Great location and beautiful view! Service was terrible! Had 8 people and server would ask one person if they needed anything and would then walk away! Ordered Caprese appetizer, which was good. Ordered the Wando River Salad with chicken, which was terrible! Iceberg lettuce and cold chicken for $15. Way overpriced! Haven't been here in a couple of years but decided to try it again! Very disappointed! read more

I was already skeptical of this place due to it being way out in lower awendaw but we went for a family birthday so wasn't my choice. Literally NO ONE was seated inside and maybe one other table was seated outside with us. However, we didn't get drinks until 30 minutes after seating (so of course I order another when she finally delivered but never received). Then we ordered apps and that took another hour(nothing to write about they were pretty blah). Who knows what the waitress was doing in the back. We finally got fed up and decided to go eat dinner elsewhere. Won't be back. read more

It took me all of 5 minutes at work to decide I needed to get this review in. What a night. It was a comedy or errors and most of those errors were the fault of Wando River Grill. We had a reservation for 10 at 6pm and got there at 5:40. I think I should have been wary for 2 reasons. First it has a bad star value at 2.5 and I did not pick the place but my family wanted a place on the water and I had not been here. With low expectations sometimes that works to make things seem not so bad. Not tonight. First thing while they were setting up the table I witnessed what I thought was a super rude gentleman that a waitress was close to the table and ran into a fellow waitress and dropped a plate of wings. This guy says to the waitress to not stop and go back to the kitchen right away and get more wings. Do not pick up the old ones until you go back and get the others. She did and when she did he said he was not paying for the other entrée and not eating it(acted like it was bad) and to bring the check and him and his son ate the wings and got out of there. So, now our experience. Our party got there at different times. First my wife and I and then another couple. The 4 of us sat there for a while when the waitress finally came by and said she would get us waters and come back for our drink order. Wow, took about 20 minutes and 9 of our 10 were all there before the waters came back. We got in our drink order finally and she said she'd be right back to get our order. W had decided because our mom was late(not the restaurants fault) to hold off on ordering but to get some apps. My drink was weak and melted ice. Well after messing up the drink order(I did not get mine until after everyone else) we thought we better get in this app order. We got the apps in about 20-30 minutes. And they were not good. Calamari was doughy and clumped up. The crab and artichoke dip was just yuck. Fried green tomatoes were the best but not good. There were 3 Yelpers at the table and we were starting to feel the pressure to start our review immediately. Became quite the joke at the table. We argued over who picked this place. No one wanted to admit it. During the appetizer deal our mother got there and we had not ordered because we had not been asked. Amazing really. We sat there with everyone just ticked off and finally asked for the check and left. This is probably the worst or at least bottom 3, most entertaining, restaurant experience of my life. What a waste of a restaurant. Fantastic view, great location, and they need new everything. You don't have 2.5 stars after 47 reviews and deserve to be open. I know this is harsh but it was not even busy. Everyone seemed upset at their tables. Watered down drinks, bad food, and horrific service. Our tab would have been pretty major and 10 people with 3 yelpers and some people that live close to there that will never be back. Not a good experience for them or us but we just took it in stride and got the hell out of there and headed to On 41. It was 8:30 and not open. Rushed over to Wasabi which was absolutely fantastic with super great service. Oh what a night! In hindsight I rethought and think that guy I thought was rude was right. I bet he waited quite a while for his not so good food. read more

I'm not sure what all the bad reviews are about. Our waitress was attentive and on point. The seafood was fresh and delicious. Will definitely be back. read more

This place has turned the corner and is set up for success. Everyone is fantastic. And seriously...just had the fries and gravy. This is true triple D stuff. read more

If I could give a zero I would...the most poorly managed restaurant in the area. Go across the road to Swig & Swine or down the road to Agave or Fuji if you want good food with quality service. Gave this place a chance when they first opened and thought there were just some kinks that needed to be ironed out, 2 years later same poorly managed restaurant. Absolutely beautiful setting...WASTED. We got to the restaurant with a reservation at 7:15, the restaurant was empty at 8:45 (15 mins before closing) and we still had yet to receive our food but the staff blamed it on having only 2 servers while they broke down all the other outdoor furniture around us while we waited. I was planning on looking here for my wedding rehearsal dinner, completely off my list now. DO NOT RECOMMEND. read more

We have tried The Wando Grill 6-7 times. Tonight might be our last. One member of our party ordered a shrimp cocktail. He got it after we were done with all of our food,. The shrimp were tiny and mealy. Sauce tasted like ketchup and water. He also ordered teriyaki wings. They came our burnt. Sent them back and they brought BBQ wings. Awful! Had to ask four times for water. Never offered refills on drinks. The hostess was awful!! Really very disappointing. We have tried it again and I am happy to say I see improvement! Still needs some tweaking but we have gone several times now and have been happy. read more

One large group with minimal other people around. 2 hours to get food. Ordered water first round, got my water AFTER checks were given out to us. Please re-evaluate what service means in this industry. Wow at the wait and lack of attention to your clients. read more

Great outdoor seating. Service very poor!!! Took an hour to get our food and it was not busy. Took 30 mins to get a drink each time.

Just ate at the grill and had a wonderful time! Great food, reasonable priced, the atmosphere is fantastic!!! Will definitely frequent this place! read more

Why would you waste such a perfect location on such a terrible restaurant. You could pair this location with good food and service and have an awesome place, but apparently it's just run by amateur restauranteurs that only want this to be your nightly stop for a bud light. read more

Great location, not so great food. Calamari tasted like they where frozen - not fresh, what you would expect from a nice restaurant on the window river. I had shrimp tacos. There used to be filled with four big shrimps, now they downsized to three but the price is the same. Not one of my favorite restaurants in Mount Pleasant/Charleston area. read more

Our first and last time here. Staff was friendly enough but not very attentive. But the menu descriptions were inaccurate, my side salad had brown wilted lettuce throughout it, orders were made wrong and our son's chicken tenders were far overcooked. These aren't hard dishes to make. read more

ATTENTION OWNERS... We have been here several times and the service has continued to decline. Your people need motivation and to understand that timeliness and customer service IS important. Your reviews have been on a steady decline and tonight (Saturday) there are just elderly people filling your seats. This was suppose to be a great restaurant, lots of wealthy people live in this area and we need you to get it together. Reviews and customer service determine the success or failure of your restaurant and things aren't looking good. read more

Just took my girls by boat and stopped at wando grill for late lunch ... basically told it will be at least a 20 minute wait because short staffed....hostess was clueless .... young... not trained well.... as a former restaurant- bar owner.... I would fire her immediately... you are in service industry..... act like. It... I've been up there a couple of times... mediocre food.... slow service.... don't waste your time read more

I really want this place to succeed. I've been six times in the last eighteen months. The first visit was good. Food was tasty and prices reasonable. We had a short wait for an indoor table. Subsequent visits I noted a steady decline in food quality and an increase in prices. Last night I ordered the Iron Pork Chops thinking those two chops would be plenty of food. What was served were two very thin chops. It was like an appetizer. Now I view this as a place to hang out while nursing a beer. Forget about the food. read more

Outdoor bar is now open at Wando River Grill. Had wonderful service from Courtney at bar and delicious clam strips. Will definitely return!

Our second time there. Service was excellent, food just bland. We ordered fish tacos, grilled fish sandwich, and a cheeseburger. All tasted as though there was no seasoning at all on them. The fish sandwich had a very small piece of fish on it, the tomato on the sandwich was bigger than the fish. Pretty pricey for the food you get. read more

This place is honestly amazing. My wife and I found this place by accident. And we're glad we did!!! It looks so fancy and we were expecting high prices for everything. We were wrong. Prices are great and location is absolutely prime! I love this place! We even booked our rehearsal dinner here! I'd take all my family here and I would definitely recommend this place! read more

Private party on second level, Fantastic View of the Upper Wando. Shrimp and Grits as good as it comes . Great setting for a reception or large party. Good attentive service throughout. Will return for an afternoon lunch soon. read more

Great friendly service and awesome menu and food! So glad it's finally open. Can't beat the water view either UPDATE: (7/20-16) Since I left initial review prices have gone way up and food quality does not warrant the increase. $7 for a tiny cup of soup that used to be $4 We have dramatically stopped coming as often due to the price and limited menu Lowered review to 3 stars 9/4/16- not sure why I keep putting myself through this torture. Service was awful today. Oysters were awful and menu still needs work (limited and super expensive)! Nice view though read more

John and i decided to give this place a shot on memorial day after driving back home from Greenville. Thought it would be busy. Nope. So we decide to eat and cocktail at the bar. We wait...we wait as i observe the bartender and a server chatting it up at the end of bar. The server alerts the bartender she has customers and she continues her conversation. Well, well that was unfortunate. We are f&b and super laid back. If you just grunt in our direction we are content. Then the bartender finally turned around and asked us "would you guys like a table". Are you seriously urging customers away from the bar? Well, we gave it a shot. read more

We usually go to Shem Creek restaurants and was thrilled to finally get to this restaurant via boat with the new bridge. Unfortunately, the food is just ok. The menu is a bit boring i.e. shrimp scampi ravioli does not use local shrimp and is probably shipped in frozen. The setting is very nice, but no TV's outside for some reason. It has great potential, but really needs to step op the food. I do not get the impression that much of what they are offering is fresh. In a word, absent the nice view everything else is - lackluster. I want them to succeed! So I will continue to check their website and will try it again. read more

Not impressed. View is great. Price very high and quality food not great. Need to work out some of the new business issues. Hopefully it will get better. I just live down the road in Rivertowne read more

Took a chance and came and loved it! Service was great and the food was absolutely delicious! We split the huge 12 ounce Hawaiian Ribeye which included truffle infused mashed potatoes and grilled asparagus. All was perfectly done and the steak was medium just as we ordered it. My husband also ordered the She Crab soup and it was wonderful. Cocktail prices were very reasonable as well. Travis, the chef, came out to meet us and answered my questions about the wonderful marinade the steak was prepared in. Travis made us feel very welcome. There was no wait and if you come during the day the view is spectacular. Don't let mediocre reviews you see on this website keep you from trying it. We will be coming back for sure! read more

Wonderful food, wonderful service, wonderful location!! I will definitely be back! The tacos are phenomenal and so are the wings. Wide variety of beer on tap, wine, and liquor. Family friendly, and extremely delicious! read more

The Wando River Grill is a really nice place that could become very good. That said, there are a lot of kinks to be worked out before I would consider eating here again. After we arrived and waited, the hostess greeted us and told us it would be a few minutes because she had just seated a bunch of people. Then, seated us and gave us a menu to share because she was out of menus. Our waitress, Abby, greeted us, saw that we only had one menu, and quickly found one for us. She was friendly and worked hard throughout our stay. We looked at the menu and selected our meals. My wife selected the Mahi Tacos and I selected the Shrimp Basket. Abby took our orders and returned with our waters.. As we waited for our food, I couldn't help but watch the servers. They seemed very confused and were walking all over with the orders, attempting to find what table they belonged to. It was very distracting. When our food arrived, the first thing my wife noticed was that one of her tacos had grill marks/burned spots and that it wasn't very flavorful, while the other was fine and had plenty of flavor; inconsistent tacos on the same plate. My meal, the fried shrimp basket was very greasy and was definitely from a frozen box. The fries, which the waitress recommended, tasted freezer burned. The "great seasoning" she mentioned seemed to be salt and pepper. Overall, the experience was pretty underwhelming and certainly not worth $30. I realize the location is worth something, but this was a $15 meal. The location is great and the decor is nice. Once they get over some start up issues and get the menu and pricing right, this will be a great local spot. Other thoughts It seems like the restaurant is really pushing their appetizers. we were asked several times if we would like one. The restaurant uses very small glasses, no more than 8 oz, and a lot of ice. One or two big sips and the water was gone. We had to wait a while for refills the first time. After that they came pretty frequently. Larger glasses (20 or 32 oz) would save the wait staff a lot of work and patrons some frustration, especially as Summer kicks in. The hostess, waitstaff, and servers all seemed to be very inexperienced. read more

Visited Wednesday evening for dinner. We sat outside with the great view and weather. We had the fried green tomatoes for an appetizer, which were a big hit! For our main course we had the burger and seafood basket, both were very good with a generous size portion. The updated menu seems to be very popular. We will definitely be returning. They also have a great beer selection. read more

Wando River Grill - Fried green tomatoes topped with crab meat!! Delicious!! - New American Near Me - Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Nice view of the wando river. Sat outside on the patio. The bugs were a little bad but we made do. Food was good. Had the seafood basket with flounder and shrimp. Sides of sweet potato fries Lightly battered fish and shrimp was nice. Will be nice when it warms up and the bugs are gone. read more

Our first experience and our last experience. Service was absolutely horrible. Very slow got checks wrong not once but 8 yes 8 times. Food is great but due to the service we will NEVER come back. read more

Absolutely gorgeous view right on the wando and very sweet staff. Best water setting in Mount Pleasant if you don't feel like driving out to Shem Creek. Try the grilled salmon with mango salsa, crab soup and mahi tacos. Soup is especially good. read more

This place has a great view but the prices for the food is outrageous considering the quality. I don't mind spending the money if the food is good but this is far from that. I ordered a wedge salad and it was the saddest wedge salad I had ever seen.. And it was expensive. I had to order another entree on top of that to fill me up. It just is unfortunate because this is a GREAT location over looking the Wando but they really need to step it up on the menu. read more

We were truly very excited when Wando River Grill opened for business. Living in northern Mount Pleasant we don't have much in the way of selection for dining. After another terrible experience this afternoon I knew I had to speak up. We have given this place 6 chances since it opened; only to be disappointed each time. The front of the house is ran by children with little to no food and beverage experience. Waiting 20 to 30 minutes for drink re-fills, wait staff having no knowledge of the menu or drink selections and tables left dirty. They constantly confuse orders and are always incredibly inattentive. The food is average and prices are decent... but the kitchen staff is incredibly slow and we often waited over an hour for our food to arrive. Every time we ordered appetizers they showed up with our meals. Their only redeeming factor is the location. The venue is beautiful but it seems like every time we visit people allow their children and dogs to run rampant while we're trying to enjoy some level of peace. This morning we arrived at 1130 and we're turned away by a very rude and obviously inexperienced child hostess. Her excuse was that the restaurant was hosting an event upstairs at 1200 and wouldn't be serving meals to walk ins until their prep for this event was complete... although they advertise opening at 11. I'm not one to complain in an open forum like this... their service was so poor that I downloaded this app just to write this review. I hope management takes heed of this review and all the other negative reviews that's have similarly been submitted. We really hoped this place would do well. I'm sad to see that a place with such great potential is being ran in such a poor way. We tried to extend grace and understanding on several occasions thinking maybe the staff were having an off night but it is obvious that there is a pattern of poor management and hiring going on here. Don't waste your time or money... Tailgators will be our local hang out from here on out. read more

Great dinner last night at Wando River Grill! The wings, shrimp tacos and the large bucket of steamed oysters were delicious. The oysters, from Bulls Bay, were also a great value in the $12 range! Thank you to Elijah and the staff for the fantastic service. It is so nice to have this restaurant and beautiful venue right in our backyard. We will be going back again soon. read more

If you haven't been to the Wando Grill recently, then you should consider giving it another try. New chef, new management, new menu -- and they seem to be actually trying to get their act together. Visited on Friday night and sat at bar. Bartender - Amanda - was friendly and efficient. The beer cheese and pretzel will good and the shaved ribeye sandwich was very good. The soft ice cream is a great little treat. We will definitely be back. read more

First, a definite 5 out of 5 for location and view. Beautiful setting/scenery overlooking the water. Went on a Monday night for dinner so it wasn't crowded. We ordered the calamari and she crab soup to start. Soup was topped with sherry, thus making it very flavorful. A tad too thin for my liking, but very good nonetheless. Calamari was fair (just the rings and no great flavor to it). Our entrees were the shrimp tacos. Again, just fair. I love spicy food, but this was just too hot/spicy. I'd rather have some different tastes to the contents of the rest of the soft taco and not just the rub on the shrimp. Strangest thing was that the tails were kept on the shrimp thus making us dissect our dinners, pulling the shrimp tails off and reassembling them to eat. Wait staff was very friendly and attentive. Lastly, when a mixed drink is ordered, it should always be served in a highball glass. My rum and soda came in a lowball glass. We will go back as its a good place to bring the kids..and that location. That location is a 5 out of 5! read more

The service here has been sub par. I attended with a large dining party (of 9 people) and they were pretty unhappy and noncooperative. When the hostess saw us walk in she rolled her eyes. They seemed pretty annoyed that they had to push two tables together. Also, we have asked to split the check and they acted as if we insulted them. One attendee in my party asked for Diet Coke and they brought her Diet Pepsi without warning her, the blasphemy. Another attendee ordered what was supposed to be sweet tea, however, it was not. It was clearly diluted tea, probably made by adding an instant tea packet to water. Additionally, my drink has been left empty for over 45 minutes. We also requested to move inside because it was very chilly and there were many tables to sit at inside. After one hour of waiting, we were permitted to move indoors. After waiting an hour for food, they brought everyone's food except one person's because they dropped it. One person ordered a salad for their appetizer and did not receive it until after the entrees. As for the food, chicken tenders and fries were run of the mill. The grilled chicken was soaked in lemon and that is all you could taste. The Mahi tacos were soggy. Macaroni and cheese tasted as if it were microwaved. Burger was average and overpriced. One positive thing is that the grits were good. Once we received the Caesar salad, it was just a salad. The service was so poor that I felt the need to make a Yelp account just to express my and the rest of my party's anger. If only 0 stars were an option... read more

Waited one hour and twenty minutes for a burger and flounder bites. Asked a "manager" what was causing the delay and was told they were short staffed in the kitchen. They had plenty of staff on the floor but I guess not in the kitchen. They were also catering an event upstairs but I was told that was not an issue. I asked why they were short staffed in the kitchen and was told it's a "food and beverage industry issue". We have been here numerous times in the last 9 months and have never waited like this. I asked why the wait today and was told someone had moved and was no longer working there and they hadn't replaced them. No real apology and nothing was offered to make it right. Very disappointing to have such a great location and such bad service in the kitchen side. We felt awful for our server as it wasn't her fault, but eventually it's going to affect her. Not sure if we'll be back. read more

So very disappointed in this place. The food is only mediocre. Service is not great at all. I have eaten here four times and not one meal has been good at best. Too bad, because the location is terrific, especially for boaters. I think the owners have Way overpriced their menu items. I don't think they are going to last more than six more months. At this rate. read more

Can I give it a zero? DO NOT GO HERE! The only thing this place has going for it is the view. NOTHING ELSE. It took 15 minutes to get water. Another 20 minutes to get a cocktail. Another 20 minutes for our three appetizers, which were average at best.( I'm not even going into what we got. Just don't waste your time going here) At that point we had all had enough and got the check and got out of there. The worst. The place had very few occupied tables and it was chaos! Nope. read more