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Accolades
Here’s what the press is saying about the Planters Inn and Peninsula Grill…
Named to the list of Top 40 Business Hotels in the US and Canada, —Travel + Leisure Magazine, September, 2007
“ #7 Best Hotel in the US and Canada. ”—2007 Travel + Leisure Magazine, 12th Annual Readers Survey
“ #53 Best Hotel in the World. ” —2007 Travel + Leisure Magazine, 12th Annual Readers Survey
READERS CHOICE AWARDS 2001-2006
"75 Top Hotels of North America"
WORLD’S BEST HOTELS - Top 100 Continental U.S. and Canada 2006, 2005
500 Greatest Hotels in the World - Highest rated hotel in historic Charleston 2008
500 GREATEST HOTELS IN THE WORLD - Highest rated hotel in historic Charleston 2006
WORLD'S BEST HOTEL VALUES-MARCH 2008
#1 in the Continental United States ($250-400 a night)
WORLD'S BEST HOTEL VALUES-MARCH 2004
#1 in the Continental United States ($250-400 a night)
-Travel + Leisure
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“A super staff and outstanding restaurant define this little gem that's right in the heart of the historic district. I give it a 10.” —Andrew Harpers Hideawy Report, July 2007
Andrew Harper Hideaway – “2006 HARPER HOSPITALITY AWARD WINNER”
AMERICA'S TOP 50 HOTEL RESTAURANTS - 2003, 2002
Only South Carolina restaurant selected.
“The charming house-proud staff at Charleston’s Planters Inn makes you feel right at home in the historic heart of this beautiful Southern city.”

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for Peninsula Grill
The Reader's Survey: Favorite Places "Boutique City Hotels" 2004, 2003

“It's what you imagine the South to have been like before life got so busy.”
THE GOLD LIST, the World's Best Places to Stay. 2001-2006
Highest Rated Score for Charleston Hotels, 2006
TOP U.S. HOTELS, RESORTS & SPAS
"the best of Southern hospitality with 21st-century amenities"
"where you will be blown away by the food and service"

Four Star Award - Mobil Travel Club
Peninsula Grill since 1999

Four Diamond Award - American Automobile Association
Planters Inn since 1995
Peninsula Grill since 1999

"Charleston's most comfortable and elegant small hotel"
-ZagatSurvey
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“Top city restaurant.
Southern Living Magazine
“America’s Top 50 Hotel Restaurants…. Sole South Carolina selection
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DiRoNA Award - Distinguished Restaurants of North America

"Peninsula Grill, tucked within the city's most comfortable hostelry, may be Charleston's most sophisticated restaurant with wines to match."
-NY Times
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"Chef Carter and his impeccable staff have never shown brighter. Peninsula Grill is at the top of its game."
"Peninsula Grill swells with perfection."
-The Post & Courier
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- Travel + Leisure Names Planters Inn One of the World's Best



