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Here are 9 Greenville restaurants offering special meals and deals for Valentine’s Day

Soby’s New South Cuisine’s crab cakes have not been removed from the menu since the Greenville restauramt opened in 1997. The recipe is in the Eugenia Duke’s Unofficial Mayo Guide Cookbook.
Soby’s New South Cuisine’s crab cakes have not been removed from the menu since the Greenville restauramt opened in 1997. The recipe is in the Eugenia Duke’s Unofficial Mayo Guide Cookbook. Provided

If you’re looking for a great Valentine’s Day meal, Greenville has quite a few romantic spots, many of which are offering special deals.

Among those listed on various restaurant websites like Yelp, Open Table and Kidding Around Greenville are some fancy ones, like Between the Trees in the Grand Bohemian Hotel beside the Reedy River Falls and the not so much like Red Lobster.

As Greenville has grown into a foodie town, including a mention last month by NatGeo, the attention has been almost unending. It’s estimated there are now 200 restaurants in and around the city.

Here are a few offering specials or are particularly romantic spots.

The Melting Pot

475-5 Haywood Road, Greenville

Five-course menu Feb. 13th-15th at $140/person except for Valentine’s Day, when the meal will cost $160/person.

Saskatoon Lodge

681 Halton Rd Suite #3, Greenville,

Saskatoon bills itself as Greenville wildest steakhouse. It has a four-course Valentine’s dinner on Feb. 14 for $227/couple.

Up on the Roof

250 Riverplace, Greenville Located atop the Embassy Suites Hotel at Riverplace, with a special Valentine’s Day meal Feb. 14-16 including wagyu and lobster, appetizer and dessert.

Spoonbread Restaurant

Located in the Westin Poinsett on Main Street, Spoonbread has a three-course menu for $59/person Feb. 14. Entree options include pasta, salmon and filet Mignon

Restaurant 17

Located in Hotel Domestique at 10 Rd of Vines, Travelers Rest

Chef Haydn Shaak is offering a three-course meal on Feb. 13-14.

Reservations are available via phone (864) 477-7914 or via OpenTable. ($95/person, not including tax, gratuity, or beverages).

Jianna

600 South Main St. 2nd Floor Greenville

Overlooking Falls Park, Jianna features a modern Italian menu from Chef Michael Kramer including housemade pasta, shucked oysters, artisanal spirits and wines

The Trappe Door

3 W Washington St, Greenville

One reviewer called it “romantic, moody, and ideal if you want something different from the usual steakhouse scene.” Belgian-inspired restaurant with European classics.

And of course two that have long been in the limelight or just now coming into its own — Soby’s which ushered in the restaurant revolution and Scoundrels, a young restaurant getting a lot of attention including a Michelin star.

Soby’s

207 S. Main St.

Soby’s New South Cuisine – a 2025 Wine Spectator Grand Award winner and MICHELIN “American South” Guide recommended restaurant – considers itself “the quintessential gathering place.” Always on the menu, crab cakes Shrimp and Grits, fried green tomatoes, and crab cakes.

Scoundrel

French restaurant created by Greenville native Joe Cash, who has worked in restaurants in New York City and Copenhagen, Denmark. They don’t take themselves too seriously though calling itself “a swanky journey through the heart of Paris, right here in downtown Greenville, SC.”

They serve escargot as well as a hamburger called Dirty Rotten Scoundrel, two patties (aged beef) with scoundrel sauce. Beef tartare — “a show in itself,” Esquire contributor Omar Mamoon wrote, and duck fat fries.

Then there is a nod to MaMamma, Cash’s grandmother, with triple stock Chocolate cake topped with a big dollop of vanilla bean crème fraîche. ⁣

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