We stayed at the 1785 Inn for two nights in March of 2005.
Cons: We booked a "large private room with a view." The room did have the view, but not much else. It was certainly not large. The bed was so hard, we dreaded going to sleep the second night. The carpeting was worn, the wallpaper and window paint was peeling off in certain places; there were a couple of spider webs.
Previous reviewers were right - the water pressure was bad, and the shower curtain had a weird smell. When I tried to adjust water temperature, the water heater made very loud noise. The hallways of the inn are very "tired" looking, with large cracks in certain walls.
There was no blowdrier in the bathroom (but we received it after asking the innkeepers). Also, because there was no phone in the room, and the inn is fairly large, anytime we needed something, we had to go all the way down to the restaurant and try to locate the innkeepers there.
Another thing we did not like was that they added a $4 automatic "gratuity" to the breakfast bill. Isn't gratuity a voluntary thing by its very nature? Apparently not at the 1785 Inn. The breakfast was fine.
Pros: The lock on our room (Room 17) was fine, and it was nice to have individual heat control. The inn offers a winter "stay and ski" special, providing all guests with free cross-country passes. We used these for one day. We liked the restaurant, which is very famous in the area. Our server (and somewhat of a maitre'd), Al, was extremely friendly. We got a table we requested. The food was good and the dessert was very good. It is not cheap, however.
The living room with a fireplace was good too. We watched a movie there after dining at the inn's restaurant.
Overall, I agree with other reviewers - eat here, but stay somewhere else. We would not stay there again.







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