6 italian rooms in Charleston we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Charleston | Italian across every city.
Charleston's Italian cooking tends to fold in Lowcountry seafood and seasonal produce rather than copy a single regional tradition. Melfi's brings Italian and pizza to King Street in Upper King, while The Obstinate Daughter works an Italian-Lowcountry menu out on Sullivan's Island and Wild Olive cooks on Maybank Highway on Johns Island.
The Obstinate Daughter ★ 4.6
sullivans-island · 2063 Middle Street, Sullivan's Island, SC
Jacques Larson's The Obstinate Daughter on Sullivan's Island opened in 2014. Italian-Lowcountry crossover with wood-fired pizzas and seafood pastas.
Wild Olive ★ 4.5
johns-island · 2867 Maybank Hwy, Johns Island, SC 29455
Wild Olive on Johns Island has run handmade pasta and Italian-Lowcountry plates from a converted barn on Maybank Highway since 2009. Priced at $$$.
Melfi's ★ 4.4
upper-king · 721 King St, Charleston, SC 29403
Melfi's in Charleston runs upper-King-Street red-sauce Italian and Roman-thin-crust pizza out of a clubby tin-ceiling room since 2018. Priced at $$$.
Melfi's ★ 4.4
upper-king · 721 King St, Charleston, SC 29403
Melfi's in Charleston runs upper-King-Street red-sauce Italian and Roman-thin-crust pizza out of a clubby tin-ceiling room since 2018. Priced at $$$.
Wild Olive ★ 4.5
johns-island · 2867 Maybank Hwy, Johns Island, SC 29455
Wild Olive on Johns Island has run handmade pasta and Italian-Lowcountry plates from a converted barn on Maybank Highway since 2009. Priced at $$$.
The Obstinate Daughter ★ 4.6
sullivans-island · 2063 Middle Street, Sullivan's Island, SC
Jacques Larson's The Obstinate Daughter on Sullivan's Island opened in 2014. Italian-Lowcountry crossover with wood-fired pizzas and seafood pastas.