The family and I visited the rooftop for lunch....very beautiful views....but the service was horrible!! For this level of a hotel, you'd think that it wouldn't take 20 minutes to get clean tables and an additional 15 to get service to order. We literally Sat at a dirty table for 20 minutes while he cleaned it every so often. Asked him to wipe off all the dirty debris from the prior guest, that didn't happen. This is our 3rd time being here, and this would make us second guess coming again. For what the hotel standards are, you should do the same for the rooftop. Maybe get like a busser on weekends or busy days. read more

Grill 225 - Steakhouses Near Me - Charleston, South Carolina

Love the location, decor and style of the place. Also the staff is wonderful to a t. This is really a steak lover's place and I am not. So I had the She Crab Soup which was amazing, although clearly very rich. We tried the calamari and the fried green tomatoes which were Good, but not extraordinary. The remoulade sauce for the tomatoes is noteworthy. The grilled octopus was a disappointment, not because of the taste, but because first it was burnt and then it was just barely done. My boyfriend liked the lamb chops, I thought they were okay. We also had the organic spinach, which is a huge portion, but lacked flavor. The butterscotch pecan pie with cinnamon ice cream is something special. I will say the quality of the food overall is Good, although their bread is pretty basic. We also had a glass of champagne which was fantastic! read more

Nice layout . Good decoration 。 I was told " fully committed". But it was half full when I arrived . Food are big portion . Appetizer is a size of main course . They did not know how to shuck oyster . Oyster came with a thin layer of meat . No juice left . Octopus are very tender . Good taste . However too much oil . Truffle Potato chips : chips are thin but blue cheese covered taste of truffle . Edamame mesh : strangely smashed edamame . Favour Changed . do not recommend to order . read more

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Second time eating here. Atmosphere is great. Service was questionable. I know service industry is short staffed, but I truly expected more on both visits. read more

Unbelievably delicious meal at Grill 225 and one of the best in Charleston. I had two appetizers as a main dish--the grilled octopus and colossal lump crab cocktail-- while my mom had the 14oz ribeye with maitaike mushroom side. The playing was beautiful and tasted even better. We were so full but obviously needed dessert and finished with the recommendation of peach cobbler and holy crap it was probably the best we've ever had! The waiters and staff are incredibly professional and accommodating. Definitely a must in Charleston and actually worth the expensive prices. read more

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An outstanding steakhouse in a charming part of Charleston. We were seated at the bar and this restaurant is first rate. There were two of us and we had the calamari and escargot appetizer and then the fillet and the New York strip. All cooked perfectly along with a wonderful side dish of asparagus with lump crab meat and hollandaise sauce...delicious. Definitely going back next time in Charleston, SC read more

We went here for dinner and it was overall alright. Not bad but disappointing for sure. Our server wasn't great and seemed annoyed to be serving us. Food: Wedge salad - pretty standard 8oz filet - Great flavor but was way over cooked - I asked for medium and got well done. Bummer. 16 ribeye - same, overcooked. My husband asked for medium rare and it was medium well. Creamed spinach - not great Mushrooms - not great read more

My favorite date night restaurant and best meal I have had in Charleston. The scallops and steak were both to die for and the service was amazing. read more

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Went to dinner at Grill 225 for my husband's birthday and it did not disappoint. We started with the BLT Salad and the candied walnuts made it a stand out salad. He had the filet and loved the seasoning on it. I had the flounder and it was cooked perfectly and the sauce was creamy and light. We got the creamed corn and mushrooms as sides, and I would highly recommend both. read more

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We went to the rooftop for drinks after a shopping trip. The customer service was great and it was a beautiful view from the rooftop!

Fantastic food. Fantastic service. We had the filet mignon, which was awesome. Our friends had the ribeye and could not stop raving about it. The atmosphere is also wonderful in this restaurant. read more

This place is a little slice of heaven. Beginning with the atmosphere all the way to dessert. The drinks are fun, creative and tasty. Definitely try the nitrotinis as the are a cool spin on a simple drink. Our filets were cooked to perfection with a wonderful crust. The creamy spinach and baked potato was yummy ooooooo and I forgot to mention the lump crab in the Oscar topping. BOOM! read more

Grill 225 is a very nice restaurant with an excellent ambiance and exceptional service. The pricing is a little steep even for down town but the food was very good. Recommend. read more

Nice, upscale spot located in the city market area. Really good food. My fave entree pick is the filet foie gras. For an appetizer try the fried lobster==delish!! the oysters are good too. Stay away from the hashbrowns for a side unless you really love hashbrowns....you can get those from waffle house lol and it is A LOT of them. For a drink, try a Nitrotini. It's kind of their signature drink. They have many kinds to choose from, my fave is the champagne nitro or the pomegranate nitro. The Nitrotini is infused with liquid nitrogen and the presentation is fun to watch at least once. The staff is always nice & helpful. There is an upstairs rooftop bar that has a fantastic view of the city. Check it out. If you eat upstairs, try the DUCK confit NACHOS. THEY ARE AWESOME!! This is a great date spot:) Enjoy! read more

Grill 225 - The Nitrotini after the mist has dissipated. - Steakhouses Near Me - Charleston, South Carolina

This restaurant in part made spending the holiday in Charleston a memorable experience, the weather was a little iffy to say the least during this past Thanksgiving with a blustery wind, drizzling rain and below normal temperatures, but inside this beautiful restaurant the holiday spirit was alive and well. The staff here is beyond professional their cleaned pressed clothing would give some the impression that this restaurant might be slight pretentious but that subsides immediately the moment they greet you. We had the pleasure of having Nasser as our server who skillfully executed the most wonderful dining experience we could of ever hoped for, there was not a single thing I requested that he didn't deliver, you could be so lucky to have him table side while dining at this beautiful restaurant. I've had the pleasure of attending quite a number of well orchestrated holiday brunches but this has to rank as one of the top. The settings were beautifully arranged and the food preparation and presentations were simply incredible. After being seated at a nice two top window side over looking the city market our server and assistant explained everything in detail and invited us to enjoy the holiday offerings. It would have been impossible not to start at the tower of fresh seafood - the succulent oysters were amazing as were the peel and eat shrimp but the ahi tuna stolen the show it's deep color exploded on the plate and it literally melted in my mouth. Being a carnivore of sorts I couldn't wait to experience the craving stations - 42 day Aged Roasted Tenderloin to start, this was an incredible piece of prime beef that I couldn't get enough of, fork tender full flavored through and through, the chef created something that has me rethinking any holiday plans going forward. I followed up with the Roasted Free Range Turkey - now I love any fowl that is properly prepared but present the perfect turkey and its game over for me, I've been know to take it over the best served beef. This turkey wins the Best of Show in the poultry category -seasoned and roasted perfectly, super moist breast meat served with a drizzle of herbed gravy and a side of cranberry. The side dishes here and dessert table selections matched the seafood and craving stations about as well as any brunch I've experienced. It's not cheap but rest assure the quality of the food and atmosphere makes this one special place, see ya next year... read more

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The food and service was excellent! A great date night spot if you're celebrating anything special and the rooftop has a great view of the water and downtown Charleston. read more

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For a very special occasion, we decided to have dinner at Grill 225. The atmosphere, service (provided by our waiter, J.B) and overall experience was more than we could have hoped for. Thank you to the owner, the kitchen, and all of the staff that made our evening so wonderful. Truly a memory we will cherish! read more

Grill 225 - Nitrotini - Dirty Bird - Steakhouses Near Me - Charleston, South Carolina

My wife and I ended up where by chance, but we always figure that you can stumble in just about anywhere in Charleston and get a great meal. Overall this place was fine, not bad, but nothing exceptional. I would give three stars but the service was a bit lacking so I went with two. We started with the wedge salad and the crab chowder. The wedge was really good, a ouch of balsamic was a nice touch, but the tomato was mediocre. The chowder was a chowder I can get anywhere with small, sparse pieces of crab. I had the filet which was great - no complaints about the steak at all. My wife had the tuna tower which was ok. It was missing the citrus/zest - a bit bland to be honest but came with a lot of tuna and the rice was too hard to really eat. For desert we had the bread pudding which was quite good. Overall it's ok, but there are much better options in Charleston and for the price not worth it. read more

Beautiful ambiance Went for anniversary, they fulfilled our request for a booth so felt very comfortable. The service was very professional they acknowledged our anniversary starting with champagne, a complimentary cocktail and happy anniversary written in chocolate on desert plate. Must try Cesar salad it was a finely chopped romaine with excellent dressing and cheese, my husband and I shared and it was perfect. I had the lobster tail scampi, it was so good I did request more butter which added to the perfection. My husband had ribeye, he requested medium well unfortunately was a little too well but was a great steak. Such a special evening read more

I've ate here only on one occasion and really enjoyed the meal. I ordered their rib-eye steak with a Caesar side. The steak was cooked to absolute perfection and was possibly the tastiest steak I've ever eaten. The salad was also very tasty, too. It was a finely chopped salad bursting with texture and flavor. I finally ordered the Chocolate Mousse Cake which again, was absolutely perfect. It was served with a generous helping of warm ganache and could have served more than two --though somehow I managed to stuff the entire thing down my throat. The restaurant and staff had a formal setting with three tiered flatware and glasses --even the servers serve on the correct side. They were extremely efficient and very knowledgeable about the menu. The restaurant had an À la carte pricing structure and was pretty expensive, though the taste of the food could easily justify the price. I'd certainly recommend this place. read more

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The restaurant was very nice and clean. The appetizers were great. The oysters fresh. The salad was excellent. The were a variety of rolls warm with soft butter. The lamb chops were seared perfectly. Three double boned chops with mint jelly. The crab cakes with a pineapple salsa was mouth watering. No fillers lumped crab meat tenderly broiled. JB our waiter was old school and took care of us. We topped it off with a peach cobbler and ice cream. It was so good .Hot and bubbly very delicious with fresh fruit on the side. Then add some drinks and it was a a great anniversary read more

Grill 225 - Steakhouses Near Me - Charleston, South Carolina

They are obviously a steakhouse, but the steaks were flavorless. We needed salt to help it out. The waiter also brought out steak sauce to help with the steaks. They offered to remake the steaks for us. We declined. The corn was amazing. The nitrotinis are extremely weak for the price. I'd recommend trying another steak house. For a $300 meal it wasn't worth it. read more

Incredible steak....I've traveled the U.S. and hit many of the top steak houses. I was expecting a good steak but the Ribeye I had last night was honestly the best steak I've Ribeye Steakever had. Perfect seasoning and perfectly prepared...the cut of meat was incredible! read more

Grill 225 - 16 oz. Grass Fed Ribeye - Steakhouses Near Me - Charleston, South Carolina

We live in Charleston and everyone raves about Grill 225 so we had to try it. I have had much better steaks almost everywhere. Nothing special about this place but the prices are out of sight. We brought along a $500 bottle of wine that they charged $50 to cork (Unbelievable). I have never paid that price. Dinner was $300 and nothing special. Not worth the price for the experience. read more

We stayed at the hotel Market Pavilion this past week..which we love...we ate dinner and two lunches at Grill 225..my husband still talks about eating here the first time 4 years ago,how fantastic his meal was. Again did not disappoint..every two years in Charleston we stay here and eat here..hard to choose as so many great places to eat but here service is always perfect as is the food! Hubby had filet for dinner,flounder then scallops for lunch..I had tomatoe pie with pasta..different and yummy..chicken parm for lunch twice it was so good..it was our anniversary and they brought us champagne which was very nice.i usually don't drink but we'll it was in front of me and was special..service is perfect,we had a romantic booth..it can get a little loud by the bar so booth cuts down the noise..we have eaten on the rooftop bar that was very good as well..a little pricy but well worth it.. these are lunch and dinner photos and what our plates look like after several yummy glasses of champagne and laughter read more

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Great location, service and ambiance. Steak, soup and salad were delicious but lobster was disappointing.

So disappointed tonight. We walked in to a table in the bar area. Had to wait 10 minutes for a wine list. Then another 20 minutes with no service. We were planning on eating dinner. We walked out and I told the bartender we were leaving since we had no service. She said "oh well, I don't care". Wow. Missed out on 3 people eating dinner with a nice tip. We are so disappointed. No need for an attitude at a restaurant of this caliber. read more

The food was honestly really underwhelming. The best thing they had was the crab soup but even that was too salty. The steak was completely charred and not edible around the outside. STAY AWAY FROM THE GRITS!!! the sauce was so sweet. It tasted like maple syrup read more

We ordered chopped Cesar very special presentation some extra dressing would have been appreciated and would have improve the taste but it was good. My wife ordered veal chop and I ordered the ribeye both were cooked exactly as we requested the sides are large enough for two people. The major down side of our visit it is about service (waiter) it took over one hour between our appetizers and our main course. We noticed others table around us being served before us even if they arrived after us. It required one of the manager action to finally get our food. I recommend the place for food the ambiance as long as your waiter is not Galen. At the end the manager came and offered us a piece of cake to compensate for the situation we said no thank you. read more

Wow! What an amazing experience! We had no wait to be seated because of our reservations through the Open Table app, also because we went for the 5:30p dinner seating. Beautiful old feel and it was nice to see the glasses being checked and shined for any any last minute spots. We received complimentary champagne due to it being our Anniversary, however; another couple celebrating did not receive the champagne. I'm not sure if it is standard or not but I do know that while making our reservation through the app, I specifically noted that it was our anniversary. I love that we were not pressured into desert after our mean. Many restaurants try too hard for the upsell. Our dinner was amazing. Simply amazing and couldn't have been better unless someone else had paid for it, lol. My stuffed veal was good. It was stuffed with prosciutto and provolone. Prosciutto has an acquired, very vibrant flavor so I probably won't choose that again but the crusted outside and shiitake mushrooms sauce were divine. My husband had a medium rare 8oz wet aged steak that was cooked to perfection. The crust was flavorful and steak melted in our mouth. In addition he had 4oz of lump blue crab meat drizzled with hollandaise sauce. Juicy and fresh is how to describe it. There was also an option of water, tap free), sparkling or mineral (around $7). Oh! There is valet parking available for $10, cash only if not staying at the attached Market Pavilion Hotel. Extremely worth it in the bustling downtown area of Charleston. read more

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We were staying at the hotel that Grill 225 is located in downtown Charleston. The hotel is absolutely fabulous called the Market Pavillion. However, the restaurant has very few entree items on the menu in my opinion. The desserts are wonderful. This is a pricey restaurant for what you get. read more

This is the best place we've eaten at in Charleston. We had the rib-eye streak, the grilled octopus and the specialty martinis. The food and drinks were amazing, but what really made our experience perfect was John, our waiter. It was the best service I've ever received. I highly recommend Grill 225 read more

Still some of the best steak I've had in my life. I love Grill 225 and have fond memories of dining here. Grill 225 has an air of elegance about it from the moment you walk in. The dark, mahogany colored wood paneling lining the walls and the high recessed ceilings with white tiles just gives it a dramatic, fine dining aesthetic right from the start. The service I had here had always perfected the art of being "background" and not intrusive. Stealth delivery and clean up was always in effect. The steak was always cooked to perfection. The meat was always obviously USDA prime in quality. Other notables: the escargot was some of the best I've had in my life but I feel like that's unfair because I can't imagine its that hard to screw up. Same goes for the sauteed spinach, which we ordered family style. Fantastic. I haven't had their signature cocktail, the Nitroni, but I always found something I enjoyed on the wine list read more

So glad we went! Food was spectacular! Server Jimmy G. was such a delight! Steaks were succulent, pecan pie was one of a kind and delish! They fit us in on a Sat night! Elegantly appointed. Would go back when visiting Charleston. But will have to save up! (Cha-Ching) read more

This place is one of my favorite restaurants in town. I always have an experience here, not just a great meal but fantastic customer service, along with luxury dining experience and a great view of the city. Check out the bar upstairs for a great view of the City! My favorite menu items: -Escargot -Filet -Brussel Sprouts -Fries -Beignets The presentation of the dessert is fantastic and the honey on the beignets will give you like! Check out the Nitrotini for a fun cocktail! Signed with Love and Calories, @TheOriginalCharlestonian @CSLEW_IS read more

JB was a phenomenal waiter, Gerald the Host was kind and personable. We NY Strip, Surf & Turf all cooked to perfection, starer was BLT salad and Blue Crab Chowder. Definitely recommend and will be back!!! read more

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Enjoyed shopping around the area and there are a TON of eateries. Grill 225 is attached to a nice hotel and they were quite full but were able to seat us for dinner. They have almost comically large menus which made it trying to open two of them across from each other at a small table, but on the plus side, the font on the menu was so large you can read it in the dim environment. We ordered the chopped Caesar salad and chowder to start. The Caesar was very unique to me as it was chopped, mixed in small round bowl, and the plated. Gorgeous to look at and very flavorful. The chowder, was definitely disappointing. I tend to enjoy savory foods and usually on the saltier side, so you know if I think something is too salty, it usually is. The chowder was definitely too salty for my liking, but the flavors behind the salt were delicious. We both ordered the petit filet and the hubby got it with garlic butter. Well cooked medium rare steak, I personally did not need the garlic butter, but it was a nice addition when I tried his. Server asked if we wanted any sides when we ordered and he did tell us the portions are huge and we should share, but we opted not too and I am glad we didn't because with the bread in addition to our started and filet, we were both very full. The service was good, it was definitely one of those nights where our server popped up when we didn't need anything and then was nowhere to be found when we did. We also both got a glass of the Daou which I personally thought was a little more acidic then I am used to and the pour was less than what the waiter had originally told us but that is ok because I was surprised initially when he told us how much the pour was going to be in the glass so he estimated incorrectly. All in all the food was good and the service was ok, my biggest thing is for the price you pay and the service they are advertising, it is not worth it. Steak was good and cooked well, but nothing that made it stand out from a steak anywhere else. Chowder, which was recommended to me over the French Onion, was overly salty. You just have a higher expectation for food quality at a restaurant priced like this, so for me not worth it. read more

Beautiful place with excellent service but it was the most bland and boring food I've ever had! The baked French onion soup was just average, the oysters were about the same. The escargot was one of the better things but I could have better in the Northwoods of Wisconsin! The filet had absolutely no flavor and we ordered two sides with mushrooms and Brusselssprouts. Even salt and pepper didn't help the mushrooms so they went uneaten. The best thing on our table were the brusselsprouts & escargot. We have pictures of my husband soup but it was so uneventful we can't even remember what he ordered... I ordered a filet and they decided to split it in two and then charge for it! The manager was rude and unhelpful! Never again! read more

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Outstanding service but food taste and price are way too much . I like to have sensitive flavor on these meals not . Makes me sick after eat . Disappointed flavor but complementary champagne was nice service was very good . I know why I got $50 credit for grill 225 in hotel dining ( lots lots competition around there . ) But this week hotel is $400 a night . St. Patric weekend . read more

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First time trying this with a party of 9. Be prepared to spend some money in this place. Atmosphere and drinks were amazing. The blue crab chowder and oysters Rockefeller were excellent. I was disappointed that my 48.00 flounder was dry. It was neither moist or flaky. Our bill was 1295.00 and it included gratuity. Not terrible really for that many people. Our waiter John was fantastic. read more