The Grill at Haig Point

The Grill at Haig Point occupies a unique position in South Carolina dining as one of the very few restaurants accessible only by ferry, located on Daufuskie Island — the southernmost island in South Carolina, reachable only by boat from Hilton Head. Daufuskie Island has no bridge to the mainland, no cars on its internal roads, and a small permanent population that has preserved the island's quiet, unhurried character through decades of coastal development that transformed neighboring Hilton Head and Bluffton. The Grill at Haig Point is located within the Haig Point Club, a private residential and resort community that operates a regular passenger ferry from Hilton Head. The water crossing through Calibogue Sound and the golf cart ride through the island's interior to the clubhouse serve as preparation for a dining experience defined as much by its physical setting as by its menu. The cuisine at The Grill is Southern American with Lowcountry inflections suited to an island community: fresh catch of the day sourced locally, shrimp and grits, she-crab soup, and seasonal preparations from the coastal larder. The dining room overlooks golf course fairways in a clubhouse-casual setting appropriate to the resort community rather than a fine dining restaurant positioning. Because access requires coordinating with the ferry schedule, reservations and advance planning are essential and should be made simultaneously for boat passage and the restaurant. The experience of dining on a car-free island in the South Carolina Lowcountry, surrounded by salt marsh, live oaks, and the distant Atlantic, is the primary draw that the kitchen's honest Lowcountry cooking supports effectively.