The Pub At Old Carolina - Bluffton

This is a great place in historic Bluffton! They offer an excellent happy hour from 4 to 6 PM, featuring $2 pulled pork tacos and $10 beer buckets. The outdoor setup is fantastic, and I can imagine it gets quite lively when the weather is warm.

This is a nice spot for outdoor dining, set in a gravel area where you can enjoy a meal al fresco. However, the gravel can make it somewhat tricky to move your chair. The food is good, although it doesn't really stand out. There's an outdoor stage, but I’ve never been there when there's live entertainment, so I assume they offer it occasionally. The restaurant isn't very noticeable in Bluffton, so you might have to search for it a bit. I’m giving it four stars because I find myself returning frequently—there must be something special about it!

All three dishes we ordered were excellent. The fried green tomatoes might have been the best I've ever had, and I appreciated that they had a twist reminiscent of a Caprese salad! I also highly recommend the shrimp. They had a lovely fire pit on the patio for warmth, which was nice given the chilly weather that night, but I would have welcomed a few more to keep everyone cozy.

My wife and I were visiting Bluffton yesterday for the first time since my review earlier this year, and since we had such a great experience the first time we were here, we went back again for lunch. Unfortunately, our experience wasn 't quite the same this time, even though we ordered the exact same items as before. We got an immediate bad impression when we were greeted by a surly hostess who barely acknowledged us while telling us to sit wherever we wanted. Our server then came to our table and we were delighted to see that it was Gypsy, the same person who served us last time. And before I go any further with this update, let me state for the record that her service was once again as friendly and professional as it was the first time. In fact, she was the one bright spot in this otherwise meh return visit. As I noted above, my wife once again ordered the OTD Grouper $25, up from $22 on our last visit and I ordered the Black Bean Burger still $15 . The only difference this time was that I washed down my burger with a draft Sam Adams Octoberfest $6 instead of a Guinness. My wife pronounced her grouper to be fishy tasting this time, if that makes sense to you. She couldn 't be any more specific other than to state that although it was fine, it wasn 't nearly as good as last time. As for me, my Black Bean Burger was so mushy that it almost dissolved in my mouth without me having to chew. The final negative aspect of this visit was that my wife had to use the ladies ' room and she said that it was disgusting. Before we left, I went into the men 's room just to see what condition it was in, and it appeared to be clean enough. However, the paper towel dispenser was broken and there was only one working lightbulb in the three-bulb fixture, If this had been our first visit to Old Town Dispensary, I doubt that we would return. However, given how excellent our first visit was earlier this year, I 'm willing to chalk this up to a bad day by the kitchen and cleaning staff, and we will return for a third time to see which one of our first two trips was the anomaly.

Was at the farmer's market and heard about Old Town Dispensary so our party of four stopped for lunch. Great service by Gypsy. Two split a sandwich and two ordered salads-ish. Mine was the fried green tomato appetizer that I enjoyed as a salad/meal. Fantastic flavors and fresh ingredients including 3 tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, 3 shrimp with pesto over a bed of delicious greens with a red pepper coulis and balsamic glaze. Everyone was happy with their choices. GM stopped by to see how everything was and then walked us out, telling us about the live music on certain nights. Planning to become part-time residents over the next year or so, loving the Old Town friendliness.