\It’s the most wonderful time of the year: Charleston Restaurant Week. The semi-annual event comes around every January and September – and with so many new restaurants opening around town, now’s the perfect opportunity to try somewhere new.

The series of specials are now available through Jan. 19, but don’t set your forks down just yet: there are upwards of 100 restaurants participating this winter, so unless you’re planning on putting down back-to-back-to-back dinners, you still won’t be able to eat your way through the entire list. For those dedicated foodies determined to try, remember: this is both a marathon and a sprint.

A quick recap of how this works:

🍴A prix-fixe (pronounced pree- fix) menu is a menu that typically offers an appetizer, entree + dessert for one fixed price. (Get it?) While most restaurants will have a prix-fixe menu specially designed for Charleston Restaurant Week, their regular menus are usually available as well.

🍴Group dinner? Make sure your crew is ready to commit. Some restaurants require that *everyone* at a table must participate in Restaurant Week – or else no one gets the deal. This varies by place, so you’ll want to call ahead.

🍴The secret to scoring a true deal is paying attention to the cost of the regular menu items. For example, if a restaurant advertises a three-course meal for $30, add up the cost of those same dishes if you were to order those menu items any other time. Unfortunately, some menus are more of a pairing + less of a deal. Diners beware.

🍴Some restaurants create menus specifically for restaurant week. Meaning: if you fall in love with a dish, it may not be available the next time you go back. Certain chefs use this time to test new tastes + show what they’re capable of cooking up. Our recommendation: think outside the to-go box and try something different.

Overwhelmed? Don’t be. We scoured each and every menu, then narrowed it all down to the most delicious deals on the table – so all you’ll have to worry about is whether or not you want to add in an optional wine pairing. (We say: always.)

Scroll for our top recommendations. ⬇️

Lunch

82 Queen
📍 82 Queen St, Downtown
🍗 Southern
💰 $15 for two courses
Prix-fixe menu here.

Bistro Toulouse | Lunch Wed.-Fri.
📍 1220 Ben Sawyer Blvd., Ste. I, Mount Pleasant
🥖 French
💰 $20 for three courses
Prix-fixe menu here.

Félix Cocktails et Cuisine
📍 550 King St. #100
🥖 French
💰 3 courses for $20
Prix-fixe menu here.

Old Towne Grill & Seafood
📍 229 King Street
🌯 Greek
💰 2 courses for $15
Prix-fixe menu here.

Dinner

5 Church
📍 32B, N Market St., Downtown
🥩 American
💰 $40 for three courses
Prix-fixe menu here.

82 Queen
📍 82 Queen St, Downtown
🍗 Southern
💰 $35 for three courses
Prix-fixe menu here.

Bourbon N’ Bubbles
📍 568 King St., Downtown
🥩 American
💰 3 courses for $40
Prix-fixe menu here.

CO
📍 340 King St., Downtown
🍜 Asian
💰 $20 for three courses; $25 for four courses
Prix-fixe menu here.

Butcher and the Boar
📍730 Coleman Blvd., Mount Pleasant
🥩 American
💰 3 courses for $45
Prix-fixe menu here.

The Establishment
📍28 Broad St., Downtown
🐟 Seafood
💰 3 course for $40
Prix-fixe menu here.

Gabrielle
📍404 King St., Downtown
🥩 American
💰 3 courses for $45
Prix-fixe menu here.

Le Farfalle
📍 15 Beaufain St., Downtown
🍝 Italian
💰 3 courses for $40
Prix-fixe menu here.

Halls Chophouse
📍 Downtown + Summerville
🥩 Steakhouse
💰 $45 for three courses in Summerville; $50 for three courses downtown
Prix-fixe menu here.

Hooked Seafood
📍 24 North Market St., Downtown
🐟 Seafood
💰 3 courses for $38
Prix-fixe menu here.

Indaco
📍 526 King St., Downtown
🍝 Italian
💰 3 courses for $35
Prix-fixe menus here.

Mex 1 Coastal Cantina
📍 West Ashley, Sullivan’s Island, Mount Pleasant
🌮 Mexican
💰 $30 for three-course dinner for two people
Prix-fixe menu here.

Yokoso Japanese Restaurant
📍 8601 South Antler Dr., North Charleston
🥢 Japanese
💰 3 courses for $22
Prix-fixe menu here.

You can find the entire list of participating restaurants along with their prix-fixe menus here. Did we miss a great deal? Let us know in the comments.

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