We stayed at the inn as guests of a wedding held in the barn, so were at the inn Friday through Sunday morning to help set up and take down. The rooms are cute, beds are comfortable, and the apple cider and bread pudding were wonderful. The barn was lovely but was INSANELY hot as the ceiling fans did not move any air. However, like Dave's review below, the proprietors really put a damper on our weekend, and giving them any more than 1 star would bring their rating up. In good conscious, I want to make sure folks know what they are getting into when they book an event here.
Obviously the innkeeper has not softened up since 2012, as he was verbally abusive, condescending and inappropriate to pretty much all of the guests... including the bride and her parents. As "present" as he was while we were setting up, he certainly offered no help... he even got angry when I asked if he had any trash bags. But, let's be clear... they did NOTHING to help in the barn. It still had random crap all over that we had to put away and hide to prep for the wedding and needed a really good sweep. They provide the space only...and... from what I understand, is if you book the entire inn, you do not need to pay for barn. Unfortunately, this ended up not being the case and without discussing it with the Father-of-the-Bride, he was billed for a $500 usage fee.
He and his wife almost seemed to be spying on us to see what we were doing while setting up. Someone even used the word "lurking" when describing his actions. He literally came into the barn during the wedding, stood on the dance floor and watched disapprovingly and interacted with the guests. It was as if we had a disapproving chaperone or strict father watching every move we made.
His wife was checking our rooms before we checked out even scolding someone for having food in their room. As we were cleaning up the room where the bride and bridesmaids were getting ready, they started shaming us for how it was left before we really had a chance to get in there. The bridal party and family were all making remarks to the mother-of-the-bride who was brought to tears by the whole experience.
No one actually received a key to our rooms so much like Dave, I wonder if they were in our rooms while we were not there. It definitely would not surprise me. As David G mentioned, while the rooms are meticulously clean, they are obviously extremely anal-retentive and do not like ANYTHING out of place. I was nervous and on edge the entire time I was there that I would leave something out of place. He scolded someone for not using the saucer under her coffee cup (even though it was on a placemat, that was on a tablecloth, that was on a plastic padded furniture cover).
Another engaged couple came during the day to check out the venue, and he actually started twirling her ponytail while she was standing there. She looked visibly uncomfortable. He had zero regard for personal space (maybe it's because he's European, but he made things extremely awkward for many of us).
The caterers and wedding coordinator both said they would never do an another event there because of how he treated them. They were extremely unaccommodating and as Mike said, if you are in the service industry, this is not the way to treat people.
Maybe if you were just one couple hanging at the inn, your experience would be different, but if you are planning an event where you would like your guests to feel comfortable and have fun... maybe try somewhere else. read more