The Charlotte Hotel and Terra Mare Restaurant

We stayed at the Charlotte Hotel in Onancock for my wife’s birthday weekend. The staff (Dee & Felicia) were friendly & helpful. The room was clean & cozy and we were pleased that the hotel is dog friendly. We enjoyed cocktails at the bar & the Sunday breakfast buffet. Most of the shops & restaurants are walkable from the hotel. We enjoyed shopping at Louise’s boutique, Local, North Street Market, Foggy Cafe, and Corner Bakery (yum)! We spent the evenings enjoying art and live jazz at Morphosis, enjoying the best crab cakes at Mallard’s & the resort sushi experience at Kuchi Sabishii (also, yum). Barney Stone pub also is a dog friendly live music venue across the street from The Charlotte. We are planning our next stay at the Charlotte Hotel so that we can try their scallops, and visit Maurice & Bizzotto’s. If you are planning a getaway on the eastern shore, this is worth checking out. Wait. Maybe I should have kept this place a secret…

Well, its not really a hotel. It’s more “rooms to rent.” There’s no one at the front desk to greet you (which we were told about.) But no one ever?!
Very little amenities. Keurig in the lobby (which has no tea), muffins(how old?) granola bars and instant oatmeal.
The room was fine. No tv, no fridge(it’s in the lobby)
$170 is too much!

Lovely old hotel. Quaint and in the center of everything! Never needed a car! Very clean and comfortable. Staff was friendly but rarely there. Self check in. No elevator! Fine for us, but 3 flights of stairs would be impossible for some people.

Restaurant is wonderful and hotel is great, nice location in the middle of town. Shops near by and old movie theater.

Fantastic breakfast. We had French toast and eggs and fruit and it was all perfect. The coffee was fresh brewed and very good. Service was spot on and the atmosphere was relaxing, comfortable and quiet. Couldn’t be happier.

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Don’t believe what the hotel website says!
- Award-winning restaurant? Closed
- Full-service bar? Doesn’t exist
- Breakfast service? Not even coffee

This “hotel” is more like a B&B without the second “B.” No one there to greet us at checkin, no one there at checkout, “Here’s a phone number, call if you need anything.”

This place was a major disappointment!!

Reading the reviews here had us nervous for our Memorial Day weekend stay… but all was easy. Parking was not an issue. There was a front desk person every day we were there, just not 24/7. Room was clean and cool. Super super super location!

Ate at restaurant. Early May and expecting good crab cakes. I couldn’t imagine worst crab cakes. Pealed crab cake open in front of waitress with knife and showed her its 98% bread. I can remember a worse crab cakes. She didn’t care.

This is a MUST stay. Our room was absolutely adorable and we had no problems finding parking. Right across the street was a pub for drinks and food if you get the munchies after 9pm. Very clean and quiet. We will come back.

What a disappointment. There was no response from their confirmation email and our phone call was neither answered nor returned. Upon arrival, parking in front was full and there were no directions about where to park overnight. According to the first page of the website the Full Bar is open everyday from 5-9. It was closed. According to the Self-check-in Instructions brunch is available every day. It was not. Also according to the self-check-in instructions Keurig coffee is available in the lobby. It was not. The heat didn't work and finally a phone call (through a service) was answered a half hour later and we were told to move to another room. We didn't find the TV until the morning as it was in the closet. Obviously the new owner of this once welcoming and well-run hotel is not up to the task.

The bloom is off the rose under the new management unfortunately. Where before you were greeted by Gary or Charlotte at reception when you checked in, you are now greeted in an unstaffed and unlit vestibule with a letter containing directions to your room. Where before a breakfast was included each morning of your stay, you now are offered 15% off you breakfast, but more on that later. The dining area is a fraction its former charm, but still charming. The dinner menu is pretty good and both of our dinners each night of our stay there were excellent. For this reason I have given two stars. It would be impossible to say the same about breakfast. In one location, an 8AM breakfast opening was listed. Our Welcome Letter stated 830AM was the opening time. Neither time mattered, because on both mornings the Breakfast service wasn't even open. The entry to it was locked up like an after hours NYC Subway entrance. Saturday morning no human being could be found. We even went back at 10AM to see if it had opened yet, with no change. Sunday morning it was locked up, but there a woman behind the bar to give our key to as we checked out. On both mornings we had breakfast elsewhere. We stay at the hotel for special occasions, and this stay was no exception. Staying at the Charlotte Hotel and not having to leave it was always something we appreciated and looked forward to during the previous dozen or so times we had stayed there before. Unfortunately, I don't think we will be coming back.

Beautiful rooms with a historical feel. Our stay was enjoyable from beginning to end. The staff and service were some if the best we have ever experienced. The food was cooked to perfection for both dinner and brunch. Highly recommend & we will be returning soon!

We recently stayed for an evening at The Charlotte. Beautiful space, great food & service. Dinner & brunch were cooked to perfection, with the kindest staff! Highly recommend & we will be returning soon!

Stayed for New years eve.. meal was fantastic...