The Doylestown Inn — Hotel in Doylestown

Up front, we had some peculiar situations that may or may not be the hotel's fault that resulted in a 3.5 star review rounded up to a four that could easily be upgraded to a full four or even a five star review if it weren't for said issues. Pros: The hotel is very quaint and gives you a feel that is slightly above a bed and breakfast. Each room feels like it's own bedroom with an adjoining bathroom and I'd equate the feel to entering a place to stay in Diagon Alley in the famous Harry Potter novels. The staff always went above and beyond in answering questions and attempting to resolve issues. One of the front desk attendants provided me a military discount by ascertaining my military service on her own without me asking for one. The adjoining hattery restaurant is a pleasant touch that allows patrons to walk down from their room and have a few drinks at the bar and a delicious breakfast with great coffee should you choose. The Huevos Rancheros were amazing The bed was extremely comfortable and the bathroom in the penn room was brand new, completely updated and very spacious. The location is within walking distance of pretty much all of downtown Doylestown making it a great place to stay if you don't want to worry about driving places. Cons: The Penn room is an adjoining room and it has a door between it and the other room that provides absolutely zero sound interruption. To give you an example, my wife and I had a sound machine on at full blast in front of the adjoining door and we were awakened at 7:00 am to a conversation our "roommates" were having that sounded as though it was going on in our room. I booked our room online on the Doylestown Inn website about a week in advance. At the time of booking the only room available was the penn room. When we arrived I overheard the attendant offering other rooms to guests. To give her benefit of the doubt it could have been for another night. It did sound like she was offering it for that night though. You may need to call to find updated room availability. We happened to be staying there the week of the Doylestown Arts Festival. While this was extremely pleasant because it provided vendors for us to walk around and see all over the street it took away parking from the hotel. When we arrived the hotel did not have an immediate overnight solution for us to use and seemed a bit distraught at our question of "where should we park?" It would have been nice if they had given us a heads up about parking prior to arriving so we didn't have to carry our bags in and then move our car and struggle to find parking.

All in all I would highly recommend staying at the hotel but I would not recommend staying in the Penn room unless you don't mind the potential of noisy neighbors and if you happen to be coming in the weekend of a festival be prepared to juggle around...

First I should say that before posting this review I emailed the owner because I feel there are real issues she would want to address with her staff. Unfortunately the email was not acknowledged so I will give a condensed version of my email here.

I stayed there for several days when I was in town for my daughter’s wedding, so we had several rooms between family and friends. On two different occasions Brenda, one of the front desk staff, walked into occupied rooms using her master key and without knocking. One of these times walking in while someone was undressed and she offered not one word of apology, just “Oh wrong room” . One evening I was getting something from my closet and water dripped onto my arm. This is the closest where my daughter’s wedding dress was hanging, my son’s suit, my dress, etc. I went to the front desk and Brenda asked if it was “just clear water“. Because I guess that is somehow not so bad. When she came to look at it she said “well it’s only on one part of the closet“. When I said that wasn’t acceptable she said she would put me in another room. So, we pack up all of my things and move down the hall. When we get there she says I can’t stay in that room that night so she gets a rolling clothes rack and back we go to the original room. At least I did get a room comp for that circus. There were so many other issues from the massive confusion booking rooms in the first place (which apparently only one person can handle), to housekeeping issues like a sticky substance on the foot of my bed when I checked in, or a guest being handed a trash bag when he asked to have his room cleaned up.

Other issues about the hotel in general include: no loading zone to unload your bags, parking is three blocks away, you can take the elevator to the third floor but depending on your room you’ll still have to drag your bags down and up a set of steps. Yes there is breakfast but only if you don’t want coffee until after 9:00 otherwise you’re hitting Starbucks across the street. There is an ironing board in the room but no iron because they said they get stolen, but I wasn’t supposed to be concerned that the lock on my door didn’t work.

The one bright spot to applaud was the waitstaff we had for the rehearsal dinner and the brunch the next day. They were...

A group of friends from around the region, including Ohio, wanted to meet up for a couple of days between Christmas and New Year's Day and based upon a the previous stay of my wife and I several years ago, we all agreed to stay here. The location is unbeatable and it is accessible to everything that the beautiful and charming downtown of Doylestown has to offer with their bookstores, bars, restaurants, and shopping. The town even has a stand alone movie theatre.||The Inn is charming, historic, quaint, cozy, and was decorated beautifully for the holidays. The Inn staff was very welcoming and warm and attached to a rustic restaurant called the Hattery Stove & Still (worth the visit). We stayed in the George Washington room on the second floor. It was a nice and quiet location and we only had a neighbor across from us and no rooms next to us on either side. Everything in our room worked to perfection and the housekeeping staff did their job nicely. There was a very visible rusted air vent in the bathroom that needed replacing and the mattress was very soft, not firm, causing us to fold into the center of the bed.||There were no coffeemakers in the rooms but a carafe of hot water with a tea selection as well as a carafe of coffee in the lobby after 10:00 pm. Sadly, it is not there all day but only late at night. When our friend came down in the early morning for a cup of coffee, he mentioned it was cold and went across the street to Starbucks. The Inn does not have private parking so we were directed to the public parking lot, a half a block away, and the street parking. Parking was not free and you will have to pay during the day, however, there is no charge for overnight parking. The rates were inexpensive considering where I live in New Jersey.||The price of the Inn was very reasonable and we would not hesitate to stay here again. None of these things I mentioned bothered my wife and I and we only point them out for your information only. The Inn is only 15 minutes from Peddler's Village and just a tad longer to New Hope, PA. This is a great location to stay and...