Sea Man’s Seafood

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Cuisine

American, Seafood, Southern

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Meal Periods

Dinner, Lunch

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Dining Format

Buffet

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Phone

(843) 399-5584

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Address

701 Highway 9 W
Longs, SC 29568

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Website

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Cuisine

American, Seafood, Southern

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Meal Periods

Dinner, Lunch

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Dining Format

Buffet

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Phone

(843) 399-5584

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Address

701 Highway 9 W
Longs, SC 29568

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Website

EXPERIENCE

Sea Man’s Seafood is a small country-and-seafood buffet in inland Longs, where fried shrimp and fried chicken belong to the same dinner. The setting gives a Grand Strand seafood outing the easy familiarity of a local supper. You can come for the coast’s fried seafood and end up taking the country cooking just as seriously. The chicken has a perfectly reasonable claim on that plate.

The modest buffet keeps the meal manageable. You can get acquainted with the selection without turning dinner into a long tour of stations, then go back for the food that caught your attention. The room is equally compact, and a busy service can mean waiting for a table. A few arriving families can quickly make the compact room feel lively.

Sea Man’s has the sociability of a restaurant people introduce to visiting relatives and friends. Families spanning children to grandparents fit naturally into the country-dinner atmosphere, while larger groups can give the room the feeling of a family supper. Friendly table service, including attention to drinks, helps keep those return trips to the buffet part of an ordinary shared meal. There is room for conversation between helpings.

The crab-leg special adds a different pace. Table-delivered crab gives you something to settle into, with the patient business of opening shells interrupting the quicker forkfuls of fried seafood and Southern dishes. The surroundings remain casual, so the shellfish does not turn the occasion formal. A small inland buffet can accommodate a surprisingly committed crab dinner. Allow for the wait, and let the meal take its time.

FOOD

Sea Man’s regular buffet brings Calabash-style fried seafood into a Southern country meal. Fried shrimp and fried fish lead the seafood side, with fried chicken, vegetables and other country dishes sharing the spread. The unlimited appeal comes from that combination: you can keep returning to the seafood while giving the inland cooking a fair share of attention. The regular spread is self-service, so those mixed country-and-seafood plates are yours to assemble.

Calabash-style shrimp and breaded fried fish make an uncomplicated starting point for the buffet. Shrimp gives you the small fried seafood pieces associated with the local style, while fish provides a second seafood choice. A helping of each makes a straightforward seafood dinner, with the country dishes close at hand when you want something else.

Fried chicken deserves equal billing. It is a main dish in the country spread, so a companion who came for a Southern dinner can eat from the same buffet as the seafood enthusiast. Fried yellow summer squash and fried okra extend that country cooking into the vegetables. Coastal frying and Southern frying are quite comfortable sharing a plate. The vegetables are in on it, too.

Barbecue ribs and smoked sausage broaden the country selection beyond chicken. They give the meal meatier possibilities alongside the fried seafood, with macaroni and cheese another country-food option to look for. The selection varies, so these dishes are possibilities rather than a fixed daily checklist. Notice the country choices before filling up on shrimp; they can turn a seafood plate into a different supper.

Clam chowder has also appeared on the buffet, putting seafood in a bowl alongside the fried choices. It offers a different preparation without requiring a separate plated seafood order. A bowl of chowder can start the meal before the hot dishes, although the soup selection is not a daily guarantee.

The AYCE crab-leg special is a distinct offering alongside the regular buffet. Hot crab legs come to the table, adding a shellfish meal that unfolds through delivered rounds and time spent opening shells. That is a different kind of abundance from another helping of fried shrimp. You can take your time with the crab while the country buffet supplies the familiar dishes you can eat with a fork.

The buffet and the à la carte menu are separate choices. Seafood platters and crab legs by the pound belong to the ordered-menu side; their presence does not make them unlimited. Confirm the crab special’s availability and inclusions before committing to it. The ordinary buffet already has a seafood identity, and unlimited crab is its own decision.

Sweet potato pie carries the country theme into dessert. Watermelon and cantaloupe have also joined the buffet, giving the end of the meal a fruit option beside the pie. The sweet selection varies, so leave room to see what is actually there. Pie after chicken and squash makes sense. Pie after a committed seafood dinner makes sense, too.

FOOD HIGHLIGHTS

♛ Fried Shrimp — Calabash-style seafood at the center of the regular buffet.

♛ Fried Fish — breaded fried seafood alongside the shrimp and country dishes.

♛ Crab Legs — a distinct AYCE special with shellfish brought to the table.

♛ Fried Chicken — a country main dish with equal claim on the plate.

♛ Fried Yellow Summer Squash — a Southern vegetable choice beside the seafood.

♛ Barbecue Ribs — a country-food possibility; the hot selection varies.

♛ Smoked Sausage — another meat choice in the country-buffet selection.

♛ Clam Chowder — seafood in a bowl when it joins the buffet.

♛ Fried Okra — another Southern fried vegetable to look for.

♛ Macaroni and Cheese — a country-food option beside chicken and seafood.

♛ Sweet Potato Pie — a Southern dessert to look for; sweets vary.