Let me just start by saying, location is their best selling point and frankly probably the only positive thing I can say about this place. It is directly on the ocean, all rooms face the ocean. All of the rooms have "juliette" balconies . . literally. Don't plan on sitting on the balcony there is barely enough room to stand.

Like a previous reviewer mentioned, they have a fire pit in their bar area DIRECTLY beneath an entire section of rooms. Unfortunately, the room we were assigned to was just above the fire pit on the 6th floor of the hotel. I can't even imagine if our room had been any lower, the smoke smell was SO bad. I am allergic to smoke and my eyes swelled and became red and itchy. Very uncomfortable. I requested to be switched to another room almost immediately only to be told they were sold out for the night. HOWEVER, later that night I noticed another couple who were told by the front desk clerk that a room had "just opened up". Hmmmm . . .

As for the room itself, it was o.k. not great. There were a number of maintenance issues that needed addressing such as the shower head was coming detached from the wall, the bathroom fan was FILTHY and also coming detached from the wall, the tub drained very, very slow and when I first turned on the bathroom sink, it sputtered and delivered about a minute's worth of brown water. It eventually ran clear for the rest of our stay, but YUCK. We chose not to drink any water from the faucet and brushed our teeth with bottled water.

Beds were ok but slightly lumpy. Carpet was badly stained and looked like it needed to be replaced.

The night of our stay, there was a loud partygoer in the outer hallway/breezeway and she was making some kind of scene . . swearing, yelling, obviously drunk. Lots of doors slamming for at least an hour. Nothing was ever done even though I did report it. It hardly made for a relaxing evening.

I would choose NOT to stay here again.

Since this is the closest hotel to Charleston and on the beach we stayed here. The first time it was a Holiday Inn and my family was very satisfied with the service and thought everything was overall nice! The second time it ok and was now privately owned called The Tides, the room was average but it smelled like a man who hasn't showered in days! Thank goodness there was a piggly wiggly down the street to get some febreze! That was pretty much the only problem the view was great and might go again if it is renovated!

Use to stay when it was Holiday Inn was I was there on business from 1991-1994. Soon after started going as much as possible for pleasure.....Charleston\Folly best combination vacation around! Town busy but not packed. Hotel clean and employees very friendly...special call out to Jay who keeps things hopping in crowded parking lot!!! Great guy!! How anyone can complain about this place stuns me....you wake up 30 yards from the Atlantic Ocean and you can be in the coolest city in America in 20 minutes!!! Was there for 3 nights in June...have already booked 5 nights next June.

I initially booked two nights at this hotel and was given a rate of $202/night. I ended up cancelling the second night 4 days in advance and asked for confirmation (which never came). When I checked out, I was charged $270 ($300 incl. tax) for the one night I stayed. Nobody had told me at check-in that the rates for my two nights were different. My complaint was brushed off without proper follow up.