The 10 Best Breakfast Restaurants in Myrtle Beach

If you love a good breakfast buffet, then Lenny’s Pancake House will be your new favorite spot. This budget-friendly breakfast restaurant serves everything from cereals to salads, so you can come for an early morning bite or brunch and be satisfied. Try Southern-style eats like chicken and waffles, or build your own stack of flavored pancakes.

Late risers love this Myrtle Beach restaurant’s weekend brunch. The menu is simple yet offers all the staples you need to get your day off to a good start. Select from light options, including Avocado Toast, or fill up on a hearty portion of biscuits and gravy or their three-egg seafood omelet and home fries. If a cocktail brunch is in order, this restaurant also serves Bloody Marys and Mimosas.

When you’re extra hungry at breakfast time, fill up at this buffet restaurant. Golden Corral offers many warm and cold items to choose from, so whether your go-to breakfast is yogurt and fruit or a pile of pancakes, you’ll find options to love. Build an omelet that’s cooked to order with all your favorite fillings or select from a variety of individual items, from breakfast meat to scrambled eggs and hash browns to create the perfect plate.

Brightening the mornings of locals and visitors since 1979, Harry’s has the best waffles and pancakes in Myrtle Beach thanks to the many delightful toppings, from strawberries and blueberries to pineapples and bananas with pecans. Other comfort foods include country-style eggs, dozens of omelet choices, and breakfast sandwiches prepared on homemade biscuits.

Golden Griddle Pancake House is certainly easy to spot; this family-friendly North Myrtle Beach breakfast restaurant is painted a vibrant yellow that attracts a morning crowd day after day. Stop into Golden Griddle to indulge in a variety of pancakes and waffles, plus they serve omelets, sandwiches, and much more. Be sure to come here on an empty stomach!

This restaurant isn’t known for its indulgent dinners and beautiful oceanfront view alone, but also for its delicious breakfasts. Start your day with a hearty all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet or order your meal off the menu. Traditional eggs Benedict and a version served on crab cakes are specialties here, but the waffles, French toast, and Seafarer’s Omelet are all satisfying choices.

Thanks to multiple locations across the Grand Strand and two in Myrtle Beach, fans of Eggs Up Grill can get their breakfast fix nearly anywhere. The breakfast menu includes eggs Benedict, pancakes, waffles, French toast, breakfast sandwiches, and more. Customer favorites are loaded home fries, hash-and-eggs dishes, and signature omelets. If you arrive after the breakfast hour, don’t worry: Eggs Up Grill serves salads, brunch sandwiches, and burgers until early afternoon.

Hot Stacks Pancake House is practically a household name around here. This local restaurant has a menu chock-full of pancake options, along with breakfast items that include choices for gluten-free and vegan diets. Check out the Greek-Cado roll (scrambled eggs, bacon, tomato, avocado, and feta wrapped in a flour tortilla with hollandaise sauce) or the Acapulco Omelet (chorizo sausage, diced tomatoes, onions, and mozzarella and cheddar cheese, with lettuce, avocado, jalapeños, and sour cream on the side).

Those who want breakfast at any hour know to seek out an International House of Pancakes. There are three IHOP restaurants in the area serving breakfast all day. The Myrtle Beach and North Myrtle locations are open late, but for breakfast 24/7, head to Carolina Forest. Every local IHOP offers a nice selection of pancakes, French toast, waffles, crêpes, and omelets to satisfy any craving.

When you drive past Mammy’s Kitchen in the morning, you’ll almost always see a line out the door, but don’t let that stop you from trying out this Myrtle Beach staple. Mammy’s Kitchen has been serving mouthwatering breakfast dishes since 1953, and to this day, locals and vacationers flock to this eatery. Perhaps the breakfast buffet is the main attraction here, but Mammy’s also serves menu items like buttermilk pancakes, waffles, eggs, bacon, omelets, and breakfast sandwiches.