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Wadmalaw Tomatoes & Benne First
Sun-warm heirloom tomatoes, toasted benne seed, buttermilk-lovage, and a crackle of sea-salt brioche. The plate that tells you it's high summer.
From a Wadmalaw Island farm—
Farm · Marsh · Tide — est. 2019
Supper drawn from the Lowcountry, set down by candlelight.
A small neighborhood restaurant on Charleston's east side. One nightly menu, written each afternoon from what our farmers, oystermen, and shrimpers brought to the door.
Della Rivers
Chef & Owner
The Hands Behind the Hill
I cook the marsh I grew up beside.
Lark Hill began as a single long table in my grandmother's old house off Pinckney Street — eight chairs, one menu, whatever the tide gave us.
I'm Della. I was raised in McClellanville, an hour up the coast, where supper was never abstract — it came in by boat, off the vine, out of the smoke. After fifteen years cooking in Charleston, New Orleans, and the Carolina hills, I came home to do one honest thing: serve this place to the people who live in it.
Every afternoon I walk the market and the docks before I write a word of the menu. Nothing crosses the pass that wasn't grown, caught, or raised within a morning's drive. We name every farm, because they're the reason there's anything worth eating.
— Della Rivers
Reservations
Thirty-two seats. One nightly menu. Earn your chair.
We seat just thirty-two guests an evening, twice a night. Tables open two weeks out and go fast — join the waitlist and we'll write the moment your night comes free.
32Seats per evening
5Courses, nightly
18Farms & waters sourced
SampleReviews (demo)
Gather Your People
Private events at Lark Hill
Buyouts, the chef's counter, and long-table suppers — built course by course with Della for the night you have in mind.
The Full Buyout
The entire dining room and courtyard for the evening — a bespoke menu, your own soundtrack, and the whole of Lark Hill to yourselves.
Up to 32 guests · From $4,800The Chef's Counter
Eight stools at the pass, an open kitchen, and an extended tasting served by the cooks themselves. The closest seat to the fire.
2 – 8 guests · $165 per personLong-Table Suppers
Rehearsal dinners, milestones, and quiet celebrations at the courtyard's oak table beneath the live oaks and string light.
10 – 18 guests · From $2,400
Inquire About an Event
Or write Della directly — [email protected]
The Room After Dark
An evening, in five frames
Brick, brass, and candle — the courtyard under the oaks, the glow of the pass, the long table set and waiting.
The Pass · candle & brass
The Courtyard · under the oaks
Tidal Oysters · this morning
The Marsh · golden hour
Set & Waiting · 6 o'clock, sharp