WELCOME
“CONFUSION IS THE ENEMY OF HOSPITALITY”
- Kevin Joseph, Owner, Founder & Chef
THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING TO DINE WITH US @ RAW LAB IN CHARLESTON! We cant wait to receive you! To do so elegantly, avoid any confusion and to make you feel well received we have put this page together for your review and for you to share with others in your group. Our unique model and space begs for this protocol which will certainly serve you to enjoy meeting others you’ll be dining with and
ARRIVE: 6:00pm - 6:30pm.
LOCATION: 99 S. Market Street @ Port of Call. On S. Market Street, across from the Old Market. We are in between the 5 & Dime and a Tee Shirt Shop. It’s on the S. Side of the street between Meeting St. & Church St. Look for a big courtyard. LOCATION ON GOOGLE MAPS
MINGLE: In the courtyard (if it’s nice weather) or in Port of Call Restaurant (if its very hot or cold or rainy). We have some couches reserved for you outside near the end of the bar and there will be bottles of Mountain Valley Spring Water there for you as well.
HYDRATE: The water station will have bottles of still and sparkling Mountain Valley Water for you.
WASH YOUR HANDS: As we’ll eat lots of things with our hands and fingers. The bathroom is located off of the courtyard and shares a door with the foyer for RAW LAB.
PLEASE DO NOT
Wait outside of the RAW LAB guest entry door. You wont enjoy it. Its the entry to the bathrooms too and you’ll be in the way of those using both the bathroom. It is also a tight and awkward space and as we are making final preparations we are in and out of that space a lot. You’ll likely find it very uncomfortable.
PLEASE DO NOT
Try to enter RAW LAB until you are escorted in by the host. We’ll bring everyone in together when we are 100% ready at 6:37pm. As you’ll see, there’s nowhere for you to stand in our dining room while we are finishing the set up. We don’t want you to feel “rejected” if you try to come in and we really need to focus in that last hour of set up so we are TOTALLY PREPARED for all to enter at 6:37. SEATING IS SET LONG BEFORE YOU ARRIVE so standing at the door wont get you better seats, it’ll slow the seating process down and you’ll be uncomfortable. There are certain formulas for how we assign seats but for the most part it is fairly random. If you have a seating request, please let us know via the chat in RESY. We look closely at each reservation for allergies or other special requests.
6:30 - 6:35: - We will do our best check in on everyone as we come and go in final preparations for service.
6:35: We’ll huddle up for a moment and go over some little things that will help everyone enjoy RAW LAB the most.
6:37: We will all enter together and be seated.
PARKING: Please do NOT drive, unless you are not drinking. Parking is available on the street, in parking structures and in a surface lot across from Emeline Hotel. Valet Parking is NOT available.