82 Queen

Had the best meal of our trip love the atmosphere and the food. Definitely coming back next time we visit! Could use more ambient lighting outside at night.
Apr 8th, 2024

Truly great Charleston experience. Consistently great food. Brunch is fantastic with top notch bloody Mary!
Apr 8th, 2024

Apr 7th, 2024

Apr 7th, 2024

We had learned a lot of positive feedback on 82 Queen, especially considering it's long history in Charleston. That may be a reason why we were ultimately disappointed by the experience. To start the restaurant is large subdivided into a number of rooms and buildings in line with their growth. We (unfortunately, I would say, were sat in the back upper room that was bland, lacking any connection to the restaurants history; looking more like the dining room at a Hampton Inn than a premium restaurant. That would be tolerable but the food that followed was lackluster as well. We started with a very non-traditional Caesar Salad (see picture...it was good but quite small), the Roasted Portabella Mushroom (also ok but there was a lot more quinoa than mushroom) and the BBQ Shrimp & Grits (decent but the grits came out hardened on the top (as if it was siting under a heat lamp for too long and the BBQ sauce was more from a jar than homemade). Our dessert of Bread Pudding was good but not outstanding. The service however was very pleasant and our server took good care of us and was frequently checking to make sure we got our food, etc... it is just too bad that we were so disappointed by the result. Enjoy!
Apr 9th, 2024