Revival

Revival is a fine dining restaurant in Charleston, SC, located at 162 E Bay St. The establishment operates as a modern southern eatery that celebrates Charleston's rich culinary history, serving dishes inspired by heirloom ingredients and the vibrant cultural influence of the coastal lowcountry. It hosts social gatherings and corporate events, offering a menu that retells Charleston’s heritage through specific preparations such as butter poached lobster with Carolina gold pegao and saffron beurre blanc, and smoked Gouda stuffed squash with cauliflower dill cream sauce. The restaurant also serves raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, and eggs, with a notice that consuming these items may increase the risk of foodborne illness. A 20% gratuity is added to parties of eight or more. Revival holds a rating of 4.50 based on 710 reviews.

The kitchen prepares a variety of seasonal and specialty items, including spinach, frisée, pistachio, feta, dragonfruit, blackberries, and strawberries with champagne vinaigrette, as well as avocado with sesame seeds, pickled daikon, fried sea beans, and ponzu. Other offerings feature mango, red onion, red bell pepper, english cucumber, lemon, lime, honey grapefruit, serrano pepper, and yuca chips. The menu includes butter poached lobster, crab, shrimp, Carolina gold pegao, saffron beurre blanc, peas, tomatoes, and black garlic squid ink aioli. Additional dishes consist of celery root purée, rainbow carrots, blackberry red wine jus, pistachio butter, roasted beet purée, heirloom carrot purée, romesco sauce au poivre, crispy potato pavé, onion soubise stuffed with smoked Gouda, squash, carrot, pearl onion, cauliflower dill cream sauce, cherry tomatoes, andouille sausage, and roasted garlic lemon zest.

The beverage program features Poggio Le Volpi Roma Doc from Lazio, Italy, and La Togata Notte Di Notte from Tuscany, Italy. Cocktails include options made with Bombay dry gin, Amontillado sherry, grapefruit, lemon, and soda; Lunazul blanco tequila, basil, green chartreuse, Velvet Falernum, and lime; Pierre Ferrand 1840, Velvet falernum, Dolin blanc, and Angostosa; Belvedere vodka, Cointreau, Mountain Peak espresso rum, Baileys Irish cream, and double shot of espresso; Rémy Martin VSOP, St. George spiced pear brandy, Kahlúa, cream, and nutmeg; Speyburn single malt Scotch whisky, Stroma, Chambord, cream, and Earl Grey syrup; sloe gin, créme de cocoa, Bacardi rum, and cream; Fords gin, Baileys Irish cream, Disaronno amaretto, and matcha syrup.

Revival maintains a solid reputation among the customers it has served, supported by an established track record built on a large base of customer reviews.

Revival brings its modern southern cuisine and extensive cocktail list to the heart of downtown Charleston.

Revival sits on E Bay St in Charleston, SC, near the Elizabeth Timothy Marker and the Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon.

BizScoreAI awarded Revival a Discoverability score of 100 out of 100, ensuring AI crawlers can find every page of the website. The business also received a Technical score of 91 out of 100 for having a secure and indexable site that search engines can read without errors. Additionally, Revival ranks number 1 of 3 Fine dining restaurant businesses that BizScoreAI has scored in Charleston.