The Charleston Place

Wow! A huge thank you to the staff of Belmond Charleston Place! My wedding ceremony was originally outdoors, and two days before the wedding, the weather forecast forced me to change the venue. My groom and I were staying in the Belmond Charleston Place and we walked into the sales office to ask about indoor ceremony venues. We worked with Abi and in record time, the hotel had accommodated our ceremony! After the ceremony, we were so thankful for the bad weather! The ceremony was so much more beautiful and elegant inside the Belmond Charleston Place! The rooms were so beautiful, the public spaces were elegant, and the entire staff is incredible! We will be coming back for many anniversaries! Thank you so much for not only saving our best day, but making it better than it was ever going to be before!

When we chose to have our wedding at Charleston Place Hotel we were planning a destination wedding, but by the time we had the wedding we had relocated to Charleston. Also, I work full time and attend law school at night which left little time for planning. As a destination or busy bride this choice made everything so easy; they have their own caterer, their own pastry chef and their own florist. Also by booking you have an event coordinator. Margeaux was our event planner and she was fabulous. If you can ask for her do so, she made all the difference in the world! She was my point person and took care of everything, literally, everything. On the wedding day we didn't have to lift a finger. We had our wedding in the Market Street Circle and our reception in the Palmetto Cafe and Courtyard. It was gorgeous. The whole hotel is so beautiful they really have to do very little to make it look fabulous, but Bloom the in-house-florist made everything beautiful and the reception area looked so luxurious. They took my little descriptions and ran with them. Give them room to use their expertise, they are amazing. When we arrived at the reception we met our banquet captain, Steve - he made sure my husband and I always had a full drink (they brought them to us, we never had to wait at the bar) and that the reception ran like clock work. The food was delicious. We had a variation of the Low Country Buffet. The cake was beautiful and so tasty. The pastry chef made us any flavor we wanted. Everyone loved the Hummingbird Cake, a Southern staple. The service was impeccable. While this venue was a little more expensive than others we considered, the money spent goes a long way and was well worth it. If you select to use their florist, they will deduct the cost of venue fees from your florist bill essentially erasing one of those budget items. You have a built in wedding planner. On the night of your wedding you are given a complimentary stay in a suite, complete with chocolate covered strawberries and champagne. Knowing the bride and groom rarely get a chance to enjoy dinner (however the food is so good you must make time to enjoy) they allow you to pick items from their late night room service menu, ahead of time, and will have it delivered at any time after the wedding. We had so many friends and family coming from out of town we knew we would likely be out late into the night and as such they delivered our selections to our room at 2:30 a.m. IT WAS AWESOME. I just can't say enough about how easy having the wedding at Charleston Place Hotel made everything. In selecting this venue it eliminated so many hassles of coordinating deliveries from vendors, hundreds of confirmations calls in the weeks before the weddings and having to worry about deliveries on the wedding day. I'm so happy we made this choice; it made our wedding everything we could have hoped for and more. So many people have told us it was the best wedding ever. Our guests had a fabulous time and were raving about everything! We had notes come in the mail the following week thanking us for having them as guests at our wedding. It really was the day of our dreams.

Amazing ambiance for pictures; beautiful long winding staircase with a magnificent chandelier to top it off. The rooms are gorgeous, staff helpful and food delicious.

The food was wonderful. To this day, I am still hearing people talk about how good the food was. The hotel and restaurant was beautiful. The hotel features a large staircase and fountains ideal for pictures. There is an outside cocktail area. The staff was extremely helpful and cordial. Overall, the atmosphere, the venue and the reception itself was perfect!;The only thing that might factor in people's decision is that due to the size & setup of the restaurant, the dance floor size is limited.

The location was big enough to hold up to 1000 people, there was a stage for the band to play, there was a dance floor big enough for everyone to dance, there were 20 tables for everyone to sit down, there was a beautiful area for the cocktail hour on the balcony that could hold up to 100 people with an inside area for the rest of the guests to sit down, there were several bathrooms available to the guests, and the food/service was outstanding!