The Gay Dolphin

Myrtle Beach’s oldest, largest, and most unique gift shop, the Gay Dolphin has been an anchor of the Myrtle Beach community since the 1940s. With its wide selection of sea shells, apparel ,home decor, collectibles, jewelry & sharksteeth. It's more than a gift shop – it is a shopping experience.

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  • Phone

    (843) 448-6550

  • Website

    gaydolphin.com

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  • Type

    Gift Store

Address

916 N Ocean Blvd Myrtle Beach , SC 29577 United States

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Comments / 44


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souvenirs trinkets kitschy authentic gift shop beach assortments well
Melanie Scalera

Best shop in MB...LOTS of stuff-you could easily spend an hour here. Many different collections of unique items . A hoarders paradise. Wish it was in RI...lol.

Michael Zickefoose

This place is a must when you visit Myrtle Beach. Give yourself some time and get lost here.

kelly n.

One of the creepiest places I've ever visited. Seriously, it's everything from every basement of every American house since 1965

Sherie Robey

Vist Tom, he sells authentic sharks teeth..just an awesome place. Trip to MB would not be complete without a visit!

Mayte ☀️????

This place is insane! It is so big we lost half our group! It is an attraction itself and maybe you buy a thing or two in the process!

Heather C

This place has about 4 floors of every type of item you can think of, and even some you can't.

Maria Pflugradt

Really great place to get beach themed trinkets as well as many more items. Come check it out!

Kira

everything AND the kitchen sink.

Gene E

Many items have been on the shelf so long they are now antiques . If you don't buy it today you can buy it in ten years.

Ann Thornton

They have a little bit of everything!

Kyle LeBeau

Everything, everything is good here it is wall to wall cramped with tacky crap and it is awesome!

Mary Salmon

Iconic shopping trip for tourista stuff when in Myrtle Beach! I think it has been there forever!

Victoriana

All the tacky beach gifts you could ever want!

Jeff Small

The greatest assortment of gifts , trinkets , souvenirs , and ephemera associated with the redneck riviera, on earth.

jscar

Holy cow, there's tons of stuff in here. It's not really a trendy tourist trap but it does have interesting and eclectic stuff. The best part is the jewelry . I found a stuffed sloth doll there that

Alberto Paez

They have taxidermied sea creatures . I could live at this gift shop .

Mike Dyer

Great place to visit!!

Jennifer Brown

Sensory overload! But it smells exactly like it did when I was a kid. Ah nostalgia.

Karina Myers

Fun store to shop

Kelsey

If you want an adventure go here. Four floors and endless stuff, musty though. It's like a maze of random stuff that never ends.

aTyler Kehl

Need a souvenir ? This is the place to visit. Stuff galore!

Taylor Howard

Good Lord. You want shit? They have it. And a TON of it! Three stories of anything you could imagine. Except a bathroom they didn't have those.

Chris

I first went to myrtle beach as a baby in 1977 and the same stuff is still here

Amy Tisdale

Been going here for years. Lots of stuff !!!!

Robert Rhoden

It's not regular tourist crap like Wings and Eagles. It's... Different. Really different.

Makenzie Smith

Super cool shop!! Sketchiest bathrooms EVER!

Fred

It has a big selection of merchandise. It has just about anything you can thank of.

Lyle A

Was scared to check in here because of the gay name. Lol. Kidding

Sherie Robey

Tom, who sells shark's teeth.

Steven Sorkin

Can't believe how much stuff there is here!

Beth King

AMAZING gift shop , but avoid the bathrooms at all costs. dead roaches, live roaches, no toilet paper. well worth a trip to the store though.

Janet Fox

Too much stuff here. If you want something with 'Myrtle Beach' on it, go somewhere else. I spent an hour here and couldn't find a MB magnet. I did, however, find a souvenir that said 'Florida'

Beth King

Best gift shop of all time.

Lorena

4 Floors of Childhood Memories

Tanya Torres

If you want some souvenirs left over from the 70s this is your place.

Mary Margaret Mattson

Did you go here 20 years ago? Nothing has changed. Including the merchandise. And dust.

Sherry Harms

best souvenir shop intown

Brett Friedman

Gay my ass. I hit on every dolphin and got no action. Flamboyant dolphins at best.

Usman Farooq

Feels like I walked into an episode of the show Hoarders .

Rebecca Guthrow

Too much stuff ! It's like all the wings type stores all mushed into one lol

Jeff Austin

Must see @ the beach

Chris

Thus isn't a gay bar ?

Maggy Castellaneta

Kitschtastic. Read more

Chris

Dusty as hell. Allergy central. Lots of stuff

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