Working on Daniel Island I can tell you that the lunch and happy hour selections on the island are very limited; DIG certainly fills this void with delicious sports bar food for lunch and stiff drinks at happy hour.
I've tried a few items for lunch at DIG and my favorite is the cheese steak sandwich; by far one of the best and biggest cheese steaks I've had in Charleston. A couple of other good items I've had here include hummus (very good and big), club sandwich, turkey avocado wrap, Hammering Hank Burger (perfect hangover cure with the sunny side up egg on top), and the handcut fries here are the best. But along with the good food is some dishes I would not recommend such as quesadilla, cheese sticks, and potato skins; none of which were that great. But everything else I've tried here has been great.
Service here is usually really great. A little slow at times, but that's the way it is on the island; you just have to learn to wait sometimes. The staff has been nothing but friendly here; and I usually have some pretty good conversations with the bartenders.
I love coming to DIG and would have given them 5 stars, but after a visit last night for happy hour I was little disappointed. My wife ordered a couple of Grey Goose and cranberry drinks which I knew would be a little expensive; then we got the bill and noticed that not only is it $8 for a Grey Goose drink, but also they charge $.50 for the cranberry juice in there. Who the hell charges for mixer? DIG is my first experience of anyone charging for mixer, not even airport bars do that. Well, even though this disappointed me a little I won't let it stop me from coming here for lunch and happy hour, but the wife is going to have start drinking beer.
I loved my visit to Daniel Island Grille. I sat at the bar on a busy NFL Sunday and there was a lot of energy. It's awesome that they have TVs outside. Most sports bars have you cooped up inside, but here I was able to get the best of both worlds.
The nachos were good and really good portion. The beers were cheap and kept flowing.
I'll definitely be back here.
We've been there about 4 times now - lunch and dinner, each time was good - just good
It's a sports bar with a large covered and uncovered out side area. Â It draws a big crowd for Saturday college football games, so if you're looking for a place just to relax on Saturday afternoons and evenings during football season this isn't it. Â But it's great if you're into watching some sports. Â The menu is a step above sports bar food - nice selections of sandwiches, burgers and pastas, etc. Â Pricing is pretty good too. Â
Normally about 4 or 5 beers on tap, although they were out of some the night we were there.
The only drawback is that the men's bathroom is one person at a time. Seriously?
Forty guys drinking beer all afternoon and a single toilet to handle it??
YEAH - they added a bathroom in June 13! Â Three pieces of porcelain now for men and 2 for women!!
Oh the bad part - played beer roulette for most of the night. Ordered a Holy City Porter (one of my favorites). Â Got something very hoppy and a lighter color - definitely not the HCP. Â Told the server, she assured me it was a HCP several times. Â It was good and I like IPAs so I kept it even thought she offered to get me something else (Other than what she thought was a HCP). Â Ordered another HCP and got the same hoppy brew which was still v good. Â Anyway, thought it was funny in a way and switched to ordering an IPA after that with the strange notion I may actually get a HCP - no luck.
Friday night at DIG.
Atmosphere: Â 4; Â very sport bar...many, many tvs, live music, nice patio
Wait Staff: Â 3; Chris was friendly and responsive, yet the kitchen was slow
Drinks: Â 2; No local brews, weak cocktails
Food: Â 1; steak sandwich was ok, sweet potato fries were cold, shrimp was mushy, potato chips were bland, cesear salad was over-dressed.
Overall: Â 2 and not planning on going back.
Okay, so based on my one, brief encounter with Daniel Island Grille, I can't pen a full review of this place. But I was recently in Charleston on business and staying near the airport where, after returning to my hotel around 9:30pm, I was informed that, "Oh there's really no food around here this late."
Shite.
I was starving, so I drove back to the one place I knew. I'd just been shooting some portraits on Daniel Island, so I drove there and found Daniel Island Grille - a shiny beacon of gustatory hope.
Anyway, to make a long story short, my young server, Nate, was fantastic and deserves a major shout-out. He was able to point me in the direction of a great organic Chardonnay (totally unexpected here) and was extremely attentive despite the fact that I was his last guest and I'm sure he wanted to go home.
Also, the blueberry cheesecake was out of this world. It could've been the frozen and boxed variety for all I know, but I'm still telling people about it :)
Updated: 3/19/11
We came in last night to meet coworkers for happy hour and the service and food timing has definitely improved, despite it being SUPER crowded. The first time we went, it was empty and took like an hour to get our lunch. Go figure!
Previous Review: Would love to make this my local hangout! Except the first and only time I've visited was on New Year's Day, the place was empty but the service took as long as if the place was overflowing with people. The waitress was nice, the food good, but SLOW!! Please hurry it up because I would love to visit again (it was a fun atmosphere).
Even though Daniel Island is not that far from us we haven't ventured there since we've moved here this summer. I have heard good things about The Daniel Island Grille so off we went for a quick lunch.
To me, the name is a little deceiving because I thought it would be more upscale than it was. Not that that's a bad thing, but it's a full on sports bar, through and through. Where else can you find a foosball table on the outside patio?
Walking in we were immediately and very warmly greeted. We chose to sit at the bar in front of a bank of TV's, just a few of the 10 that adorn the place. Â Our bartender (who never told us his name), quickly approached us. It's a shame that he didn't tell us his name as I would have liked to recognize him in this blog for his excellent service.
In addition to a very large pub-food-like menu our bartender explained that they also offer daily specials (ambitious, I thought), which seemed pretty interesting. Reading the menu itself is worth the trip to the restaurant. Â Embedded in the menu copy are funny tidbits about athletes - past and present. Being a Bills fan (yes, it's sad, but true), I spotted a Jim Kelly Buffalo Chicken Salad. Within the description they had somehow woven a zing about Scott Norwood (Nor-wide as he was known in Buffalo after he kicked the winning Super Bowl field goal wide). Â Very clever. Many other athletes had the similar zings. Â I thought it was very creative and it made me really read the menu items closely versus skimming them. Â But on to our lunch.
We ordered a Reuben (one of the day's specials), and a Diamondback Dog Duo. Â They have a long list of hot dog toppings and these had jalapenos, black beans, salsa and sour cream (sour cream was missing, though). Â When they were delivered they looked like a nacho dog. Very unique.
But alas, all the chatting with the bartender and the humorous menu could not take away the fact that with 15 customers in the restaurant the food was taking 4-ever. Way too long. Â No, seriously.
I was happy to see that when the food was delivered everything looked great and the portions are huge. The French fries that accompanied the items were bar-none, the best we've had since moving here. Hot, hot, hot and almost stood at attention on the plate. But (add heavy sigh here), the rest was "not so much". Although the hot dogs tasted great, they were tepid at best. My sandwich was heaping with sauerkraut and corned beef, but it was not that warm. The bottom of the sandwich was very soggy (sat in the window perhaps?).
To the restaurant's credit the bartender quickly asked how things were. And, to go one better, I was very surprised that the manager came up to us to see how our lunch was. Â Why not tell him, you ask? Good question.
We were in somewhat of a hurry and could easily eat what we were served, but it took the experience from something that could have been very, very good to just OK. I still say that if it's going to take awhile to get food out of the kitchen whether it be a high end restaurant (see Husk's review), or a Sports Bar, then it should be hot. If it's not, then don't send it, we'd rather wait.
It would appear that this would be a fun bar to watch a football game, or any sporting event, but sadly as a Bills fan, the season's pretty much over.
It used to be called Daniel Island Bar and Grille, but I guess they're trying to be classy, so now its only called Daniel Island Grille, the DIG.
Food here is pretty good. Â I had the Steve Spurrier Pita, and it was ok. Â It was curry, which was decent, but was a bit of a strange combo to put in a pita pouch. Â I wouldn't recommend it. Â What I would recommend, however, is the Chicken Nachos. Â Absolutely delicious and enormous. Â Easily the best dish there. Â I ordered it as an appetizer every time.
the fact that this place is walking distance from my house attracted me initially. the food that i've had there so far is 'ok' but not fantastic.
cheese fries were soggy, chocolate cake was a bit dry. the drinks were good but i'd say it's hard to mess up drinks anyway.
the service if you're inside is fine - if you're outside and it's busy - you may be waiting a while.
the place on a weekday and even into the early evening hours has a tendency to be overrun by families with small children. definitely not a plus for me. when i go to a bar/pub, i don't feel like being surrounded by kids, but that's just me. obviously the local parents love it because they can bring their kids and basically let them run all over the place barely watched.
if you're looking for a more grown-up place, save this for much later in the evening when the parents have put their kiddies to bed.
during the day on weekends, don't expect to be able to actually hear one of the games on TV because the parents and kids are just too loud for that.
i haven't eaten anything there (yet) that i would consider my "favorite"...
Okay... it's been far too long since I wrote the original two reviews so I decided to give DIG another chance and am so glad I did. I have had multiple friends and family members tell me that they've had a good experience at DIG so I decided to go today for lunch with my folks. We all enjoyed our meals. Funny enough, we all got the steak sandwich! It was a generous portion, well executed, and overall good value for the money. We had fries and slaw and both were good as well.
I'll definitely come back to try something else on the menu and will continue to come for happy hour. I'm happy to see they've stepped up their game and are providing a good option for DI residents!
Oh, one more thing, the manager on duty checked in with us and asked how everything was. Nice touch. Service was great as well. :)
I came back into town a few weeks ago and met some friends here for food and drinks. Â (I used to work on the island and we all met up after work). Â I am big fan of sports bars in general (favorite is KSG) and so was excited there was one on the DI. Â The drinks and bar staff were great! Â However, the food was only so-so. Â I had the chicken quesadilla which was not a fan of. Â I'll go there for happy hour but will stick with King Street Bar and Grill if I'm eating.
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