This 1897 inn, with its English country-house decor and antique furnishings, is one of the premier inns of South Carolina. Six two-story columns line the front porch in the style of the antebellum South. Guest rooms are individually decorated, often with four-poster beds and ornamental fireplaces, and a liberal use of Second Empire furnishings. Each room has a marble bathroom the size of a...
Roppongi was a hit from the moment it opened with chef Stephen Window's Asian-accented global menu. The contemporary dining room, done in wood tones and accented with a tropical fish tank, Buddhas, and other Asian statuary, has a row of comfortable booths along one wall. It can get noisy when crowded; tables near the bar are generally quieter. Order the imaginative Euro-Asian tapas as...
Ten-plus years later, Sami Ladeki's Roppongi is still popular, though it has slipped in service and innovation. Locals crowd in for happy hour deals, which are a good value, but it has lost its fine-dining appeal. The settings still prove…
At Roppongi, the cuisines of Japan, Thailand, China, Vietnam, Korea, and India collide, sometimes gracefully, in a vibrant explosion of flavors. You might not get past the first menu page, a long list of tapas designed for sharing; each table is preset with a tall stack of plates that quietly encourages a communal meal of successive appetizers. You can jump from Thai satay and Chinese...