Step inside the garden-inspired Palmetto Cafe, where the finest local and regional ingredients celebrate the bounty of the area. From Lowcountry classics to French-inspired dishes, linger over a sophisticated breakfast, lunch or weekend brunch in this light-filled cafe.
Lowcountry fare served in a lush windowed garden cafe & courtyard at the Charleston Place Hotel. Based on 223 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.5 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ No delivery
Address:
205 Meeting St, Charleston, SC 29401
Phone: (844) 875-5248
Hours
| Wednesday | 7–11 AM, 11:30 AM–3 PM |
| Thursday | 7–11 AM, 11:30 AM–3 PM |
| Friday | 7–11 AM, 11:30 AM–3 PM |
| Saturday | 7–10:30 AM, 11:30 AM–3 PM |
| Sunday | 7–11 AM, 11:30 AM–3 PM |
| Monday | 7–11 AM, 11:30 AM–3 PM |
| Tuesday | 7–11 AM, 11:30 AM–3 PM |
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Reservations: resy.com
Reviews
Mountains Are Best
Daily special, black grouper in lemon, with mushrooms and potatoes, salad with grilled salmon, cherry and pistachio dessert. Tea with peach slice. Food and service superb, cost reasonable for quality. Highly recommended, get reservation.
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Taylor Lynn
I would pass on The Palmetto Cafe, while it was one of the better hotel breakfasts we have had there are much better places in Charleston. The service was extremely slow, the food was mediocre/expensive and water dripped on us throughout the entire meal (even after we moved tables twice)!
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Horace Zeng
They no longer serve brunch items; the server is very pushy for alcoholic drinks despite being early lunch time; the ink noodle is extremely salty; the tuna sandwich is not worth the money; the environment however, is great.
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Nick Martinelli
Best breakfast around, we got the Blue Plate and the Eggs Norwegian with a Belgian Waffle. All were great and as a bonus the waiter was awesome and super friendly.
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John-William DeClaris
Wonderful.
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Jack Magic
The Palmetto Cafe is a wonderful eatery nestled in the largest hotel in the city! It was wonderful wide open windows and the whole of the restaurant seemed bright and elegant. The menu was pricy but the food was delicious. I was very much filled up from that burger, it was as juicy as can be. The crab cake was amazing, about smaller than a hockey puck in size. A wonderful outing if you’re looking for a fine dining breakfast, lunch, or brunch!
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Maria Terese
I treated myself to breakfast downtown Charleston at The Palmetto Cafe which is located inside of The Charleston Place hotel and I was not disappointed! It is so nice and elegant; very clean and comfortable. The staff really goes above and beyond as well! The host was so kind to sit me at a table near the live music (on the weekends starting at 11am) and my server was very friendly. I ordered a cappuccino and an Acai Bowl (strawberries, bananas, granola, acai) and it was amazinggg! I highly recommend stopping here!
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Anji Peacock
Had lunch at the Palmetto Cafe while on a girl’s trip. You cannot go wrong here. Everything we had to eat was delicious and the service was impeccable. Our waiter Rudy was absolutely amazing. If you crave vegetarian – you absolutely must get the cauliflower steak. The roasted pine nuts, red peppers, tomatoes, and chimichurri topping truly hit the spot. Plus, lunch was light enough that it didn’t weigh us down all day while shopping. Highly recommended!
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Wuji Fei
This is the fanciest (yet not the most expensive, which is a good thing) breakfast we had in Charleston. I had the lobster and crab omelette and my wife had an oat meal. I never had lobster in an omelette before so it’s interesting. There are indeed huge chunks of lobster and crab meat inside, which is awesome. The omelette is well prepared and tasted good. I also liked the grits on the side. The speed of service is quite slow though, as they also have to prepare for room service orders for the hotel, so budget your time accordingly. Overall I had a good experience here and would recommend to others.
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Blake Carrington
We found the food average. I could live with the food but the service was bad. We had a very bad waiter. The real surprise is that this service level was not consistent with the service at the hotel. (the restaurant is one of the restaurants in the hotel). We were in the club level and received excellent service everywhere else and given this is a top end hotel it was quite a surprise how bad this waiter was. We ended up changing our reservation at the other restaurant in the hotel (The Charleston Grill) as we did not want to repeat that type of experience. The hotel is great but this restaurant is not.
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