Had some deep fried banana peppers and a few beers here. Interesting flavor but was surprisingly good. Far too much for one person but a nice two person appetizer. Service was nice, drinks were over priced. Ambiance is that of duffys. Loud live music. Definitely a tourist spot. As a newcomer locally I won't go back but I wasn't unhappy. read more

Good Food Stopped in for a drink and a bite after the beach. Duffys is located right at the boardwalk in the center of Myrtle Beach. It's a bar and the food is short order cook bar food, so it is not five star. But if you want some greasy spoon food a nice option for lunch at the beach. All cooked to order . More impressive than the food is the bar itself and location. It's probably a busy place on weekends but we were there for lunch on a Tuesday lol. Very nice folks working there also. We appreciate their attentiveness to our food and the conversations. Much appreciated. Great bar atmosphere but also diner food for all. Thanks read more

Awesome drinks and conversation. Good atmosphere. Classic historical place and have came here for years. read more

Duffy's Tavern - LIIT - American Near Me - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

This is the place right next to the Bowery bar. The food comes from here It was a week day so it was not too busy. Sat at the big table outside. Thomas was on point and took great care of us and made great suggestions. We got a couple shareables, fried pickles and fried cheese. Both really tasty and lots of pickles! For mains I got the old flame hot chicken. Really good! Nice hot sauce. Deb had the fingers. Really good too. Solid spot for a good meal. read more

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I was a little hesitant about going to Duffy'a considering their slogan is "warm beer, lousy food, bad service". While the service side of that was partially true (bartenders were 50/50 on whether they were nice & friendly or taking the "bad service" joke as a serious recommendation), the atmosphere was that of a cool dive bar. The pickle chips were outstanding (anyone who knows me knows that this is a high compliment); they had the perfect ratio of pickle to crunch, weren't greasy, and came with a slightly spicy dipping sauce. They also came in a huge portion which was perfect for sharing. The bar also had a wide variety of light summery drinks (I opted for the nutrl seltzer), and the pool tables in the back were fun to play on! If you're looking for a cool dive to visit while in Myrtle, I would recommend it, especially with its location right on the boardwalk! Food: A- Drinks: B Service: B- Atmosphere: B+ read more

Duffy's Tavern - Double Ds Dill Chips - American Near Me - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

I claim false advertisement. I saw a sign that said hot beer, lousy food and bad service so had to try it. They lied. The staff were great, and so was my burger. You can't go wrong with onion rings, BBQ sauce and bacon on a burger. The hand cut fries were good too. My wife and daughter both liked the big daddy cheeseburger. And my other daughter and my son liked their smokey BBQ wings. It was neat seeing all the history and the photos on the wall. I don't drink so I can't vouch for how hot the beer was. Our waitress said the beer's still hot, so 1 out of 3 ain't bad, which made me laugh. I appreciate the advice on places to check out during our stay. I wouldn't mind coming back to hear the bounty hunters play live. This place is definitely worth a stop. And volleyball fans, check out their courts. It's just off the boardwalk near the corner across from the Ripley's museum. read more

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Fry's were good fish not so much . the environment was great and our service was spot on, friendly. The burgers looked great get the burgers not the fish. read more

Nice place. Funny decor. The service is fantastic! We were greeted right away at the door by the nicest gentleman. Very attentive. Answered all our questions. Was very knowledgeable. Very pleasant. Escorted us right away to our table and made several recommendations for drinks. Which we followed and they were great. Only downtick was the burger I ordered was touted as "5 alarm" but was more like 1 alarm. It tasted good but was definitely not what I thought I was ordering. But overall, would recommend. read more

Duffy's Tavern - American Near Me - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Ordered fried shrimp for delivery. It came with fries. The fries were soggy and there was no ketchup. The shrimp was ok. The salad was ok, iceberg lettuce, chopped red onion and chopped tomato. The water was from The Bowery. It had a Confederate flag on it. I was told it was a collectible! Check out the picture. Delivery guy came early which is great. (I heard the location is good but due to Covid pandemic I got delivery.) read more

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Dropped in for a little appetizer to hold us over till dinner. They chili cheese fries were great!! Hand cut fries smothered with cheese and chili. We order the fried pickle also and they were just okay!! They were serving some righteous orders of onion rings and massive burgers to other tables. Love me some bar food. Their motto is Hot Beer, Lousy Food and Bad Service read more

Duffy's Tavern - Great patio - American Near Me - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

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Its true that their employees are vaping and smoking, right into your drinks! And I just ordered fries - were not great either - very very oily. If other places were open nearby, I will not go here again. read more

Duffy's Tavern - the interior of the restaurant - American Near Me - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

I should start by acknowledging that i love dive bars. Duffy's qualifies. Drinks were good, bartenders attentive, didn't try the food (but when was the last time you saw "fried baloney sandwich" on a menu?). Note that smoking IS allowed. read more

Duffy's Tavern - Our attentive bartender. - American Near Me - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Was an experience for me to actually sit down and have a beer and see some interesting people watching. The. Meeting a local bar owner and headed to his place after last call. read more

Duffy's Tavern - American Near Me - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Walked in and immediately the staff were dicks because my son took a video of the memorabilia on the wall. Was ready for a few beers in an old part of Myrtle Beach I haunted in the 80's and 90's. I won't be back. read more

If you like the dive bar scene this place is for you. I went with a friend who was craving a burger. It was recommended to us. I wasnt hungry. But when we got there their soda thing wasnt working (I was DD). I got a corn dog and later their soda thing was working so I got a Sprite. Drinks come in styrofoam or plastic cups. The fries were greasy or hard. I will say the burgers are huge 1/2 lb burgers. Dont look for anything special here other than its Alabama's house band spot. Memorabelia all over, pool tables and just a locals dive spot with burgers. read more

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Food was really good. Service was ok... waitress got a huge tip because I was caught off guard when paying and didn't have time to review the receipt before realizing she had already included gratuity. So I guess she got a 38% tip... yikes. Definitely felt played. read more

The service here rocks! What a difference from the surrounding restaurant/bars! Good job, Duffys!

We went here to hang out and have a few drinks! We ordered Macaroni bites and they were good. The beers were cold and the drinks were mixed well. The bartender who I'm going to call Pops was AWESOME! The place is clean and the atmosphere is laid back (which is what I look for). read more

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We went and had a drink and appetizers. They were good but not really anything special that you couldn't get someplace else. read more

Duffy's Tavern - Checking out another new place for me. - American Near Me - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Zero stars! My burger was tasteless, at least use some salt and pepper when you grill the meat! The fried pickles were straight salt, couldn't even finish them. And worst of all was the soda - both coke and sprite tasted like water. Also, time to take the confederate flag out of your logo. The south needs to leave that garbage behind already. read more

The food was great. Our server was so busy with outside tables and a few inside but was attentive and kind. We went to meet Russell from MA! Got a pic with him! (We're down from Maine and Newfoundland)! read more

Gross. Loved the idea of the place. Warm beer, bad service etc. Went inside and ordered. As we are waiting for food people were smoking at the bar right behind us. So strong so gross so hard to breathe. We paid and left. Nasty. The food was not good either. At least the little we ate. There were kids in there etc. It was nasty. read more

Great service. Good conversation with the bartenders. Home of the country band Alabama!!! Pool table. Good music. This bar has many stories. It's been around for a long time. I would definitely recommend this place. read more

Duffy's Tavern - American Near Me - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Great little hidden dive bar to stop by for late night drinks. The appearance of the building might fool you but the bartenders were great, they have cheap drinks, pool tables and a couple TV's. Everyone we spoke with was very nice and laid back. Really nice hang out atmosphere that isn't all touristy. read more

Duffy's Tavern - American Near Me - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Classic dive bar experience with the clientele being the salt of the earth. Lots of locals hanging out and watching the game on various TVs. Nice spot to grab a quick, cheap bite or watch a game. Patrons can smoke inside this bar so if the smell of smoke bothers you, I wouldn't recommend coming. This spot has typical bar food. The burger was giant and juicy. We also split an order of chili fries which were good. Drinks were ok. read more

If you love cigarettes and being in a closed in room with cigarette smoke, this is the place to be. The staff, cleanliness and service here deserve a solid 5 stars, but unfortunately I'm having to give 2 stars as there was no indication that this is a cigarette smoking optional bar. If there had been a sign at the entrance indicating this, we could've chosen a different place from jump. Too bad, as the bartenders are friendly and attentive. We did not smell smoke or see anyone smoking when we walked in. It was a rainy day today and we wanted a place to sit and have cocktails, eat lunch, and spend time with other vacationers. After we ordered our second drink, a group of four came in. Two sat next to us and 2 sat directly behind us at a small booth. Immediately asked for an ashtray and proceeded to light up all around us. I had just spent $100 next door on hoodies and gifts for family and I did not want to give them out reeking of stinking cigarette smoke. I picked up my things, left my fresh drink, and headed to the door hoping that the money I had just spent wasn't wasted. Please post a sign on the outside of your restaurant that this is a SMOKING establishment. We don't care who wants to smoke, but we'd like to be able to choose for ourselves whether we want our clothes, hair and gifts to smell like it. read more

We stopped in after a morning on the beach since we know the place is a popular tourist spot. We have been coming to myrtle beach for over 20 years but have never been to Duffy's or the Bowery. We sat at the bar for some beers and loved the look of the place. Just a heads up...this spot is a place where they supposed to act like they don't care about you but in reality they take really good care of you. We enjoyed this vibe. We had some beers and ordered one of their half pound burgers. It was huge and tasted great. There were a lot of good food options. Another heads up- If you bring kids, they do allow smoking inside. We enjoyed this but I know that be a turn off to some families. All in all....a great spot that will become a new tradition for me when I come down read more

A "no frills bar and we know it" bar with nothing spectacular but a lot of charm to make up for it. Good happy hour between 4-7 with $1.50 beers and $3 well drinks. However, they are a bit watered down. Note: didn't try the food, but the people that were next to me swore by the cheeseburger. Bartender is super friendly, so if you want to have a cheap drink and chat up - a good place to go. read more

Duffy's Tavern - American Near Me - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

I'm being graceous by giving this place a 2. And apparently it has a bad reputation. I think the location keeps it open. Another place that someone recommended was a 2 hour wait and duffys was across the street. And we were.tired, so we chose it by default. Our bad. When they said no wait we went in. The volume of music in such a small place was overwhelming, especially for dinner time. The waitress wasnt impressingly attentive. A couple times I had to wait to eat until she brought my drink. The food was average bar food. Definitely not what I would consider good seafood. The beer was good. Cant really screw that up, right? When I told the person that recommended the other restaurant that the wait was too long so we went across the street, her response was "oh no! Tell me you didnt go to Duffys" ! She laughed hysterically as I admitted "yes". I absolutely would not recommend this place. For a bill of close to $100 for 3 people for below average food and below average atmosphere! NO THANK YOU! read more

A-OK. You can't give a dive bar more than an average rating... it's just not right. I enjoyed my strong drink, polite service and really a good chicken sandwich with FRESH salty fries!! Nothing fancy at all. A ton of memorabilia on the wall and some good country music. We were told next store has live music at night. I read that someone said they were uncomfortable with the confederate flags- I could understand that but sometimes I feel like they don't even know what means they just display it as a sign of southern pride not necessarily the racist history south... I'm trying to give them the benefit of the doubt. read more

Duffy's Tavern - American Near Me - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

After the joke on the wall above the restaurant bad service, lousy food, hot bear. I had to try this cool little hole in the wall bar on the boardwalk next to the volley ball courts. The food is good the nachos are old school pile of old chips and just nacho cheese poured on top, burger was great and the bear was surprisingly freezing cold. Nice little spot for just a bite to eat or play some pool. read more

Came here for happy hour and the bartender is very nice and gets to know his customers. Happy hour is awesome cause u get 1.50 beer which is great. I did have the wings and they were pretty good a 3 and half star out of 5 the wings were fried I think they might have been baked Cool thing is that they do sell cigarette if u need some I would recommend checking it out read more

Duffy's Tavern - Happy hour - American Near Me - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Great time until we had a problem with where we were standing after an hour! Learn how to handle situations and talk to people! I was the one who stopped everything and I had to leave! Good luck read more

Duffy's has fabulous thick burgers. I got the BBQ burger. My boyfriend ordered over the phone and went to pick it up. I thought our burgers came with fries, sadly got back to the hotel to realize none there. 2 burgers and macaroni bites for $30 pretty expensive. I would like to go back, maybe eat inside next time. Very yummy food I would recommend to anyone! read more

Fantastic hamburgers. I had the fire alarm burger which was one of the best of this type I ever had. Unfortunately, my wife was not so fortunate. She had the hillbilliy philly which was the worst philly she ever had. Also, the drinks were served in the smallest cups I ever seen in a restaurant or bar, 10 ounce plastic cups, unfortunately the drink prices didn't match the small size, 3.75 for draft beer and 6.00 for mixed drinks read more

Great burgers for the hubster and me, and on Christmas Eve, too. We did take away. Next time, we eat in.

A unique place to eat. Food was good and pricing was fine. However, everyone there appeared to be smoking. Hard to breathe.

This place has the best customer service. Everyone was very attentive. Surprised by how family oriented this tavern was. Have two young kids and they were so patient and accommodating. Affordable prices. And food was pretty good. Again, the service here was outstanding read more

Our server was excellent. She was friendly and helpful. However, the food wasn't very good at all. After waiting about 45 minutes for our food, the fries were cold, there was entirely too much seasoning on the Cajun chicken wings, and my chicken fingers tasted like fried fish. Eating here was not worth the price at all! We were extremely hungry before eating here, and left completely disappointed and unsatisfied. Within hours of eating here my 16 year old daughter and I had severe heartburn and upset stomachs throughout the night. When we initially sat down our server told us there were some issues in the kitchen so all food items were backed up... After getting upset stomachs, I don't think they changed the cooking oil in their fryers and that's most likely why my chicken fingers smelled and tasted like fish. I would've given them 1 star had it not been for the excellent service of the server. My suggestion if you're looking for a good meal, is to keep walking a little further around the corner. After eating here, we walked toward the beachfront and we were extremely disappointed when saw a great restaurant right around the corner with happy smiling people eating. read more

Duffy's Tavern - American Near Me - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

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People smoking inside the restaurant. Haven't seen that in years. Was looking forward to trying the food because of the good reviews. Walked in and walked out. It's been years since I quit so the smell of cigarettes could not be tolerated by me and my family. read more