Word on the street
What locals are saying
River House sits inside the Montage Palmetto Bluff compound, overlooking the May River through floor-to-ceiling windows framed by moss-draped oaks — the setting alone earns its place at the top of the Lowcountry dining conversation. The chophouse-leaning menu leans hard on prime steaks, Japanese Wagyu, diver scallops, and locally sourced game like venison tenderloin, backed by one of the more serious wine programs in coastal South Carolina (2,500+ labels, active sommelier pairings). The one recurring knock: the dining room echoes badly when full, making conversation difficult, and the resort-captive pricing puts it firmly in celebration-dinner territory rather than casual rotation.
May River views through floor-to-ceiling glassprime steaks and Wagyu anchor the menuvenison and locally sourced game as a differentiator2,500-label wine list with active sommelier pairingnoise levels undercut the intimate settingresort-only access limits local regulars
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