that can satisfy everyone in your party. And that’s precisely where a buffet comes into play, offering you an array of choices to indulge in on those indecisive days.
Whether it’s a seafood spread you’re looking for or some tasty hibachi treats, you’re sure to find something to fill your plate while staying at a Grand Strand vacation home. So, to help you narrow your choices, we’ve rounded up this list of the best buffets in the North Myrtle Beach area!
Bennett’s Calabash Seafood Buffet
- Address: 1010 Highway 17 S, North Myrtle Beach, SC
- Can’t Miss: All-you-can-eat crab legs
- Price point: $$
Located just off Hwy 17, this all-you-can-eat seafood buffet is hard to miss! A tall, red, and white lighthouse greets you at the corner of Bennett’s Calabash Seafood Buffet. The coastal charm continues as you enter, where you’re met with a nautical scene and a large shark suspended in the air.
The vibe here is beachfront, and the food only amplifies that feeling. The buffet is stocked with a fresh variety of seafood options, including crab legs, shrimp, oysters, flounder, grouper, and other calabash-style seafood.
The buffet doesn’t end with seafood delights, though. If you’re not partial to seafood fare, you’ll still find plenty to choose from, including pizza, sausage, fried chicken, and ribs. The buffet’s not the only thing on the menu either. You can also order various entree platters fresh from the kitchen.
Sakura Hibachi Buffet
- Address: 523 Highway 17 N, North Myrtle Beach, SC
- Can’t Miss: Honey Chicken
- Price point: $$
When your stomach needs an Asian infusion, you’re going to want to head to Sakura Hibachi Buffet. This spot contains a number of different buffet bars boasting both Chinese and Japanese staples, including egg rolls, honey chicken, sesame chicken, beef teriyaki, and so much more.
In addition to the already fully stocked buffet bars, you’ll find a sushi bar and hibachi grill. At the grill, you can create your own combination of delicious ingredients and have them cooked right in front of you.
The extensive spread you’ll find at this Hibachi buffet is a tantalizing, tasty journey exploring a variety of Asian culinary creations.
Rioz Brazilian Steakhouse
- Address: 1315 Highway 17, N North Myrtle Beach, SC
- Can’t Miss: Grilled pineapple
- Price point: $$$
While not a buffet in the most traditional of senses, Rioz Brazilian Steakhouse is certainly a buffet of sorts. Located down N Kings Hwy (Hwy 17), Rioz is a dining experience you definitely don’t want to miss!
Rioz provides a traditional Brazilian steakhouse experience. Servers move from table to table, offering a vast array of freshly cooked meats. You can choose (or decline) as many of these delectable cuts of meat as you like. Rioz is sure to satisfy your inner carnivore, from bacon-wrapped filet to tender leg of lamb and everything in between.
The salad bar at Rioz will far exceed even your wildest salad bar dreams. In addition to all the freshest veggies and toppings you could ever want, you’ll find it fully stocked with a wide assortment of pasta, potato dishes, rice, and so much more!
This location also offers carry out options. While the menu can be more limited than others on this list, you can choose from a range of fire-grilled meats and both cold and hot side dish options to be delivered to the comfort of your vacation rental.
Preston’s Family Seafood
- Address: 4530 Highway 17 S, North Myrtle Beach, SC
- Can’t Miss: Perfectly sliced prime rib
- Price point: $$
You’ll find the next seafood eatery, Preston’s Family Seafood, just outside Barefoot Landing, adjacent to Alligator Adventure. This causal coastal eatery boasts an extensive seafood spread available with the buffet. In addition to the seafood bar, you’ll find a well-stocked salad bar and a dessert bar loaded with all kinds of sweet treats.
Don’t want the buffet? You also have the option of ordering off the dinner menu. The menu includes surf and turf options and even offers a family-friendly kids menu for the pickiest of eaters. The Steam Pot Specials are a popular item of which Preston’s offers three different pot options, each brimming with savory goodness.
Please be aware, their hours may be limited in the off-season. Beginning this September, they will close on Sundays and Mondays. They are open from 4 pm to 8 pm, Tuesday through Saturday.
Kings Sushi
- Address: 801 Highway 17 S North Myrtle Beach, SC
- Can’t Miss: Spicy yellow tuna roll
- Price point: $$
If you’re in the mood for some all you can eat sushi, you’ll want to head to King’s Sushi. This buffet restaurant keeps the plates coming based on the items you order for the table upon arriving. Your selections are served family style, meaning everyone leaves with a full belly!
Choose from soup and salad options like miso soup and kani salad, savory appetizers like crab rangoon and spring rolls, and then load up on your choice of delicious sushi rolls. From shrimp tempura to dragon rolls, the options here are endless.
You’ll also find several kitchen entrees available to choose from. Whether you’re craving hibachi or teriyaki, the kitchen here at King’s Sushi has you covered! There’s even a kid’s menu with options like chicken tenders for little ones who may not have yet developed a taste for sushi.
Captain Jack’s Seafood Buffet
- Address: 1400 Highway 17 S, North Myrtle Beach, SC
- Can’t Miss: Half shell oysters and crab legs
- Price point: $$
You’ll find Captain Jack’s Seafood Buffet heading north on Kings Highway. With its bright nautical decor and giant red crab slapped on the roof, it’s hard to miss. But if you do, the yellow van with the giant red crab perched atop it in the parking lot will be your next sign!
Those beach vibes continue inside and reflect in the food. Their extensive buffet spread offers many treasures from the sea, including crawfish, clams, scallops, oysters, mussels, shrimp, several fish varieties, and of course, the ever popular hot crab station. They offer plenty of side options, including lots of fresh fruit. You’ll also find a pasta station where you can create your own Italian delicacy!
Not a fan of seafood? No worries! The buffet spread contains many options of the non-sea variety. There’s also a prime rib station where you can get a freshly carved slice and a plentiful salad bar with a vast array of toppings.
Big E’s Country Buffet and Seafood
- Address: 1250 SC-9 Longs, SC 29568
- Can’t Miss: Chicken and Dumplings!
- Price point: $$
While the last spot on our list is not exactly in the North Myrtle Beach city limits, it’s a short drive from the beach, and worth it, especially if you’ve got a hankering for some down home Southern cooking.
At Big E’s, you’ll find all sorts of Southern staples on the buffet. The buffet menu changes daily, but you’ll always find it stocked with crispy fried chicken! Seafood lovers should stop by on Fridays for the best seafood buffet options. Other weekdays offer treasures like Pork Chops, Country Fried Steak, Chicken and Dumplings.
While the buffet is perhaps the biggest draw at this homestyle southern spot, you’ll certainly find no shortage of other great food options on the menu. You can grab anything from good old BBQ burgers and steaks. No matter what you order, top it off with some good ol’ banana pudding!
Get your Fill in North Myrtle Beach
For those days when your stomach feels like a bottomless pit, maximize your dollar and hit one of the all-you-can-eat buffet restaurants in NMB. With options from endless crab legs to unlimited sushi rolls, you’re sure to leave happy.
So indulge yourself, head back to the comfort of your Grand Strand vacation home, and enjoy a long nap. The beach can wait,