Top Dawg Tavern is open year-round on Hilton Head Island. Our little slice of paradise is the perfect place for a laidback meal with family and friends in the Lowcountry!
Shelter Cove Harbour & Marina is located across HWY 278 from Palmetto Dunes Resort and is easily accessible by car, bicycle or even local trolleys during the season. Enjoy gorgeous waterfront views from our pet-friendly patio and catch a game on our TVs or sit at the full bar and grab a drink with your crew! There’s no better place to watch the Georgia Bulldogs on the island, but don’t worry, we welcome all fans! And don’t forget, we offer $5 Kids Meals year-round and welcome all ages to play in our Lil’ Dawg House kids room with bubble machine and Interactive Gaming Floor
Based on 290 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.0 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Curbside pickup ✔️ Delivery
Address:
13 Harbourside Ln Building #2, Unit CD, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
Phone: (843) 785-5600
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Hours
| Wednesday | 11 AM–10 PM |
| Thursday | 11 AM–10 PM |
| Friday | 11 AM–11 PM |
| Saturday | 11 AM–11 PM |
| Sunday | 10 AM–10 PM |
| Monday | 11 AM–10 PM |
| Tuesday | 11 AM–10 PM |
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Reviews
Austin Yochus
Started off with over an hour wait even though half the restaurant was empty. Understaffed which is unfortunate. Our server was nice and prompt, had a good attitude. Food was just ehh nothing special. Sweet & spicy shrimp was delicious but the chicken tenders were below avg and the fries were cold. It was about 40-45 min for the food to come out. Would expect a little bit better for the prices
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AL Hering
Our Top Dawg experience was great. We went with 7 people, knew there would be a wait, that was ok, lots to do. We sat outside and could hear the Thursday night Buffet style music from Shannon Tanner and the Coral Reefers band next to Top Dawg. Waiter, Jordan was great. I took photos of my entree and my wife’s. She had a grilled cheese and the side was the BLT Pasta. Both very good. I had the Fried Flounder sandwich. Very good as well. Midas had burgers and boneless wings and all enjoyed, nothing really left on plates. Will definitely be there again, good HH specials.
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Sellers Family
If you want your food served on a saucer this is your place. The service has gone down tremendously! We are regulars and never complain about service or food because things happen and we understand. Tonight, we were served steak bites and steamed vegetables on a saucer that is used for discarded leftovers.The managers answer was, “We are understaffed and I don’t see a problem.” Maybe you need to be trained on this presentation.
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Gary Yurco
Atmosphere was great. Happy hour we’ll worth the visit. Jeff was pleasant & courteous.
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Kristina Villella
While the atmosphere is very nice, the food just isn’t good. My husband ordered the fried fish, and he enjoyed it. My kids ordered kids meals: chicken tenders and fries and a hot dog with fries. They didn’t like it. I ordered one of the menu specialties: beef stir fry. The teriyaki sauce for the stir fried beef and veggies was incredibly sweet, and unfortunately there was a lot of sauce on the food, so it was very overpowering. Most of my food was left on my plate. I would stop back here for drinks, but I wouldn’t order food.
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FN Greatness
Loved the wall with inspiring quotes from champion’. My favorite was from Larry Bird on his theory of giving something a 100%. They had inside or outside covered dining room options, but we chose the a/c this afternoon. The waitress was busy but kept on her toes, and we felt attended to. Great food.
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Paige Pope
Lovely setting on the water. I did the southern blt with onion rings, and I was surprised on how top quality it was. Great prices, lunch deals, and cocktails (great prices!). We went during lunch and the area was a quiet reprieve from the beach
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Megan Davenport
We got in fast and had a great waitress but after we finally got the food after waiting forever which the waitress did give us stale chips and salsa for waiting so long the food was absolutely very very average. To be honest I’m really surprised they are still open. I ordered the blackened chicken pasta which was on the “favorites “ section of the menu. It had absolutely no taste to it whatsoever. The chicken was super dry and had probably been in the freezer forever. It was suppose to come out with garlic bread. The bread came out as half a hot dog bun cut in half with brown stuff on it. Two others got nachos and barely had cheese or meat on it. There was a complaint which we were there by another dining customer. Even heard A male waiter tell a customer to wait a minute very hatefully when the customer had asked for something. Do yourself a favor and save ur time & money. Don’t go here!!!!
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V.L. Brunskill
Great waitress. Nice view of marina. Food is average. Frozen reheated seafood. Overcooked stick thin French fries. Biggest issue was the flippant manager who when told that the fried cheesecake dessert was still frozen at center, announced in a nasty tone so we could hear, ‘they ate it all though.’ Yeah and we were not even asking for a credit.
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Carly Giacomo
I’ll be honest I have never left a public review In my life but I have too about this experience. we called to see if we needed a reservation (4 people) we were told we didn’t, we showed up at 5:30pm which was about 10 minutes after we called. The place was empty, one table outside and two outside. We were told there was a 35 minute wait because there were only “2 guys cooking in the kitchen.” So we decided to wait and have drinks at the bar. Meanwhile 3 ladies sat down and were given food menus and got their food while we sat there. An hour later place is still empty and no one came over to let us know we could sit, we had to go up to the hostess and remind them. We were finally seated and sat for 30 minutes, no one came over to take even a drink order, or pay us any mind. I made eye contact with 4 different workers who just ignored us. we had to go up to the hostess and ask when someone was coming over. During this time 4 other tables were sat down, and had their orders taken and drinks at their table. The waitress when she came over talked so fast and spent all of about 30 seconds taking our food order, didn’t even ask us for our drink order we had to flag her down because she disappeared. Our appetizers and our entrees came out all at the same time which took 45 minutes to come out (after already being here for about almost 2 hours at this point) . She then proceeded to come over and ask us if we wanted dessert while we were still eating our entrees. the atmosphere is beautiful and a cute dog at the bar but that’s it. I’ve been a waitress for 10 years, i understand everyone is short staffed and I am always understanding and sympathetic but we were just completely ignored and treated poorly. Will never come back. Please do better.
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