Original Benjamin’s Calabash Seafood: VMB Partner Spotlight
There’s a reason Benjamin’s Calabash Seafood has “original” in the title – it’s not just for show. The excellence of this restaurant has been tried and tried again to be beat with no success. It’s a famous Grand Strand landmark that is full of freshly caught seafood and unlimited dining options.
Benjamin’s is also known as the original because it was the first place to bring the Calabash style of cooking seafood to the Grand Strand. Calabash seafood is lightly battered and deep fried in a unique blend that is known throughout to the area.
When you dine at Original Benjamin’s Calabash Seafood with your Vacation Myrtle Beach Discount card you receive $2 off all night.
So whether you choose to fill one of the 1,000 seats in the 11 dining rooms to chow down or get your seafood on at the buffet, there is something for everyone. The buffet is chocked full of more than 170 items each and every night and is known the best and freshest buffet anywhere in the South.
You’ll come to Original Benjamin’s Calabash Seafood for the food, but you won’t be disappointed by the atmosphere. With one of the world’s largest dry sea aquariums featuring mounted fish, ship parts and more Benjamin’s really is the full dining experience.
And Benjamin’s is only a short drive from several Vacation Myrtle Beach resorts, including Sea Watch Resort, Ocean Creek Resort and Beach Cove Resort. So if you’re staying at those properties you have no excuse for not visiting this local landmark! We've even got this handy Myrtle Beach resorts map that can help direct you right to the door.
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