Donna S.
Yelp
My husband and I decided to splurge on a night's stay at this bed and breakfast, vs our usual camping trip, to celebrate my 63rd birthday. (based on reviews of it being quiet with ample breakfast - NOT!!!) We arrived at 4pm for our reservation which we made a week earlier. We were promptly informed that they were hosting a private 10 person sit down dinner party in the lobby / common area to begin at 6pm. (seriously?) Our room was tiny, and the bathroom even smaller than tiny, but we kind of expected this for a historical location. The hot tub was located under an outside stairwell, and was a nice temp, but felt cramped with 4 people in it. We were surprised to learn that the other 2 people were not even staying there. We had been told at the time of booking that there was a courtyard, so we decided to have our "happy hour" (not provided by the B&B) there vs the common area where the party was forming. The courtyard turned out to be an area of several dilapidated rotting picnic tables surrounded by tall weeds, dirt, and scattered trash so we resorted to sitting in our car. We returned from dinner around 9pm to find the clean up from their party in progress and headed upstairs to our room for a good night's sleep - much needed after a nice long day of high altitude hiking. There was another (the same?) party forming directly across the street, and we were not able to sleep until well after midnight - It was a very loud, boisterous, obnoxious drunken gathering. Toilet paper stuffed in our ears did nothing to help. Additionally, there was no sleep to be had after sunrise due to the complete sheerness of the window coverings. Based on reviews, we had looked forward to the "ample" and "awesome" breakfast. We went down at 8am as we were told, and found a pitiful lame breakfast consisting of about 300 calories each. (1 basic plain scrambled egg - possible it was 2 but doubtful, 2 very small paper thin pieces of bacon, a couple of thinly sliced and small pieces of watermelon, a small juice glass of o.j., and enough coffee for 2 small cups per person) We paid the $140 with no offer of a discount even though the owner was well aware of the noise / situation - and there was no offer of more food or coffee though it was obvious that the servings were insultingly insufficient. I left there hungry (and at 5'6" 120 lbs I am not a big eater) completely exhausted, and in tears. My husband who is typically known for his optimism described the experience as "downright pathetic" . I will remember it as the worst, most disheartening, birthday ever.