What is FIG best known for?

Mike Lata's seasonal, ingredient-driven mainstay on Meeting Street. Reservations are the hardest part.

Who should go to FIG?

FIG is best for: date night, seasonal, reservations.

Where is FIG located?

FIG is located at 232 Meeting St, Charleston, Charleston, SC.

FIG — #56 Restaurant in Charleston SC

Q: Is FIG one of the best restaurants in Charleston?

FIG is ranked #56 restaurant in Charleston by community votes. It's the closest thing Charleston has to a sure thing. Tomato tarte tatin, ricotta gnocchi, and a wine list that earns the room.

The take

Why locals love it

It's the closest thing Charleston has to a sure thing. Tomato tarte tatin, ricotta gnocchi, and a wine list that earns the room.

Word on the street

What locals are saying

FIG is broadly considered the restaurant that put Charleston's dining scene on the national map, and after 20+ years locals still treat it as the benchmark — a neighborhood institution that has earned rather than inherited its prestige. The chicken liver pâté and seasonal tomato tarte tatin hold near-mythical status with regulars, and a Post & Courier 20th-anniversary revisit confirmed that the kitchen and polished-but-warm service model remain as sharp as ever despite intensifying competition from newer arrivals. The Michelin Star and back-to-back James Beard hardware have turbocharged social buzz and made reservations genuinely difficult to land, but long-time Charleston diners report the room still feels like a neighborhood bistro rather than a trophy restaurant.

20-year institution, still the benchmarkcult chicken liver pâté & tomato tarte tatinhard-to-get reservationspolished yet unpretentious serviceMichelin + James Beard double prestige