Inn at Parkside

So charming and excellent upgrades to the property. It was our first visit but not our last. The room was beautiful, spacious, clean and perfectly accessorised, everything we could have asked for was already there. The newly renovated bathroom has a killer deep tub and a shower with great wather pressure - the fixtures and amenities were high quality. We were welcomed with a bottle of wine and personalized note - very nice touch. It's obvious the owner(s) and staff take pride in this property.

We booked with *******, expecting to pay when we arrive. We were contacted by the Inn immediately and had to send over consent forms to process our credit card a week before we arrive. The day we were going to check in we were contacted again and had to text over a photo, holding our driver’s license and another with our credit card. They said it was for there convenience as there is no one at the property after 3. I was driving on the I-5 at this moment, and had plans to arrive just after 3. We had to pull over to do what they asked. The Inn is lovely, the rooms are very nice, but the experience would have been much better if someone was on site. For the price, it would have been nice to have breakfast provided, not just 1 pod of coffee each. Also the room was very hot at night…. again if someone was at the property, we could have asked them to drop the heat. The area is very sketchy. Unfortunately lots of homeless and drug users. Luckily we spoke to someone living on the block. We were walking for dinner and they suggested that we do not walk back after dark. Info like this should have been told to us by someone when we checked in. Unfortunately the whole experience was not pleasant and they should either close because they are scared of Covid or open normally. Really not fair to guests like us.

This was for our 25th anniversary trip. The room was lovely, everything worked, and there was even a room air filtration system running when we got there. "Because of COVID" they are not serving breakfast at the moment, but compensated us for the two of us missing two breakfasts with a (probably 8 dollar) bottle of wine. Checking in was rather unusual, with COVID again being blamed, but eventually worked. We saw a staff member once, but otherwise never saw anyone. In summary, an excellent place for a romantic getaway, probably not your place if you need to work or need any services.