Hampton Inn Charleston - Daniel Island
Spacious rooms and a quiet Daniel Island base convenient to downtown Charleston and Isle of Palms.
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This Daniel Island hotel offers a quiet, relaxed setting within easy driving distance of downtown Charleston and Isle of Palms. Guests appreciate the spacious room layouts and friendly customer service. However, recurring maintenance issues, including broken showers, leaking mini refrigerators, and an absence of in-room safes, draw criticism. 151710
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What travelers noticed
- The hotel staff is consistently praised as friendly, polite, and helpful. 15
- Guests find the Daniel Island setting convenient for reaching both Isle of Palms County Park and historic downtown Charleston. 151
- Reviewers note that the property stays quiet, providing a restful environment for both tourists and business travelers. 15
- The guest rooms offer ample space for visitors looking to spread out and relax after exploring. 7
The catch
- While many guests enjoy a hot and tasty morning breakfast, others find the coffee and food selection below average. 7
- Several reviewers describe the rooms as clean and modern, but others point to maintenance oversights like leaking mini refrigerators and worn fixtures. drawn from the full read
Who it's for
- — Travelers splitting time between downtown Charleston and Isle of Palms
- — Guests wanting spacious rooms in a quiet area
- — Budget road trips
Skip it if
- — You require in-room safes or guaranteed microwaves
- — You want to avoid price spikes during local concert events
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Score breakdown
How the 86/100 is built, category by category — each one with the strongest thing travelers actually said, and the source it came from.
Bathroom
91- “Our last stay it was the a/c. This time our shower was broken. We had a three night stay. Katrina gave us a discount on the third day but not the first two.....that stinks. More water poured out of the faucet than the shower head.” 15
Food
87Location
91Noise
91- “The hotel was quiet and it was a mix of guests of tourists and businessmen.” 15
Room
88- “Just got back from our cruise in Charleston and I must say our hotel was FANTASTIC. Very secure, very clean and comfy, right at the end of the bridge next to downtown in Mt. P, and our 2bedroom 2 bath suite was $118/ni and we kept our car there for free for the week.” 1
- “What's a good pre-cruise hotel in Charleston, SC? We recently stayed at the Homewood Suites near the airport. There were 4 adults so we had the 2 bedroom/2 bath room which was amazing.” 1
Service
90Bed & Sleep
90Nothing quotable yet on this one — the score leans on the rest of the coverage.
Value
85- “Look into the King Charles Inn at 237 Meeting St, it's a half mile from the port and plenty to do in the area. The prices were very reasonable when we stayed there.” 1
- “I like Home2 Suites for travel with family, but I actually think it's intended to be more a budget option than Hampton Inn. The extra space is good and they tend to be newer so sometimes the rate will be higher.” 7
Where it is, how to reach it
Details checked 2026-09-10
Where it sits
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Stay value
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Beats what $ usually buys
Scores 4 points above the modest median of 82, across 404 hotels in the same bracket. In Charleston it sits 4 points above the local median of 82.
- This hotel
- 86
- Bracket median
- 82
- Index median
- 86
Based on 404 comparable hotels.
Which room to ask for
What reviewers say about where to sleep inside this building — by room number where one is named, and otherwise by floor, wing, aspect and position. Every line opens onto the quotes behind it.
No reviewer has yet described a room, floor or aspect specifically enough to act on at this property. Room intelligence appears here the moment they do.
Where travelers agree — and don’t
The topics reviewers split on most. A wide bar means your experience depends on which room you get — or whose opinion you trust.
View the 32 things travelers said behind this verdict▾
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- “We decided we wanted to go someplace that be convenient to Isle of Palms County Park as well as downtown Charleston. Daniels Island was the perfect location for us.” 15
- “Excellent location for my visit room was clean and comfortable” 15
- “this is a nice hotel a brief drive from many of Charleston's most iconic spots and it has a lot of restaurants and walking distance even a Dueling Piano Bar if that's your thing” 10
- “The round Holiday Inn is old but very affordable and it has the absolute best view in town.” 1
- “From that moment on I became mostly loyal to Hilton as I felt that a lot of the staff cared more than they did at Marriott during the time I was really traveling.” 7
- “Staff was polite and helpful.” 15
- “Consistently clean, decent service, free "breakfast" which may or may not be to your tastes. We've only had one bad Hampton experience out of literally hundreds of stays - Laramie, Wyoming. It was filthy and smelled like cigarettes.” 7
- “We stay at Hamptons a lot - especially on road trips in the USA. There are also two Hamptons in NYC where we stay every time we are there. Consistently clean, decent service, free "breakfast" which may or may not be to your tastes.” 7
- “Are these considered to be the more budget Hilton Brands? We stay at Hamptons a lot - especially on road trips in the USA. There are also two Hamptons in NYC where we stay every time we are there. Consistently clean, decent service, free "breakfast" which may or may not be to your tastes.” 7
- “Seksyon ng mga Comment [na-delete] • 3 taon ang nakalipas We stay at Hamptons a lot - especially on road trips in the USA. There are also two Hamptons in NYC where we stay every time we are there. Consistently clean, decent service, free "breakfast" which may or may not be to your tastes.” 7
- “While the staff is friendly, we stay here every year to visit our daughter.” 15
- “What's a good pre-cruise hotel in Charleston, SC? We recently stayed at the Homewood Suites near the airport. There were 4 adults so we had the 2 bedroom/2 bath room which was amazing. Very nice staff, easy drive to the historic area, free parking, near outlet mall and lots of restaurants.” 1
- “160 Fairchild StCharleston, SC 29492 Is this your business?Verify your listing It was super nice but clean? It was super nice but clean? Kind of questionable, knew it was older but finding lef over fair that wasn't yours find something worth doing again.” 15
- “Just got back from our cruise in Charleston and I must say our hotel was FANTASTIC. Very secure, very clean and comfy, right at the end of the bridge next to downtown in Mt. P, and our 2bedroom 2 bath suite was $118/ni and we kept our car there for free for the week.” 1
- “What's a good pre-cruise hotel in Charleston, SC? We recently stayed at the Homewood Suites near the airport. There were 4 adults so we had the 2 bedroom/2 bath room which was amazing.” 1
- “There are no safes in the room. Our small refrigerator leaked water as well. We could not use it.....I did not report this issue but should have as there was water everywhere in the bottom of the unit.” 15
- “Again, we've stayed at some really good ones, and some that are not so good. We still laugh about pulling out the sleeper sofa at the Embassy in Savannah and finding a chicken wing bone.” 7
- “Will not waste my energy we had no a/c when we entered our room and none the entire time and management never contacted me” 15
- “Excellent location for my visit room was clean and comfortable” 15
- “Both hotels are lovely, VERY clean, and located in safe areas. However, I must say that I liked West Ashley the best b/c the free breakfast is just over the top. Lots of choices and way better than your average free breakfast.” 1
- “If we really wanted to label it Hampton is more budget friendly, you get free breakfast and aside from the market that is your only food amenity. Typically very basic (usually outdated) rooms” 7
- “Home2 and Tru kinda sit in the middle of them if that makes sense? They're kinda newer brands, so they tend to be in nicer shape with more modernized and cleaner LOOKING rooms (old rooms are dingy, sorry), but like Hampton they only offer complimentary breakfast and a market in the way of food.” 7
- “The breakfast was hot and tasty.” 15
- “We stay at Hamptons a lot - especially on road trips in the USA. There are also two Hamptons in NYC where we stay every time we are there. Consistently clean, decent service, free "breakfast" which may or may not be to your tastes.” 7
- “I just got tired of the below average coffee and choices for breakfast and have switched to HGI or other nicer Hilton's.” 7
- “Are these considered to be the more budget Hilton Brands? We stay at Hamptons a lot - especially on road trips in the USA. There are also two Hamptons in NYC where we stay every time we are there. Consistently clean, decent service, free "breakfast" which may or may not be to your tastes.” 7
- “The hotel was quiet and it was a mix of guests of tourists and businessmen.” 15
- “Previously we have stayed at the Doubletree Suites in the historic area. Very nice and convenient but a bit pricey!” 1
- “Look into the King Charles Inn at 237 Meeting St, it's a half mile from the port and plenty to do in the area. The prices were very reasonable when we stayed there.” 1
- “I like Home2 Suites for travel with family, but I actually think it's intended to be more a budget option than Hampton Inn. The extra space is good and they tend to be newer so sometimes the rate will be higher.” 7
- “While the staff is friendly, we stay here every year to visit our daughter. There is always a concert which bumps the price up for the stay and it is not worth it.” 15
- “Our last stay it was the a/c. This time our shower was broken. We had a three night stay. Katrina gave us a discount on the third day but not the first two.....that stinks. More water poured out of the faucet than the shower head.” 15
What we still don't know
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- No reviewer has named an individual room number here yet.
- Nothing reliable said about room types.
- Nothing reliable said about floor level.
- Nothing reliable said about building or wing.
- Nothing reliable said about which side it faces.
- Nothing reliable said about view.
- Nothing reliable said about position on the floor.
- Food rests on 3 sources — too thin to rely on.
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- 7What are the quality of Hampton Inns like compared to ...reddit.comForum thread2024-01-05Ageing17 quotes used
“From that moment on I became mostly loyal to Hilton as I felt that a lot of the staff cared more than they did at Marriott during the time I was really traveling.”
Read originalreddit.com - 1Charleston, SC hotels - East Coast Departuresboards.cruisecritic.comReview site2009-02-25Ageing9 quotes used
“The round Holiday Inn is old but very affordable and it has the absolute best view in town.”
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