This place was very quaint and rustic and attractive. It seemed lovely and comfortable at first blush. But the internet was difficult to connect to. Even with help from the owner, we couldn't connect. WE finally figured out how to connect. From the moment we got in the room, we heard a continual "ding-ring-ding-ding" sound that seemed like a computer game being played in the next room. We were about to complain but we discovered that it was the door alarm that staff use to enter the kitchen on the floor below our room ... that door alarm went off every time anyone went in or out that door (sometimes every 20 seconds, sometimes every 5-8 minutes), that noise continued from the time we arrived in our room at about 5pm until about 11:20pm. As well, around 6pm, we could hear music, not terribly loud, but we could hear it and it was loud enough to prevent sleep. At 9:45pm I went downstairs and talked with the manager who said the music was from the bar (at the OTHER end of the building from our room!) and the music would be turned off at 10pm because the bar closed then and everyone would leave. The music was shut off at 10pm, but at 10:10 it started again, LOUDER. At 10:15 we could also hear shouting and whooping and cheering downstairs ... no sleep for us. I went downstairs at 10:40pm and was "greeted" by a blond long-haired woman who had a very snotty attitude. She said the manager had gone home at 10pm and that the music was for the kitchen staff and she very reluctantly agreed that it would be turned down "just a little". I said "how about turn it OFF? since we have paid for a room that we can sleep in? and since the manager told us it would be turned OFF. Or I'd be happy to start making phone calls." She sniffed and rolled her eyes and SWORE at me and said it would be turned off. The music was off for about 5 minutes, then turned on again even LOUDER! We decided to wait until 11:30 and then call the emergency numbers listed on hotel documents and the police. At 11:20 however, the music was turned off and noise from voices also stopped. Our room was at the opposite end of the building from the bar, but still the music was intrusive and prevented sleep. The music from the kitchen (from 10pm until 11:20pm was loud, as well as shouting and laughing from the kitchen). And through it all, that "ding-ring-ding-ding" of the door alarm would sound every few minutes or every few seconds. In addition to all of that, they key to our door worked only intermittently. We were locked out a number of times. Eventually a repair man arrived who gave us a different key that worked as long as we were willing to stand in the hall and work the key until the door opened. After 9pm, there is NO entry/exit to/from the building by the front door. Entry/exit is required via the back stairwell which smelled because there was loose garbage around the area. As well, the lock to come back in through that back entry was so loose I could have pried it off by hand, and I did inadvertently pull it out partway simply because the key stuck in that lock ... it was not at all secure. Anyone, with or without a key, had easy access to the interior of the hotel at any hour of the day or night. The bathroom in our room was clean, but the surfaces in the main sleeping room were dusty and the floor had numerous loose threads, dust, and other dry material on it. We will not return and cannot recommend this place. read more
