Whistler's Inn

The Whistler's Inn was my favorite part about my stay in the Berkshires. It was a wonderful experience for all of us. The owners and staff were so nice and inviting. The place is absolutely beautiful, like your in a museum. Beautiful place for taking pictures. They have Sherry for guests complimentary in the library, a great background story about the Inn. The rooms are themed and so beautiful. We stayed in the Rose room. And my favorite part about it was the amazing breakfast in the kitchen for people to sit like a family at the dining room table (you also have options to sit on your own if that's what you prefer) and a wonderful welcome from Richard the owner, both his lovely wife and daughter and adorable dog, Holly. It's an old building so don't expect "new building" things. It is part of the Whistler's Inn special charm.

We had a wonderful time at the Whistler Inn! Anyone who loves history will enjoy this B&B, a mid-19th C estate with a remarkable collection of art, decor, and furnishings — it’s like staying in a museum! Fascinating to wander through the inn. Our room was clean and comfortable. Gardens were beautiful. The host, Lisa, was so kind and friendly and upgraded us to a more spacious room on her own, just because it happened to be open that night. The blueberry pancakes for breakfast were outstanding , too!

This place is cozy and the owner Richard is a gentleman! Beautiful home built in the 1800s with period furniture. If you are into vintage style this place is for you and the room was immaculate and comfortable. Will return especially with this great location to the center of Lenox being within walking distance

We stayed in the Santa Fe room (Room 13), and it was shockingly substandard. The air quality was terrible due to mold, mildew, and dust. The carpets and some furnishings were damp, the walls were literally plywood, and the wiring looked dangerously jerry-rigged. Lights didn’t work, the room smelled musty, and overall it felt unsafe and unhealthy. No wifi. The bed is super short and shoved in an odd alcove. The bedding from the prior guest was left on a chair in the room. After reading reviews going back 20 years, it’s clear this room has been a known problem. It should not be rented out in its current state. We were only in the room/Inn from 11 PM - 7 AM. We couldn't get out of there fast enough and have requested a refund.

Gorgeous old home full of antiques, books and even a grand piano. The owners are most hospitable and you will feel like family. Wonderful 4 nights of very quiet and comfortable sleep. Great hot showers once the hot water heater turned on. First night shower cool. We might have been the first guests of the season. Breakfast options good. Parking easy. Quick walk downhill to Lennox restaurants etc. Large grounds with hills for happy children and sweet doggies. Pets welcome. Very close to Tanglewood via optional scenic back roads. This home was built in 1867 and visitors will see walls needing minor repairs, but was not a big deal. The gardens were in bloom, including the gorgeous and fragrant wisteria. Looking forward to returning here!

Love the location the service the people and the breakfast we had. Lisa, John and Joan ate all great people. Loved it here. If you have trouble with knees or hips I would not suggest the African room where we were. It's not in the main house which I would better suggest. The bed was very comfortable and it was nice but the toilet did not flush properly and we had to do several flushes. Typical of an older building but that would need to be fixed. But this place is spot on the location is gorgeous the people are great the food was good and the company was fabulous!!

Nice old home not necessarily all that convenient: Creaky stairs aren’t meant for heavy luggage. Pull chain toilets! But charming, back in time. Hosts nice, helpful. Recommended!

This inn makes no mention of the difficult steps into the building nor the very steep staircase to the rooms above. As an elder traveler, this was not an accomodation in which we could stay.

Gorgeous old home full of antiques, books and even a grand piano. The owners are most hospitable and you will feel like family. Wonderful 4 nights of very quiet and comfortable sleep. Great hot showers once the hot water heater turned on. First night shower cool. We might have been the first guests of the season. Breakfast options good. Parking easy. Quick walk downhill to Lennox restaurants etc. Large grounds with hills for happy children and sweet doggies. Pets welcome. Very close to Tanglewood via optional scenic back roads. This home was built in 1867 and visitors will see walls needing minor repairs, but was not a big deal. The gardens were in bloom, including the gorgeous and fragrant wisteria. Looking forward to returning here!

Driving home from Maine to Ohio, we stayed overnight at The Whistler Inn. Our reservation was impromptu and the inn keepers were very accommodating. Had a wonderful stay and enjoyed an extensive complementary breakfast. While driving home, we kept talking about how much we enjoyed our overnighter and plan on returning to stay for a longer period of time !

We had a spontaneous and amazing trip to Whistlers Inn! We live in Brooklyn and wanted a weekend getaway from the city. Only a two and a half hour drive away, this quaint b&b in the small Berkshire town of Lennox is adorable. The inn is run by Joan, Richard, and their daughter Lisa, who are all incredibly hospitable. The grounds are beautiful and charming for relaxing with a glass of wine or cup of tea (both available to guests at all times), and the homemade breakfast in the morning is AMAZING. Included is coffee, juice, pancakes, eggs, omelette, homemade pastries and fruit. We will be back!! Oh and our bed was incredibly comfortable.

I had a much better experience here than other reviewers seem to have had. Yes, it's a little quirky. Yes, a family runs it, so you won't get the kind of service you would expect at a hotel with a large staff. But it's a beautiful inn with lovely grounds and very nice owners. Check-in: Similar to a previous reviewer, we arrived at night and there wasn't anyone in the lobby to immediately receive us. After a minute the owner's daughter came in and asked what room we had reserved, which was the Africa room. Apparently the second bed hadn't been made up (though we said we had 4 people on the reservation), but we were invited to sit in the beautiful living room with free glasses of port while the bed was prepared. Room: The Africa room is in the detached carriage house. It has a lot of interesting decorations from Africa. Some are weirder than others (the bathroom door locks with a large iron hook), but overall, a great room. Air conditioner and fans kept it comfortable, beds were comfy, plenty of lights and outlets. Breakfast: Continental breakfast with a nice selection. Spanish omelette and fruit tart seemed homemade, mini muffins did not. Fresh watermelon, cold cereal, and toast and bagels. We were also offered the option of made-to-order French toast and/or eggs. Coffee and tea were on the sideboard. The owners came out and chatted with us for a while. Didn't feel rushed or anything; it felt like having breakfast at a friend's (very nice old manor) home. In short, I think this place has gotten a bad rap from people who are expecting something other than it is. It's got a homey feel to it, and I would definitely stay there for more than one night. The price was a little high, but that's Lenox in the summer for you.

Our time here was quite good. The room for us three sisters, with a king sized and a twin bed, was more than large enough, there is ample, afternoon or evening hanging-out space in the downstairs area (where you can enjoy the New York Times, Berkshire Eagle, a glass of sherry, or candy-in-a-jar), the breakfast was filling, the back gardens are beautiful, there is a thoughtful upstairs hallway table laden with coffee cups waiting to be filled with tea, coffee, hot chocolate, a cookie jar of Oreo's, a refrigerator with a pitcher of cold water, and also for guests' use, and, lastly, the family-owners are very helpful and chock-filled with travel and historical info. On the negative, or call it quirky/charming side, floors are slanted every which way, doors squeak and creak, there is very little space for placing our suitcases somewhere other than an upholstered chair and, thereafter, the floor, a paucity of outlets, water comes out rusty from the bathtub faucet (but then cleared up), Wifi is very undependable, and the breakfast is too carb-filled for our tastes. None of these negatives should keep you from coming here as it is a rambling, charming, personality-and-antique-filled, conveniently-located and moderately-priced B&B.

Wonderful place, charming and beautiful. Lisa, Joan and Richard are great hosts. The continental breakfast was great. Went to Tanglewood and it was easy access. We will definitely be back!

We enter. We ring the bell. Time passes. We study the card on the hall table bearing three cell phone numbers to call "if no one comes". A woman wanders in. Did we wake her from a nap? We feel more like intruders than guests. After some mumbling about credit cards we are taken up to our $170 room. Where is the fireplace we were promised? The claw-foot tub? "We don't have a room with a claw-foot tub." The cloying wallpaper closes in a bit more as it peels from the damp spots. "But it says right here on our reservation..." "We don't have a claw-foot tub." The bed (like rip-rap -- both hard and lumpy) jutted out into the room. The headboard was shoved up against a radiator. A brick kept the bathroom door from swinging out and hitting the bed. Our hostess peered into the bathroom and noted that someone had broken off the soap dish by using it as a footrest. Along with the cheap shampoo provided (do they still manufacture Breck?) there was a sample of hand lotion still stuck to an advertisement that had been torn from a magazine. How thoughtful. The wardrobe (leaning against the wall and missing a finial) reeked of mothballs. The blinds and "lace" curtains, now the color of dental plaque, may have been white 20 years ago. Most everything in the inn is coated with a film formed by decades of humidity and lack of interest. After a night in such a room you might want a cup of coffee. Fortunately, there's a coffee maker just down the hall. Unfortunately, the only coffee available is instant. And decaf. Downstairs, breakfast consists of grocery store fare and two cold, quiche-like concoctions languishing under wet foil. No innkeepers are in sight which is a good thing, really, as all you want to do at this point is drop your key on the hall table, slink out, and never return.

Spent 2 nights in this inn and would not stay again..Our room "cozier" than photo on the website, old and tired mattresses, lumpy and cheap pillows, small TV, and screens that would have to be put in the windows when you wanted them open. Bathroom sad in appearance, faucets in sink impossible to regulate, and 2 skimpy and tired white towels for 2 people. This was not the lovely inn we expected. Breakfast was not worth the short trip to the dining room. The fruit salad was from a can, seriously, with a few added grapes and blueberries.. Most baked goods were from the grocery store, not good quality, and the breakfast casserole consisted of dough, cheese and red sauce..no sausage from what we could see...did not see any juice, and the coffee from a large coffee pot, tasted old by 9:00...breakfast was from 8:30 to 9:30...they did have cereal. The second morning we had our breakfast at a lovely bakery/cafe. We sat outside one afternoon under the grape arbor, the glass top table had not been cleaned since????? Please look elsewhere, this is a tired inn with innkeepers that make absolutely no attempt to make their place a "must come back" to destination or one to enjoy while you are there. We were so disappointed. The only positive was the convenient location... Make your reservations early, there are many lovely inns in Lenox.

The room conditions for what you pay is pretty bad. Everything is very old and the breakfast is almost completely grocery store purchased. Couldn't get comfortable here. There was no space to put down our bags, nightstands or extra outlets in our room (Captain's room). We had to unplug a lamp to charge the cell. If you end up staying here, make sure to check is the bathroom is inside the room because they don't give you a warning if it's not. You're better off at an Airbnb because the people who own this place don't take care of it. They couldn't even be bothered to replace a broken hair dryer, just put a piece of tape over it. Also, warning if you do end up staying here - they clean the room and then leave it unlocked and open with a key in it. As in, all of your things are in an open, unlocked room for anyone to come in and take.

My wife and I spent four nights here in July and were very pleased. The inn is a lovely old home that has been converted to a bed-and-breakfast facility. The three common rooms (music room, library, and dining room) are showplaces. Our room had nice antique furniture, a very comfortable bed, a modern TV, and an efficient window air conditioner. We found the owners warm and welcoming. There were several homemade dishes for breakfast and they were glad to make eggs to order or to respond to other requests. Bear in mind that this is a small inn, not a hotel. There is no front desk staffed for instant response 24-7. There is no elevator, so you have to carry your bags up to your room. The staff may offer to help but there is no bellhop standing by. Bathrooms are dated but perfectly adequate. The paucity of outlets can be a challenge. But too much updating would ruin the charm. A whirlpool tub in the bathroom would just look silly. My only real complaint is that our room had no desk or other surface for writing or using a laptop. Given that the huge armoire had a stack of drawers in it, the standalone dresser wasn't needed. A small writing table would have been much more useful, while still historically in character. Otherwise we had a relaxing, pleasant stay and we do recommend Whistler's Inn.

Insanely cozy little inn just north of Lenox proper with some of the most reasonable rates in the area. Tip: If you step out to go jogging and turn left, there is a nice trail through the woods less than 1/2 mile from the inn.

My husband and I came up to Lenox after dropping our son off at sleepaway camp. the innkeepers were pleasant but the food and sleeping accommodations were dreadful. the water barely drizzled out of the shower head and was tepid not hot. The bedding, particularly the pillows, was remarkably bad. We didn't sleep a wink for either of the two nights of our stay. The breakfast was from Costco and stale at that. Really disappointing but in hindsight, seems it was par for the course. Everything was old, which is not necessarily a bad thing but in this case it was tired and seemed neglected.

A half-hearted attempt at running an inn. We stayed in the "Africa Room". The toilet didn't flush properly, the bed was hard as a rock, the ceiling fan swayed so much I was afraid to leave it on and one of the chairs was broken. The buffet breakfast highlights were Hostess donuts, grocery store bought mini muffins, bagels and croissants, tiny sausage patties, a quiche and some other thing I didn't recognize. The milk pitcher at our table held milk so far gone it was thick and chunky.

Nice enough place, but we left disappointed. The room we reserved was not available (different reasons depending on who you asked) and the room we were given was tiny and the bed was terrible. Breakfast was underwhelming. The hosts were nice, but when we politely asked to return a different weekend for a discount (because we wanted to stay in the room we had reserved), we were turned down because the Groupon we had used was so discounted already (nobody forced you to sell rooms on Groupon, did they?). All in all, try one of the other dozens of B&Bs in the area. That's what we'll be doing next time.

I was so disappointed at this place. I had bought a groupon and the pictures and wording sounded so delightful. Much along with the other reviewers the place was awkward when we arrived. No one there at first. Then it felt like we were strangers invading the home. The room was not as it was pictured. The place was dusty, the windows were filthy. And it was absolutely freezing in the inn for the first 5 hours. When I asked at 730 PM if they could light a fire in the music room the gentlemen told me "it is a little late to start that now. Maybe if you'd asked earlier. Ask again tomorrow night". Breakfast was much the same as the other reviews. A weird ensemble of food. Store bought goods and strange mystery casseroles. Pass on this place. So many other cute b&b's around.

Should have read the reviews ore carefully: unnavigable with luggage steep stairway, microwave with no reachable outlet, faded and collapsed couches, poker table with glass top, Georgian-style brass colored chandelier, WW1 gas mask in bathroom, actually that was funny! wood trim from various yard sales. Breakfast was good enough, but what was that leftover lasagna dish that reappeared for two days? The owner asked: "Did you enjoy the African Room?" "I had better in Africa, "said I. No wifi in room

We had a great but brief stay at Whistler's Inn. We were greeted by the primary caretaker upon arrival who gave us a run down of fun things to do in the area. She also mentioned a few good restaurants to keep in mind for dinner which we appreciated. The room was small but true to the description online. The bathroom was nice, clean, and had useful toiletries. The gardens and land were gorgeous but the bugs were a nuisance. The cemetery across the street was interesting to explore. At breakfast the next morning, there was an extensive array of food, coffee, tea, and juice. We were told more details about the history of the house by the current owner and got a little more info on the ghosts who supposedly appear every now and then! Overall, a great stay in an ideal location in Lenox.

We were virtually the only people staying at the Inn for the first few nights, yet, with many rooms available, we were given a tiny little room at the end of a corridor. It appeared,by the rose decor, to be a young girl's bedroom from a past century. My husband could barely fit in the bed and when we did manage to fall asleep, we were wakened hourly by the bells of the Church on the Hill right next door. We were to find that this was actually one of the quainter parts of our accomodations along with the sherry kept in the decanter in the living room. Our bathroom was very small and the faucets and shower dribbled water as though it were rationed. Breakfast included two soggy casseroles, the ingredients being a bit of a mystery, and assorted muffins, breads and fruit. We were able to order, however, after experiencing the french toast and the scrambled eggs that first morning, we stayed with the muffins for the rest of the week. Juice was doled out sparingly and appeared only upon request.. The most disconcerting thing was that if you wanted to escape the confines of your bedroom after eleven pm, there was nowhere to go because the library, living room and dining rooms were locked and not opened until breakfast the next morning. I would have felt like a virtual prisoner had I not discovered that one of the larger bedrooms was unlocked and I was able to read on a fainting couch in that room for the first few hours each morning before breakfast was served. The grounds were a disaster, and the only decent view was down to the adjacent bed and breakfast's outdoor pool which taunted us knowing that we had to spend the hot July nights in our sweltering room. I must admit that the small air conditioner did work but it was very loud and using it necessitated closing the one window that let in any light. Spend a little more money and find another place to stay. Or just pitch a tent in the graveyard across the street. Really!

Decor is nice but rooms are minuscule. There's barely enough room to leave your suitcase and if you're over 6' the beds are too short. Very petty lobby but literally the smallest room I've ever been in.

This place has real character and charm. People are really harsh on it on yelp. The downstairs rooms are regal and elegant, the gardens are great, and on a sunny day there's plenty of places to sit. The location is also perfect. If you're expecting the waldorf, you're going to be disappointed. If you're expecting a warm, quirky, unique place and a memorable experience at a good price, you should stay here.

it is a lovely setting.. beautiful home.. but....it is in dire need of updating.. the rooms are very basic.. just barely acceptable.. it could be really lovely if the innkeepers put some money into this home.. remember to bring you own soap.. the liquid soap in the bathroom is watered down!!!!