Village Inn And Pub — Hotel in Saint Simons

My wife and I first came here back in May, we had originally planned on staying at Jekyll Island but we found it a little boring after our first night, so we decided to explore St. Simon's instead. We got on the island and went to Frosty's (across the street from this place) and while we were there my wife spotted this inn and fell in love. So we canceled our room at the Jekyll hotel and booked a room here for 3 nights. We loved the rooms. We stayed in room 112 "The Betsy" which has a balcony facing Mallery St., which is really cool.

The rooms are set up old-style Key West, very nicely appointed, and extremely clean. All rooms are spacious and just give you a feeling of really being immersed in the whole St. Simon's experience. Free cable and wifi, free coffee early til late, continental breakfast (during Covid it's been brown bag but still adequate.

The location is excellent, within a few minutes walk of the village and pier, right in the middle of great shopping and restaurants. You really don't need to leave the area and can walk just about anywhere you need to go. There are many restaurants, shops, a liquor store less than 30 seconds walk away, bars, pubs, parks. Just a really fabulous location.

The staff and management are excellent, everyone here is very accommodating. There is a small pub off the lobby which is quaint and has a full bar and a great bartender named RB who is a favorite among guests and even locals frequent the pub. Everyone on the island knows this inn and pub and everyone speaks highly of both.

The rates are very good for the location and access to so many local attractions.

The pool is in shade most of the daytime and feels really good on a hot island day.

We have now stayed in 2 different rooms and loved them both. The only issue we have is none of the rooms have a fridge or microwave. That's sometimes inconvenient especially when you have drinks you want to keep cold or have leftovers.

The other issue we had was our bicycles were stolen off the inn property, from behind the lobby main building, and out of site of the road. They did have a camera and we filed a police report and the police came by and did a report, and hopefully will find the thieves. So that was a real bummer and let the air out of our sails. Bikes were locked up so I suppose when we buy new bikes we will either lock them in our room, or maybe just rent bikes next time. Unfortunate as we'd rather bring our own bikes and not have to spend money on rentals everyday, so that was about a $350 loss. (Update to this bike theft, they did offer to rent us bikes for our stay, and have communicated with the police, neighbors and other locals to try to find our bikes, which we really appreciate. My bike was one I bought on the navy base in Key West so it really hurt to lose that bike, though!)

So even though our bikes were stolen and there is no room fridge, the staff and grounds and location and amenities really make it a great experience, so I'm going to give them 5 stars. Not really blaming the inn for the bike theft but maybe in the future they can make different accommodations for guests with bikes, which they said they would.

We will definitely return hopefully many times and highly recommend to all.

Oh and as an aside, while the inn is kid friendly its mostly a mature...

I stayed here midweek off-season. So, there were few guests and no activities. Perfect for my needs and a great deal!

Reception is an office directly in front of the front door through a small bar area. Saying this because it took me a second to figure out where to go. I was given a continental breakfast menu to turn in by 9pm to retrieve items in the morning to take back to my room as the breakfast area isn't open yet, due to Covid. They have an amazing coffee machine that will prepare pretty much anything you could want.

My room (Redfern) on the first floor through the courtyard behind reception, was lovely and inviting. There were 2 walls filled with shuttered windows. In the daytime with shutters open, it's nice and bright. At night, with the shutters closed, it's dark and cozy. The air conditioning is a ducted split system (not a typical hotel through wall ptac). It is very quiet! The bathroom is small, but adequate. The provided robes are heavy cotton and elevate the experience. The bed is soft and bouncy, may need replacing. The pillows are numerous, but all are flat polyester, definitely need an upgrade to some fluffy pillows.

I recommend this Inn as a boutique style motel near the village, pier, restaurants and shops. It is an inviting place to recover for the...

A very nice/helpful Evelyn checked us in. She told us all we needed to know about the property and amenities. We had a standard king room #110. It was dated but very clean. We had plenty of towels. The room was cooled appropriately by the A/C. The water pressure was fine with plenty of warm/hot water. The room was VERY small. We had two bikes that we had been hoping we could keep in the room. There was no way 2 people and 2 bikes could share the space. We ended up locking the bikes up at the truck. The bed was not comfortable....it had a dip down the middle. I think it's due for replacement. The sheets are microfiber which retain heat. We slept very hot even with the A/C on 74 degrees. We could hear the noise from the pub but it wasn't terrible. The pub closed shortly after we were ready to sleep. We were here on Labor Day weekend....the parking lot isn't large enough for a full capacity. People were parking every place they could find. When we checked out the lady told us we could have parked at the restaurant across the street. We felt the rooms were really expensive for what we received. We ate continental breakfast once. It was comparable to the standard fare given at cheaper hotels. The location is nice being close to the village area. SSI is a...