The Partridge Inn

My wife and I recently stayed overnight at the Partridge Inn.  The experience was certainly marginal given the reputation and the cost.  When my wife reserved the room she requested a king size bed and a room with a balcony.  Our room had a double bed and no balcony.  Understanding the hotel is a least 100 years old it had signs of significant rot and poor maintenance.  Everywhere you looked there were large chunks of rotten  wood trim.  The paint in the hallways and the room looked like a 1st attempt by amateurs with inconstant color and brush strokes easily visible as well as over paint.  There were soft spots in our room floor.  When you walked over them it was a concern as to whether you would end up in the room below.  The bathroom door took two hands to lift the knob to allow the door to shut; otherwise it would just swing open.  There was an M&M candy  on the floor. Neither of us had eaten any.  We had a room on the fifth floor corner at the front of the building.  I understand it is a historic structure but some attempt should be made at noise mitigation at least on the front of the building.  The single pane glass allowed conversations from the street below to be heard, not to mention the vehicle traffic on a Saturday night.  The garage had cob webs everywhere and not a security camera to be seen.  The elevators smelled quiet strongly of air freshener similar to those found on the rear view mirror of cars.  I’m sure some people find the scent attractive but it was to the point of overpowering and could have been very irritating to those sensitive to strong odors.  At check out the clerk barely spoke to my wife as she was too busy with a phone call.  My wife went online to the Partridge’s web site the Monday following our stay and documented the issues, 14 days later she has not been contacted. On the plus side the Partridge is centrally located and the rooms are not “sterile” carbon copies of one another as you would find with a chain hotel.  There was a moderately sized flat screen TV in our bedroom and sitting room although no media player for DVDs.  The Sunday brunch appeared to be a well laid out affair with high quality fair and many choices.  It was a bit pricey but would probably be a rewarding indulgence.    Overall the experience was a major disappointment given the reputation.  The negatives do not nearly compensate for the “”uniqueness” of the experience or the cost.  I would not recommend the Inn.