The Myrtles — Hotel in St. Francisville

Check in for the hotel was at the gift shop. It was super easy, and while we were there, we got to check out the gift shop and grab some coffee from Elta. Elta is a coffee shop located in the gift shop as well. They had a good selection of hot and cold flavored coffees. We booked online (well in advance) and stayed in the William Winter room. We went for the ghost experience. So I knew ahead of time that there was supposedly a voodoo priestess who was hired to try to save Kate. And supposedly, Kate died in this very room. We also booked a night tour. The night tour was great. Lauren (or Laura) was our tour guide. She was young (in her 20s) and you could tell that she thoroughly enjoyed her job. She was great at storytelling. We were able to walk the grounds any time during the night... and we did around 10:30pm. It was eerie but not very scary. We were not able to see or enter any other bedrooms or rooms throughout the main house at night. Not that you would normally get to anywhere else... but it would have been kinda cool to see each bedroom (before any guests put their personal belongings in there). Our room was very clean... the bathroom was pretty tiny but I knew ahead of time that it was actually in our room. Whereas some bedrooms had bathrooms located down the hall. I was determined not to leave my room and go down the hall just to potty in the middle of the night. 🤷‍♀️ We didn't have any kind of ghost experience during the night, but we psyched ourselves up enough that it took us hours just to fall asleep. The bed was not very comfortable and squeaked pretty loudly ever time we turned over. Oh, and there was only one outlet (in the entire room) to plug in a fan and a phone charger. So if you have more gadgets to charge overnight, bring an adapter or charging port that can do multiple gadgets. 🤔 otherwise, you won't be charging much of anything. That was probably the only 3 complaints that I had with the room. (Tiny bathroom, only one outlet, and a noisy bed.) Obviously, this is NOT enough of a problem that I wouldnt return. Just something to think about if you're going to book a room. The air conditioner worked great- so we were pleasantly surprised. Old houses usually don't have great ACs. The next morning we took the day tour. Although it was very informative, they didn't really say much about the folklore. But I think most people are going there for the haunted nature of the place, so it would have been nice to have more info on the day tour about that. As a plantation...and historically- it doesn't seem nearly as fascinating as the other places in town. Also, in the morning, we had breakfast on site. $16 for buffet breakfast, I think it was their 1st day trying it out in a different area other than the main restaurant. We had scrambled eggs, french toast, bacon, breakfast sausage, hashbrown casserole, and some awesome cheesy grits. Overall, I LOVED my stay there and would definitely do it again. I would want to spend the night in the Doll Room (Fannie Williams room) next time. You know, if you want the ghost experience, you gotta try all the rooms - just in case. 🤣 So, our stay was great. The room was nice. Tour guide gets a 5 star 🌟 all by herself. Breakfast was really good. Day tour was ok. ALL of the staff that we interacted with were super nice. My coffee at Elta was great as well. I had an iced latte with wedding cake flavor added...

Check in for the hotel was at the gift shop. It was super easy, and while we were there, we got to check out the gift shop and grab some coffee from Elta. Elta is a coffee shop located in the gift shop as well. They had a good selection of hot and cold flavored coffees. We booked online (well in advance) and stayed in the William Winter room. We went for the ghost experience. So I knew ahead of time that there was supposedly a voodoo priestess who was hired to try to save Kate. And supposedly, Kate died in this very room.| We also booked a night tour. The night tour was great. Lauren (or Laura) was our tour guide. She was young (in her 20s) and you could tell that she thoroughly enjoyed her job. She was great at storytelling. We were able to walk the grounds any time during the night... and we did around 10:30pm. It was eerie but not very scary. We were not able to see or enter any other bedrooms or rooms throughout the main house at night. Not that you would normally get to anywhere else... but it would have been kinda cool to see each bedroom (before any guests put their personal belongings in there). Our room was very clean... the bathroom was pretty tiny but I knew ahead of time that it was actually in our room. Whereas some bedrooms had bathrooms located down the hall. I was determined not to leave my room and go down the hall just to potty in the middle of the night. 🤷‍♀️|We didn't have any kind of ghost experience during the night, but we psyched ourselves up enough that it took us hours just to fall asleep. The bed was not very comfortable and squeaked pretty loudly ever time we turned over. That was probably the only 2 complaints that I had with the room. (Tiny bathroom and noisy bed.) The air conditioner worked great- so we were pleasantly surprised. Old houses usually don't have great ACs. The next morning we took the day tour. Although it was very informative, they didn't really say much about the folklore. But I think most people are going there for the haunted nature of the place, so it would have been nice to have more info on the day tour about that. As a plantation...and historically- it doesn't seem nearly as fascinating as the other places in town. |Also, in the morning, we had breakfast on site. $16 for buffet breakfast, I think it was their 1st day trying it out in a different area than the main restaurant. We had scrambled eggs, french toast, bacon, breakfast sausage, hashbrown casserole, and some awesome cheesy grits. Overall, I loved my stay there and would definitely do it again. I would want to spend the night in the Doll Room (Fannie Williams room) next time. You know, if you want the ghost experience, you gotta try all the rooms - just in case. 🤣|So, our stay was great. The room was nice. Tour guide gets a 5 star 🌟 all by herself. Breakfast was really good. Day tour was ok. All of the staff that we interacted with were super nice. My coffee at Elta was great as well. I had an iced latte with wedding cake flavor added...

My husband & I went Sunday - Monday overnight stay at The Myrtles .To get to the point,our room (William Winters) and bathroom was not what I would call clean. Dirty Qtip on the bathroom floor,and hair,in various places, from previous guests in bathroom absolutely not acceptable & disgusting . The rug in the room hasn’t seen a vacuum in a while. The bed we slept on was like sleeping on creaky old boards for $250 a night a “non-creaking” bed would have been nice. You can have the plantation look/feel without having your guests sleep on a motel mattress and what felt/sounded like (creaky) old boards. ||The day and evening tour was absolutely great :) Charles and Mrs.Sharon were full of interesting facts, great stories, and an obvious passion for their job. ||The complimentary breakfast was a joke…On Monday morning,we were told there were no breakfast meats available on Mondays because that’s the delivery day. ||I would think if “you” know that Monday is a day that all the meats for the breakfast menu wouldn’t be available someone in management would make some adjustments or order extra ??! I ended up with a breakfast sandwich with an egg and pimento cheese … very disappointing! There was a tour bus full of guests pulling up as we were leaving The Myrtles on Monday….I can only imagine a tour bus full of tourists were really happy(sarcastic)to find that no breakfasts meats were available …..||The 1776 restaurant advertised as being nice attire requested was sort of a joke. As people were walking in with shorts ,and very casual clothes. I guess that’s minor but just something to mention. You won’t be “under dressed” if you show up in shorts & sweat pants…. ||I will end this on a positive the staff were friendly and helpful and that truly is important and lacking in many places. ||I hope this information will help and maybe someone in management will take time to understand that these are things not to simply “complain” about but rather to communicate there are some things that guests may experience but may never say...