Awendaw Vacations

Great location

So well pointed. So professional. Great location. Highest recommendation I can get.

If you are looking for a true fine-dining experience where people actually dress up, save your money. This is absolutely not the place to take your date or spouse for an anniversary. We booked a stay at Hotel Bennett and dined at Gabrielle specifically because we wanted a 5-star atmosphere with a strict dress code. We made a deliberate effort to select appropriate attire, only to be completely blindsided. We were in total shock to find that we were practically the only people in the entire room who followed the rules. Virtually every single patron was dressed in t-shirts, shorts, and beach footwear.We left feeling double-crossed, hustled, and honestly hurt by how dishonest the marketing is here. During breakfast, a man was permitted to sit right near us in a sleeveless undershirt "wife-beater" and flip-flops. They also have a sign telling gentlemen to remove hats, but women just put on the men's baseball caps as a loophole, so the dining room was still full of hats. Dinner was an identical story. The website claims men must wear collared shirts and tailored pants in the evening, but a scant few actually did. The room was overrun with casual beach attire.Management completely abandoned their own policies at the front door. They failed utterly to protect the luxury environment they advertise to high-paying guests. If we wanted a Waffle House atmosphere, we would have gone there and paid a fraction of the price. If management doesn't have the backbone to enforce their standard.

Great location