Looking for some tasty takeout food in the Columbia SC area? Try these 7 high-ranked restaurants
It’s close to dinner time.
You’re in the mood for a high-quality meal, but not fast food. What you’re not in the mood for though is sitting in a crowded restaurant or even worse, arriving only to discover a 45-minute wait time for a table.
We’ve all been there.
There’s plenty of takeout food options in the Columbia area, but not all of them are created equal. However with Yelp, crowd-sourced reviews can help you make the right choice to satisfy your cravings without having to get dressed up and sit in a restaurant.
Here are seven high-ranked restaurants that offer takeout in the Columbia area, according to Yelp.
Rambo’s Fat Cat Biscuits
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (79 reviews)
Type of cuisine: Breakfast
Address: 2430 Main St., Columbia
Husband and wife team Renee and Todd Adams opened their brick and mortar location in November 2020. The eatery offers a delightful array of breakfast menu items, from a spicy bacon egg and cheese biscuit, herbed goat cheese and egg biscuit and chipotle pimento cheese and sausage biscuit, to sides like blue corn grits with pimento cheese.
Duke’s Pad Thai Street Food and Noodle Bar
Rating: 4 out of 5 (207 reviews)
Type of cuisine: Thai/Asian
Address: 904 Knox Abbott Dr., Cayce
Duke’s is owned by Noi Souvanna and Chris Souvanna, a married couple who have both been in the restaurant business for 15 years. The menu is full of tasty options, from various versions of stir fry to Pad Thai specials, curry dishes, a noodle bar and even Thai tacos.
Brooklyn Express Pizza & Pasta
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (88 reviews)
Type of cuisine: Pizza/Italian
Address: 7949 Broad River Rd., Irmo
This family-owned and operated pizza joint offers everything you could want. You can order your own custom pizza with a side of wings, or try one of their gourmet pies, such as chicken cordon bleu, Jake’s Smokehouse or the lasagna pizza pasta. The restaurant also offers a variety of calzones and pizza rolls. Oh and if you want stuffed pizza, well, they’ve got that too.
Peebles Wing Shack Rosewood
Rating: 4 out of 5 (73 reviews)
Type of cuisine: American
Address: 1332 Rosewood Drive, Columbia
Established in 2004, Peebles has has another location in The Vista and plans to open a third one in Camden. Peebles offers both boneless and traditional wings and various sauces. Beyond chicken, the restaurant sells cheese steaks, crawfish, fried shrimp, fried catfish and Po’boys.
Dano’s Pizza
Rating: 4 out of 5 (147 reviews)
Type of cuisine: Pizza/sandwiches
Address: 3008 Rosewood Dr., Columbia
Dano’s Pizza has been open for 19 years. The local pizzeria has plenty of options on its menu to choose from, be it buffalo chicken pizza, veggie pizza, gluten free pizza or meat lovers pizza. There’s also a variety of calzones, including ones filled with pineapple or turkey. Cold and hot subs are on the menu as well. If you’re in the mood for more traditional Italian, the restaurant has that too, from baked ziti and chicken parmesan to spaghetti manicotti.
Boeshreen
Rating: 4 out of 5 (139 reviews)
Type of cuisine: Mediterranean
Address: 2630 Decker Blvd., Columbia
This restaurant offers a mixture of Mediterranean and American cuisine. Customers can order falafel, gyros and seafood dishes, but also chicken tenders, wings and hamburgers.
Pasta Fresca
Rating: 4 out of 5 (166 reviews)
Type of cuisine: Italian
Address: 4722 Forest Dr., Columbia
This local, family-owned restaurant is, like its name implies, all about the pasta. As such, there’s tons of pasta dishes on the menu: from your stand spaghetti and meatballs and lasagna, to loaded Alfredo, creole-Mex and chicken bacon gorgonzola. There’s even gluten free pasta, if that’s your preference.
This story was originally published June 15, 2022 at 5:00 AM.
