The Vendue

First, let me say I like The Vendue. Great location and terrific staff. But what a disappointment this visit was. I booked through their website, not a third party, and chose the Enclave King, a beautiful room with lots of windows and light. The beautiful, spacious room was 153 which turned out to be the ground floor next to a parking deck where people walked within feet of our windows to get to Vendue Range, and where one person stood outside our window smoking a cigarette. Of course, we had to pull the shades and curtains making our room a dark beautiful room. We went to the desk where they were very concerned and tried to move us. No go. Full. No rooms available. They would be on the lookout for a cancellation. All day but nothing. We remained in our beautiful dark room for 3 days. Lessons learned: it apparently is of no advantage to book directly. I thought that booking directly would have given us a better placement of rooms. Apparently not because they obviously know there are problems with the location of this room. And I might assume that direct booking would shield you from this room. Another lesson is that I should have called to make reservations, though I would have needed a heads up on what questions to ask. I have stayed in The Vendue before and had only stayed in rooms on 2nd or 3rd floors. I somehow thought all rooms were above the ground floor. Wrong. Was there a heads up when I booked directly that I could choose “where” my room was? If so, I missed it. Again, The Vendue is a good place but only if you know enough or are guided in such a way as to avoid the ground floor adjacent to the parking lot and deck with constant traffic just outside your beautiful windows in your beautiful room.

Disappointing experience at a property that claims to be luxury. During our stay, a staff member walked in on us while we were intimate (major privacy breach), and we found insects in the bed both nights (I have uploaded video proof). When I contacted management, they called us liars and told us we were 'not a fit' for the hotel. This follows a 2022 stay where a sewer line broke on our floor. We stay at The Loutrel and Charleston Place frequently; go there instead where they actually respect guest privacy and hygiene.

We stayed at The Vendue 2/11 - 2/15/2026, and it was a lovely experience. The hotel is decorated throughout with many eye-catching modern art pieces. If modern art is not your thing, don't let this stop you from booking a stay! We stayed in Room 309, which was clean, comfortable, and spacious (we are used to European-sized hotel rooms, so it seemed quite large for the two of us). But the thing that really sets The Vendue apart is the service. Check-in was a very pleasant experience, where we were greeted with glasses of prosecco and made to feel very welcome. Everyone employee we encountered was kind, gracious, and helpful. The location is also a plus - steps away from the beautiful Waterpark, and there is also a DASH stop nearby, making it easy to take advantage of the very good public transportation. We were able to easily walk or ride the DASH to every attraction we wished to visit. We will definitely return to this hotel on our next trip to Charleston.

We just finished our stay (February 8 - 12, - 2026) at The Vendue. This time of year, is considered off season. Weather varied from mid 4Os to 65 degrees or so. Both perfect for us All 3 of the hotels I looked at had good reviews / proximity to the waterfront park, historic area, downtown areas. I chose The Vendue because of its uniqueness. Literally an art gallery boutique hotel. The hotel lobby is full of very cool contemporary artwork (see the website). Lobby music was very cool as well. The hallways on each floor have the similar cool artwork. Our room was very clean and spacious (2 queen beds). Walk in shower. The hotel lobby staff were all very friendly and helpful. Overall, the I found the service to be excellent. I definitely give this hotel 5 stars for everything during our visit to Charleston. Stayed at many hotels over the years and only gave 5 stars to one other hotel. We are picky. A couple of cool intangibles: Love the fact The Vendue was a smaller boutique hotel (with a very unique style). First morning of our stay I received a hotel text asking how everything was so far. Don’t know if it was because hotel was not busy yet or standard guest procedure. Regardless of it made us feel management cared. We were greeted with glasses of champagne upon arrival There wasn’t any continental breakfast in the AM, but we did not really need one. (for us anyway). Each morning there was a “breakfast bag” attached to our door consisting of some muffins / croissants/ banana and apple. Nice touch, fine for us in the AM. Coffee / Tea in the lobby in the AM Water bottles in the room (complimentary) Safe deposit box in our room Staff was very helpful in picking restaurants and guiding us with a map with suggestions as to what to see in the area. Around 9pm…good fresh cookies in the lobby. (nice touch) I highly recommend The Vendue if you like this unique style of boutique hotel as well as overall excellent service. Again, centrally located to most locations for touring, shopping and dining Recommend going during off season if one does not like crowds. Weather was mild and comfortable for us.

Bedbugs. I sent pictures to the hotel with many bites, hotel respond led saying they will get an inspection. Beware! They have not provided any help to make sure i don't bring them to my home, no reimbursement, unclear if they are taking the infestation seriously.