Post House Inn

Seven Rooms Above Mount Pleasant's Oldest Gathering Place

Post House occupies a building on Pitt Street dating to 1896, in the heart of Mount Pleasant's Old Village, and it has functioned as the neighborhood's social hub for most of that history. The current version keeps that role intact: a tavern and restaurant on the ground floor, seven rooms upstairs, and a coastal, slightly salt-worn charm that owes more to a well-loved local institution than to a boutique-hotel brief. It is a small building doing a specific job well, rather than a large one doing many jobs adequately, and more than a century of continuous use shows in the details that a new-build inn simply can't fake.

Why It Works

We chose Post House because staying here means staying above something real: a working tavern with its own regulars, not a hotel restaurant built to service guests. The seasonal New American menu and classic cocktail list downstairs give the seven rooms upstairs a reason to exist beyond simple lodging, and the whole building reads as a genuine piece of Old Village life rather than a themed recreation of one. For travelers who want a Charleston-area stay with a strong sense of place, that distinction matters more than square footage or thread count.

Why This Location

The Old Village sits across the Cooper River from the Charleston peninsula, a short drive over the bridge rather than a walk, and it trades downtown's density for a genuinely residential, village-scaled center: a handful of shops, a waterfront park, and streets built for walking rather than driving. It suits travelers who want easy access to the peninsula's sights without staying inside the tourist core, and it puts Mount Pleasant's golf courses and marinas within easy reach for anyone building a trip around either. The pace here is set by the neighborhood, not by a hotel concierge desk.

Fast Facts

• Price: €€€ (Premium)

• Vibe: coastal tavern, historic, unpretentious warmth

• Rooms: 7 rooms

• Best For: couples and families wanting Old Village charm over downtown bustle, golf travelers based in Mount Pleasant

• Our Favorite Thing About the Hotel: waking up above a genuine neighborhood tavern rather than a hotel restaurant built for guests alone

• Dining: seasonal New American menu, classic cocktails, in-house tavern and restaurant

• Amenities: on-site restaurant and bar, walkable village setting, proximity to Mount Pleasant golf courses

• Attractions: Old Village's shops and waterfront, the Pitt Street Bridge, Mount Pleasant's golf courses and marinas

A Neighborhood Tavern First, a Hotel Second

The restaurant is not an afterthought bolted onto a hotel; it is, by most accounts, the reason the address matters at all. The menu changes with the seasons rather than running a fixed rotation, and the bar's classic cocktail list draws a local crowd on its own merits, which means the seven rooms upstairs come with a livelier ground floor than most inns of this size can offer. It also means a guest can plan an entire evening — dinner, drinks, bed — without leaving the building.

Rooms Built for Sleep, Not Spectacle

With only seven rooms, Post House was never going to compete on amenity lists, and it doesn't try to: the rooms are simple, well-kept, and clearly secondary to the building's real draw downstairs. That trade-off suits a certain kind of traveler well — someone who wants a good bed and a short walk down to dinner, not a resort's worth of facilities they'll never use during a two-night stay.

Before You Book

With only seven rooms, Post House books out well ahead of weekends and around any Mount Pleasant golf event, so this is not a same-week decision for a peak date. It accepts families, and the Old Village setting — quiet streets, a walkable center, water nearby — suits a family stay as well as it does a couple's weekend, which is not always true of a hotel built around a bar.