Hyman's Seafood Co

Good amount of options; cross contamination is an issue

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Not very

Safety Feature Ratings

• Staff is knowledgeable and can answer questions

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Separate gluten-free menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Some

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Average

Other Characteristics

• Good for dinner
• Good for kids

The vintage dining atmosphere was charming. I selected my dinner from the GF menu: grilled shrimp, grits, and sweet potato soufflé, which was delicious. Waitress assured me care would be taken and gloves changed in preparing my dinner. I had no celiac issues after eating here.

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Very

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Separate gluten-free menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Some

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent

They have a gluten free menu. I ordered the Cesar salad and added shrimp. I asked if they had any Ciders. The waitress told me they had Angry Orchard. I said I'll just have water. She said Angry Orchard is cider just so you know. I replied I just don't like that kind and was hoping for something local. She said I have a rice beer. I asked if it was gluten free. She said yes. Then she replied I also have Michelob Ultra and it's gluten free. So as she walked away I had little faith that she knew what she was talking about. I couldn't find anything online about the beer she brought being GF. While I was looking at the can the owner came up and asked what I was curious about. I explained the situation. He took the beer and stated his girlfriend was celiac and understood my concern. He would let the sever know. 5 minutes later she came back with the beer and told me it's gluten free. I've google it. Even though my search turned up nothing. Needless to say I didn't drink it and felt very uncomfortable eating there. The owner was nice and the salad was good. The staff need trained.

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Separate gluten-free menu

I went with myself and 2 other celiacs…we all got sick. The servers didn’t appear to understand that gluten can be a serious allergy. It seemed like they just took off the hush puppies from our plates but took no other precautions to prevent cross contamination. ABSOLUTELY DO NOT GO IF YOU ARE CELIAC.

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Not at all

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Separate gluten-free menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Not Much/None

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Poor

Very pleasant! Kind staff. Asked if apricot chutney was GF and they said the apricots might have gluten so… no! Hummm made me rethink eating there. 😢

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Somewhat

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Separate gluten-free menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Some

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Average

They have a GF menu. The waitress had to ask a lot of questions to the kitchen, but cheerfully did. I ordered from the premium catch with a sweet potato. I got the fish lightly Cajun. It was very good.

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Somewhat

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Some

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Good

Absolutely amazing! I had the shrimp and grits and our waiter Kevin was very knowledgeable of gluten free foods. I had previously looked up the menu online so I knew what I wanted but he still asked if I wanted a physical gluten free menu. He put in a ticket with the kitchen and also put a special note on my meal when we ordered. Someone from the kitchen brought out the wrong shrimp and grits to my table and Kevin noticed immediately after it was placed in front of me and told me to not eat it and he got the correct meal. Very impressed with the attention to detail and safety. Oh and the shrimp and grits were AMAZING!

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Somewhat

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Separate gluten-free menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Some

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent

Our server was horrible. We asked about a gluten free menu (bc the regular menu said they had a gf menu) he told us there is no gf menu and to just pick what I wanted and he would have them steam it instead to make it gf. So I chose a shrimp plate and was told "oh that's too complicated. Here I tell you what we do. You like shrimp? We'll do the steamed shrimp dinner. You'll like that." And MOVED ON TO THE NEXT PERSON. So while everyone else got to eat nice flavorful meals I had steamed shrimp. I was not given the option to ask for and kind of seasoning on them or anything, not even lemon.

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Not at all

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— No gluten-free information on the menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Not Much

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Below Average

Other Characteristics

• Good selection of healthy options

This is where the famous people go. Pictures everywhere and labels on the tables with the names of famous patrons. All I can say is that if you want to be a groupie be my guest! Otherwise go somewhere else. Anywhere else. This was the worst meal we had in Charleston. There were croutons in my salad -which I think they simply removed and my broiled fish was served with a non GF sauce and hush puppies all of which I removed from the plate. I am still amazed that I didn’t get really sick.

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Not very

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Separate gluten-free menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Some

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Poor

Other Characteristics

• Good for kids
• Good for lunch

Beware that even though they are on the gluten free menu, fries are not in a designated fryer. The only seasonings that are gluten free are butter and garlic.

Server seemed uninformed and unwilling to answer questions. Service overall was horrific.

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Not very

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Separate gluten-free menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Some

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Average

Anthony was our server and he was great and knowledgeable about GF! 3 of us in our party were celiac. We had snow crab, scallops, baked potato, and a hot dog with no bun (for a child) ...no one got sick and everyone enjoyed their food. It’s a very casual atmosphere but fun to see all the celebrities that have eaten there. Whether or not it’s a tourist trap -you decide, but they’ve definitely served many people over the years, many of which continue to return.

Not safe for celiacs. After owner came over, went over the gluten free menu with us and made recommendations, we ordered per his advice. The Caesar salad came out loaded with croutons. The waitress was clueless croutons had gluten, even though we informed her I was celiac and we asked for no croutons. She took the salad back and took the croutons out because we found multiple little pieces left in the salad. When we tried to return it she said she had made it herself so she knew it didn’t have croutons, then she immediately said the salad came prepare all together, then she said she must have mixed it in a bowl they used to mix the other salad with croutons. Total backtracking! Waitress and staff have zero knowledge of Celiac, therefore I rate this restaurant unsafe for Celiacs.

Celiac friendly?

No

You'll miss out on all the good stuff. My shrimp and grits were instant grits with steamed shrimp. As we talked to other locals they laughed at us for going to such a tourist trap. The swamp fox shrimp and grits was a million times better

Celiac friendly?

No

Took the risk of eating here despite reviews as it was opposite hotel. Good GF Menu (see photo) - obviously management is trying to do GF and Clean tables and Good ambience. Five hours later I was NOT glutened. BUT although our waitress and apparently the chef was knowledgable about GF - the safety process broke with the staff that plate up the food - like others my mussels was served with bread on top. My waitress immediately removed it and got me a freshly cooked replacement. I talked about this issue directly to the owner and showed him the GF safety failure pattern on the reviews - he was unaware of the process break down and acted immediately and talked about how he was going to fix the process - thanked me for my feedback. I had the distinct feeling that this issue will be fixed in future. Let’s hope so - enjoyed the food.

My husband Called and talk to the manager. He said that they handle people with celiac all the time and would have no problem cooking gluten-free options in a separate area. When we arrived, they had a gluten-free menu. However, when I got my plate of food after stressing to the waitress the importance, my food came out with hush puppies on top of it. From a customer service standpoint, the manager was nice enough to go into the kitchen and remake my food so it was safe- which was very kind. However, it just makes me unsure of if as a celiac I would trust the kitchen cooking food for me. As I’m sure this is not the first time that it happened.

Celiac friendly?

No

Staff was fairly knowledgeable. There is a gluten-free menu. As someone mentioned years ago, the table was dirty and had a bread crumb on it.

Staff was very knowledgeable and/or found out about foods for me. Very tasty!

Celiac friendly?

Yes

We had a pretty similar experience to the reviewer who mentioned the bread in the mussels - seated at a dirty table, had to request it be wiped down, and after multiple explanations about having Celiac disease and making sure the kitchen was fully aware, acknowledgement that the server understood, we were presented with mussels that had big pieces of bread shoved around the edges of the bowl. After explaining to the server, again, that we could not eat the mussels because they were now contaminated with the bread, he proceeded to just pull the bread out of the bowls and hand them back to us. At that point, we asked for the manager, explained AGAIN about having Celiac, not being able to have gluten, and avoiding cross-contamination, the manager sent our food back to the kitchen. I was assured that the new bowls that were brought out to us were not the same ones we had previously received with the bread in them, however my daughter and I were both sick after the meal. If you have Celiac disease, I would avoid this place like the plague. Even without Celiac disease, the restaurant is dirty, loud, and the service was lousy.

Celiac friendly?

No

great service, and Shrimp & grits with Garlic Butter style was delicious. Alex was very friendly. Definite place to eat at again.

Possibly the worst dining experience I've ever had at a restaurant that advertises a gluten free menu. I am awake at 2 am to tell you about it because I got poisoned.

After the hostess showed us to our seats (at a table that obviously hadn't been wiped down) I asked for a gluten free menu. While she got that I used the regular menu to corral all the bread crumbs on the table into a central location and asked if she would wipe it down when she returned because I was very allergic to bread. She picked up the biggest crumbs and that was it - never wiped it down with a rag or anything. I had to use my own napkin to wipe up all the water spots and remaining crumbs.

I ordered the mussels and asked they be extra diligent as I was very sensitive. "Wow really? That sucks," the waiter replied. We never got our appetizer and my mussels showed up without the sauce and with bread. The guy picked the bread up off the mussels and handed it to me. I hate to be a pain in a restaurant but since it didn't have the sauce it was supposed to come with it was easy to send back. It came back out with bread again.

While our server never did manage to bring us out missing appetizer or get my order right, he did spend lots of time telling us about the bugs he had on his feet that wouldn't go away, getting a DUI and getting beaten up by four guys on his birthday, his bout with chlamidya (in pretty graphic detail) and how he got lap dances for free from strippers. We all laughed uncomfortably because we didn't know what to do but he was oblivious.

Twice more throughout the meal he let me know "it must suck to be you" to be so sensitive to gluten. No sir, it will suck to be you when I write the owners a letter.

Celiac friendly?

No

The menu is robust. Service was horrible. Food was not spectacular. I got the scallops at "market price". Not impressed. Good place if you like that southern type fried like foods. I have never been a fan, but one of the only local restaurants that offer a gluten free menu that doesn't require fancy clothes and a black credit card. Update: I for sure got glutened. On my way home now and the wrath of gluten is starting.

Celiac friendly?

No

I'm a local and I eat there. food is good. great menu

Locals do not eat here. Mediocre food with long lines - great tourist trap sponsored by Southern Living.

Lived in Charleston 12 years - ate here twice - my first and last time . ;)

Really good food, fun environment and good service (at bar). They have a robust GF menu, just missing cider and dessert. I had the scallops and they were delicious. Will definitely be back.

Celiac friendly?

Yes

Dedicated gluten free menu! Best seafood in Charleston. We are local and have been eating here forever. Super celiac friendly!

Celiac friendly?

Yes