8 of the best-rated SC restaurants to get hot, hearty soup during the cold winter months
Brrrrr!
Winter has settled in across South Carolina but it’s still just getting started. With many cold weeks ahead, finding ways to stay warm is paramount. Some like to warm themselves up with hot comfort foods and what could be more comforting than a hearty soup? The classic chicken noodle soup, for instance, has long been the go-to remedy for many moms helping their children shake a nasty cold on a frosty winter day.
Of course, you don’t have to be sick to enjoy a hot soup full of healthy ingredients to warm you up.
Here are eight of the best-reviewed restaurants in South Carolina that sell soups, according to Google reviews. Two of the best-rated restaurants were chosen from each of the following cities: Columbia, Greenville, Charleston and Mount Pleasant.
Columbia
The Devine Cinnamon Roll Deli
Rating: 4.8 out of 5
Location: 2617 Devine St.
A deli has long been the place to get a hot, tasty bowl of soup and The Devine Cinnamon Roll is no exception. According to the restaurant’s website, all of the soups are made in house with fresh ingredients. Get a savory bowl of creamy tomato basil parmesan, or try the soup of the day. Order one of the many sandwich options and then cap off your fulfilling meal with a fresh, hot cinnamon roll.
No Name Deli
Rating: 4.7 out of 5
Location: 2042 Marion St.
This deli has been a Columbia staple for more than 30 years. Enjoy a steaming serving of vegetable soup or the soup of the day in portions ranging from an 8-ounce cup to a full quart. There’s also a variety of hot sandwiches to complement your soup and keep you warm, including the turkey reuben and the chicken melt.
Greenville
Jasmine Kitchen
Rating: 4.8 out of 5
Location: 503 Augusta St.
Jasmine Kitchen offers good food for a good cause. The Jasmine Kitchen is part of an innovative Social Enterprise Program that provides women jobs in a safe, nurturing, and supportive environment for the residents and graduates of the two-year residential program of Jasmine Road — a nonprofit that helps women escape cycles of sexual exploitation and addiction, the eatery’s website states.
Jasmine Kitchen offers a good selection of hearty soups, but it’s menu changes regularly, so keep an eye out on the website. Currently on the menu is a chicken and stars soup, lentil stew, roasted fennel potato soup and Italian vegetable beef soup.
Menkoi Noodle House
Rating: 4.7 out of 5
Location: 241B N Main St.
Menkoi Noodle House serves authentic Japanese dishes, including plenty of Ramen soup options. Would you like yellow noodles in a pork-based soup, or how about with a soy sauce based soup and vegetables instead? Or maybe you’d like noodles with chicken in a chicken-based soup with a spicy kick? Menkoi has all that and more.
Charleston
Ladles Soups Downtown
Rating: 4.5 out of 5
Location: 68 Cannon St.
The locally-owned Ladles, as its name implies, focuses mainly on soups. According to its website, the restaurant, which opened in 2007, has more than 400 soup recipes that it rotates daily. Some of its soup offerings include buffalo chicken, Greek lemon chicken, loaded potato and she crab. The restaurant also offers a variety of sandwiches and salads.
The Gathering Cafe
Rating: 4.5 out of 5
Location: 1124 Sam Rittenberg Blvd.
The Gathering Cafe uses fresh, local ingredients to make comfort food and offers a variety of vegan and vegetarian options. Soups include tomato soup with cashew coconut cream and miso soup with tofu, scallion and mushrooms. Also available is the butternut squash and apple soup, which includes green apple, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Mount Pleasant
Five Loaves Cafe
Rating: 4.6 out of 5
Location: 1055 Johnnie Dodds Blvd.
Five Loaves strives for a more ecologically friendly restaurant that recycles all of its glass, plastic and cardboard. Even its ‘to go’ ware is biodegradable, the restaurant’s website notes. Five Loaves has daily soup special options, such as a potato, broccoli and cheddar option, a tomato tarragon with crab meat and loaded potato.
The Mustard Seed
Rating: 4.5 out of 5
Location: 1036 Chuck Dawley Blvd.
Since its opening by owner Sal Parco, The Mustard Seed has grown from a small, seven-table restaurant into a large establishment that aims to offer healthy alternatives to the typical burgers and fries, the restaurant website states. For a hearty soup, try the Mustard Seed’s corn chowder or tomato tarragon. And there’s plenty of handheld options to pair with your soup, including smoked turkey and corned beef reuben sandwiches.
