Locklear’s Beach City Grill

High quality food, large portions, great service. Will go back frequently! Shrimp and grits was amazing as was the shrimp and scallop pasta dish.

Never had a bad meal here always consistently fantastic! The crab Benedict breakfast, the locklears salad lunch or the filet for dinner. You CAN NOT go wrong. Wilson even sprinkled blue cheese on my filet and gave it a nice toasty top, best steak around. People are super friendly and the view ain’t bad either. Enjoy!

Beautiful setting on the beach. The food was great and our waiter Shawn was absolutely awesome. He made the experience great by being kind and going above and beyond for us.

If you can, go elsewhere. We were seated and were ignored for 15 minutes. We had to get the hostess and inform her of this before a waiter appeared. The food was pretty good, but I got the sense that their prime location robbed the staff of their will to try.

Really, really good. All 4 of us thoroughly enjoyed our meal, which was a great value with a beautiful view.

I ordered the corn fritters omg it was awful. not impressed! Fries are good tho. just don’t order the corn fritters. This place should at least have more pictures on their menu!

I had the fried feast, WOW. Fresh, not over cooked and was the best I have had this good in a very long time. We had six of and everyone cleaned their plates. And to be so hot outside sitting on the deck, we had an awesome breeze it was one of those picture perfect birthday nights out. The server was the only thing that took away from having 5 stars. But he did get his 20%. The wife had their signature dish, Eggplant and she gave it a 5 star.
I’ll go back just because it was good.

Excellent she-​crab soup… nice portions! Always love coming here… relaxing, nice view, courteous staff… nice place to walk straight into the pier… local souvenir shop side by side… always fun to come back!!!

lunch at Locklear’s Beach City Grill, atop the pier, with expansive ocean views. A big bowl of cold boiled shrimp with cocktail sauce, a basket of really good hushpuppies, and a basket of fried okra, which was maybe the best I have ever tasted in my whole long life. Lightly breaded, crispy, just tender, delicious. WISHING ALL WAS HERE to feast on such delightful food. I intended to drink a cold beer, but, distracted by the food, I forgot to order it. Very cold club soda was a good substitute.

I would definitely go back. My husband met the kids and I there after work and we enjoyed sitting on the patio with the ocean behind us. We got seated fast, our server was great, and the food was hot and delicious.

Love this place! It is casual, right on the pier, great service, and the food was great and affordable. The ocean was perfect and I had the fried eggplant stack, delicious! I can see why it is award winning.

Went there yesterday after having a procedure done at the VA. Was pretty hungry so my wife and i thought going to the pier would be relaxing. We were greeted right away and the server seated us and took our drink order. She was back in a few minutes to take our food order. She was professional and just plain nice. Here name was Messy! Really it was. Had to ask twice.
The food was so good. My wife had a cheeseburger and fries and she raved about it. I had the fried shrimp, fries and cole slaw. Fried shrimp was firm and hot! yea and so tasty. Lightly breaded. The fries were also hot and crisp, and of course the cole slaw was so good, it will make my cole slaw list for sure. Overall we were well treated, food was really good and all for under $ 25.If you need a day at the beach give Locklears a try.

I have eaten there many times when we travel to Folly Beach. A very good place to eat with a great view. My favorite is their Locklear Salad with Lemon Pepper Grilled Chicken with their unique tomato, ginger, vinaigrette dressing. I know salads and this is a great one. Service was very good, serviced by a waitress who has worked with the company for 12 years.
Place is convenient to the pier and beach. For beach food, they have the most consistent food quality and it’s good. Our favorite place to eat at Folly.

My husband and I ordered appetizers. We bought fried calamari Yuck! And buffalo shrimp which immediately after I ate it I felt sick. We don’t believe the calamari was real it was rubbery and I saw something laying on the calamari not sure exactly what it was. We read the reviews before we went to this place and thought we try it out. Needless to say we will not be going back. The waitress and service was nice that’s about it.

I can’t believe this place doesn’t have a higher rating.
I ate here twice (one lunch, one dinner) during my recent vacation, and had a great experience both times.
The hostess was quick and accommodating. The waitstaff was GREAT. Even took the time to slow down when they were extremely busy so my nephew could order for himself despite a stutter. (Seems like this should be the norm, but it’s not.)
I ordered off of the daily specials, and they were really tasty. My boyfriend doesn’t care for seafood, but he happily ate bites of my wahoo and grits. The calamari was really good as an appetizer.
Of course, you can’t beat the view from the pier. Ocean breezes make everything taste better, right?

Locklear’s is good for what it is. A decent restaurant on the pier. You are getting a great view with good food. Not outstanding but definitely not bad. Keep that in mind and you’ll be fine.
Our group of six (four adults, two kids) visited Locklear’s twice. Both times we ate outside and were not disappointed with the view. I had the crab burger the first time, fried shrimp on the second visit. The crab burger was so so, good fries. Fried shrimp was better, hush puppies surprisingly tender unlike the rock hard ones some places serve. I had a strawberry colada (good) and later a Folly Beach Peach (better). My father in law loved his shrimp and grits.
I have to say that what I will remember most about Locklear’s was our great waiter, Shaun. He was so good to my son and nephew. He answered all our questions, was prompt with anything we needed and was just a pleasure to talk to. When we returned a few nights later, he remembered the boys’ names which tickled them to death. He was our server again and just as top notch as the first time. We ate at several places this week but Shaun was the only server we had that was memorable (in a good way).
Tip: Go around 6 p.m. before the crowds descend.

I will start by saying that I realize we came on Memorial Day weekend and all 4 of us are either servers or former servers. First, we were told 30min and it ended up being over an hour. Second, the bartender literally yelled at all of the people waiting for drinks. He appeared to be a little in the weeds and was the only bartender for all the seats at the bar and the whole restaurant, which is poor staffing on the restaurants part but still no one was being rude and there was no reason to yell. Third, our server was friendly and seemed component but very overworked and the service was sloooow. Again, this was a staffing issue with the restaurant. The food was overall delicious and the drinks were very reasonable! We arrived at 730 and left around 10.

Nachos with fresh chicken and watermelon, a very special dish! A bit spicy, beans, cheese… delightful
Very clean bar and staff. Chill music, just a nice vibe– i feel right at home.
The beauty behind the bar — Melanie — gave me shark oil… just ask her whats in there, yumm!!! (See foto)

I had their «famous» she-​crab soup. It was luke warm/​cold, and I spent 20 minutes trying to flag down the waitress before I gave up and ate some of it. It was just okay. My fiancé’s food was way overcooked and cold (somehow). There is much better food on Folly Beach, go find it!

SHE CRAB SOUP. Enough said. But I suppose I will go on just a bit. Stopped by for a snack during the early afternoon. Ordered a bowl of she crab soup and fried okra. The SCSoup is rich, flavorful, and just a bit spicy, which adds another dimension; overall tremendous. The okra is a good sized portion with a very light fry on it-​not the deep fried balls you’d get at a sports bar. Perfect snack for 2 people and great outdoor seating on top of the pier. Great views, but can get loud/​busy depending on the time/​day, so be aware of that.
Servers are super nice and speedy. We had Sara, who rocked it! A+ for her!