This SC inn is one of the best hotels in the country, popular travel guide declares

A Mount Pleasant inn has been named one of America’s best hotels by Fodor’s Travel.

Post House Inn in the Old Village of Mount Pleasant was praised for having “tasteful nods to the past, like archival wallpaper and antique accents dressing the recently modernized second- and third-floor accommodations, still clad in classic Charleston chic.”

The owners are Kate and Ben Towill, who moved to Charleston from New York in 2013. They also own Basic Projects, a design and hospitality group based in Charleston, and Basic Kitchen in downtown Charleston.

In a video on their Facebook page, they said the Post House is reminiscent of an English pub with rooms upstairs. Ben Towill is from England and owned several restaurants in New York before moving to Charleston.

Kate Towill is a former set designer for films.

She pointed to a table in the corner of the pub she calls the money table, like a Mafia table tucked away where everyone can see the door.

Fodor’s choices were not what you would call standard fare for “best-of” lists. Most are little known and eclectic.

Fodor, which publishes a wide array of travel literature, said many of America’s best hotels come from taking a good thing and making it better.

“Think haunted houses turned boutique hotels, basic motels converted to luxury lodges, and camping tents enhanced with canvas roofs and stone walls and stacked with both amenities like air conditioning and underfloor heating. America loves an upgrade.”

That’s what the Towills did with the Post House.

At the corner of Pitt and Venning streets, Post House was built in the late 1800s and was converted to an inn in the 1970s. The Towills bought it in 2019 and renovated it.

Fodor’s said, “Serving seasonal American dishes with a focus on local ingredients, along with some perfected standbys such as the backbar cheeseburger, it’s popular among Charleston locals who have no shortage of worthwhile restaurants to choose from.”

Fodor’s also gave a nod to Old Village Mount Pleasant’s claim to film fame. The village served as fictional Seabrook in “The Notebook.”

The other hotels on the list are Akwaaba Mansion in Brooklyn, New York; Bradford House in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Bottleworks Hotel in Indianapolis, Indiana; Camp Sarika by Amangiri in Kane County, Utah; The Chesterfield in Palm Beach, Florida; Dive Palm Springs in Palm Springs, California; Finca Victoria in Vieques, Puerto Rico; The Fields of Michigan in South Haven, Michigan; Hotel Peter & Paul in New Orleans, Louisiana; Hotel Saint Cecilia in Austin, Texas; The Ivy Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland; Pendry Chicago in Chicago, Illinois; The Roxy Hotel in New York City; The Russell Nashville in Nashville, Tennessee; Santa Monica Proper in Santa Monica, California; The Siren Hotel in Detroit, Michigan; The Surfsand Resort in Cannon Beach, Oregon; Tourists in North Adams, Massachusetts; and Urban Cowboy Lodge in the Catskills, New York.

This story was originally published November 2, 2021 at 9:29 AM.