Garden City Pavilion Arcade & GiGi's Grill

Garden City Pavilion Arcade & GiGi's Grill is the authentic beach pavilion experience that makes the southern end of the Grand Strand feel different from the commercial main strip. Located at 103 Atlantic Ave in Garden City Beach (Murrells Inlet area), this is the kind of place where local families and repeat vacation visitors gravitate — a genuine beachfront pavilion with arcade games and a grill, rather than a purpose-built commercial entertainment complex.

The combination of arcade and restaurant under a pavilion roof creates a natural gathering point. Kids cycle through games while parents eat at GiGi's Grill. The outdoor pavilion elements mean the ocean is genuinely present — the sights, sounds, and smells of the actual beach are part of the experience rather than something happening outside a climate-controlled building.

Garden City Beach itself is worth understanding as a context. The community has a distinctly more local, less commercial feel than the central Myrtle Beach strip. Families who discover it often prefer it — fewer crowds, a quieter beach, and the authentic South Carolina beach town character that can feel scrubbed away from the main tourist areas.

Murrells Inlet nearby is famous as the 'Seafood Capital of South Carolina' — the restaurant marshwalk with fresh seafood is a 5-minute drive and makes Garden City Pavilion a natural stopping point in a broader south Grand Strand day that includes Brookgreen Gardens/Lowcountry Zoo and a seafood dinner at the Inlet.