Benne’s by Peninsula Grill — Restaurant in Charleston

For the past week, this place hasn’t had enough change to actually give customers their money back. So if you buy a latte, you give them $8, and they just take it, because they have no coins. Literally none. Today they didn’t even have dollar bills, just 20s. Brilliant stuff. A cash register with no change or small bills in it to start the day. Wow. Good stuff. Really really innovative. The manager in charge of getting change to this place should be ashamed of themselves. Every single business in the world is able to start the day with change in the register. Except for this one. Isn’t this place attached to an expensive hotel and restaurant? You guys can’t figure out how to get change into the register at the start of the day? I swear, if this trend continues, I am going to go absolutely ballistic and all of the higher-ups will be receiving texts, calls, emails, and faxes expressing my discontent. It’s...

We were there for Christmas week and our anniversary, walking to dinner on Christmas Day, almost everything closed and looking for somewhere to pause for a martini we stumbled upon BENNIE’s. The bartender was AWSOME, met and talked at length with another couple, that happens with three martinis. The bartender gave us all kinds of info and things to see. We spotted the ULTIMATE COCONUT CAKE, 11 layers of decadence, I forgot my vest there, called and told them I would get it in the morning since it was raining. Within bout half hour, a call from the concierge saying it was at the front desk. Forgot the bartenders name but she worked Christmas Day and is a special young lady. The BLOOD ORANGE MARGARITA WAS...

We were staying at Planter's Inn for a quick trip to Charleston and weren't able to make it to Peninsula Grill. So we were excited to try Benne's for lunch. It was very disappointing. We weren't expecting pre-made food but that can be okay sometimes. My mom got the smoked salmon sandwich and it was definitely not made that day. It had wilted greens and radishes and completely brown avocado. I got the Super Greens Salad and it was mediocre at best. The greens were very fresh and crisp but everything else was disappointing. A tiny bit of butternut squash and I tasted no goat cheese or pepitos. The parsnips were tasty. I needed more dressing and they were completely out of the cranberry vinaigrette. This...