Elliott House Inn

Gross Hotel We opened the door to the overwhelming odor of cheap cleaning products unsuccessfully attempting to mask the smell of “unclean”. Windows, doors, walls were visibly dirty. The grime on the bathroom baseboards was 1/2” thick. Like it had never been cleaned. Deadbolt did not work on both the front & patio door. The other lock & door were so old & flimsy, they could easily be pushed in. Which is probably what happened at the front office. Their front door has clearly been busted in. Splintered wood still hanging. We canceled our reservation and left. Still waiting to hear back from the GM for a refund.

Quaint and great location! We went to Charleston for a quick weekend get away. We wanted to stay in the French Quarter. It was very difficult to find a place under $300/$400 per night in the heart of the French Quarter. The Elliott house was a great value at $250 per night. You have 3 great restaurants: Poogan’s Porch (named after their dog so I’m in), Husk, and 82 Queen. You are also located right across the street from a parking garage which made it easy to park ($20 per night). The other places you either had to park 3 blocks away or valet. You are a 5 minute walk to take a carriage ride with Old South Carriage (highly recommend to learn the rich history of Charleston in an hour) the flea market (housed in the old slave trading buildings), and restaurants on the water. You are located right on King Street which is the mecca for quaint stores, small charming bars, restaurants, Sewing Down South (from the show Southern charm). Only recommendation I had to the Elliott house was they need to update their website because it shows a wading pool and breakfast. The wading pool has been removed and there is no breakfast, just coffee. They did bring out wine and cheese at 5 pm which was lovely. There is cold water, ice tee, and lemonade all day which is very nice because it is very hot and humid in the summertime. I would definitely stay there again.

A Few Tips About Elliott House Inn On the whole, hotels in historic downtown Charleston are awfully expensive. We found the Elliott Inn to be anywhere from $50 to $200 cheaper. Prime location in the historic districts sits the Elliott Inn. You are one block away from Kings Street; one block away from the famous St. Phillips Church and just a few blocks away from busy East Bay Street. We usually have stayed at the Embassy Suites which is definitely a walk into town. A few nights at the Elliot were welcomed. There was no issue about parking as a public parking garage is right across the narrow Queen’s Street. On the day of our arrival, the garage was full. No problem as there is another garage just down the street. In fact, we saved ourselves $2 by parking down the street. Prices for these garages are $20 and $18 for 24 hours—not bad. The room was clean, the bathroom doable and the AC was cold set at 72F. Room cleaning is done by request. The only warning is to recognize that the ends of the bed are pointed. We call these types of bed frames “shin-knee-killers.” The Inn does put out a fresh pot of coffee by 7:00AM. With that said, there was no coffee for us decaffeinated people. A wine and cheese offering is at 5:00PM. The Pinot Grigio bottle is first to go. We were able to meet some fine guests on the patio. The further in on the patio there were NO See Um insects. We noticed one couple having some Deet to ward-off those critters. There is an elevator to the second and third floor rooms. On the second floor there was a notice for only one person at a time on the elevator. There was no sign of that nature on the first floor. There are also stairs that go up which are doable. We found it quirky that room keys are actual keys with a long-wide faub. Key cards have yet to come to the Elliot House Inn. We are always leery of having that key leave our pockets. The office closes at night. It saves expense on having someone stay the night. There are reasons why the Elliot is cheaper. We just left our keys in the room as we left early in the morning. We called later to notify the office clerk. We highly recommend Magnolias for lunch. We think they have the best Pecan Pie ever. We also like the food at Slightly North of Broad Restaurant. Seeing the Pineapple Fountain is always a treat and if you wait, take a swing on along the waterfront boardwalk. One of my highlights was taking the ferry out to Ft. Sumter. The last ferry allows one to see the large flag being taken down. If you found any value to this blog, please let me know by clicking the “thumbs up” picture.

Highly recommend! This hotel met all of our basic needs without the big price. Very walkable to the French Quarter and all the places we wanted to see. It was a plus to have the parking garage across the street. I really enjoyed the wine and cheese provided by the hotel each night. The hotel’s courtyard was very relaxing and out of the business of the street, a nice refuge after walking all day!

Very average Could be cleaner and furniture dirty as well as terrace. ,AC unit very noisy, but location is very good. Also when we get in the room we smell mold. Maybe the building got flooded before ?