Cancel

Open app

Search

The Lowdown Oven and Bar

4.0 (172 reviews)
Closed • 11:00 am - 2:00 AM (Next day)

The Lowdown Oven and Bar Photos

Business Info

THE LOWDOWN OVEN AND BAR ATMOSPHERE

What's the vibe?
Divey
Casual
Moderate noise
Outdoor seating

You might also consider

More like The Lowdown Oven and Bar

Recommended Reviews - The Lowdown Oven and Bar

Your trust is our priority, so businesses can't pay to alter or remove their reviews. Learn more about reviews.
Yelp app icon
Browse more easily on the app
Review Feed Illustration

Reviews With Photos

Burger & Fries
Kelsey C.

The Low Down Oven & Bar is a great spot on James Island! They always have great deals on different days of the week, including 1/2 off burgers, 1/2 off pizza, and 1/2 off wine. Keep an eye out for their fun events, including trivia nights. I will definitely go back and try more items from their menu, but I highly recommend the BYO pizza, buffalo chicken pizza, any of their burgers, and don't miss their pasta salad side dish. Great service after you seat yourself. It's casual inside and also has some outdoor seating that would be great to watch a game at. Highly recommend for a casual bite!

Devon Salad
Jacqueline T.

The Lowdown Oven and Bar was what I expected. The food was fairly priced and average. I ordered the Devon salad which is served with roasted chicken, chick peas, red beans, smoked cheddar, roasted nuts, and their house vinaigrette and a side of Da Meatballs as our app. There were flies everywhere and the place was a bit dirty and run down. I wouldn't go back. We did like our servers though!

Small Caesar salad. Really good balance of ingredients and large portion for the price.
Amy Lauren S.

I visited the Lowdown Oven and Bar with a fellow political volunteer who lives on James Island. It was Thursday, and she was hungry, so she wanted one of the half price burgers. I got the caesar salad because I wasn't very hungry and was trying to "detox" from a week of debaucherous eating on a cruise ship. The dressing makes a Caesar salad, and this one was no exception- the flavor balance was spot on. I tried a few of my dining partner's fries, and they were good as well. The fries are the shoestring variety and remind me of old-school McDonalds fries. I don't eat burgers or beef, but my friend inhaled hers. Along with Thursday night half-price burgers, Lowdown has daily happy hour specials. I do wish they had a vegetarian option for burgers, and they do not serve seafood at all. That felt unusual for Charleston, but I suppose it's a good thing if someone in your party has an allergy, as there's zero risk of cross contamination. We sat in the dog-friendly front patio area, and our server Katie did a great job at taking care of us and checking on us.

a glass of beer on a table

See all

3 months ago

Burgers are excellent service is excellent don't sleep on this place good prices too I'll be back

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

3 days ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

1 year ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

9 months ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

7 months ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

1 year ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 1

8 months ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

11 months ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

2 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

5 months ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

2 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 1

10 months ago

All I have to say is AMAZING PIZZA!!! And they have the tropical redbull !!!!! Wow. Staff was so great too. Thanks everyone!

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

2 years ago

Helpful 1
Thanks 0
Love this 1
Oh no 0

11 months ago

Helpful 1
Thanks 1
Love this 0
Oh no 0

4 years ago

Helpful 107
Thanks 1
Love this 101
Oh no 0

1 year ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0
Photo of Jamie L.
119
36
20

2 years ago

Love this place, especially pizza night. Servers are fantastic too! I'd go every week if my body allowed it.

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

3 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

1 year ago

Probably the best burger you'll find on the island. Big plus - they're dog friendly. The Lowdown never disappoints.

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

4 years ago

Helpful 1
Thanks 1
Love this 1
Oh no 0

3 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0
Photo of Kat B.
0
27
0

1 year ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0
Photo of Q D.
0
40
3

1 year ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0
Photo of John S.
0
31
46

2 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0
Photo of Ami A.
387
694
1541

6 years ago

Helpful 1
Thanks 0
Love this 1
Oh no 0

4 years ago

Helpful 1
Thanks 0
Love this 2
Oh no 0
Photo of Ira K.
2
32
33

3 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 1
Oh no 0

3 years ago

Helpful 1
Thanks 1
Love this 1
Oh no 1

5 years ago

Helpful 2
Thanks 0
Love this 2
Oh no 0

1 year ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

5 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

4 years ago

Helpful 1
Thanks 0
Love this 1
Oh no 0
Photo of Kat T.
404
352
4336

8 years ago

Helpful 2
Thanks 0
Love this 2
Oh no 0
Photo of Rob S.
12
607
17

3 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

3 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0
Photo of Linda W.
18
38
22

4 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 1
Love this 0
Oh no 0
Photo of Jon M.
92
12
7

3 years ago

This place is banging!!! Stop playing with the LDOB I WILL BE COMING BACK great vibes, good food, cool people

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0
Photo of Opal D.
217
2346
253

4 years ago

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

5 years ago

Helpful 1
Thanks 0
Love this 1
Oh no 0

3 years ago

Hamburger were ok. Wings were very tasty. Service ok. Typically bar and food. Could use a deep cleaning..

Helpful 0
Thanks 0
Love this 0
Oh no 0

Page 1 of 5

Ask the Community - The Lowdown Oven and Bar

You might also consider

Verify this business for free

People searched for Sports Bars 2,880 times last month within 10 miles of this business.

Verify this business

Locals Sushi & Sports Pub - James Island - Local lovers, veggie, spicy salmon

Locals Sushi & Sports Pub - James Island

4.3(85 reviews)
0.7 mi
•$$

So, I'm kind of a sushi snob. I've had it in many places...including the Locals location in West…read moreAshley. Gotta say: the meal I had tonight at the Locals off of Folly Road on James Island was AWESOME! Despite having bought some fresh flounder and scallops at Crosby's earlier today (something I'll be cooking at home tomorrow night without fail), I decided I was in the mood for sushi...and Locals was the closest option to where we live. Anyway, I ended up ordering the Tabago roll (5 stars), the Pacific roll (4 stars), the pepper tuna nigiri (which is flash seared - 5 stars) and salmon nigiri (5 stars). I'll freely admit: I've got bigger eyes than stomach, so I had a hard time finishing it all...but it was such a great experience! Oh, I'll also point out that the bartender (Giulia) was so great! So personable and helpful and timely when checking in. The atmosphere here is also great. It's like a sports bar, tucked away to where youd easily miss it if you were driving by. In summary, this place is awesome. The food is awesome. The service: awesome. I don't give out 5 stars very often, but this place earned it. Thanks, Locals for a great experience!

I'm a James Island local and regularly come here for half-price Wednesdays, but tonight was easily…read morethe worst experience I've had. We were seated at 8:26 PM, and at the time there were maybe 10 other parties in the restaurant. We placed our orders immediately since we already knew our usual orders. After that, our waitress never checked back in with us. As the wait continued, we noticed multiple tables that had been seated after us receiving their food. We eventually had to flag down our waitress and ask how much longer our food would be. Her response was simply, "I have no clue," before walking away for about 10 minutes. After we had been sitting there for an hour, she finally returned and told us that our food order had never been put in. There was no apology or acknowledgment that we had just spent an hour waiting for food that was never being prepared. Instead, she asked us what we had ordered again and said, "I don't know what you want me to do, you saw me put the order in, it was a technological error." We then learned that the same thing had happened to two other parties. When we asked why there had been no follow-up on any of the missing orders during that hour, her only response was, "Okay." Mistakes and technology issues happen, and I completely understand that. What made the experience so frustrating was the complete lack of communication, attentiveness, accountability, or even a basic apology. A simple check-in at any point during that hour would likely have caught the issue much sooner. Even after the mistake was discovered, an apology and an attempt to make the situation right would have gone a long way. As someone who comes here regularly and has always enjoyed it, tonight was extremely disappointing. I genuinely hope management addresses both what happened and, more importantly, how the situation was handled so other customers don't have the same experience.

Photos
Locals Sushi & Sports Pub - James Island - View of the inside seating area

View of the inside seating area

Locals Sushi & Sports Pub - James Island - Spicy tuna bites

Spicy tuna bites

Locals Sushi & Sports Pub - James Island - Boom Pow Shrimp

See all

Boom Pow Shrimp

Rita's Seaside Grille - Lobster tails with mashed potatoes and broccoli

Rita's Seaside Grille

4.1(1.4k reviews)
5.5 mi
•$$

Greeted upon arrival, promptly seated. Our server Tina was so sweet and had the best energy…read more There is indoor and outdoor seating. Grouper was flavorful, on a toasted brioche bun. Fries were fresh. Oysters also fresh, served with an apple mignonette that was so so good.

Drawn by many recommendations and reviews, during our stay a the Tide in Folly beach, we decided to…read moretry Rita's for a breakfast and after looking at the menu very likely also to a nice birthday dinner for my wife. Well- with the above average pricing, I expect above average food. Simple. What we got was between borderline disgusting and the wish to just go in the kitchen and make it myself. My wife had the pancakes and I had the breakfast with potatoes 2 sunny side up eggs, 2 sausages and bacon. I mean- how do you think a sunny side up swimming in egg white on top is good? If they think that's how a sunny side up egg needs to look like- well- they might consider asking people next time- I make sunny side up eggs very often and there are tricks not to burn it and still have all of the egg white getting solid- If the cook doesn't know, feel free to contact me. I didn't say nothing because it took already almost 30 minutes for our 2 simple breakfasts to get to our table. The bacon was ok- and the potatoes also ok- I'm not saying good- I'm saying OK. The sausages super greasy. also- the salt in the salt dispenser was wet. I had to open the bottom to get salt out. Let's not forget this piece of rock supposedly a biscuit. It was burned and hard and Idk if it was just a left over from the day before or if the cook didn't know when to take it out of the oven. It was not edible. My wife's pancakes.. I don't know- they were dry, tasted like grease (Idk who makes pancakes in grease and not butter) and had a very weird color, what was even worse with the dark lighting (not an issue, it just increased the visual impression of the pancakes). My wife asked and they said- oh- we put some cinnamon in the doe. Well- Not saying my wife is allergic- but a warning would had been good- and maybe a choice, as it's not everyone's favorite to get pancakes with cinnamon in them which do not even taste remotely like cinnamon- I tried. And then charging us over $4,00 for sweet tea??? come on. I get that for soda- and for the beach- location- but come on... So overall- I will not say the food was super bad- it was on the verge where I'd say- if there would be a waffle house or a Cracker Barrel beside Rita's, go there. You get slightly better food quality for a 1/3rd of the price. Needless to say- we didn't eat there for my wife's birthday dinner. Over all- we paid a whooping $50.00 for 2 little below average breakfasts. So if people giving more than 2 starts for this restaurant- I wonder how bad of food they are actually used to. Conclusion: Absolutely not worth it.

Photos
Rita's Seaside Grille - Rita's for breakfast

Rita's for breakfast

Rita's Seaside Grille - Rita's Cheeseburger

Rita's Cheeseburger

Rita's Seaside Grille

See all

The Lowdown Oven and Bar - sportsbars - Updated October 2026

Loading...
Loading...
Loading...