Bodo’s German Restaurant & Pub

Comically terrible restaurant, «authentic german» if you count frozen green beans as authentic… Everything came from a frozen package, or was made that morning and had been sitting in the kitchen all day. The server herself told me that. We were the only two in the restaurant, so that speaks for itself, I think. No vegetarian options whatsoever. Terrible prices. Don’t do it!

Awesome! This was the first time for me & my wife, and she just happened to see the sign as we came into Myrtle Beach. I read the other reviews on Unilocal & we decided to give it a try. I’m so glad we did.
We both had the Wiener schnitzel and it was fantastic. The rye bread & the sides were great too. We got there early so the service was great too. We liked the German potato salad so much that we ordered an additional side of it.
We couldn’t eat any more but the dinner was so good that we got 2 desserts to go. We’ll definitely be back!

Very good food, service was very good also. Unique atmosphere. Very pleased with everything except the fact that they do not have a child’s serving. We have 2 children who loved the food but portions were much too large for them. Not really a good idea to walk the board walk while carrying leftovers so I walked the 6 blocks back and stored the food an caught back up with the family. But all in all a wonderful little pub with some great food and folks. Highly recommend you try it on your next trip to MB.

Bodo’s was exactly what we were looking for in German food. We’ve tried other German restaurants in myrtle beach but Bodo’s was just a bit better. Our whole table ordered jagerschnitzel and it was perfect. The atmosphere was cozy with lots of interesting stuff on the walls. We will definitely choose Bodo’s next time we get that German craving.

First off, do yourself a favor and ignore the reviews written by tourists who clearly have no conception of what Myrtle Beach really is.
— Supposedly this place is in the wrong part of town — WHAT?! The boardwalk and downtown strip is literally a block away! LITERALLY — they’re both across the street. MB isn’t some glitzy town where everything is sunshine and rainbows, so yes oh my god there are poor people who live nearby, god help us, but it gets a hell of a lot worse than where Bodo’s is.
— Oh, a dive bar wasn’t perfect for little kids?! SHOCK. You were uncomfortable that it wasn’t a national chain? The décor was unique? Additional shocker, but local places DO EXIST here, too, and not everywhere should look like McDonalds.
Folks like that, either get over yourselves, or please stick to the Calabash buffets and chain crap everywhere, everywhere, everywhere else in this town.
Anyways, this place is great. The décor is flat out insane — really, really crazy overwhelming and it rules. I kinda gave up on figuring any of it out and just tried to take it all in as a whole.
Food was excellent. Salad, bread, full entrée and two sides for $ 30 — pretty reasonable. Great schnitzel. Several German beers on tap.
And the service was good. They knew the folks drinking at the bar, by name, and knew their stories. That means something.
And they had a guest book! Cmon — you think any of the crap at Broadway at the Beach — Hard Rock Café — has a guest book! NO, you’re just a cover. You can have an actual conversation with the folks working here, and they rule.

Dive bar with great food and great people. Will definitely be back next year. Ps make sure you get the potato pancakes.

The food was horrible. The chicken, veal, and pork schnitzel all tasted the same. It was a huge let down to go to this creepy, dirty, over-​decorated, claustrophobia – inducing place only to receive horrendous food. How can you mess up egg noodles? If you want to get drunk, this is the place for you. If you want dinner, go somewhere else!

If you’re looking for a basic chain restaurant similar to Applebee’s or Olive Garden, this isn’t it. However If you’re looking for unique dinning atmosphere with amazing authentic German food this is where you need to be. The menu has a great amount of authentic dishes that are made with love and care. Also, like any true German establishment there are a variety of stelar beers on tap. The service is not the quick turnaround you’d find in a chain restaurant. The service here is much like being in someone’s home. I would come back again anytime i’m down here even if it’s just to stop in an have a beer. These types of restaurants are a rare find in a world of chain restaurants and tourist traps.

Family run restaurant in a slightly edgy part of town. Once inside enjoy the unique décor and atmosphere. Good solid German food, cooked by the friendly Bodo himself and served up by the equally friendly waitress.
Recommend the trio of German sausage accompanied by warm potato salad, mash or dumplings, washed down with some German beer.

Na ja is what I would say in German. Of course we know how it should be and it was close to the real thing. Service was really friendly and welcoming and the atmosphere is something special. We had schnitzel and dumplings and it was good. Not as exciting as some others are writing but good. A little pricy for the atmosphere but I guess if you want something different you pay for it.
All in all worth the visit.

I am totally surprised that this place gets so many 5 ratings. We came here based on Unilocal’s 4.5 stars review and were totally disappointed. The best dishes here are the salad and the pumpernickel bread. The potato pancake and Goulaschluppe are ok but not great. The Schnitzel itself is below average, the portion is small. All the side dishes are not good at all including the spetzle and what can I say about the mushroom gravy but yuck. This is one place I will never come back and will not recommend to anyone.
I gave this a two star vs one because I was able to eat them; will I eat them again, NO WAY.

We saw this restaurant as we were driving around Myrtle Beach and then researched it on the web. We decided to go after reading the reviews here on Unilocal and it was the beginning of many right decisions last night. When making the reservation we were asked if we wanted to pre-​order the «favorite» appetizer, Potato Pancakes, and again based on the reviews we immediately said yes to a ½ order. When we arrived we were greeted warmly and informed that our appetizer was being prepared and would be ready shortly, which it was, and it was great! The next part was difficult, deciding what to order, but again based on the reviews we ordered the Beef Rouladen and the Jagerschintzel along with 4 different sides. This allowed us to share and try more choices and everything was great, For dessert we had the Apple Schnitzel and the German Chocolate cake which capped off a perfect meal. Being a fourth-​generation German I have grown up with German foods and my wife learned a number of my great-​grandmothers recipes. And while the preparations were not exactly the same, the results were: GREAT! We look forward to going back on our next visit to try items we could not try this time, especially the sausage sampler. We have visited many German Restaurants in the US and I have been in Germany a number of times, and the food here is AUTHENTIC!

Love the hidden treasures and this is definitely one. The inside is not how you would expect for a German restaurant with lots to look and talk about through dinner. The food was amazing!!! The service was great. The sampler was very good portioned. Beer was tasty as expected. And the apple strudel was soooo good! Will be a return visit in future for sure.

Then only reason I’m giving this place 5 stars is because I’m not allowed to give it 10. Although I rarely give top marks, Axel and his family are absolutely killing it with this off-​the-​beaten path hole-​in-​the-​wall. It’s small, so call ahead, and prepare any fancy-​pants diners for the well-​worn living room aesthetic, mis-​matched chairs/​tables, and dark, cluttered interior. It’s all worth it, and the experience is second to none.
It feels very much like small town restaurants I’ve visited in Germany, where you’re not quite sure if you’re in a restaurant or someone’s house — mostly because the answer is often «both.» Give in to the experience and you’ll leave impressed
The food is top notch, and the servers know it intimately, and are more than willing to help new friends find something that they’ll enjoy. (They’re also happy to adapt recipes and tweak things to taste.) The spaetzle was done to perfection; just firm enough to hold a tooth, and everyone at our large table was impressed with their meals. And Bodo’s is SUPER kid friendly.
Although I’m always looking to try new places, this is one of the few must-​go places on my list. I will dine here every time I’m in Myrtle Beach, and may shed a tear if/​when it closes. To be honest, I was surprised to find a gem like this in Myrtle Beach — it’s the type place I’d expect to find in Portland or Brooklyn.

Love love LOVED my experience here. Random, drive-​by find we thought we’d check out for our Valentine’s Day dinner. The outside is a little ‘divey’ looking, and walking in you are overwhelmed by a grandma’s house feel (definitely not a bad thing here). Their menu presented a great selection of German beers (both on tap and in the bottle), in addition to a menu listing highly traditional food items. My boyfriend grew up eating his German Oma’s cooking and was not disappointed with his order of rouladen. My jägerschnitzel was delicious and the potato pancakes we started the meal off with were no joke (split one and take one home). We finished off our meal with complimentary Valentine’s Day chocolate covered strawberries and headed home STUFFED! We will DEFINITELY be back :)

Bodo’s is one of those places that you need to summon up the courage to walk into. The neighborhood seems dead and definitely the «wrong side» of town. Then, you have to summon up the courage to ignore the living room (complete with coffee table and TV) adjacent to the dining room (which only has 10 to 12 tables). Then you have to summon up the courage to order food despite the completely bizarre mixture of newspaper clippings, pictures and German landscape posters stapled and taped (yes) to the wall which also features a stained glass window on one side. Authentic German drinking music plays incessantly. Very tuba heavy.
Then you order the food. And all is forgotten. It was an explosion in my mouth. I forgot what I ordered; we vacationed there back in September. But it was German sausage and it was GOOD. The beer selection is awesome too. The server was delightfully unmatched to the restaurant but he was great, too. Just a bizarre, fun, interesting little restaurant that I implore you to check out in MB. Prost!

Delicious family recipes are the highlight of this family owned German restaurant. All the expected fare plus grandma’s special recipes. Escargot, champagne kraut, and Grandma’s meatloaf were delish. The strudel was the best we’ve ever eaten! It’s great-grandma’s recipe and she taught her great grandson to make it. Delightful evening in this little dive. German biers are excellent, too.

Made our night. Beer was great and the food was out of this world! We will make it a point to go to bodos every trip to MBSC. You should too!
Had the portobello mushrooms with potato salad and cabbage. Awesome meal.

First impressions were great when we parked next to Bodo’s. The place looked like the biggest dive ever! I love dive bars… best food… great atmosphere… etc. Once I walked in I wasn’t let down. Biggest dive ever!
The place was covered wall to wall with stuff, when walked to the bathroom I saw tables set up with random office chairs in a living room. There was a tv and the owners laptop sitting out in use on a coffee table. It looked like someone’s house setup like a restaurant. Loved it!
As we were looking over the extremely authentic German menu we were greeted by Bodo himself! He gave us the specials and was really nice. Bodo’s is a dive BAR and they don’t get a lot of children in there. Still, they were overly accommodating and went the extra mile for my kids.
They had a cigar box full of crayons (Awesome!) so the kids could draw on the paper tablecloth, they wrapped Saran Wrap over the plastic cups and put straws in to make a jerry rigged children’s cup, and they offered to make half orders of anything on the menu for the kids since they didn’t have a kids menu.
My wife ordered the Schweineschnitzel, I had the Wienerschnitzel, and the kids split some a Chicken Schnitzel. I got German potato salad and Spetzle as sides. I tasted all 3 and they were fantastic! Very authentic. The German potato salad was amazing and the Spetzle was dead on. They even had homemade Pumpernickel bread which was also fantastic.
After dinner my kids got to write their names on the walls in chalk and they loved it. I give Bodo’s 4 Doubledays because they aren’t really kid oriented and I write my reviews from that perspective. Still they were accommodating and very friendly. Great work… great food! Give Bodo’s a shot if you are in Myrtle Beach in search of some excellent German food.

My wife and16 month old son had a wonderful time here. It id’s truly a family place that is family oriented. Axle and his sister do a marvelous job.
We had the potato pancakes and the special which was peek tenderlion and meatloaf. The German potato salad was amazing.
This place is worth going to and eating the great European fare.