I really wanted to give this 5 stars, but there were a couple of things that made this a three star experience.
The good:
We had a check-in that was past their 4-7pm window. I was given the housekeeper's phone number and she hopped over to check us in. She was super cute and friendly. I tipped her a 20 the next day, because I felt so bad that we asked her to come out at 8pm when we got there (we were driving from Arizona and forgot that the time change occurs half the year). It was great that she accommodated us without even batting an eye.
The house is decorated adorably, even if it's really tight quarters in spots, and it has a beautiful courtyard that came in handy after we met with Kenny (the incredible Zuni Fire God Shaman/30 year archaeologist/Stanford grad who does tours in conjunction with the Zuni tourism dept.- ABSOLUTELY DO THE VILLAGE TOUR. You get an hour long theology lesson from him, and he is an absolutely brilliant storyteller... Seriously one of the best experiences of my life).
It's pretty quiet. We didn't hear a whole lot of commotion in the morning, or at any time of the night.
Checkout was great. The women who work next door at the store were SO nice and helpful. She's actually the one who told me about the celebration in the village, and gave us directions.
The bad:
Breakfast was disjointed and not very good for us. I recognize that breakfast for 7 is a pretty tall order, but stone cold pancakes, fruit that came out 25 mins after the pancakes, and things arriving in random order made for a pretty weird breakfast. Overall, every one of us felt like we could have skipped breakfast.
The woman cooking the breakfast was also pretty unfriendly (I didn't catch her name). I asked what her favorite part of Zuni was at one point while trying to figure out what we wanted to do and she literally just said "I don't know" and turned around. Well, that day was a religious celebration in the village. My brother also tried to engage her about the nearby national monument, and she pretty much just shrugged her shoulders and went back to cleaning dishes. We cleared our table for her and put everything in the sink (more than I would do normally at a B&B, but there were 7 of us and I felt bad)... No thank you, no smile, nada. She wasn't mean, she was just not hospitable at all.
Children aren't very welcome here from other guests. Not the Inn's fault, but just a heads up. Our family's kiddos aren't real rambunctious, so I'm guessing that was a nice surprise... but we brought them because we wanted them to get the cultural experience and to understand the history of the people who founded the state they live in.
The rooms are okay... The bed in room 1 is pretty lumpy, and requires one person to sleep "trapped" by the wall. However, it has it's own bathroom, which was nice. Wall plugs are an interesting situation- I ended up plugging my cellphone into the plug above the sink, because the nearest outlet already had 6 things plugged into it. The room's AC unit worked really well, but woke me up every time it kicked in, as it sounded like someone was opening the door. Needless to say, I didn't sleep well that night.
Room 5 (downstairs) had LOTS of bugs. In one night, the family caught two spiders, three crickets, and a couple of mystery bugs. The ceiling is also VERY low, so if you are over 5'10", ask for another room. The TV was malfunctioning at first, so my brother had to reset the satellite signal at one point to get it working. They also complained that their bed was pretty lumpy.
My brother and I are both allergic to cats, and didn't find out that there were some (very sweet) property cats until we got there. Both of us started wheezing and itching inside the house. Zyrtec to the rescue!!! But if you are allergic- be forewarned, there are at least 3 cats that roam the property.
Over all, this is a 75 a night B&B- we paid 112. I hate saying this, because I LOVED the Zuni pueblo, and the Zuni people are just absolutely wonderful... but this place has a few kinks that needed to be worked out. read more
