Inn at Elijah McLean's

While the self check-in and check out was simple (similar to Airbnb) the only other thing favorable was its location to downtown. If you need to work, the WiFi is equivalent to dial up internet, constantly losing sync. Couldn’t access many sites! Unable to upload a simple PDF only 76k. Walls are paper thin and spent many nights up late listening to our neighbors tv or talking all night long. Cute place but could never stay here again.

I wanted to like this place, I really did, but it just wasn’t in the cards. The communication and check-in / check-out process was super easy. It was a self-check-in, which I appreciated since we arrived later in the evening. The pictures show a quaint spot by the river. You feel like you should see Huck Finn floating by on his raft. It really is something to see from the outside. The charm ended there. The room itself was just that. A room. Nothing spectacular about it. Not decorated in any manner. You would think the style would match the outside of the building. It didn’t. The bathroom was remodeled and was large. It had a nice walk-in shower, but for some reason, when they hung the shower curtain, they left a gap of about 1 foot or more at the bottom, causing water to get all over the floor. There was a hair dryer provided, but it was attached to the wall directly above the outlet which was tucked into the corner of the wall by the sink counter. The hair dryer had a very short cord, so I couldn’t use it. I normally bend over and blow my hair upside down. No possible way to do this. I stood at the counter and could blow air on my face and the front of my head, but not much else. I gave up. My sister brought her hair dryer, so she didn’t even bother with the one on the wall. My guess is it was installed by a man (as was the shower curtain) and no one went behind him to check the location. The hair dryer could have been further out on the wall – it had plenty of electrical cord to do that. But instead, they coiled up the electrical cord tight and mounted it right above the outlet. The details matter people. Speaking of details – the only mirror in the place was in the bathroom over the sink. I thought this place catered to wedding parties. You need more mirrors to get ready for a wedding than just a bathroom mirror. While these were annoying, they were not life shattering. We just wanted a nice place to lay our heads during our trip. We crawled into bed and watched a bit of tv. They did have Netflix, which was nice. We found a movie to watch and then the AC kicked on. And boy does it kick on. It was LOUD. So much so that you couldn’t hear the tv anymore. We were adjusting the volume up and down throughout the movie to match the rhythm of the AC. Now, the movie is over, so we settle in to go to sleep. I will say the bed and the pillows were very comfortable. The door into the room is one of those fiberglass doors with side panels on each side. They have no curtains – only the built-in adjustable blinds in the windows. We closed the blinds, of course, but there were porch lights directly outside. Our room was flooded with light. There was no way to block it. Now that we have the tv off, we can CLEARLY hear our neighbors talking (amongst other activities). And I mean clearly - so much so that we can relate to you exactly what they were saying to each other. They must’ve been new lovers because this gal went all the way

All was wonderful, except the last morning of our stay, the water in the shower was not hot. Otherwise, it was great, and we will stay again when we need lodging in Washington.