Visited The Charleston for the first time in December and I’m still thinking about what an incredible experience we had. While it was a bit awkward when we entered (no one was there to greet us and we had to inquire about checking in our coats), everything after those few moments more than add up for it. The food was INCREDIBLE. Not only was it visually beautiful, the flavors were outstanding. Every dish was better than the last. Would highly recommend the accompanying wine pairing - 3 courses were more than enough for me. I will most definitively be back.

Ladies! Get your little black dresses and bring some company on your next dining evening out! What a beautiful experience for my birthday celebration! I recommend setting reservations in advance. We arrived at 5:30pm. Complimentary valet parking is provided. The dining rooms are beautiful, very clean, and well designed. The manager was very accommodating in regards to seating. We sat by the window on Lancaster Street. Excellent view of Harbor Point, the sail boats coming in, and private yachts docked. We had the three course with wine pairing. Excellent decision! The wines finely complemented each course. The staff is very knowledgeable on their dishes and wines. Be sure to make room for dessert! Dessert is a course that is gifted to you by the kitchen. Don’t be fooled by the portions, quite filling and absolutely flavored. Each dish was very well thought out and the flavors do reflect. Will be frequenting in the future! I’ve only posted two of the three courses we devoured. Didn’t want to completely spoil the experience for you : )

WOW!!! What an experience. The Foie Gras and Sweet Breads were unexplainably delicious. I also had the fettuccini and lobster curry soup which were also excellent. The entire experience was well worth the $850 price tag for the 4 of us. Cindy also came over and talked to us and suggested a few things. To end WOW!!!

I've been following Charleston's & chef Wolf's instagrams since I moved to Baltimore in August and I always knew I had to try this place soon. I just love that they use local and seasonal produce with ingredients of quality & they love what they do. I consider myself a food lover and this is the dream place for food lovers. We had the most exquisite experience in our anniversary dinner tonight. Staff Was outstanding since We arrived. We started waiting for a couple of minutes by the bar and the bartender was super attentive and made great cocktails. We moved to our table and We got the 4 courses each of Us and it was incredible food. Very generous & very beautiful plating. Desserts are so good. They sent Us some sparkling wine to end our night as a courtesy for our anniversary. Thank You for the amazing experience. We definitely recommend this restaura

This restaurant is amazing! The level of care and attention to detail that the staff gives to its guests is very rare to come across. We celebrated our wedding anniversary at the restaurant tonight and I was so grateful as to how much information our waitress could provide us on wine selection, food options and the history of the restaurant. I am still blown away by the service. You are treated as if you are dining with the Queen :). We will continue to come back and recommend this establishment to others! Thank you for a lovely evening!

We had a 4:30 reservation. We arrived around 4:25pm. We were not seated until around 5pm or later. The wait staff were superb. Our appetizers or dinners were not hot, but were still delicious. We would not have expected to wait over 30 minutes to be seated with a reservation. We spent $300, including a 20% tip. #Disappointed

Every city has its own unique fine dining experiences. The Charleston is the one you want to try when you are in Baltimore. It is a beautiful restaurant that elevates its diners upwards to another level. Their menu is prix fixe. You can choose between a three course meal and up. The rich lobster soup was divine and similar to many well prepared lobster bisques, but with the added touch of curry. A very smart and delicious idea. My wife's carrot & tomato soup was also a wonderful concoction. My pan roasted scallops was a good dish, but not my favorite. Bacon wrapped sea scallops are hard to execute in a way that seems elegant. My wife's arugula salad was very well seasoned and the dressing was especially simple, yet good. Next was my bison tenderloin which was prepared extremely well. It had iust the right amount of heat to balance the delicious flavor. My wife's shrimp and avocado was a bit simplistic and bland. I did not enjoy my chocolate cake. It ate a bit dry. The wine pairings with each dish were okay, but not earth shattering or exciting in any way. Don't get me wrong, the wines were great. The pairings were okay at best. The star of this restaurant was actually the olive bread. Between me eating at this restaurant and writing this review I have eaten at several amazing restaurants. A three star Michelin restaurant, a top chef restaurant, and so on. I cannot stop thinking about this bread. Kudos to whomever decided to have it as part of the bread selection and kudos to whomever baked it. Finally, the staff was superb. The chef and owner(s) should feel proud to have a front of house team like they have at the Charleston.

Absolutely an amazing dining experience. Jessica was very attentive and knew everything about the menu. We had a wonderful meal and enjoyed speaking with Chef Wolf in the dining room after we ate. Highly recommend trying this gem of a restaurant in Baltimore.

A lovely restaurant with relaxing vibe and excellent food. Hubby made a last minute reservation for Saturday during our getaway at Baltimore Harbor and we had a great time even only sitting at the lounge. The attentive service is top notch, our sever is very informative and gives great suggestions. I was pleasantly surprised that they have quite a long list of choices on the menu to choose from for their 3, 4, 5 or 6 courses dinner. We opted for the Four-courses and hubby chose that night’s special-Squab($25 extra) and it was out of the world! I enjoyed the Pan seared Hudson Valley Foie Gras very much. Wild Burgundy Snails with Creamy Polenta was tasty and appetizing. The White Truffle Fettuccini was really delicious. For dessert we tried Vanilla Creme Brulee & Dark Chocolate Cake, both were good and the chocolate cake wasn’t heavy which we like it very much. An indulging experience and I highly recommended. They also have an extensive wine list and suggestion pairing on each dish.

We rarely splurge on fine dining experiences, but it was a special occasion and Charleston has had a special place in my heart for years. I finally returned for my first meal since COVID and unfortunately, the experience didn’t live up to the memories. I really wanted our night here to be magical but it was a major disappointment instead. My dishes had one of two distinct flavor profiles: salty or sour (vinegary)- it lacked depth. The octopus was overcooked and chewy. Everything fried had the same tempura which was quite greasy. The cocktails were unimaginative and flavorless. The service was attentive but not the quality I remember pre-covid. It was moderately busy and there was a lot going on so it was hard to concentrate on our experience. The waiter topped my glass with tap water - too bad I was drinking sparkling water. However, another waiter came to ask if I wanted my water glass replaced right away. (We were charged for the sparkling water.) we had to wait a little while for our dessert, so by the time we got to enjoy it, it was past closing. As we were wrapping up our meal, the staff had begun congregating in the middle of the dining room chatting while others were cleaning and ironing the tablecloths. It made me fell rushed to leave. I still love Charleston and would recommend you to try. However, make sure to tamper your expectations as to not be severely disappointed.

The food quality was not as well as used to be during the covid time, I guess it has something to do with food price inflation and other factors. Just gave it a tried again , everything got picked up back to the prime time , just like pre covid. And it seems like the menu got more choices and options now.

Amazing service and food. We visited Charleston for dinner earlier this week and were just as satisfied with our meal and service as we were during our first visit last year. We had a reservation for 5:30 and arrived on the dot. We were greeted, had our coats hung, and were directed to the bar as the dining room wasn't quite ready for dinner service yet. We were only at the bar long enough to order a glass of wine before our table was ready. The service here is impeccable. Wine selection is great, both bottles and by the glass. The food is AMAZING. 4 courses is enough to leave you stuffed. Dessert is complimentary and not counted as one of your paid courses which was a pleasant surprise. They have such a vast selection of dishes that there is definitely something for everyone. We plan to visit Charleston every time we are in town - it is that good!

I gasped when I tasted the scallop and the smoked salmon. I don't like usually like salmon, and the one I had here was so delicious I took some home to enjoy later! The scallop was incredible; the best scallop and mashed potatoes I have ever tasted. The atmosphere was very calm which is just what I wanted. And I'm not a big fan of alcohol, so they made me a sprite with peach syrup mocktail! The first taste I had was a soup with butternut and I could not have asked for anything better. It was an experience I will never forget. I have to come back to try everything!

The most amazing meal. Truly a 5 star experience across the board. It was a bit stuffy, I didn’t hear any music only hush whispers from the other tables, but the food was excellent. Dessert was complementary as well. The only reason I had to give 4 stars is because we both had stomach troubles later in the night. Probably wouldn’t deter me from returning though!

We had an excellent experience at Charleston. We got the 3 course menu that was very satisfying since the desert was on top of three savory plates and with the amuse we left the place very full (on a side note, I have left Michelin star places hungry after a 4-course tasting menu and the feeling isn't great). I got the seasonal soft-shell crab, the risotto Milanese and the foie, my partner got the octopus, the fettuccine and the byson tenderloin. Everything was perfectly cooked, the octopus so tender and the byson as well. A few things that I would have wanted differently: not sure why the fettuccine needed the white truffle oil since it is accompanied with trumpet mushrooms. The truffle oil really cheapened an otherwise great dish, that could benefit from some acidity and seasoning on the trumpets that tasted a bit plain. The beautiful hostess at the entrance behaved like a Disney villain, like Cinderella's sister or something. In all honesty, I don't think she is a very welcoming person, fit for that specific role. Nothing wrong with being back of the house, you know. The side salad on my soft shell was under-seasoned. Also my pana cotta desert had partly collapsed before it was served to me. I consider all these details that did not ruin my meal but it would be nice to have in mind. Although this is a fine dining establishment I think their menu offers value for what you get served. The portions are generous for this kind of dining and the primary ingredients are of high quality. I would definitely visit again if I craved this kind of cuisine.

EXCEPTIONAL dining experience!!! The wait staff was so attentive, as soon as you took the last bite of your course, they appeared out of nowhere to clear your table for the next course. The dishes themselves were like works of art, so expertly arranged. Ooooo and the taste of each dish was immaculate, decadent, rich (can you tell I'm drooling). The drinks were equally as delicious. Hubby and I are already planning our next visit and the one after that, definitely worth the cost This is my favorite restaurant in Baltimore!!!!

My girlfriends took me gear for my birthday. The restaurant has a great atmosphere, the service is top tier and the Chef Cindy Wolf offers delicious menu. The service was stellar and everyone on the team worked together to make sure each guest had a great dining experience. Our head waiter was fabulous and knew the menu very well. The portions are just right and the menu is not extensive but still offered a variety flavors. My favorite dish is the VERMONT GOAT CHEESE AGNOLOTTI! The flavors were perfect! I also loved the purple haze cheese that was served between dinner and dessert. I would absolutely suggest experiencing Charleston.

My husband brought me here for our anniversary this past weekend and omg, hands down the best 4 course meal I’ve ever had. We selected the 3-course meal which also came with a complimentary desert course. The menu had a wide variety of dishes which I really appreciate because I’m a not a big meat eater whereas my husband is. We picked 6 completely different dishes so we could try each other’s food and it was all so delicious! The presentation was beautiful. We also did the wine pairing ($60/person extra for the 3 course) and it went so well with the food! It was the most expensive dining experience we’ve ever done (like over $400 for both!!) but we figured we will never get to celebrate our first year of marriage again (unless we remarried hahaha). But seriously, the food was out of this world! I still think about some of the dishes… The restaurant was also quite nice and has an upscale feel but also homey if that makes sense. The staffs were also very nice and professional. Highly recommend!

I was here for a private dinner with my company. The restaurant is beautiful and the service was excellent. We had appetizers, 5 courses + dessert. It was definitely a night to remember. I will be returning soon.