HogsHead Kitchen and Wine Bar

Oh my, what a wonderful find! Definitely will be back. Bring your appetite and save room for dessert.

Flavor bursting food. Kind, knowledgable, and attentive service. Highly recommend!
Was looking for a place near the outlet malls to have a late dinner and were second guessing our choice as we pulled into the strip mall but… WE WERE BLOWN AWAY!
Atmosphere was awesome. Our server, Chris, was so welcoming and helpful. Food was prompt. Wine and cocktails were perfect!
As a foursome, we had fried chicken and waffles, shrimp and grits, pork chips with mac n cheese, and the local red fish. All were incredibly flavorful as we passed them around for tastings. We started with the pulled pork egg rolls and were treated to the truffle mushroom and grits-​both delicious. Can’t wait to eat our homemade chocolates that we brought home for dessert but our bellies are busting at the moment.
Would highly recommend for others looking in this price range. Every dollar well spent!

One of our go to places… Attentive service, innovative (not pretentious) menu, casual pub-​like atmosphere.

Love the black bean soup with fried egg! Adding that one to «regular» status! Still love that scallop appetizer too! Friends loved their redfish special, steak w/​frites and ahi sandwich. I tried the Manhattan what a terrific cocktail. As always got to have the chips with Gorgonzola! Service was good also.

In spite of a heavy Sat nite downpour — Hogshead welcomed me as a late arrival. Special was grilled red fish over risotto and spinach w/​a delightful clementine/​tomato topping. The salt and sweet combo was lush for a starving artist’s late nite dinner. So very many wines to pick from and a Fume Blanc balanced the sweet/​salt offering perfectly.
Bluffton side of bridge has so many offerings — island side is no longer the ‘must

Great experience. We went early after playing golf in the area. We sat at the bar. The wine selection was very good and John, owner, was a very friendly host and had an excellent knowledge of wines. The fried chicken and waffles was excellent. Would highly recommend.

We love it here. I’ve recommended it to lots of locals and posted pictures. The service is excellent. The wine list is also so good! They will let you taste before you try. I definitely feel like I’m getting a very good value here. The food is definitely not lighter fare. It Southern and really fantastic. We always sit in the bar. Just know if the place is crowded they will put children in the bar and babies. So when that happens a bit of ambience is lost.

Flavor filled dishes are all over the menu at Truffles. From the coconut shrimp (we had the appetizer version) to the catch of the day, which was black drum fish, you really cant go wrong. As an fyi, they sell the butter they serve with the bread that they bring you after your order.

Happy hour heaven! This was our second visit this summer, and we are happy we did. In early June we had dinner here, ahi tuna and shrimp/​grits, and really enjoyed the meal. The bourbon pecan pie was a great finishing touch.
Yesterday, we decided to meet some friends at the bar for happy hour, have a drink and appetizers, and then grab dinner somewhere (somewhere = our friends hate to try new places). By the time it was over, we had ordered at least one of each of the happy hour appetizers, while providing our own ranking of them in order. The house made chips with Gorgonzola and bacon won, but the oysters weren’t far behind. Have you ever eaten a pulled pork sandwich on a krispy kreme donut? Seriously!?! Talk about evil on a plate! We each ate ½ and decided that we’d never do it again. It was delicious, but obamacare expressly forbids the consumption of them.
Great beer and wine selection, and the wait staff was excellent. They saw that we were making our own entertainment, so were available but not hovering.
We need to keep this place on our list. You can be really decadent here with your choices, or have a healthy meal that is top notch.
Either way, try the chips, and spend the $ 1 on the bacon. :)

Got the tuna tartare and vegetable sandwich for lunch. It was awesome!!! Would go back for sure.

We came here for a big family dinner. I had the whole hog «Cuban Style» and it fell really short of the Cuban Sandwich. I figured a restaurant with the word «HogsHead» would have served something that blew my flavor settings through the roof, but it did not. The pork was nice but I had to pull the ham off and leave on the side of my plate. It was more like a piece of fat on my sandwich. I asked for more mustard and never got it while my meal was in front of me, I did get it after asking twice, but still had to wait. The fries were also all burnt and the size of half my pinky finger. I left hungry.

We were looking for a local special
Place for lunch and found this place. What a find. My only complaint was that I wanted everything on the menu. The place was clean and as I said the menu selections were awesome. Great place!

My husband and I were visiting family and heard good things about the food at HogsHead. I called the restaurant at 5:30pm to make reservation, only to be put on hold for 5 minutes. I hung up and called back 10 minutes later. When I asked to make a reservation, I was told that the hostess didn’t show up and they needed to put me on hold. I hung up 2 minutes later.
Despite not getting good customer service on the phone, we went to HogsHead at 8:45pm. We were sat upon arrival and given menus. A waiter came and filled our water glasses, but never came back. It appeared that he was the only waiter serving the 5 other tables in the restaurant. While I can appreciate the fact that he was busy, after more than 10 minutes of waiting and watching all other tables get service, we got up and left. We will not be giving this place another chance.

Holy foodgasm batman. Pretty unassuming place just over the bridge in bluffton. Kind of empty little business/​strip mall thing. I think they are new but my tummy tells me that they’ll be packed.
Started with drinks. A dogfish 90 min IPA on draft for the hubs and spring «thyme» fizz cocktail for me. A sweet but herby kind of drink with citron and blueberry lemon soda and thyme. Very tasty.
An app of marinated feta, olive tapenade, roasted corn and pita. Light, fresh. Warm pita. It didn’t fill you up which is good. Just enough to whet the appetite.
Hubby got the special of filet, Gorgonzola mashed potatoes, corn, brown butter Brussel sprouts and a Demi glacé. Holy cow. Hubby cleared the plate. And I had to restrain myself. The mashed potatoes were amazing.
I got the all American burger with truffled fries. Om nom nom. Delicious party with pimento cheese oozing over it. And I’m not a huge pimento cheese fan but it was perfection. I couldn’t eat the whole thing because I wanted dessert and to walk out under my own power and not be rolled out. And the fries!!! Truffled with pecorino. Yes. Yes. Yes.
And finally… dessert. It was hard to decide. Hubs got the bourbon pecan pie. A single serve portion in a little cast iron skillet. Just the right amount of bourbon and right consistency. And vanilla ice cream. I got the Carolina peach cobbler. Sweet fancy Moses. Almost better than what I make. A cakey cobbler as opposed to rolled crust-​which is the right way to do peach cobbler. And butter pecan ice cream. I ate it all.
The bottom line? So with crossing the bridge from HHI. This place is going on the list of «must eat places» for our annual vacation to HHI.

Had an awesome dinner at HogsHead last week with the family. I saw some mentions of disappointment that there wasn’t a water view. Although this is listed as Hilton Head, I would really say it was in Bluffton. Personally, I think Bluffton has more interesting restaurants to choose from these days than the island, but that’s just me.
Atmosphere is fantastic. It has a very rustic chic thing going on. Reservations are a must. So plan ahead.
Food is great. I deducted a star because I liked my short ribs but I didn’t LOVE my short ribs. I did, however, love the bite of chicken and waffles I ate off my sister’s plate; the pear and goat cheese bite I stole off my mom’s plate; the house-​made pappardelle noodles from my brother’s plate; and the side of roasted brussel sprouts I almost didn’t want to share with the table.
I’ll be back. I went with wine drinkers but was dying to try their cocktails.

When I come to visit, I make sure to stop by Hogs Head. The burgers here are pretty incredible. Cocktail drinks accompanied by sea salt potato chip appetizer (sour cream and cheese) are my fav. The ambience is pretty great when they have the small bands play at night. Love this place.

I think the Bluffton/​Hilton Head area is king of the strip mall killer restaurants. We stumbled upon Hogs Head Kitchen & Wine bar for lunch on Saturday, and boy what a find. Great cocktail, beer, wine, and whiskey list. The apps were great. Highly recommend the sweet potato creek chowder! Super good. As was the black bean soup. I had the Seared Ahi Sandwich and it was a 10! My wife had the whole hog pork cuban. It was really great too. Different, but had that SC BBQ twist on a classic sandwich. My parents tried the filet Philly Cheese steak. We didn’t have anything bad. I’d go fries over potato salad, but if you like dill go for the potato salad. I loved it (I love dill), but my wife liked my fries way better. Can’t wait to come back for dinner!

I had eggplant polenta – delicious! M had chicken and waffles – multitude of flavors and an original take on chicken and waffles.
Waitstaff was very well trained. She knew the menu well. Did not rush us with ordering or giving us the check.
The décor was ok, but confusing. The chairs and tables were heavy oak. They looked like they belonged in a pizza joint instead of this delicious-​smelling place. The music mix was odd as well – a mix of old and Classic rock.
We would come back if we ever visit this area again.

A jewel of a find near Tanger Outlet Mall. Great upscale feel with all wooden furniture. Food seems to be prepared by a chef rather than a cook.
We had appetizer of fresh dries chips with goat cheese and bacon. Grilled Tuna Steak sandwich, Reuben Sandwich and Vegetable & Mozzarella Sandwich. What a meal. Only the man that had the vegetable sandwich finished his meal.
Each if us has a deserts that were made from scratch and delicious. I highly recommend this place. We has lunch but I would definitely call ahead if I was heading there for dinner to ensure that a table is available.

The fact that they take a reservation is almost a five star itself… especially in Hilton Head.
The dining area is decorated cute. however no water views. It’s actually in a strip mall.
We had chicken and waffles, shrimp and grits, and peach cobbler. The food was excellent but I will say a bit on the heavy side. The south however is known for cooking with butter and cream, etc. You will definitely feel like you overate after leaving here.
The drinks were amazing. I had blueberry lemon infused vodka. I may be butchering the name of the drink, however it was so good that I had more than one.
I think it’s just a bit far out to give it 5 stars.