Wentworth Mansion Charleston South Carolina (bookable via Hyatt SLH). Bottom line review.

Mike Letterman

Nov 28, 2022, 1:42 PM
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The property is called Wentworth Mansion. In my opinion, the inn is deserving of a place on Travel & Leisure's Top 15 City Hotels in the Continental U.S.

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I was excited when Hyatt and Small Luxury Hotels of the World collaborated. The best hotel I've ever stayed in was the Brenners Park Hotel. The small luxury hotels of the world are not part of the leading hotels of the world. I hoped that the hotels would be the same. Since then, my stays at Wentworth Mansion and Nick's amazing stay at Grand Hotel Victoria Concept & Spa have shown that my high expectations for SLH weren't absurd after all.

Wentworth Mansion Bottom Line Review

We stayed for one night in November 2020 and three nights in November 2022.

Price: This is a category 7 Hyatt and so it costs 30,000 Hyatt points per night standard, 25,000 points off-peak, and 35,000 points peak. On our first visit we paid with a category 1-7 free night certificate, and on our second visit we paid 80,000 points for three nights (30K for Saturday night and 25K for Sunday and Monday nights).
Value: Good. In my opinion, this hotel is well worth the points-price. After taxes and fees a room usually costs over $500 per night and so it’s easy to get at least 2 cents per point value from your Hyatt points.
Location: Very good. Wentworth Mansion is in a very pretty historic residential area and a short walk to Charleston’s historic downtown or to the waterside walkway along Murray Blvd which leads to White Point Garden and The Battery.
Room:
- First stay: Fantastic! We were upgraded to a huge and beautiful “Mansion Room”. Want to feel like royalty? This will do it. The only downside was that our shower’s water pressure wasn’t quite up to snuff.
- Second stay: We weren’t upgraded this time to a spectacular room, but we did gain an outdoor balcony and an even larger bathroom and spa tub. The shower pressure this time was better than on our first stay (but still not that great).
Parking: Free self or valet parking.
Service: Awesome. The staff were uniformly attentive, cheerful, and eager to help.
Turndown service: Good. Each evening a “turndown bag” was left hanging from our door. The bag contained truffles and a card showing the next day’s weather.
Perks for all guests:
- Coffee and pastries: Available in the hotel’s parlor daily from 6:30 to 11am.
- Full breakfast: A full menu-service breakfast is free for all guests. Order from the menu or pick the special of the day. We loved it!
- Lemonade and iced tea: Available in the hotel’s parlor daily from 2pm to 5pm.
- Afternoon wine & hors d’oeuvres: Hors d’oeuvres and wine are available in the sun porch from 5pm to 6pm daily. While the wine wasn’t great, we did enjoy the hors d’oeuvres and the chance to chat with other guests at the hotel.
- Evening cordials (port, sherry, & brandy): Available 24/7.
- Hot tea and hot-chocolate: Available 24/7.
- In-room snacks: A mini-fridge was full of sodas and other bottled non-alcoholic drinks. A bag of cookies was in the room as a small welcome gift.
- Bottled water: Available at all times in the cooler by the parking lot entry.
- Rooftop Cupola: The mansion has a dome on top which is available to all guests capable of climbing stairs. The dome has a seating area around the outside. It’s a fantastic way to view the sunset! If anyone reading this is planning a wedding proposal, this would be a great choice.
Hyatt Benefits: SLH hotels do not recognize Hyatt elite status, but they offer all guests who book through Hyatt the following perks:
- Free continental breakfast: Wentworth offers all guests free full breakfast, so this perk was not relevant.
- Room upgrade, if available: On our first stay, we were automatically upgraded to a King Mansion Room which was absolutely fantastic. We weren’t upgraded on our second stay (probably because our stay including a busy Saturday night)
- Early check-in (noon, based upon availability at check-in): On both stays, we arrived at about 4pm, so didn’t test this perk
- Late check-out (2:00PM, based upon availability at check-in): On our first stay we requested late checkout, but were only given until 1pm.
- Free wifi: All guests get free wifi, so this perk wasn’t relevant.
Would I stay again? Definitely.