Tokyo C.
Yelp
Overall, my stay was ok and I loved the mattress in my room. However, my overall stay was not worth what I was charged.
I was appreciative of the communication from the inn, that they were asking if I wanted breakfast the day of me checking in HOWEVER, I had no idea they only served between 8:30-9:30am which did not match my past experiences with b&b's. Typically it's from 7am-9:30am. I had to work at a nearby convention and needed to be there by 7-8am each morning so I paid about $1500 for 5 days at this Inn and only could eat breakfast on Sunday. If this had been clearly outlined on their yelp page and their hotels.com page, I would have been booked elsewhere.
I was also frustrated to arrive at 1am and get lost because the yelp directions took me to Roland's post office address and not the Inn's actual address. I was truly impressed that Roland answered the phone at 1am when I called lost and he helped me get there.
I arrived with a big 16 ft. moving truck because I was attending the convention and was an exhibitor. I was able to park it there in their lot for $15/day. I did not use the lot every day and they charged me for everyday and I requested a partial refund. Again, because there are no daily staff paying attention to details like this, I had to bring this to their attention and ask for a refund for the days I did not use the parking lot.
It was difficult to carry my luggage up the stairs to the Concepcion Room #24 in the yellow house. I was bummed that they had no handicapped ramps. So, if you have trouble with lifting luggage, etc. this is not the inn for you. (I'm still recovering from shoulder surgery. )
As some of the reviews state, there are no staff except limited hours or by text. Roland told me he'd officially check me in the next day but that never happened. They did leave me muffins and yogurt for the first morning breakfast since I had to leave by 7am. Thank you!
Since Roland has a dental practice too, it seems that this Inn is not priority but is secondary to his day job. I experienced this during my stay which was also frustrating because of what I was charged to stay here.
Margaret prepared breakfast and is pleasant, however on the Sunday I sat and ate breakfast with 6 other tables. They ran out of coffee. Multiple people needed more coffee and as Roland continued to socialize with the guests and Margaret made breakfast, no more coffee was made. I offered to help her and asked her if she needed me to bring the coffee dispenser to her. She just told me to turn off the large coffee dispenser.
I was dumbfounded. But, luckily they had a Keurig so I made coffee that way and other people at the tables got the hint and just left.
Roland never stopped talking to people while Margaret did her best to make breakfast and serve it. It seemed another helper was needed or Roland could have helped make more coffee for his guests. There were two women that were waiting in line for hot water for tea and they had to just put water in a microwave and heat it up.
Again, if I was not charged $300 and only $175 a night, I might not be so peeved but this lack of service was constant.
I asked if they had an ice machine. I told them I'd need ice daily and they left me a ziploc bag of ice the first day. I was grateful. When I mentioned I needed ice again from Margaret, I never got any more ice.
I had come back the first evening in the dark and a homeless man was coming off the porch. I just looked at him and he told me he was just charging his phone. I texted Roland about this just as an fYI and he never responded to me.
I had trouble flushing the toilet in room #24 Concepcion room and he never responded about that either. I told Margaret about it in person and she didn't respond back. I mentioned perhaps a sign above it would be helpful letting people know they need to hold the handle down would be nice or perhaps FIXING IT? Lol
Oh my !!!
My bed was comfortable. My room #24 Concepcion is not pictured on Yelp or hotels.com.
From reading other reviews, just know there are no live chickens in the coop anymore, they do not offer mimosas, and when they run out of coffee for breakfast, it's time to leave.
If you need to put make up on, the dresser with a chair has no lighting. I had to use the bathroom mirror for better lighting but then narrow shelving is limited to put toiletries on.
Luckily, I was there by myself but this would be a very small room for two people.
Again, not what you'd expect for $300/night.
The handrail to the stairs to my room had broken rotting wood. I agree with the other reviews that talk about old furniture and the property just needing more maintenance.
Hopefully yelp directions have been fixed but might be safer to just plug the street address in google maps so you don't end up at the nearby post office.
I hope this is helpful.