Hudsons Seafood House On Docks

What Hudsons Seafood House On Docks does

Hudson's Seafood House on the Docks is a family-owned waterfront seafood restaurant located at 1 Hudson Road on Port Royal Sound, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Founded in 1967 (on a site dating to an 1912 oyster factory) and operated by the Carmines family since 1975, the restaurant operates a single 345-seat waterfront location serving lunch, dinner, brunch, and bar service on a first-come, first-served basis. It serves both tourists to Hilton Head Island and local residents, with menu pricing that spans $9-$38 across lunch and dinner entrees and brunch items priced $12-$22.

The business is distinguished by a vertically integrated supply chain that includes its own working shrimp boat fleet, an in-house soft-shell crab shedding operation using a custom seawater circulating system, and the wholly-owned Shell Ring Oyster Company (established 2013) which farms single-select oysters in Port Royal Sound. Over 90% of seafood is sourced from local waters through long-standing partnerships with multi-generational commercial fishermen (Toomer shrimpers, Padgett crabbers, and offshore captains Mahoney and Cox), enabling same-day dock-to-table service. Annual throughput includes 70,000 pounds of shrimp, 450,000 raw oysters, and 2,300+ soft-shell crabs.

Revenue is generated primarily through direct-to-consumer dine-in food and beverage sales, supplemented by private waterfront dining events and online gift card and merchandise sales through the ToastTab platform. The restaurant relies heavily on earned media (Forbes, Travel & Leisure, Southern Living, Conde Nast Traveler) and word-of-mouth, supported by a 4.6-star Google rating across 9,283 reviews. The current owner and general manager is Andrew Carmines, son of founders Brian and Gloria Carmines, with a 27-person staff across a single location.

Name

Hudsons Seafood House On Docks

Legal name

Hudson's Seafood House on the Docks

Website

https://hudsonsonthedocks.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hudson's Seafood House on the Docks is a family-owned waterfront seafood restaurant on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, serving tourists and locals since 1967 with dock-to-table seafood sourced from its own shrimp fleet, oyster farm, and in-house crab-shedding operation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Seafood Restaurants

NAICS

Shellfish Farming (112512), Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (311710)

SIC

Retail-Eating Places (5812), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Steakhouses & Seafood Restaurants (THAFACAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Marine Shellfish Farming (e.g., oysters, mussels, clams) (AFAEAAAB), Shellfish Wholesale (Crustaceans & Mollusks) (AFAIADAF)

Keywords

• Waterfront seafood restaurant
• Fresh local seafood
• Lowcountry dining
• Oyster and shrimp house
• Family-owned restaurant

Headquarters

HQ city

Hilton Head Island

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Dine-in Food and Beverage Sales: Full-service restaurant revenue from lunch, dinner, brunch, and bar sales. Over 345 seats serving 1,000+ guests on peak summer nights. Menu features local seafood including shrimp, oysters, crab, and fish preparations.
2. Gift Cards: Sale of gift cards through Toast Tab platform for gifting occasions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Hudson's Seafood House on the Docks operates a 345-plus-seat waterfront full-service seafood restaurant on Port Royal Sound at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, serving brunch, lunch, and dinner from local catch including shrimp, oysters, soft shell crab, and finfish. The restaurant runs an in-house soft-shell crab shedding operation, a working shrimp boat fleet, and the wholly-owned Shell Ring Oyster Company sustainable oyster farm, sourcing over 90% of seafood from local waters.

Product overview

Hudson's Seafood House on the Docks is a single waterfront seafood restaurant on Hilton Head Island offering breakfast/brunch, lunch, and dinner service through distinct menus. The restaurant features an in-house soft-shell crab shedding operation, operates its own shrimp boat fleet, and runs Shell Ring Oyster Company for sustainable oyster farming. Core offerings include the Brunch, Lunch, Dinner, Kids, and Drinks menus, complemented by private waterfront dining services and a gift shop selling gift cards and merchandise. Over 90% of seafood is sourced from local fishing fleets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Shell Ring Oyster Company: A sustainable oyster farm established by Andrew Carmines in 2013, providing the finest local single select oysters for the restaurant. Located in Port Royal Sound, these oysters are often harvested, shucked, and eaten in the same day.

Products and services

• Hudson's Seafood House on the Docks Restaurant Waterfront full-service seafood restaurant on Hilton Head Island offering brunch, lunch, and dinner service to tourists and locals.
• Brunch Menu

Quantifiable outcome

• 4.6 star rating from 9,283 Google reviews
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Shell Ring Oyster CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Sustainable oyster farm established by Andrew Carmines in 2013 in Port Royal Sound. Provides Hudson's with proprietary local single-select oysters, often harvested and served same day.
• Shell Ring Oyster CompanycoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 1 January 2013Andrew Carmines founded Shell Ring Oyster Company in 2013. Oyster farm provides Hudson's with finest local single-select oysters while maintaining environmental responsibility - cleaning water while avoiding depletion of natural resources.
• Jeff and Skip Toomer (Third-generation shrimpers)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThird-generation shrimpers who dock directly at Hudson's to deliver locally caught shrimp. Their family tradition continues with boats delivering fresh catch straight to the restaurant, allowing guests to witness the shrimp boats unloading.
• Andrew Mahoney - The Number 1 (Commercial Vessel Captain)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCaptain of The Number 1 commercial vessel in Hudson's fleet, fishing for vermillion snapper, grouper, and black sea bass off the coast of Hilton Head and Edisto. Also catches yellowtail snapper.
• Bill Cox - Ellen Jean Commercial VesselcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCaptain of the 74-foot commercial vessel Ellen Jean from Yonges Island, South Carolina. Supplies swordfish and mahi, fishing 150-175 miles offshore with careful temperature control.
• Melanie and Jim Padgett (Commercial Crab Fishermen)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommercial crab fishermen setting approximately 200 crab pots between Beaufort and Hilton Head. Supply stone crab claws and soft shell crabs. Melanie delivers roughly 300 pounds of stone crab claws weekly. Continue family tradition dating to the 1970s.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Poseidon: Hilton Head Island seafood-focused restaurant on the waterfront. Direct peer competing in the same local market for seafood dining share among tourists and residents.
• Red Fish Restaurant: Hilton Head Island upscale seafood restaurant specializing in fresh local catch. Direct peer targeting the same premium seafood dining occasion for island visitors.
• The Old Oyster Factory: Waterfront Hilton Head Island seafood restaurant with a similar heritage dining model and waterfront location on the same island. Direct competitor for tourist and local seafood dining occasions.
• Skull Creek Boathouse: Large waterfront seafood restaurant on Hilton Head Island serving locals and tourists. Direct competitor in the same geographic market and category — both compete for the same visitor dining occasions and rely on similar seafood-driven positioning.
• Boathouse at Breach Inlet: Waterfront seafood restaurant located between Hilton Head and Charleston at Breach Inlet. Direct peer operating a similar dockside, fresh-local-seafood model with comparable tourist appeal.
• Bowen's Island Restaurant: Historic Charleston-area Lowcountry seafood shack famous for its oyster roasts and casual dockside experience. Direct peer in the regional Lowcountry fresh-oyster/seafood dining category.

Broad incumbents

• Landry's Seafood House: National full-service seafood restaurant chain owned by Landry's Inc., serving a similar fresh-seafood menu in tourist-heavy markets. Broad incumbent with overlapping capability but without Hudson's local-sourcing and heritage differentiation.

Regional players

• Salt Water Cowboys: Long-running South Carolina Lowcountry seafood restaurant near Charleston with a similar dockside fresh-seafood heritage model. Regional peer in the broader Lowcountry seafood category.
• Pearlz Oyster Bar: Lowcountry-focused oyster and seafood restaurant with locations in Columbia and Charleston, SC. Regional peer with similar oyster-centric seafood positioning but operating outside the Hilton Head market.

Emerging players

• The Ordinary (Charleston): Charleston seafood-focused restaurant and oyster bar operated by The Neighborhood Dining Group, emphasizing fresh shellfish and a curated raw bar. Emerging peer with similar oyster/seafood craft positioning but operating in Charleston rather than Hilton Head.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hudsons-seafood-house-on-docks

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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