83 places around Aiken
Seafood
Aiken Fish House and Oyster Bar
Family-run seafood and an oyster bar that stays local.
International
AnShu Asian Café
Fresh pan-Asian plates in a calm, careful room.
International
Apizza di Napoli
Wood-fired Neapolitan pies from a family kitchen.
American
Backyard
Eastside Village oak-shade dining, wood-fire grill, Airstream lounge.
American
Blue Collard
Southern plates to-go, catering, and à la carte dinners.
Barbecue
Bobby's Bar-B-Q Buffet
Classic buffet barbecue — sauce on the side if you ask.
Casual & desserts
Bottom Line Bakery & Cafe
Quiet bakery café, simple food cooked that morning.
Mexican
Cabanas Salvadorean Restaurant
Pupusas, platters, and Salvadoran comfort cooking.
Barbecue
Carolina Bar-B-Que
Old-school Carolina pit barbecue.
American
Chicken Salad Chick
Chicken salad, soups, and sweet tea made for lunch.
Bars & lounges
City Billiards
Tables, burgers, and a room that has been here since 1957.
American
Dinner Bell
Meat-and-three Southern cooking.
Mexican
Dos Potrillos Mexican Restaurant
The food-truck favorite, now a downtown dining room — tacos, birria, burritos.
Barbecue
Dukes Bar-B-Que
One of the Carolina Dukes rooms — buffet barbecue, no fuss.
Mexican
El Charrito Taqueria
Tacos, tortas, aguas frescas, and a kids menu.
Casual & desserts
Elevate Aiken
Protein coffee, energy drinks, and meal-replacement shakes.
American
Farm Dog
Gourmet franks from Burrell and Flynn’s Farm, lunch hours only.
International
Ferrando's Italian Pizzeria
Pizza, stromboli, calzone, pasta — a little Italy on every plate.
Casual & desserts
Flanigan's Ice Cream Parlor
Hand-dipped sundaes, shakes, malts, cones.
American
Garden Grill at Hilton Garden Inn
Cooked-to-order breakfast by day, shareable plates and a bar at night.
Bars & lounges
Good Girl Brewing Co
Craft brewery, full kitchen, dogs welcome.
American
Groucho's Deli
Fast Columbia-style deli sandwiches.
Bars & lounges
Grumpy's Sports Pub
Screens, wings, and an American pub menu.
American
It's All Good Market & Catering
Soups, salads, sandwiches, and casseroles to go.
Seafood
JC's Seafood
Steamed oysters, lowcountry boil, crab, scallops, and cold beer.
Breakfast & brunch
Joyful Café
Country café just outside town — waffles, BLTs, breakfast and lunch.
American
Just Julie's
Sandwiches, soups, subs, salads.
International
La Parisienne French Restaurant & Bakery
French bakery case up front, plates in the dining room.
Fine dining
La Scuderia – Aiken
Italian fine dining with a horse-country room.
Bars & lounges
Langley Tavern
Neighborhood tavern — bar, plates, a game on.
American
Lanky's On Laurens
Laurens Street lunch and dinner, walkable from the shops.
American
Legends Grille
Clubhouse-style American grill.
American
Local Junction
Local plates, local crowd.
American
LongHorn Steakhouse
Steaks and a familiar grill menu.
Mexican
Los Tres Compadres
Generous Mexican plates — try the Carolina margarita.
Fine dining
Macaluso's Restaurant
Longtime Aiken Italian, white-tablecloth without the stiffness.
American
MacK's
Casual American plates.
Fine dining
Malia's Restaurant
Seasonal downtown dining, a relocator favorite for a first night out.
Mexican
Maria's Mexican Restaurant
Family Mexican kitchen, full plates.
American
Mellow Mushroom
Stone-baked pizza, salads, and a long beer list.
Breakfast & brunch
Metro Diner
All-day diner breakfast and comfort plates.
Mexican
Mi Rancho
Tex-Mex and ranch-style platters.
Breakfast & brunch
Neon Fig
Downtown brunch and lunch, house soups and a menu that turns with the season.
Breakfast & brunch
New Moon Café
Coffee, breakfast, and a downtown counter.
Casual & desserts
Oh! Mie Stelle Bakery
Pastries and a sweet case.
International
Okinawa Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi
Hibachi tables and sushi, dine-in or takeout.
American
Palmetto Bowls
Build-your-own bowls.
Seafood
Park Avenue Oyster Bar & Grill
Historic downtown seafood bistro — raw bar, peel-and-eat shrimp, tuna tartare.
Breakfast & brunch
Parlour Coffee & Company
Coffee, pastry, a place to sit between showings.
American
Pat's Sub Shop
Old-school subs.
American
Piece of Potato
Loaded potatoes and quick lunch.
Breakfast & brunch
Polo Grounds Cafe
Café plates near the polo fields.
Fine dining
Prime – A Classic Steakhouse
Classic steakhouse night out.
American
Rack & Grill 3
Ribs, grill plates, a casual dinner.
Bars & lounges
Rhumba Rum & Cigar Lounge
Humidor, rum, a kitchen, and evening music.
International
Roma's Italian Restaurant
Red-sauce Italian, family tables.
Mexican
Salsa's Bar & Grill
Mexican grill and a full bar.
Casual & desserts
Smoothie Groove
Smoothies and a light stop.
Seafood
Soul & Seafood House
Soul-food sides next to the seafood.
Barbecue
Southbound Aiken
Slow-smoked BBQ with a Southwestern twist in The Alley.
Casual & desserts
Sweet B's Soft Serve & Sweet Treats
Soft serve, sundaes, shakes — afternoon and evening hours.
Bars & lounges
Tailgate Tavern
Game-day tavern food and a long bar.
International
Taj Aiken
Indian kitchen — curries, tandoor, lunch buffet when they run it.
International
TakoSushi
Sushi rolls and a quick downtown bite.
Casual & desserts
Taste Of Gold Cakery
Gourmet cupcakes from a local pop-up bakery.
Seafood
Tasty Crab House
Crab, shrimp, and a seafood boil.
Mexican
Tequila's Mexican Grill & Bar
Mexican grill, margaritas, a full bar.
International
Thai Jasmine Rice
Thai curries, noodles, and takeout.
Breakfast & brunch
That Flippin' Egg
All-day breakfast, lunch, and dinner, made to order.
Bars & lounges
The Alley Downtown Taproom
Taproom on The Alley — pints, small plates, walkable night out.
American
The Feed Sack
Casual plates, local regulars.
American
The Pizza Joint
Neighborhood pizza.
American
The Pub at Cedar Creek
Club-side pub after a round.
Fine dining
The Restaurant at The Willcox
Breakfast through dinner and weekend brunch in Aiken’s grand hotel.
American
The Village Cafe
Village-scale café plates.
Fine dining
The Wildemont
Fine dining that still feels casual — a wide menu, a careful kitchen.
Breakfast & brunch
Track Kitchen
Early plates near the horse track — the Aiken breakfast of record.
American
Unique Catering
Catering kitchen with plates to go.
Casual & desserts
Vampire Penguin Aiken
Korean shaved ice and a sweet stop.
American
Veg Out Cafe
Vegetarian-forward café plates.
Mexican
Victoria Mexican Restaurant
Family Mexican dining room.
American
What's Cookin' Downtown
Downtown lunch counter.
Bars & lounges
Whiskey Alley
Whiskey bar and tapas in the heart of downtown.
Hours and menus change. Confirm with the restaurant before you go. Nick Williams helps you buy the house around the corner — not a reservation.