Frayed Knot Bar & Grill

We love Frayed Knot. Great food, original dishes, friendly hard-​working staff. They have the best beer selection on the lake. The owners are growing the business. They offer a new outdoor Tiki bar with TVs. Live music is outstanding. I just can’t say enough about what Frayed Knot has done for our end of the lake. The only problem is that it is so good it is often crowded.
If you want everything to be perfect every time you go out to eat, don’t try it. But if you like your dining experience to be fun, give it a try. We have eaten there at least twice a month since it opened and would rather go to a Frayed Knot than any restaurant on Lake Murray.

Nice alternative for food and drinks on Lake Murray. Downside is service is with inexperienced young servers. Plus side is food and Menu is exciting from the usual bar food. The quality of food is what makes me return. I feel this establishment is on the rise and expect continued improvement for the future.

Took the family via boat last Sunday. Awful outdoor bar service, quite simply the worst. No draft beer on tap outside on the new tiki bar. I had to go inside to order one. Ordered the 9 dollar chicken wing dip. Not sure what the hell it was but it went straight into the trash. This was our 5^th and final visit. Good luck.

Great place to eat! Great décor!

Horrible food. Of the places to go on lake Murray this is the worst I’ve been to. Drinks had no flavor or kick to them, apps were small and tasted bland, and the entrée was the same. Service was good but fast service for below par food means little.

Went on the weekend to have breakfast on the lake around 9:30 a.m. The buffet was empty and had to wait for food. The price was high to the amount of food that was not available. Food was on a card table size. They were not able to keep up with the demand. Fruit was picked over. NOTE: The waitress never came out to take our drink order. we had to go in and get our drinks. At the conclusion of the breakfast, we cleaned up our spot and still no waitress. As we left, we did not leave a tip because we had done all the work… she shows up and gets huffy because nothing is left. We are in the restaurant business and would never do that but they did not deserve the $. We used to go to this location when it was owned by other owners. You got a sufficient amount of food. When you went back to refill the buffet, there was no food.
Would not recommend for breakfast unless you want to wait on food.

The Frayed Knot is not meeting my expectations. This bar and restaurant is located on Lake Murray in Chapin, SC.
I agree with other reviewers that the food is good and the location is excellent. However, on 2 of my last 3 trips to eat at Frayed Knot the service has been absolutely lousy, and I don’t just throw the word «lousy» around every day. Last night my husband, son and I arrived at the Knot around 7:30 pm. After being told there was a 30-​minute wait, our table came up within 15 minutes. Now that’s usually good news. The hostess seated us with menus and after about 30 minutes during which servers were busily bypassing our table, I flagged down a server and asked, «Do you know which server is ours?» He said, «Oh, I am. I’ll be with you in a minute.» By the way, we had not been greeted by him or any other person and we had not received even water to drink. We ordered 2 appetizers and placed our drink order. Our server returned to advise us that the bar was out of both beers we had ordered; we ordered substitutes. One of the appetizers came out before we got our drinks – not a good restaurant practice. At last, other not so cheerful servers brought 2 beers for my husband and son, no glasses offered. I asked – for the second time – for water. Finally we got our food and we enjoyed our burgers; the Frayed Chips were good as well. When we got our tab, the server did not clear any empty dishes from the table.
The Frayed Knot needs desperately to act like a real restaurant and bar. The service is way below acceptable. I don’t know if it is due to lack of training, under staffing or something else. As a customer I feel that I am not getting my money’s worth when I eat here. When I dine out, I’m expecting to have a relaxing evening, not one fraught with delays and shortages and unhappy employees.
I have often recommended Frayed Knot to my friends and acquaintances, but I will not be doing that anymore. And I won’t be back until I hear from others that overall customer service has improved.
There is a lot of potential for Frayed Knot’s being a top-​notch lake restaurant destination. I’d like to see that happen. Frayed Knot, the ball’s in your court.

This place is a somewhat newer dining spot on lake Murray that is accessible by boat. It had surprisingly good food when we went for lunch. We were a little skeptical when we saw the place at first! We tried the fried oysters which were juicy and flavorful, the flatbread pizza and an awesome barbecue sandwich. They have good coleslaw here too, very vinegary and fresh with chunks of bell pepper. The only downside I saw were the flies. They just seemed to make it inside no matter what.

Went to frayed not last night to have some dinner and drinks, watch a little fireworks and enjoy a band. If you haven’t been there in awhile you need to check it out. The food was exceptional! I would highly recommend this out of the way tavern on the lake. Have a D, D. When you go. I had the tilapia and it was cooked perfectly. The wait staff was attentive and very friendly.

Three times we have been, two of the three we were served raw steak and raw pork chops. The rest of the orders were not bad. Service has been slow every time, busy or not. Too bad because it’s close by boat and they have a great view. Next time we will just drink and stick to the appetizer menu.

Last summer we purchased a home in Chapin, SC. Searching for a good restaurant in the Lake Murray area, without driving all the way to Columbia can be a real task. But there is good food at Frayed Knot. The building is pretty rough, but a stop there especially for lunch, is worth it. You can sit outside overlooking Lake Murray and enjoy a good burger, fish & chips, good wings or Buffalo Dip. I always get the homemade smoked salmon spread, very good. Very casual and they do have boat docks. Service is somewhat slow. We have been there at least a dozen times, and we’ll keep going back. They use Topper’s Rum (local SC Rum). Give it a try. Nice place for a casual lunch, on the water.

It OK hamburgers not really worth 10 $ and ask for the dressing on the side of the of the wedge salad. The entrée s are big enough to split.

As a first timer to the area, we found this restaurant on Unilocal.Driving up, the building doesn’t look very impressive and we were skeptical. But the food was great! Great food, presented beautifully, in an easy going setting.

We boated in for a late midweek lunch. I had the fish and chips for &10. My date had the frayed shrimp for $ 15. Add in a couple of beers. All in all good generous portions well prepared. Off the lake it would be average, but add the lakeside location and it bumps up to 4 stars.

Great lake spot. Excellent docks to pull into and nice view. Had a big group stop in last night for drinks and apps. Their loaded fries are more like wedges and it’s a killer dish. Yeah, service was a little slow and the bathrooms are straight out of 1962 & slightly creepy, but this is lake life and it’s worth every sec.

Went down to visit a buddy on Lake Murray and he took us out to dinner at the Frayed Knot. First of all, thwir wings are some of the best I have ever had. Plenty of meat on them and it just falls right off the bone! I got the fish and chips. Their chips are freshly sliced, froed potatoes and the beer battered haddock was on point! Everything arrived very quickly and hot. Looks like a bit of a dive, but the place is a diamond in the rough!

I have tried the Frayed Knot three more times since my initial visit. The food, service and value remains good. The owner and staff is friendly and seem very interested in customer satisfaction.

We just moved to the area and are very happy that we found this place at the suggestion of a coworker. Really great experience there with my husband. The food was great and the atmosphere and staff were warm and friendly. My husband and the rest of my family will definitely be back soon. They are very busy, so if you have a large party you might want to call ahead, as that is really the only time I could imagine there being a problem.

Visited the Frayed Knot on Memorial Day. Love that we have two new fun places within a few minutes’ boat ride from home (the other is the recently re-​opened Buffalo Creek Grill). We sampled the wings (Buffalo and sweet chili flavors — they have several more), the Buffalo dip, and the kids mini-​corn dogs. All delicious, great beer selection, and a good band playing.

The food was good, I had the fish tacos and they were definitely worth the 20 minute drive. I also had the Peach Martini… that was better than the tacos. But I may just have been thirsty. LOL!
It is very loud, they really need to address the acoustical issues. It was a chilly day but after being seated in the dining room and hearing how loud it was decided to brave the chill and sit outside to eat. It was much quieter. I also think that the place could be cleaner. They had a lot of staff working at the time, I think there were 3 hostesses — a little excessive for a Wednesday night. They were all just sitting around doing nothing except for the few servers that had a table to attend to. I don’t like to see people doing nothing when I go to a restaurant. Overall, the experience was probably lower than the rating I gave but the food upped it a bit.