The Restoration

First the good:spacious room with sitting area and kitchenette/bar top counter and stools, fridge. Comfortable bed and quiet room. Central location on historic King Street, good for walking to the market, shopping, restaurants. The misses: no gym on site, over a mile away there is a gym that is affiliated with this hotel. Breakfast in a basket outside the door is a cute idea in theory but two small light & fit yogurts in plastic containers and one bowl of berries, and a lukewarm microwave quiche were not very appealing. The next day, one banana for two people, and two English muffin cheese and egg sandwiches and a bowl of berries…I don’t eat muffins or cheese…..shouldn’t they at least ask for your preference? Coffee can be purchased in the coffee shop attached to the hotel. Thank Goodness! I’ve rarely stayed in a hotel these last years that doesn’t have its own freshly brewed complimentary coffee. The pool on the 5th floor is a joke. 8 chairs in the blazing sun, no shade, just enough room for the chairs around the 8x8 pool. Overall, I slept fine but would choose somewhere else on my next visit to Charleston, SC. If this review has been helpful, please give it a LIKE. Thanks!

This is a great example of fantasy’s not matching reality. From the photos and some of the reviews, you’d expect something incredible. The only incredible part is the location. Hard it best it. But service is slow, check-in was a joke of epic proportion. Room wasn’t ready. We weren’t the only ones. People would show up to check-in, but there wouldn’t be anyone there to check them in. The pool isn’t a pool. It’s a hot tub. Fine in the winter. Nonsensical in the summer. For every nice touch, like cheese and drinks every evening 5-6, there’s a counterweight. For example, they don’t service the rooms everyday. Annoying when the room is $600 / night. They have a Jeep to take you places. Really nice touch. But, that’s counterweighted by a lack of a gym on location. If this was a $200 / night place, it’s 4, if not 5 stars. But at the price for the rooms, it’s a solid 3.

Wonderful happy hour in a beautiful location! William was incredibly helpful, entertaining, and truly made the experience so much fun. The delicious food and wine added so much to my stay, and it was refreshing meeting and talking with other guests. Highly recommend!

This would be a 5-star review if not for maintenance issues that kept us up two nights in a row. We had two terrible nights' sleep thanks to a chirping smoke detector, which means poor maintenance! It chirped Monday night, waking us up at 1:15 a.m. but quieted after two chirps. Took us hours to fall back asleep. We reported it the next morning, AND NOTHING WAS DONE, so we were awakened again by a chirping smoke detector, this time at 3:46 a.m. My husband, a firefighter actually, is thankfully tall and was able to stand on a chair to reach the alarm to take the battery out to disable it. We brought the whole damn thing down to the front desk, which finally got attention. But two out of our three nights had already been ruined, and there was zero compensation offered for it. This is a simple maintenance issue. You have to change the batteries on a regular schedule! The positives: huge room, nice picnic basket breakfast delivered to your room each morning (sandwiches one day, biscuits another), nice rooftop bar (sit in front of the open windows), great little coffee bar (to pay) available downstairs, fun (free) happy hour, beautiful property, convenient location and complimentary rides available to/from dinner, etc.

The attention to detail this hotel provides is unique. Breakfast is delivered to your door each morning without needing to order. A happy hour is provided in the lobby every afternoon. The location is ideal for shopping and dining. Every couple in our group plans to return! The entire experience was amazing.