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    Pepper Palace

    4.7 (43 reviews)

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    Jerry D.

    This was super cool! Staff was super nice and knowledgeable. I'm not a hot sauce person, but the samples were good as hell. All types of sauces. They have a napalm one that's super duper hot and it's in own fridge. I got a mild one, that will be awesome for my chicken. Love this place, no pressure!

    Joe B.

    Literally a palace of peppers. Sample anything, but if you're traveling and aren't checking a bag you may have to order online. Don't come if you don't like spicy or sauces.

    Marqus R.

    Pepper Palace touts itself has having every pepper or pepper sauce one would want. So, stopped by assuming I might find piri-piri (also spelled, especially by Spatch as "peri-peri") and also some piquillo or sweet drop Peruvian, but no luck. No only didn't they have it but no one here had even heard of it. Apparently they never been to one of the Spatch Restaurant chains of have ever looked in the varying peppers of Peru, which pretty much being the motherland of peppers, one might think they would have done. However I'm going to downgrade them for these oversights. Overall this Pepper Palace, which is a part of a rapidly growing chain that started off as a kiosk in Wisconsin, is a great place for hot sauces of all kinds and sorts. Its assortment, including many custom blended pepper sauce, is not only amazing but invitingly displayed. And though the staff here had never heard of piri-piri or some of the sweet drops peppers of Peru, they were actually very knowledgeable as well as friendly and polite.

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    Evan G.

    The Pepper Palace on North Market Street in Charleston is a great place to go for all things hot sauces and spicy substances. I really like the variety and selection of different items that they have available and how they have everything organized. This is a fun place to shop and well worth the visit.

    THE END hot sauce!!
    Carolyn T.

    Spicy, spicy and then blow your mind SPICY HOT SAUCE! Wow!! You need to sign a waiver to try some of this crazy hot sauce! Seriously, my husband tried "The End" hot sauce....he had to sign a waiver first....no kidding. You only get the tip of a toothpick...thats it! DANGER, DANGER!! Carolina Reaper peppers and the hottest form of habenaro peppers to include GHOST PEPPERS! The best thing about Pepper Palace is all of the things you can sample from hit sauce to salsa and queso, each different hot sauce, salsa or queso can be tried with free corn chips!! Water is optional! The guy in the store was super knowledgeable, he helped us find the perfect queso for a memorial day party. You gotta try this place, it's incredible and you will leave with something! I guarantee you will leave with something or one heck of a spicy mouth of something FABULOUS! ****Note or tip*** Don't drink water after these crazy spicy sauces etc....it will make it worse, eat bread!! We loved our experience at the Pepper Palace!!

    Penny R.

    OMG!!!!! Small shop at the end of the city market. They let you try anything on a chip! (No double dipping please). We tried about 20 sauces, BBQs and salsas. The variety is crazy and they even have one you have to sign a waiver for! I stayed away from that! The store was manned by a single person who was pleasant and very helpful! Quick tip: bring water!!!!!

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    Neha B.

    We discovered this place while walking on the King street and decided to go in. We were surprised and overwhelmed to see so many choices for hot sauce! You can try any hot sauce with the tortilla chips provided and we were in hot sauce heaven. Apart from the hot sauce, they also carry lot of other things - salsas, bbq sauce, drink mixers etc. We ended up getting 3 hot sauces (2 for ourselves and 1 for a gift) and 1 blood mary mix. I chickened out at the time of purchase and ended up getting medium hot sauces, which later didn't feel as hot. The bloody mary mix was okay and won't be buying it again. You should visit this place at least once and stack up on some hot sauces.

    Troy S.

    Great place to try out hot sauces, marinades, salsas, and anything else you can dip a chip in. They have ghost peanuts that were hot but not as hot as I thought. they number everything 1-10 with 10 being the hottest. The place is organized by categories and easy to walk around without being maliciously molested by staff. An employee introduced himself and gave us the quick rundown and told us to enjoy. This is how I like to shop. My only complaint that if you have hot sauces that maybe a drinking fountain would be beneficial. This is a nice place for men to stop in while their wives slowly meander through the market that took me only 5 minutes to walk through.

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    I love hot sauce. Went in, signed a waiver for the hottest sauces and BOY WAS IT HOT. Wonderful

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    Complete perfection in a meal, where everything from drinks to appetizer, entree, and dessert is…read morerare, but last night at the Iron Rose they came really close. To start Abigail, our waitress, was attentive, helpful, super sweet and just about the best waitress I have ever had. My wife and I ordered a round of cocktails, expecting the usual great description with subsequent lack luster drinks. Last night was different, midnight bloom which is their take on an old fashioned, but really in a different league; Smooth complex, and satisfying. My wife got the Ruby Ruby which is sort of a pomegranate martini with champagne. Refreshing and vibrant. For appetizers we had the blue crab fritters and the pork belly. The fritters were crispy, light, and full of crab flavor. Virtually no filler. I could have eaten a hundred. The pork belly was crispy, and rich without being too heavy. They also serve it in a white sauce that I was still thinking about the next day. For entrees we got the Roasted grouper and the pork shank. The grouper was maybe a bit overcooked and dry, but the accompanying butter beans stole the show. The were rich, and layered with flavor. I will never see the simple butter bean in the same way ever again. The pork was fall off the bone tender without being dry. The sauce it was served in was a masterpiece. There were hints of apple, berry, cinnamon, and many other notes, I would drink it by the glass if it was available. We split the gelato for dessert. Pure delight. Smooth, bursting with flavor, and leaving you wanting for more. All in all, except for a small misstep with the cook on the grouper a near perfect dinner. I would go there soon because a Michelin star can not be far off, and then getting a table will be a near impossibility.

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