As with any area, there are locally owned and operated restaurants, bakeries, and pubs. I have my own personal favorites, but I didn’t want this list to be biased with my personal opinion, so I asked some of my fellow Irmo citizens what their favorites were, and they sure did deliver! Thanks, Irmo! Here is the list that they came up with (The ones with a * were mentioned multiple times):
| Asian | Seafood | American | Sports Pubs | Mexican | German | Italian | Soul Food |
| Inakaya Watanabe* | Catch 22 | Steve’s Classic Burgers | D’s Wings | Real Mexico* | Julia’s German Stammitsch | Alodia’s | Kiki’s Chicken & Waffles |
| Chen’s Garden | Oak Grove Fish House | Higher Ground Char House | Carolina Wings Marina* | 7 Mares | Bellacinos | Perfectly Plated | |
| Miyos | Mathias Sandwich Shop | Silver Fox Grill* | O’Haras Irish Pub | El Jimador | |||
| Duke’s Pad Thai | Zac’s Sandwich Shop | Hemingways | |||||
| Bistro on the Boulevard | British Bulldog Pub | ||||||
| Fire and Spice | Lucky’s Burger Shack | ||||||
| Bubba’s Biscuits |
