An elegant Lowcountry fine dining room in the carriage house of the Planters Inn — famous for its coconut cake, which has been called the best cake in America, and for a level of formal Southern hospitality that feels increasingly rare.
Why It Belongs on the List
Peninsula Grill is Charleston's most traditional fine dining room — a velvet-paneled carriage house attached to the Planters Inn, with white tablecloths and a menu of refined Lowcountry classics. The twelve-layer coconut cake is a legitimate institution; people fly to Charleston for it. The service is formal and sincere. The most classic dining experience in the city.
What Stands Out
- Velvet-paneled carriage house at Planters Inn
- The twelve-layer coconut cake — a Charleston institution
- Most formal Lowcountry fine dining room