Joined a lovely drink at the new place called Nala's beach. It is a bar and Grill they open from 9 AM to 9 PM. The bartender's name is Chandler. He told me they're gonna be hitting their one year anniversary in June. The drink that I'm drinking is very light and refreshing and doesn't feel too heavy in the stomach. They have a brunch on a Sunday morning that you can bring your four-legged friends. Love this spot! I have to come back either this trip or next to check out what they have for ladies night as well as their specials and the food. They have a bunch of pretty good IPAs on tap, Yingling, Westbrook, Lincoln, and South, which is a local brewery here on the island. 10/10 This place is awesome. read more

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We came for lunch and absolutely fell in love with the sentiment of Nala's restaurant named after a beloved pet. Immediately seated, food came out quick. Our waitress only came to collect payment. Another employee asked us if we're doing ok and we ordered through them. What's pictured is a chicken sandwich which was a very odd texture that made it inedible. Fries were ok, I'm sure the bar is good but I definitely wouldn't eat here again. Service 2/10 food 1/10. read more

Nala's Beach - Chicken sandwich - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

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Pretty much everything went well! We came for Taco Tuesday and had unusually good tacos and great $5 margaritas. We had children with us and one of them had a great burger off the kids menus. I do t want everyone to know about this place because it will be way too busy next time we try to come! We loved the attentive service and the really sweet hostess who told us this was her first real job before college! Loved our server too! What a nice place. read more

We got seated right away on the patio and quickly ordered drinks. Alizee was very attentive and helped us get an order of chicken fingers and (very good) fries with a virgin Pina colada along with a frozen margarita (Friday special) and fish tacos. Food came quick and was great. I would come back here - especially since it is walkable from where we are staying. read more

What a cute beachy place to eat. Found it by accident! Friendly service, yummy food! The cocktails are delicious. Emmanuel and the Owner (so sorry I forgot her name), were so warm and friendly! We shared a few dog tails! oh did I forget to mention if you are a dog lover, they can come with you and eat on the patio! Order dessert! The bread pudding is so good! read more

Food and service was great! The seasoning and freshness was very appreciated. The drinks were especially delicious. Everyone was welcoming and the place had a fun atmosphere! We highly recommend. Oh and the menu is fun to read! read more

Great service. Good food. Not crowded during Spring break! Fish tacos with house made tortillas. Tasty Mahi sandwich. Happy surprise. We will come again. read more

We came across this restaurant coming in for our vacation. The server was confident in the food and menu which he was accurate. We ordered a salad, pizza, kids spaghetti and a pasta dish. The pasta and pizza are made fresh daily and was incredible. My child loved the house made kids spaghetti. The Hawaiian pizza was incredible and the crust was a hit! The avocado in the salad was perfect! I would highly recommend the food along with the beautiful restaurant and atmosphere! read more

Visited for breakfast and was surprised by the menu layout. Ordered the meat omelet with two sides (potatoes and bacon). The potatoes had more onions and peppers than potatoes and the bacon was very thin and mostly in a ball shape of about four pieces. Service was great since nobody was in the restaurant at 9am on a Sunday morning. The omelet was cooked as ordered, but the the steak was not very tender for a $18 omelet should had more protein. The location and ambiance is great for the beach, but the food quality needs to improve. read more

Stopped in for drinks and apps after mini golf. Staff were lovely, food and drink were delicious, and live music too!

Went on their first day.... service was bad and the food wasn't much better. I agree with the other reviews about the bun being stale, but wonder how that can be on their first day open. Despite the cute dog story which is where the name Nala comes from we won't be back, because there are a lot of other better priced quality restaurants that don't rely on a cutsie name. read more

Food was wonderful. Service very good! Had the crispy pork dish. Really tasty. Friend had the wings. He said some of the best he's had. My other friends raved about the steak and salad and crispy honey chicken sandwich. Will return often. read more

Went for lunch-mistake. Inside is large with many tables in a pleasant setting. Menu is large but not many good sandwich offerings. Silverware at table provides a soup spoon but NO soup on the menu. Salads ok but average. Ordered a burger - awful! It was barely warm & the fries were cold. Not rushing back for years until they get things right! read more

We are Locals and we stopped for a quick lunch on the way to Islanders beach. Great food and service. Had wings and tacos, maybe a few drinks :). Our friends had some sandwich and salad dishes and all were good! read more

Food was overpriced for the quality server was nice but clueless I got the 18 dollar burger the bun was not fresh and half the toppings were missing for lettuce they used a spinach salad mixture the fries were cold , nice place it will be something else next year read more

Was waiting for 45 min at the table without anyone asking for a drink. Plenty of emptt tables and staff Idling around. Asked 3 separate times with 3 different people for a drink and still nothing as of writing.. lots of empty tables and lots of staff idling talking to each other....update we ended up walking out after an hour...I had 4 Staff surrounding me sipping soda saying ok well get you a water without actually doing it.... it had to have been purposefully targeting us..... -10000000 stars read more

Nala's Beach - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

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Nala's hosted my Thanksgiving dinner and it was absolutely amazing. I will order their amazing Fried Turkey again next Thanksgiving. Thank you Nala's for making my Thanksgiving dinner a success. read more

Honestly, don't bother. My wife and I dropped in to try the place for lunch. I got a fried chicken sandwich and she got a deluxe hamburger. The burger was 19.50 and the fried chicken sandwich on a burger bun was 18.50. Tax and 18%=47.88. Don't drink soda and too early for beer. Both came with shoestring fries and not that many of them. The food was salted down. The waiter was on his phone constantly. Waited for the check for a good 10 minutes after we were done. Very nicely decorated place but too far from the beach to be a beach bar. Kind of a bad idea going on there and needs some pro management. It won't last. read more

My family and I had dinner here on Saturday night as a group of 5 and the entire experience was so disappointing. The theming of the restaurant is adorable and I loved the Nala painting. However-- this is the only positive of this restaurant. Like many others have mentioned, the service is a real sore spot. Our server, Valentina struggled to take our order over the exceedingly loud live music playing and we had to repeat ourselves over and over. She didn't know much about the menu and had to go to the kitchen to get answers to simple questions. From the time our orders were taken, our server forgot a drink and hung out chatting with another server. Our food arrived and we didn't have napkins or utensils, which we had to ask for-- the server seemed confused by this. My Nala salad was $22 dollars and it came with three pretty regular sized shrimp and what seemed to be more a side salad portion, so not worth the price. The rest of the food was just ok-- but even after the food was dropped, the server was nowhere to be found. When we finally did get the check to get out of there, we had to negotiate to get the beer that we never got off of the bill. We would not return. read more

We've eaten breakfast there twice this week, dinner one night and we will be going there for dinner tomorrow. The food is delicious and our service has been great. we are so glad we happen to see it ! There was live music last Friday night. It is a colorful, clean restaurant read more

We were so excited for Nalas opening. Unfortunately the food has gone downhill almost immediately. In my humble opinion if they concentrated on the food and service rather than the "entertainment " this could be both a great neighborhood spot as well as a great addition to the restaurant scene in HH. Nothing I've ordered has been consistent. Don't see this spot hanging on, sadly. There are simply too many great restaurants in Hilton Head. read more

Fresh food, friendly staff who are accommodating to food allergies, extensive menu, and beautifully designed interior

Delicious local spot. Pizzas were excellent, plus ladies night wine specials were enjoyed. Check it out.

Service is not what you would expect from a place that just opened. Everyone seems confused as to what they should be doing

The food was just okay, but most of it tasted a little off. Service was slow, and while our waitress was nice, she seemed pretty clueless. The ambiance was pretty but felt a little too commercial and touristy. They also had a show playing on the TVs that showed rats and cockroaches crawling around--which was really off-putting while we were eating. Overall, it's way overpriced for what they offer. Four people shouldn't be spending $70 at a casual restaurant. read more

My family and I decided to try out the new restaurant, Nala's Beach, for dinner. My wife and I ate there in the fall when it was still called Lucky Beach, and my memory is that the food was underwhelming and the restaurant had a surprisingly limited menu. But with new ownership, a new name, and much more expansive menu, we were really looking forward to dinner tonight. We played miniature golf next door before dinner and the food smelled delicious the whole time we were playing. Unfortunately, the quality of the food wasn't nearly as good as it smelled outside. The positives were that my son got ribs and street corn, and his girlfriend got a salad, and they both said their meals were very good. The negatives were everything else. My wife and I both got burgers and they were overcooked, on stale buns, and with cold fries. My daughter and her best friend both ordered pasta dishes and both said their dishes were bland, the pasta was overcooked, and the marinara sauce was thin and watery. We ordered the bread appetizer, and it was basically brown and serve dinner rolls from a grocery store and, like other things we ordered this evening, it came out stale and overcooked. Even the drinks weren't right, as two people got cokes and said they were very syrupy, and another person got sweet tea and said it tasted terrible. All in all, it was basically Applebee's quality food, but it set me back almost $200. I didn't complain while I was there, both because our server was a young girl, and also because she was very nice. The food quality was not her fault. read more

We are locals and wanted to support this restaurant. They really do not care about their business. Food was average but super expensive. French toast was raw in the middle. Biggest issues were service and management. We arrived at 10:00 on 7/5/2025. We ordered at 10:15. Service was slow and very little follow up (coffee refills, how are you doing, etc. ). We were a party of 4. Two large parties of 8+ came in and ordered after us. Both got their food first. After 45 minutes we complained to the waitress who said that the kitchen was slow. I found a manager. She was no help, made no apologies, tried to tell us the two large parties arrived before us, etc. Said our order had only been in 31 minutes not the true 50 by this point. So, I asked the waitress point blank if she delayed entering our order. I told her what the manager said. She said she entered our order immediately and that the order had been entered at least 45 minutes ago not 31 minutes like the manager said. She specifically said the manager was not being forthright. So one way or another somebody, and in my opinion, the manager who was unhelpful to say the least, flat out lied and offered no apology at all. To show you the extent of how much these people care about their business, I left my number and asked that one of the owners contact me to discuss the issue before I wrote any review. I assumed they would want to know what our experience was, and that their manager was not a good representative of their company. No contact. Obviously, they have opened a business and could care less how they handle their customers. This place will not be around in a year and frankly, good riddance. Don't waste your time and money. Over $100 without any alcohol for four people for breakfast, 50 minutes to get the food and poor service. read more

this restaurant is fantastic. creative menu. excellent service. great tasting food. great location. The restaurant is big and airy and nice live music playing every day!!Everything is done with the owner's heart in mind stop by and find out why !! read more