Pizza - hands down best dough and flavor in town (coming from a New Yorker). No doubt about that. However, this past week was the final strike in terms of losing their customer base - last minute the place decides to not open (day before thanksgiving) when they've explicitly mentioned they would be. Additionally, this place has no respect for its fans and customers who have grown them to where they are today. It's clear from their waiting staff and overall lax attitude of being open/closed. Multiple customers were outside waiting at 4pm when they realized they posted on their insta page last min about being closed (same day). Sorry to say they've lost a customer, but I am sure with their popularity the owner does not care one bit. read more

Their salad is incredible. I mean one of the best restaraunt salads I've ever had. The pizza was good! A little more doughy then I prefer but I would come back for a football game or any sports game, get a beer and that amazing salad and be so content. Awesome atmosphere. read more

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So I decided to give this place one more chance, pizza was good and as I expected, it was a "seat yourself" place. I think they had an "off day" when we tried last time. The pizza was a bit overdone but the service was good and it was an overall good experience read more

Delicious pizza, huge salad and an awesome rigatoni tonight. Will definitely be back! read more

Baker's Bar - The big salad and delicious rigatoni... fantastic - Bars Near Me - Charleston, South Carolina

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While spending a week in Charleston on business, I found this little establishment. By far the best meal I had while visiting the city. My food was out quickly and the employees were very attentive. Glad I found this little restaurant during my time down there! read more

Bakers bar pizza remains to be my most favorite slice in town. Though I am usually a person who likes loads of toppings on my pizza, their cheese pizza is nothing short of perfection. Order extra so you can have leftovers, somehow it is even better the next day. Don't miss the big house salad with fresh herb vinaigrette and yummy olives. read more

Nice vibe. Casual, albeit mildly aloof, staff. Huge and tasty Greek-style salad. Pizza was solid. Slightly doughy (which I like), but probably silver Ben come a bit more to get a slight crunch. That said, good flavor, ample quantity, and nicely presented. Not sure why they made a big deal about not having ranch dressing. That's old news around here as Andolini's Pizza made that famous back in the early 1990s but finally relented in the mid 2000s to mounting requests. I mean if the consumer wants it, and you can accommodate and charge for it (and make profit), why be stubborn? I'm personally not a fan of ranch in general (and in particular as a pizza dipping sauce), but... read more

The new location is picking up right where they left off, amazing pizza and a great atmosphere. I demolished a pepperoni pizza and washed it down with a great selection of beer. There's live music for brunch on Sunday's as well! read more

Some of the best pizza in town. High quality ingredients. If you are nice to the staff they will treat you well in return. It you are rude it will be amusing to those observing their reactions. read more

Bakers Bar is tied for my favorite pizza in Charleston. I always get the White pizza, and it never disappoints. The crust is a good balance between not being too thin or thick, so it fills you up without feeling like all you're eating is dough. It's located along the West Ashley Greenway, and they have a few outdoor tables in front of the restaurant and a few out back by the Greenway. This inside is a mix between pizza shot and psychedelic, which is cool and different. There's a big bar with seating if you'd rather not sit at a table. I usually go for happy hour (HH is Monday- Friday 4:00-6:00), order a pizza to go, and grab a beer at the bar while I'm waiting for my order. This place is usually busy when I'm there, which is why I prefer to get the food to go. It's definitely a family friendly spot. Because this place is located in a shopping plaza, parking is a breeze, which is a welcome change from their previous downtown location. read more

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Unbelievable tiny bar in strip mall. Sat at the bar and met a friendly couple who recommended the pesto pizza and salad WOW! And the service was great between the bar tender and the servers what a friendly banter and they were crushed with customers. I can't say Anything more about this place, but GO! read more

Sauce has perfect tang to it. Great amount. Crust is flavorful. Top top tier pie. Cool place to hang out too

It's only the beginning of January, but I think I found my new favorite place for 2020. We went Friday night. I'd heard about this place from some friends and remember the staff at One Broad talking about it before it opened. We really wanted pizza and were stuck between trying this and another, more expensive pizza place downtown. We decided on this one (well I decided because I was hellbent on trying it out). We found metered street parking (it's January, downtown is kinda quiet, even for a Friday night). I could smell the pizza through the grates on the ground, but couldn't find the entrance. We ended up asking the valet person and he directed us to the door on the right (around the corner). We went downstairs and immediately noticed the chill vibe. No phones allowed, so I didn't take any pictures. It was actually a refreshing change of pace to see a place where everyone was laughing, talking, and didn't have a phone shoved up in their face. It's seat yourself. We got there around 6:30 and it was already pretty packed. The place is smaller, so it packs up fast. We found a seat a high top next to the bar. They don't have a huge staff, like maybe three people working front of the house max. Be prepared to wait a few minutes to get served, but the wait wasn't terrible. We ordered drinks and food all at once to cut down on the wait. The beers are cheap (like 10 years ago Charleston cheap). The pizza's are relatively inexpensive as well. We ordered a large Proscuitto pizza (18" big enough to feed two hungry adults, possibly three, or two adults and two kids, although I wouldn't really bring kids here). A pretzel (which was as good, if not better than one we've had in Germany, and was only $3). The food was fantastic. Like legit, best pizza in Charleston. Our bill was $50 including tip for 4 Miller Lites, One Glass of Wine, Large Pizza, and Pretzel. That's a steal for Charleston standards. I'm already planning to go back this weekend :) read more

I can't believe I've lived here for 20 years and had never even heard of Bakers Bar?! AMAZING! It's literally underground and looking out the windows you see people walking down Broad st above you. They have these trippy "gnome gardens" outside each window. Such a neat interior. First we had a Caesar Salads, and I've never had one like it. The dressing was so savory, and it was huge. The pizza was amazing, it wasn't too greasy, and the prices are very reasonable. Such a cool spot! I also thought it was cool that you're not allowed to use your cell phones inside. Not completely sure why this is a rule, but it allowed for more quality time with my date. read more

We had heard about this place from a few people and finally decided to go. Luckily we went for an early dinner on Saturday night, arriving a little after 530. The basement bar is small and has a great laid back vibe. It filled up quickly and a wait started before we left. We debated on the pizza for a while before ordering a large white with a salad on top. We were starving and still ended up bringing home a couple pieces. The favors were excellent and the crust was perfect. This is the best pizza I've had in Charleston and will now go out of my way to get it. Prices are very reasonable. read more

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Baker bar is usually great and gets everything right. Tonight we ordered a large half cheese, half pepperoni with extra sauce. Unfortunately we got a half cheese, half pepperoni with extra cheese and little to no sauce. Receipt even shows where we ordered extra sauce. Pizza was good just not what we ordered/wanted. read more

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Just had their veggie pizza and beet/arugula salad. Both were excellent and just what we wanted for our Friday night porch, socially-distanced dinner with friends. read more

Probably the best authentic pizza I've had in Charleston so far. Being from NJ, I've been searching for a good floppy slice, and I finally found it! The place is definitely a bit hidden, there is not much signage other than an A sign outside that says "pizza" -- which I think makes it cool! It's a secret, ha. Anyway, pizza was great, atmosphere was cool and the staff was friendly. My new go to pizza spot! read more

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There's only one thing I love just as much as pizza and that's a mystery. With Bakers Bar, you get both. On our way back from visiting Rainbow Row, my friend and I had begrudgingly come to terms with the fact that we were going to have to have dinner at Chipotle since we'd missed the reservation-booking window for EVERY. SINGLE. HIGHFALUTIN JOINT in Charleston. As we turned the corner of Broad St, I noticed the grates on the sidewalk and since I have a reputation of once falling in an imaginary hole (true story), I said a prayer, carefully stepped forward, and took a deep breath when my first step didn't end in an emergency-room visit. Now, I've lived in some places where the odor is so foul that deep breaths over city sidewalk grates can cause brain rot, so what I didn't expect was the rich, warm, friendly hug of the aroma of yeasty dough rising. As if hypnotized, I did a 360° turn, looking everywhere for a sign that said "pizza." But there was absolutely nothing--not one shred of neon light, not one shingle placed out on a door. I maddeningly turned to my friend and grunted, "WHERE IS PIZZA?! WE NEED PIZZA!" Still having all her wits about her, she looked down through the grates and as our lenses focused, I saw a FedEx box. Not exactly the clue I was looking for. But I wasn't exactly the Sherlock Holmes in our little party of 2. My friend kept walking and looking down through the grates until she saw it--a bakers' rack of rising dough! BINGO! But we still had one problem. How do we GET to said "dough"? There were no stairs anywhere leading down into that sub-street level. After walking into a residential building, attempting to find a way down into the bowels of the city where someone was making the BEST PIZZA EVER, and failing when the elevator refused to take us there, I sadly sat down in someone's foyer. I was heartbroken and hungry and one low-blood-sugar episode away from despairing. My friend had started researching online, so I took out my phone and Google-searched in the style of my dad: "basement pizza smells on Broad St, Charleston, SC." And that's when I found a clue--a photo of a door! I remembered its ornamental detailing, so we looped back around, found the door already open, and discovered the set of stairs leading us down to a cave-like bar. The bar was dark--the only sources of light coming from over the bar itself and a few dim candles at the tables. Our server brought us menus and glasses of water after we located a table and informed us that the place was a phone-free zone. I excitedly put my phone away, eager to have an experience that was quickly becoming a whole new level of mysterious. No phones? No photos? No way to ever capture the fact that I was here once? It was so against the 21st century, and I was eating up the rules with a spoon. We looked over the menu and decided on a simple cheese pizza (mozzarella AND my fave: white cheddar) and, after asking for a recommendation from our server, we also went with the trianglini, a huge bowl of a zesty-sauced, slightly spicy pasta bolognese. Both menu items were incredibly delicious on their own, but when we added that level of mystique, they became intoxicating. Maybe it's the lack of blue light from phone screens or the fact that we visited in the evening or that getting there required some serious gumshoeing or perhaps it was just that aroma wafting through the air on the night of the big South Carolina tornado watch, but the intrigue tasted better than anything I'd eaten in a long time. I promised our server I'd let everyone in Texas know, and I'm going to keep that promise. ;) read more

Baker's Bar - The door! - Bars Near Me - Charleston, South Carolina

Excellent pizza! A difficult place to fine. It's actually underground, and no sign outside. It's a very small, 7 table restaurant, with an 8 seat bar. Very cool atmosphere. Friendly service. I'll definitely return! The pizza is in 2 sizes. A 12 or 18 inch pie. Several different varieties. I ordered the pepperoni with mushroom. This is the first place I've ever seen use chanterelle mushrooms! It was a great pie. Perfectly cooked! Great quality ingredients as well. The prices are also very reasonable. Not much on the menu. Pizza and a few other items such as salads, and small bites. Definitely have to come check this place out! read more

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A new friend told us about this hidden gem and we're glad he did. Great pizza and cocktails. The place is a little loud, a little cozy, but incredibly delicious! read more

Baker's Bar - Prosciutto pizza - Bars Near Me - Charleston, South Carolina

Hidden Pizza Spot under Broad Street. Hours here are short so don't miss the window. Open at 4:30, kitchen closes at 9 Before you decide on finding a pizza place in Charleston with a great pie from a well known spot, go here. This place isn't well known. there isn't a sign, or many locals who are familiar of it. that being said, best pizza i had my entire trip to Charleston. it really is a fantastic cozy bar that serves out delicious pies and drinks. This place couldn't ever disappoint, and holds a special place in my heart. Owner was very friendly as so were the bartenders and cooks. Pepperoni and the White pie were excellent read more

We visited yesterday afternoon after running around all day with the kids. We decided on take out because the kids were tired and getting a bit rowdy. We waited the time we were told (about 20 minutes) outside to not disturb those inside eating. My husband was just about to go back inside to see if our order was ready, but someone actually came outside and gave us our order. It was much appreciated. The pizza was fantastic. Crust was amazing and the ingredients seemed high quality and fresh. We will definitely be back read more

Such a fun spot and the food is AMAZING. Pizza was absolutely perfect. We ate leftovers for an entire weekend and the pizza was still delicious even then. Amazing. read more

From the food, to the service, to the atmosphere...this place is a must! We had the Shakshuka and the Pork Roll and a fabulous pear and berry croissant. Yummm!! Ask for Colleen!!! read more

Baker's Bar - Shakshuka - Bars Near Me - Charleston, South Carolina

Fantastic pizza in a reasonable amount of time, great service! Some of our party say it's the best pizza they have ever had, I say it's up there! read more

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Excellent pie. Nice crust with just enough crunch and chew. I went basic and had pepperoni and it was delicious. I would have tried the large salad but I was alone and the server said it was huge. A nearby patron said someone recommended the pasta and she seemed to be enjoying it. A cocktail menu along with beer and wine are available. Service was good but not super fast. (It's a small place and there was only one server/bartender) Might not be the place if you were in a hurry. Address is 1 Broad Street, but the entrance is on East Bay. read more

Baker's Bar - Pepperoni pizza - Bars Near Me - Charleston, South Carolina

The best pizza in Charleston. The Caesar salad is outstanding too. During COVID-19 times they are offering a limited takeout menu. I love their veggie pizza. When this is all behind us, their restaurant/bar is a cozy atmosphere mostly for locals. read more

Fresh Pepperoni pizza, perfect everytime. Such a great flavor between the sauce cheese and crust, finally a good local pizza place in CHS for some basic, tasty pie! read more

Love the staff , the pizza , and the Big salad is THE BEST!!! Nice selection of beer and good wines by the glass:) come early or late as it can get extremely busy 6-8. read more

i could spend a lot of time at this bar. the food is fantastic and the drinks and ambiance are great. i recommend coming in thursday so you can listen to pork chop! read more

Great location, ambiance, staff and food. Always a reliably good experience. I live on Windermere Blvd myself and hope to play music at Bakers soon :)! read more

Pizza was delicious. May be my new go to spot for pizza for sure! Delicious and would recommend trying it if you have not already!

Very cool spot! No sign outside, situated in basement, so have to find it Bartender was super friendly, drinks were delicious, and great vibe overall. read more

Crazy little hidden basement gem with delicious wood fired pizza! Will absolutely go back.

Just Ok. This review is for their South Windermere location, didn't see a separate location to leave review. Pizza was kind of overpriced and super doughy. I had been told that it was more NY style, but it wasn't. Tasted pretty good, but not worth $20 for a margherita. read more

Best pizza in Charleston love it honestly the greatest just go please or dont more for me.

Great pizza, great prices, great atmosphere!! You cannot go wrong here. Went with three other friends so we split a large margarita pizza and that was more than enough food for us all. And when you go to bakers bar remember to leave your phone in your car or pocket because they do not want cell phone use here! I love that. read more

Great ambiance and pizza. We got the supreme. Limited tap list. Would be a great place to watch a game. Would come back!

Very Disappointing. Ordered from Bakers Bar South Windermere location. Large Pizza with extras (which were lacking), hardly any sauce and it was burnt top and bottom (unfortunately we did not see it until we were home). We feel we wasted our money! read more