Cheap Eats in Myrtle Beach: Six Budget Meals

A filled pita on the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk, a chicken dinner downtown or Polish dumplings farther north can make a casual meal without a large food bill. Choose the specific order rather than building a meal from extras. Abraham’s Gyros is handy when you want to stay by the Boardwalk, while the other choices give you reasons to head inland or along North Kings Highway.

Budget meals at a glance

Venue	Area	Budget order	Typical spend per person
Abraham’s Gyros	Downtown Boardwalk	Beef-and-lamb gyro	US$9–13
Maryland Fried Chicken	Downtown, Kings Highway	Two-piece chicken dinner	US$10–15
Mrs. Fish Seafood Grill	Downtown, Broadway Street	Fried fish with two sides	US$11–15
Pulaski Deli	North Kings Highway, 27th Avenue	Fresh pierogi serving	US$7–9
Burky’s Grill	North Kings Highway, 40th Avenue	Hamburger combination	US$9–13
Little Pigs Bar-B-Q	Frontage Road, farther north	Pulled-pork sandwich	US$6–10

Aim for no more than US$15 per person on the selected order. These rounded ranges exclude extra sides, separately purchased drinks, sales tax and table-service tips, but cover anything included in the selected combination.

A gyro or pork sandwich suits a smaller meal, while the chicken dinner offers a fuller plate. Pierogi make a compact dumpling order. Keep additions small, and walk in for a flexible casual lunch or early dinner. With a group, arrange seats before everyone orders so you can eat together.

Abraham’s Gyros

Abraham’s Gyros suits a meal that keeps you beside the Boardwalk. This family-run stop’s beef-and-lamb gyro is meat served in pita, with tzatziki, a yoghurt-and-cucumber sauce. The filled wrap is the order to choose when you want something straightforward between time on the beach and a walk downtown. You can keep your meal close to the waterfront rather than heading inland to Kings Highway. The restaurant is at 960 Boardwalk, so it fits a downtown beach outing when a filled pita is enough to satisfy your appetite.

Maryland Fried Chicken

Maryland Fried Chicken’s two-piece dinner is a complete plate rather than chicken alone. It includes your choice of two available sides, a roll and a corn fritter. Those accompaniments make it a useful choice for a substantial meal downtown.

Pickup and delivery are available, so you can collect your food or have it brought to where you are staying. Choose pickup if you want to take the chicken dinner away, rather than planning your meal around a table at the restaurant. For collection, head inland from the Boardwalk to 939 North Kings Highway.

Mrs. Fish Seafood Grill

Mrs. Fish Seafood Grill gives you a seafood meal inland from the Boardwalk. On Broadway Street, its fried fish with two sides is the budget order to look for. Choose that single fish plate for a meal built around seafood without ordering several different dishes.

Adding another seafood dish raises the cost of the meal. The fish and its accompaniments make this a sit-down meal during time downtown, with no need to assemble a larger seafood spread. Head to 919 Broadway Street for this inland seafood stop, away from the beachfront Boardwalk restaurants.

Pulaski Deli

Pulaski Deli’s standalone serving of six fresh pierogi keeps the order focused on Polish dumplings. Pierogi are filled dumplings, and this is the compact order to choose when you want to try them without a mixed plate. The deli sits farther north along North Kings Highway, away from the downtown meal stops.

For a larger appetite, the hot sampler plate combines three pierogi with one stuffed cabbage roll. Cabbage stew and kielbasa, Polish sausage, complete the plate. It offers several prepared dishes together, but it is a different meal from the standalone dumpling serving in the budget selection.

You can combine eating with browsing Polish speciality groceries here. Keep any products you buy to take away separate from what you are spending on the meal.

Burky’s Grill

Burky’s Grill pairs a hamburger combination with a 1950s-style diner setting. The combination includes fries and a drink, so it gives you a clearly defined order rather than a burger whose accompaniments you buy separately. Choose the hamburger combination itself if you want to keep the meal within the table’s spending range.

Burky’s is farther north on North Kings Highway, at 4001 North Kings Highway near 40th Avenue, beyond the downtown and Polish-deli stops in this selection. In summer, food service runs daily from 11am–9pm. That window suits lunch, an early dinner or eating after an afternoon out, and daily summer opening makes the day of the week less restrictive.

Little Pigs Bar-B-Q

Little Pigs Bar-B-Q is the choice for a simple pulled-pork sandwich. Pulled pork is slow-cooked pork shredded for serving, and the sandwich keeps the meal centred on the barbecue. This stop on Frontage Road is farther north than the downtown choices.

For a larger appetite, a barbecue plate with Southern sides is a fuller alternative to the selected sandwich. Food service runs Monday–Saturday, 10:30am–7pm, making this a lunch or early-dinner stop rather than a late evening meal.

Sources & fact-checking

Checks against the sources below cover: opening hours, key figures, services, and closures.

• Little Pigs Bar-B-Q — opening hours
• Burky’s Grill — opening hours
• Burky’s Grill — key figures
• 6 Pierogi Fresh | Myrtle Beach
• Sampler Plate Served Hot | Myrtle Beach
• Bacon smoked 0.5lb pc | Myrtle Beach
• Maryland Fried Chicken — service
• Maryland Fried Chicken Myrtle Beach — closures