Shem Creek Inn

Stayed in a double queen room, with a rollout cot for our family of 5. Smiles for miles at the front deak amd all staff. Interior: cottage feel with super cute decor Amenities: A welcome drink, posted local recommendations, easy to access towels and a great breakfast w many offerings. Location: Better than we imagined! Soooo many wonderful restaurants w live music are steps away. Walking the boardwalk, was highly enjoyable. Top moments - seeing dolphins jumping like children, hermit crabs, watching the shrimp boat sort after a days catch and a salt minx carrying a fish in his mouth. We kept going back and forth on of to stay in Charleston, or at anither location near the water. Hands down, we made the right choice. We will be back next year!

The Shem Creek Inn is quaint, charming, and super clean. The staff were all incredibly nice and helpful. We ended up really enjoying our stay there and the view of the creek. The location is great, 15 minutes to isle of palms, and 15 minutes to downtown Charleston. The food around the hotel is very good and walkable. Somethings I think are worth noting if you’re staying with a toddler - the breakfast is called grab & go and it is exactly that. It’s basically just a spread of breakfast snacks that you’d get out of a vending machine. All sugar and carbs. With a 2 year old we had to eat out for every breakfast, which is fine if you’re planing for that. Considering the price point of the room, I found the breakfast and the SINGLE kuerig coffee maker for the enter hotel to share a little disappointing. Secondly, if you’re staying on the creek side on a night that the restaurant connected to the hotel has a live band, it is very LOUD. The bar at the restaurant is literally right in front of your balcony. We checked in & about ten minutes later the band start booming - we almost canceled our stay. The band did stop around 10 then things calmed down although the bar was still incredibly loud. However, I’m glad we stayed, the next two nights it was calm, and with your door shut you couldn’t hear anything outside. the view of the creek was great in the evening. I would imagine with a toddler staying on the marsh side would be easier in terms of getting them to sleep.

One night stay before a cruise in March. Property was clean and located directly on the waterfront. Plenty of dining options within walking distance (several directly next door). Nature walk was great for the kids, and they really enjoyed watching dolphins swimming in the creek from the pool/balcony of the Inn.

This is a picturesque location with easy walking access along the piers for sightseeing or bar/restaurant crawling. It has a nice pool overlooking the creek. friendly staff too. Not a big chain sort of hotel, but a modern version of the vacations of my childhood. Loved it.

Staff was very friendly and offered the whole family drinks as we arrived. It was a nice family feel and close to many restaurants and activities. We even saw dolphins in the channel.