Exterior of the Vendue hotel lobby doors

The best place to stay in Charleston

Award-winning and consistently voted as one of Charleston’s best boutique hotels, we are honored to be recognized as a top historic hotel here in our fair city. Don’t take our word for it, though… check out the accolades and know that you’re in good hands.

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The Vendue has been recognized quite a few times for its overall excellence.

2024

10.11.2024 | Readers’ Choice Award Winner | ConventionSouth Media Group

09.09.2024 | Best Bar in Charleston, The Rooftop | Post & Courier’s 2024 Charleston’s Choice Awards.

07.11.2024 | 2024 Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards | Travel + Leisure

 

2023

10.23.2023 | Readers’ Choice Award Winner | ConventionSouth Media Group

04.21.2023 | Top 500 Hotels in the World | Travel + Leisure

02.07.2023 | No 10 Best Hotels in Charleston | U.S. News & World Report

02.07.2023 | No 13 Best Hotels in South Carolina | U.S. News & World Report

05.28.2023 | Travelers’ Choice Award Winner | TripAdvisor

07.11.2023 | 2023 Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards | Travel + Leisure

10.03.2023 | 2023 Readers’ Choice Awards: The Top Hotels in Charleston | Condé Nast Traveler

 

2022

02.08.2022 | U.S. News 2022 Best Hotels Rankings | U.S. News & World Report

05.02.2022 | Travelers’ Choice Award Winner | TripAdvisor

05.11.2022 | 2022 Best Rooftop Bar and Best Downtown Bar | Charleston City Paper Best of Charleston Awards

07.12.2022 | 2022 Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards | Travel + Leisure

09.22.2022 |2022 Best Downtown Charleston Bar | Post & Courier’s Charleston’s Choice Awards

11.22.2022 | 2022 New or Renovated Award | ConventionSouth

 

2021

12.06.2021 | Awards: The Gallery at the Vendue | Boutique Lifestyle Leaders Association

11. 03. 2021 | Best Boutique Business of the Year | Boutique Lifestyle Leaders Association

10.06.2021 | Fun Things to Do in Charleston Right Now | Thrillist

10.05.2021 | 2021 Readers’ Choice Awards: The Top Hotels in Charleston | Condé Nast Traveler

09.08.2021 | World’s Best: Top 10 Hotel in Charleston | Travel + Leisure

08.16.2021 | The Best Charleston Hotels For A Truly Local Stay | AFAR

08.16.2021 | Why You Should Go To Charleston Now | AFAR

08.02.2021 | Travelers’ Choice Award Winner (Revival) | TripAdvisor

05.31.2021 | Five Luxurious Charleston Hotels To Visit This Summer | Forbes

05.12.2021 | 2021 Best of Rooftop Bar| Charleston City Paper Best of Charleston Awards

04.23.2021 | 2021 Best of Housekeeping Award | AAA

03.09.2021| 50 In 50: The Most Unique Hotels Across The Country | Travel Noire

03.01.2021 | This Charleston Hotel Makes You Feel Like You’re Sleeping in a Contemporary Art Museum | Travel + Leisure

02.18.2021 | 2021 Traveller Review Award | Booking.com

02.16.2021 | Travel + Leisure 500 | Travel + Leisure

02.15.2021 | Loved by Guests “Top 100 Boutique” Award | Hotels.com

02.02.2021 | U.S. News 2020 Best Hotels Rankings | U.S. News & World Report

 

2020

10.06.2020 | 2020 Readers’ Choice Awards: The Top Hotels in Charleston | Condé Nast Traveler

09.25.2020 | Best Bar (The Rooftop) – Charleston’s Choice Awards | Post & Courier

09.25.2020 | Best Boutique Hotel – Charleston’s Choice Awards | Post & Courier

09.01.2020 | 2020 Best of Housekeeping Award | AAA

08.10.2020 | Traveler’s Choice Winner | TripAdvisor

07.08.2020 | Travel & Leisure World’s Best Awards | Travel & Leisure

02.04.2020 | U.S. News 2020 Best Hotels Rankings | U.S. News & World Report

 

2019

10.07.2019 | #6 Best Hotel in Charleston | Condé Nast Traveler

07.10.2019 | These are the Best Places to Visit This Year, According to Travel + Leisure | The Today Show

07.10.2019 | The 10 Best Hotels in Charleston | Travel + Leisure

03.06.2019 | Revival on AFAR Magazine | AFAR Magazine

03.06.2019 | The Best Hotels in Charleston | AFAR Magazine

03.06.2019 | Charleston’s 8 Essential Dishes (and Where to Try Them) |AFAR Magazine

03.06.2019 | Where to Find Charleston’s Best Southern Cooking and Soul Food | AFAR Magazine

03.06.2019 | The Vendue on AFAR Magazine | AFAR Magazine

 

2018

12.17.2018 | Revival Named “Charleston’s Best New Restaurants of 2018″ | Thrillist

12.06.2018 | “Where To Go Next: 14 Best Places To Travel In The US In 2019” | Forbes

12.06.2018 | Revival on National Geographic Traveler | National Geographic Traveler

11. 20.2018 | “Experience Charleston Classics at Revival” | Discover South Carolina

11.05.2018 | “How to Experience Charleston, According to a Lifelong Traveler” | Travel + Leisure

10.09.2018 | The Vendue named #2 hotel in Charleston, SC | Conde Nast

09.06.2018 | The Vendue named The Best Urban Hotels in America | Bravoyourcity.com

08.20.2018 | Drawing Room one of the places to visit while spending 24 Hours in Charleston, SC | Departures

05.01.2018 | The Vendue named one of the best places to stay in Charleston | Conde Nast Traveler

04.30.2018 | The Rooftop named one of the Places to Eat and Drink at | Conde Nast Traveler

04.27.2018 | The Rooftop Bar at the Vendue named #1 Rooftop in Charleston, SC for 11 straight years | Charleston City Paper

04.13.2018 | The Vendue & RLS Donate $15,000 to Charleston Animal Society

01.02.2018 | The Vendue Opening Revival Restaurant | Charleston City Paper

 

2017

07.21.2017 | Rooftop Bars for Viewing Total Solar Eclipse | CNN

07.11.2017 | Named #1 Hotel in Charleston | Travel + Leisure

07.11.2017 | Named #9 Hotel in the U.S. | Travel + Leisure

07.10.2017 | Where to Eat in Charleston | Golf Digest.com

05.19.2017 | Weekend Trip Guide: Where to Stay, Eat, and Drink in Charleston | Marie Claire.com

04.28.2017 | An Insider’s Travel Guide to Charleston | MarthaStewart.com

04.12.2017 | The 15 Most Unique Hotels in South Carolina | BestThingsSC.com

01.12.2017 | 36 Hours in Charleston | The New York Times

01.02.2017 | When You Crave the Unexpected | Mount Pleasant Magazine

 

2016

11.01.2016 | The Best Things To Do in Charleston | offMetro

10.17.2016 | The Most Historically Luxurious Hotels | Men’s Journal

09.25.2016 | A Community of Chefs | Post & Courier

09.16.2016 | Graffitist in Residence? It’s the Latest Hotel Amenity | The New York Times

09.13.2016 | Sleeping in an Art Gallery | Muses & Visionaries Magazine

09.10.2016 | Hotels in Charleston Capitalizing on Contemporary Art | Post & Courier

09.06.2016 | 15 Fall Trips To Take-Without Using Vacation Days | Refinery 29

09.06.2016 | 5 of the Best Art Hotels in America | Travel Pulse

06.15.2016 | The Vendue: Having Hospitality Down to a Fine Art | Charlie Magazine

05.16.2016 | This Could Be the Exhibition of the Year | Fine Art Connoisseur

05.08.2016 | Contemporary Art Show at Vendue Reflects Charleston-NYC Connections | Post & Courier

04.01.2016 | Charleston’s Charm is Undeniable at These Design Hot Spots | Architectural Digest

03.26.2016 | 10 Weekend Trips to Take This Spring | Thrillist

03.01.2016 | Carolina on My Mind | American Way

02.03.2016 | Thanks to Residencies, Artists Have the Freedom to Follow Their Muse | Charleston City Paper

02.02.2016 | Where the Cool Kids Stay: The Hottest Hotel in Every State | Yahoo! Travel

01.20.2016 | Charleston’s Best New Hotels | Travel + Leisure

 

2015

12.31.2015 | Museum or Hotel? Properties with Amazing Art Collections | Yahoo Travel

12.17.2015 | Dine with Over the Top Holiday Decor | USA Today Eats

12.11.2015 | 20 Best Getaways for Parents | Travel + Leisure

11.30.2015 | 10 Uber Romantic Places That Center Around the Fireplace | USA Today 10Best

11.16.2015 | 10 World Class Hotels to Bookend Your Cruise Vacation | Cruiseable.com

11.11.2015 | World’s Best Nightlife Hotel | Travel + Leisure

10.26.2015 | The Vendue Wins Major Design Award | CRBJBizwire.com

10.20.2015 | The Vendue Named Top Charleston Hotel, Charleston named #1 Small City in US | Conde Nast Traveler

09.06.2015 | Charleston’s Vendue Hotel Mixes Art with Southern Charm | Physicians Money Digest

09.01.2015 | The Perfect Weekend in Charleston | Travel + Leisure

08.30.2015 | Artistry Meets Quality at The Drawing Room in Charleston, South Carolina | The Daily Meal

08.26.2015 | Top 50 Go-To Restaurants | Charleston City Paper

07.20.2015 | Vendue hotel’s latest exhibit focus on fluidity in many forms | Post & Courier

07.14.2015 | Charleston’s Art Hotel | Charleston Style & Design

07.07.2015 | Charleston best city in U.S. and Canada for third consecutive year| Travel + Leisure

07.07.2015 | Top Small City Hotels in the Continental U.S. (Fewer than 100 rooms) | Travel + Leisure

07.01.2015 | Five Places to Get Your Art Fix | Charleston City Paper

07.01.2015 | 9 Charleston Bars or Restaurants With Stunning Views | Eater Charleston

06.12.2015 | The Hottest Brunch Spots in Charleston | Eater Charleston

05.08.2015 | Chow Down in Charleston | NY Mag

05.08.2015 | Charleston was a natural for a food renaissance | Chicago Tribune

04.29.2015 | 103 Beautiful dishes: The most visually exciting food in America right now | Grub Street

04.26.2015 | Charming Charleston had plenty of new and old | AJC

04.08.2015 | Three new spring weekend retreats | Garden & Gun

04.02.2015 | The best places to take your grown-up spring break | Levo League

04.02.2015 | The hottest restaurants in Charleston, April 2015 | Eater Charleston

03.01.2015 | Charleston Now, Stay | Southern Living

03.01.2015 | The hottest restaurants in Charleston, March 2015 | Eater Charleston

02.16.2015 | SEWE, Valentine’s Day make for a great couple for Charleston hospitality industry | The Post and Courier

02.11.2015 | The Vendue, an art lover’s escape in Charleston | USA Today

02.05.2015 | The hottest restaurants in Charleston, February 2015 | Eater

02.04.2015 | New option for sociable dining | Charleston Mercury

01.19.2015 | Geechie Boys Grits Recipes | Local Palate

01.19.2015 | Travelers Table, Stews from around the World | USA Today Traveler

01.08.2015 | The hottest restaurants in Charleston, January 2015 | Eater

01.01.2015 | The World’s Best Hotels | Travel + Leisure

 

2014

12.30.2014 | A year to remember in food | The Post and Courier

10.22.2014 | The Rooftop at The Vendue, Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. | Eater Carolinas

07.12.2014 | The Vendue, Charleston’s first art hotel | Culinary

06.24.2014 | The Vendue pulls the curtain on new restaurant, The Drawing Room | The Post and Courier

06.06.2014 | Experience romantic South Carolina | USA Today

05.27.2014 | The Vendue reopens with new restaurants, art focus | Charleston Regional Business Journal

05.20.2014 | Vendue Rendezvous | Charleston City Paper

03.15.2014 | The renovated Vendue will be the city’s first art hotel | Charleston City Paper

03.05.2014 | Celebrating a hotel for art | Charleston Mercury

03.02.2014 | CEO of Charleston hospitality business likes to upgrade older hotels | The Post and Courier

02.27.2014 | Avocet Hospitality Group unveils new art program at The Vendue | Hotel Business Design

 

2013

10.22.2013 | 4.9M that will spin off new hotel | The Post and Courier

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