I was part of The American Legion Riders and want to say this is a top-notch motel. We were wet and tired from riding majority of the day in the rain. The Blue Ridge not only welcomed us with open arms and a very reasonable rate for our group but they even offered to dry our wet clothes, so we didn't have to pack them wet. They also provided us with old towels to dry our bikes on Friday morning again going above and beyond the call. It was convenient to local breweries and to American Legion Post 104. I will definitely keep this place in mind when needing a place to stay in Sylva. read more

When my mother moved to Sylva 15 years ago, we stayed at the Blue Ridge Inn, which wasn't bad. Since we had 5 adult family members on our trip to Cullowhee, there was not enough room for us at my mom's house. We booked 2 rooms for the night of October 20, 2022. The rooms had been improved since our last visit. Our rooms were clean, the beds were comfortable, and the constant fan on the AC reduced the street noise. The shower heads are low, so I had to lean forward to wash my hair, but not a big deal. The location downtown had easy access to the Jackson County Courthouse and we walked to Lucy in the Rye for a big breakfast. The hotel had coffee, juice, mini muffins, and yogurt for continental breakfast. For my job, I have flown to 90 US airports and stayed all over the country in many hotels, I have stayed in many hotels. The Blue Ridge Inn staff were all very nice and I would definitely stay here again! read more

What a great little motel. Needed a pet friendly place to stay while visiting my daughter @ WCU. Staying in Sylva was a great choice. Motel was right on Main Street, walking distance to shops and restaurants. The rooms were modern, clean and comfortable. I would definitely stay there again. read more

It's too bad the only review for this hotel on Yelp is old and written by someone who has only ever written one review. This is a solid hotel that is currently undergoing a complete renovation. The reception area is clean and well lit. The young lady working the front desk when we checked in at 9pm was very pleasant and inquired about our stay, and based on what we told her gave us some tips about getting around. Our renovated room -- a queen/queen -- was spacious, well appointed, and clean. For a place called the Blue Ridge Inn I would even say it is stylish. Flat screen TV, microwave, minifridge, coffee maker, desk with nice rolling chair, rocking chairs outside for smoking or to enjoy the mountain air. My teenage daughter, who is very particular about these things, marveled that the shower pressure was so much better than at home and it made her hair so clean and soft. No better endorsement of the shower area than that. The location of the hotel at the end of Main Street in downtown Sylva -- at the foot of the Jackson County Courthouse hill -- makes it the perfect location to explore downtown or make a short drive over to Western Carolina University. I see no reason to pay more at one of the other hotels in this area. read more

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We were immediately taken in by the attractive exterior that was well maintained, clean and welcoming. You can't find a better "mom and pop" style hotel that is safe, clean, and easy to access. Great safe location across from Police Station, Courthouse, and walking distance to many other eateries and sights in Sylva. The owner and family were kind. The only let down was the breakfast was just yogurts and muffins - but we already had our own protein sources. Lovely property would stay again and recommend! read more

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Hotel looks like a motel 6 on the outside. Pulling through the front parking lot, we were backing up and ran over a 3" pipe, it i guess used to be a city sign they took down. no markings, no warnings, no nothing and it was dark. We blew the tire, not repairable. We informed them last night. I tried several times to talk to a manager I get they had a family death. No one could help. I wasn't asking for the tire replacement cost, just for them to at least help with comping a room. They stated it was on the city sidewalk not in their property, they were non willing to help. Beds were hard, pillows sucked. Well not recommend at all read more

Day 1: Rooms are quaint and clean. Upon check-in notice door to room doesn't latch and sink drains very slow. Bring to attention of desk and she comes down to room and toys with door for a minute. Finally, after 3 attempts, she gets it to latch by by pulling upward on handle (with all of her might and on her tiptoes) and states someone will check on drain later. We go out for the day, when we return that evening, my arms full, I lean on the door awaiting my boyfriend with his key. Instead of leaning, I fall into the room because, you guessed it, the door was not latched by the repair person who came to unclog sink which is now draining. BF reports this to desk, apology. Middle of the night notice the light coming in from under door, notice the 3/4" gap under door. Plenty big enough for any number of critters to come in so I roll a towel and block it. Day 2: After using shower the next morning and standing in 3-4" of water, we brought both concerns to front desk that morning. Apology, they will fix. We asked if it would be possible to simply switch rooms, they state they can fix it. Come back after hiking in afternoon to once again find door not latched. Shower now draining, piece of window screening spline placed on top of door sill but not attached in anyway, so every time you close door you have to place it back in channel, and wash hands in sink and sink is again not draining. Walked over to front desk and reported the updates, apology but will repair again. New room? No we will repair. Unfortunately, Sylvia is small and hotels are limited to this spot, otherwise we would have left on Day 2. I really wanted to like this place and we far from high maintenance but I cannot take a shower with water around my ankles, that's disgusting, in a room where I have to shut the door no less than 4 times to get it to latch, only to return to it being unlatched again for who knows how long. read more

Great place to stay in Sylva. Right in the heart of the city with lots of things to do around you. The owners are awesome and the rooms are clean. Would definitely recommend!! read more

Rude management. Mr. Patel wasn't too reasonable. Needs better communication with the customer in regards to policy.

This is an affordable, clean, little motel within easy walking distance of the downtown area of Sylva. Stayed there during the solar eclipse last summer and it was just fine. The rooms have a fridge and microwave if you have need for them. I'll stay there again when I return this spring. There's no need to pay more money, and in this case you're supporting a local business. Good value and nice folks who operate it. read more

Sorry, the rooms are fairly nice for a small motel but management decided to more than negate this by making a mistake (which I can deal with) but decided to be extremely rude and incompetent rather than being polite and moving on and turning what should've been a small issue into a big ordeal. Had booked a room for 6 nights at this location bc everything in Cherokee was booked up at the time. On the 4th day of the stay me and my friend were able to find a comped room for 2 nights near Cherokee so we attempted to check out early here. Front desk told us that we had to contact hotels.com in order to checkout early. Tried calling two different times and sat on hold 30 minutes each time so just decided to keep the room bc we needed a room for the 6th night anyway. So fast forward to this afternoon, we had checked out of the room in Cherokee and I head over to the Blue Ridge to drop off my bags, my friend went straight to the casino so it was just me. After about 5-10 minutes in the room while using the bathroom I hear a pounding on the door, I scramble to answer it and find two of the managers there immediately berating me asking what I'm doing in the room. Explained we never officially checked out and still had a day left on the room. They tell me that the room has been checked out and the card has been refunded. I explain that we were never made aware of this and at first they seem somewhat understanding and say "ok fine you can just go the lobby and re-checkin". I said no I'll just leave and they start getting upset bc they think I should have to pay for 10 minutes use of the room, lol at that ever happening. I ask them to give me 2 minutes to finish up in the bathroom and essentially have to close the door in the faces bc apparently that is too much to ask for. So I do leave the room 2 minutes later, load my stuff back into the car, the managers walk up to me, and I try to diffuse the situation again. I say I'm sorry for the misunderstanding but we had no way of knowing that we were checked out. The female manager proceeds to be extremely rude and refuses to have a logical conversation of any sort. Apparently we are supposed to check our bank statements every single day just in case something like this happens. According to her once they never heard back from hotels.com they just decided to refund the debit card and the problem was solved on their end. Nope, not their fault at all for not contacting the person and letting them know they had gone ahead and checked us out and refunded the last 3 days. Why call someone if you can simply assume that someone checks their bank statement everyday and puts 2 and 2 together, yea makes sense... She also proceeds to berate me for still having my room key, why would I return it if I was still under the assumption we had the room?? I was then told the room had been rented out and asked what would happen if someone was in the room. Let's see where to start with that one... 1) why on earth is my room key still working if the room had been rented out to someone else, seems like yet another pretty big error on their part 2) I told them yes it would be bad, and it would 100% be the motel's fault if that occurred. After about 5 minutes of enduring the lady's nonsense, literally the crux of what she had to say was repeatedly saying it was my fault for not checking online banking, I finally tell her this conversation is a waste of time and I'm done. As I walk away she continues to yell about she is right. Honestly top 5 worst attitude I've ever experienced from any employee of a business in my life, and I've dealt with a multitude of rude and nasty people in my lifetime. This could've been such a nonissue, yes they should've notified us, but I still understood that it was ultimately a misunderstanding. Instead of acting normal and apologizing for the misunderstanding or at least saying something like "it's ok I understand, let's just move on, have a good day etc.". The lady decides to berate me instead bc she has to be right, she has to assert that they did nothing wrong, that we did everything wrong, which is hilarious bc quite frankly they screwed up really big (even before the argument started). And instead of acting like a rational person and using common sense she chose to act like a lunatic and now this review exists. I will never be staying here again, I will tell every single person I know who comes to Cherokee (which is a fair amount of people) to never stay here, hope it was worth it lady... read more

Love staying at the Blue Ridge Inn. The pictures is how the room looks. We will definitely stay here again when in town.

This place was amazing! I only stayed one night, but room was beautiful bed was soft shower was hot. All rooms non smoking. Right in the heart of downtown within walking distance to great little shops, and coffee!! read more

We have stayed multiple times at this inn and even though it isn't luxurious, the rooms are spotless, the water pressure is great and the beds provide the best sleep ever! The staff are friendly and helpful, something you can't always find at more upscale hotels. We don't even look at any other places to stay because this place is understated but over delivers!! read more

Rooms were very clean and the staff was very friendly and helpful. We had broken down and they didn't mine us ripping our car apart in the parking lot to fix it. Hotel is right in town, walking distance to anything you need! Will be back again! read more

The staff was nice and tried very hard to be accomidating. Located walking distance from town. They advertise newly renovated. I would have hated to see it before renovations. The rooms are dark and depressing. Some of the rooms do not even have closets just a bar to hang your clothes from. I stayed here with my elderly parents. Does North Carolina not care or enforce the American Disability Act. This newly renovated hotel,does not have bars in their shower. I was afraid for my elderly father to take a shower. When I questioned the front desk they did provide us with a rubber bath mat. I questioned about ADA laws. Was told they only had one room to accomodate this problem and was booked. Who knew you would have to question hotel that they adhere to ADA before making reservations. read more

If you're looking for a motel with barely functioning electrical outlets, no guest a amenities provided, and an overall terrible experience, the Blue Ridge Inn is the place for you! Asking for new light bulb replacements and being greeted by a sub-freezing degree room will make this an experience you'll never forget! Over-priced, miniature-sized rooms combine to make you question "four people are supposed to fit in here...?" read more

The blue ridge inn is a nice enough establishment but my experience with them is the extra charges and flat out fabricated charge of smoking in the room me and my fiancée which neither one of us smoked in the room myself I vape I don't even smoke I would use cash and avoid the extra charges on your card. On the phone they claimed to pictures but have not been produced read more

Great, clean hotel in a great little city. This town is very cute and accommodating as is the motel. The beds were all clean and fresh same with the bathroom and facilities, very fairly priced. Enjoyed the view of the city and the court house from our second floor and loved how accessable this motel was to the beautiful little town. read more

I love this hotel. I have been coming here for 4 years. Love the restaurants nearby and picturesque court house. It is great to just walk around 'downtown' Silva or visit the small community garden along the stream. I like having a pair of rocking chairs in front of my room. All that is missing is Barney Fife. Oh, I forgot to mention everything is brand knew as of this posting. read more